Genre Directory
Music Genre List
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genres found Avant-Garde
15 Computer Music Conceptual Art Free Improvisation Improvisation Improvised Music Microtonal Minimalism Mixed Media Modern Composition Noise Post-Minimalism Sound Art Sound Sculpture Structured Improvisation Tape Music
Alternative
59 Adult Alternative Alternative Dance Alternative Folk Alternative Hip-Hop Alternative Metal Alternative Pop Alternative R&B Alternative Rock Alternative Singer/Songwriter Anarcho-Punk Art Punk Britpunk C86 Chinese Alt College Rock Crossover Thrash Crust Punk Dance-Punk Dark Cabaret Dream Pop Emo Emotional Hardcore Experimental Rock Folk Punk Garage Punk Geek Rock Goth / Gothic Rock Gothic Punk Grunge Hard Rock Hardcore Punk Indie Egyptian Indie Levant Indie Maghreb Indie Rock Korean Indie Lo-fi Madchester Math Rock Musique Concrète Neo-Psychedelia New Wave Noise Pop Noise Rock Post-Britpop Post-Grunge Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Post-Punk Revival Progressive Rock Queercore Riot Grrrl Sadcore Screamo Shoegaze Slowcore Steampunk Turkish Alternative Twee Pop
Anime
1 Anime Music
Arabic
9 Arabic Pop Dabke Islamic Khaleeji Khaleeji Jalsat Khaleeji Shailat Levant Maghreb Rai North African
Blues
63 Acoustic Blues Acoustic Chicago Blues Acoustic Memphis Blues Acoustic Texas Blues African Blues Blues Gospel Blues Revival Blues Rock Boogie-Woogie British Blues Chicago Blues Classic Blues Classic Female Blues Contemporary Blues Country Blues Delta Blues Detroit Blues Early Acoustic Blues Early American Blues East Coast Blues Electric Blues Electric Chicago Blues Electric Country Blues Electric Delta Blues Electric Harmonica Blues Electric Texas Blues Folk Blues Gospel Blues Harmonica Blues Hill Country Blues Hokum Blues Jazz Blues Juke Joint Blues Jump Blues Jump Blues/Piano Blues Louisiana Blues Memphis Blues Modern Acoustic Blues Modern Blues Modern Delta Blues Modern Electric Blues Modern Electric Chicago Blues Modern Electric Texas Blues New Orleans Blues Piano Blues Piedmont Blues Pre-War Blues Pre-War Country Blues Pre-War Gospel Blues Punk Blues Regional Blues Rhythm Blues Slide Guitar Blues Songster Soul Blues St. Louis Blues Swamp Blues Texas Blues Urban Blues Vaudeville Blues West Coast Blues Work Songs Zydeco
Brazilian
10 Axé Baile Funk Bossa Nova Choro Forró Frevo MPB Pagode Samba Sertanejo
Children’s Music
8 Children's Folk Children's Pop Children's Rock Educational Lullabies Sing-Along Sing-Alongs Stories
Brass & Military
2 Brass Band Military
Chinese
8 Chinese Classical Chinese Flute Chinese Opera Chinese Orchestral Chinese Regional Folk Chinese Strings Taiwanese Folk Tibetan Native Music
Classical
66 Andalusian Classical Art Song Avant-Garde Music Ballet Band Music Baroque Baroque Era Brass & Woodwinds Cantata Cello Chamber Music Chant Choral Classical Crossover Classical Era Classical Guitar Classical Period Concerto Contemporary Contemporary Classical Contemporary Era Crossover Classical Early Early Music Electronic/Computer Music Expressionist Film Score Galant Guitar High Modernism Impressionist Indian Classical Keyboard Korean Court Music Kurdish Classical Medieval Medieval Era Minimal Music Miscellaneous (Classical) Modern Modern Era Modernism Neo-Classical Neo-Romantic Neoclassicism Oratorio Orchestral Percussion Persian Classical Piano Post-Modern Postmodern Classical Renaissance Romantic Romantic Era Sacred Show/Musical Sonata String Quartet Symphonic Symphony Turkish Classical Violin Vocal Music Wedding Music Western Classical
Comedy
16 Beat Poetry Comedy Rock Country Comedy Music Comedy Musical Comedy Novelty Observational Humor Parody Music Poetry Political Comedy Satire Sketch Comedy Song Parody Spoken Comedy Stand-up Comedy Vaudeville
Commercial
2 Jingles TV Themes
Country
50 Alt-Country Alternative Country Americana Bakersfield Sound Bluegrass Bluegrass-Gospel Bro-Country Cajun Fiddle Tunes Christian Country Classic Country Close Harmony Contemporary Bluegrass Contemporary Country Country Boogie Country Gospel Country Hip-Hop/Rap Country Pop Country Rap Country Rock Country Soul Country Western Country-Folk Cowboy Cowboy / Western Cowpunk Gulf and Western Honky Tonk Instrumental Country Jug Band Line Dance Modern Country Nashville Sound Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan Neo-Traditionalist Country New Traditionalist Old Country Old-Timey Outlaw Country Progressive Bluegrass Progressive Country Red Dirt String Bands Thai Country Traditional Bluegrass Traditional Country Truck-Driving Country Urban Cowboy Western Western Swing Western Swing Revival
Dance/EDM
13 Breakbeat Dubstep EDM Exercise Garage Hard Dance Hardcore Hi-NRG / Eurodance House Jackin House Jungle/Drum’n'bass Techno Trance
Cuban
7 Bolero Chachacha Guajira Guaracha Mambo Son Timba
Dance
25 Breakcore Brostep Chillstep Club / Club Dance Deep House Electro House Electroswing Euro Disco Eurobeat Footwork Freestyle Future Garage Glitch Hop Grime Italo Dance Italo Disco Jersey Club Maghreb Dance Moombahton Nu-Disco Post-Disco Progressive House Speed Garage Trap Tropical House
Disney
1 Disney Music
Chillout
2 Chillout Music Lounge Chillout
Easy Listening
15 Background Bop Classical Pop Easy Pop Elevator Exotica Exotica/Lounge Instrumental Collections Instrumental Pop Lounge Middle of the Road Mood Music Orchestral/Easy Listening Space Age Pop Swing
Electronic
114 2-Step 2-Step/British Garage 8bit Abstract Acid Acid House Acid Jazz Acid Techno Ambient Ambient Breakbeat Ambient Dub Ambient House Ambient Techno Asian Underground Balearic Beat Bass Bass House Bassline Berlin School Big Beat Breaks Broken Beat Chillwave Chiptune Chiptunes Clubjazz Complextro Dance-Pop Dark Ambient Darkwave Deep Techno Detroit Techno Disco Disco House Downbeat Downtempo Drill'n'bass Drone Drum & Bass Drum N Bass Dub Dub Techno Dungeon Synth EBM Electro Electro-Cha'abi Electro-Funk Electro-Industrial Electro-Jazz Electro-Punk Electro-Techno Electroacoustic Electroclash Electronic Rock Electronica Electronicore Elektro Euro House Eurodance Experimental Ambient Experimental Dub Experimental Electro Experimental Electronic Experimental Jungle Experimental Techno Funky Breaks Funky House Future Bass Future House Future Jazz Gabber Garage Rap/Grime Glitch Goa Trance Happy Hardcore Hard Trance Hardcore Techno Hardstyle Hi-NRG IDM / Experimental Illbient Industrial Drum'n'bass Industrial Techno Intelligent Dance Music Jazz-House Jungle Left-Field House Levant Electronic Maghreb Electronic Melodic Dubstep Melodic Trance Metro Downtempo Metro Electronica Microhouse Minimal Minimal Techno Neo-Electro New Beat Nu Breaks Postclassical Progressive Trance Psytrance Rave Synthwave Tech House Tech Trance Techno-Dub Trip Hop UK Garage Uplifting Trance Vaportrap Vaporwave Vocal House Vocal Trance
Enka
1 Enka Music
French Pop
1 French Pop Music
Folk Music
37 American Folk Revival Anti-Folk Appalachian Appalachian Folk British Folk British Folk Revival Celtic Folk Contemporary Folk Field Recordings Filk Music Folk Jazz Folk Pop Folk Revival Folk Rock Folk Troubadour Folksongs Freak Folk Indie Folk Industrial Folk Iraqi Folk Irish Folk Khaleeji Folk Neo-Traditional Folk Neofolk Nordic Folk Old-Time Political Folk Progressive Folk Protest Song Protest Songs Psychedelic Folk Sea Shanties Sea Shanty Sung Poetry Traditional Folk Traditional Scottish Folk Urban Folk
German Folk
1 German Folk Music
German Pop
1 German Pop Music
Fitness & Workout
1 Fitness & Workout Music
Hip-Hop/Rap
89 Abstract Hip Hop Afroswing Alternative Rap Bass Music Boom Bap Bounce British Rap Brooklyn Drill Chap Hop Chicano Rap Chinese Hip-Hop Chopped and Screwed Christian Hip Hop Cloud Rap Comedy Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Crunk Crunkcore Digicore Dirty Rap Dirty South Drill East Coast Egyptian Hip-Hop Emo Rap Experimental Hip Hop Frat Rap Freestyle Rap G-Funk Gangsta Rap Ghanaian Drill Golden Age Hardcore Hip Hop Hardcore Rap Hip House Hip Pop Hip-Hop Hip-Hop Soul Hip-Hop/Urban Horrorcore Hyphy Industrial Hip Hop Instrumental Hip Hop Internet Rap Jazz Rap Jerkin’ Khaleeji Hip-Hop Latin Rap Left-Field Hip-Hop Levant Hip-Hop Lofi Hip Hop Lyrical Hip Hop Mafioso Rap Maghreb Hip-Hop Miami Bass Midwest Hip Hop Midwest Rap Mumble Rap Nerdcore New Jack Swing Old School Rap Party Rap Phonk Pluggnb Political Hip Hop Political Rap Pop-Rap Progressive Rap Punk Rap Rage Rap Rap Rap Metal Rap Opera Rap Rock Rapcore Reggaeton/Latin Rap Road Rap Russian Hip-Hop Snap Music South African Hip-Hop Southern Hip Hop Southern Rap Trap Metal Turkish Hip-Hop/Rap Turntablism UK Drill UK Hip Hop Underground Rap West Coast Rap
Holiday
17 Carols Chanukah Christmas Christmas: Children’s Christmas: Classic Christmas: Classical Christmas: Country Christmas: Jazz Christmas: Modern Christmas: Pop Christmas: R&B Christmas: Religious Christmas: Rock Easter Halloween Holidays Thanksgiving
Indie Pop
1 Indie Pop Music
Industrial
10 Aggrotech Coldwave Cybergrind Dark Electro Death Industrial Electronic Body Music Futurepop Industrial Metal Industrial Rock Witch House
Indian
24 Assamese Bengali Bhojpuri Bollywood Carnatic Classical Devotional & Spiritual Ghazals Gujarati Haryanvi Hindustani Classical Indian Folk Kannada Malayalam Marathi Odia Punjabi Punjabi Pop Rabindra Sangeet Rajasthani Regional Indian Sufi Tamil Telugu Urdu
Inspirational – Christian & Gospel
12 CCM Christian Metal Christian Pop Christian Rap Christian Rock Classic Christian Contemporary Gospel Gospel Praise & Worship Qawwali Southern Gospel Traditional Gospel
Inspirational
1 Inspirational Music
Instrumental
1 March (Marching Band)
J-Pop
5 J-Pop Music J-Punk J-Rock J-Ska J-Synth
Jazz
76 African Jazz Afro-Cuban Jazz Alt-Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz Bebop Big Band Big Band/Swing Blue Note Brazilian Jazz British Dance Band Cape Jazz Chamber Jazz Contemporary Jazz Continental Jazz Cool Jazz Crossover Jazz Cuban Jazz Dance Bands Dixieland Early Jazz Electric Jazz Ethio Jazz Ethno Jazz European Free Jazz Experimental Big Band Free Funk Free Jazz Fusion Guitar Jazz Gypsy Jazz Hard Bop Jazz Instrument Jazz Manouche Jazz Rock Jazz-Funk Jazz-Fusion Jazz-Pop Jive Latin Jazz Latin Jazz/World Fusion M-Base Mainstream Jazz Modal Jazz Modal Music Modern Big Band Modern Creative Modern Free Modern Jazz Neo-Bop Neo-Swing New Orleans Brass Bands New Orleans Jazz New Orleans Jazz Revival New Orleans/Classic Jazz Nu Jazz Piano Jazz Post-Bop Progressive Jazz Ragtime Saxophone Jazz Ska Jazz Smooth Jazz Soul Jazz Soul Jazz/Groove Standards Straight-Ahead Jazz Stride Sweet Bands Swing Jazz Third Stream Trad Jazz Trombone Jazz Trumpet Jazz Vibraphone/Marimba Jazz Vocal Jazz West Coast Jazz
K-Pop
1 K-Pop Music
Jewish
2 Jewish Holidays Klezmer
Karaoke
1 Karaoke Tracks
Kayokyoku
1 Kayokyoku Music
Latino
8 Alternativo & Rock Latino Baladas y Boleros Contemporary Latin Pop Latino Raíces Reggaeton y Hip-Hop Regional Mexicano Salsa y Tropical
Korean
1 Korean Traditional
Latin
46 Afro-Cuban Alternative & Rock in Spanish Argentine Tango Bachata Banda Boogaloo Chicha Corrido Cubaton Cumbia Cumbia Villera Dembow Duranguense Flamenco Grupera Huayno Latin Alternative Latin America Latin Big Band Latin Dance Latin Folk Latin Pop Latin Rock Latin Soul Latin Urban Mariachi Merengue Típico Mexican Traditions Música Popular Brasileira New York Salsa Norteño Nueva Canción Pachanga Pop in Spanish Quebradita Ranchera Rumba Salsa Soca Son Cubano Tango Tejano Tropical Tropicalia Vallenato Zouk
Metal
41 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal Blackgaze Brutal Death Metal Celtic Metal Death Metal Death-Doom Deathcore Djent Doom Metal Drone Metal Extreme Metal Folk Metal Funk Metal Glam Metal Gothic Metal Grindcore Groove Metal Heavy Metal Kawaii Metal Mathcore Melodic Death Metal Metalcore Modern Metal Neoclassical Metal Nu Metal Pagan Metal Pirate Metal Post-Metal Power Metal Progressive Metal Sludge Speed Metal Stoner Metal Symphonic Black Metal Symphonic Metal Technical Death Metal Thrash Metal Thrashcore Viking Metal War Metal
Marching Bands
1 Marching Bands Music
New Age
19 Contemporary Instrumental Environmental Ethnic Fusion Guitar/New Age Harp/New Age Healing Keyboard/Synthesizer/New Age Meditation Meditation/Relaxation Nature Piano/New Age Progressive Electronic Relaxation Solo Instrumental Space Spiritual Techno-Tribal Travel Yoga
Opera
1 Opera Performance
Pop
56 Adult Contemporary AM Pop Ambient Pop Arab Pop Art Pop Asian Pop Baroque Pop Bedroom Pop Bitpop Britpop Bubblegum Bubblegum Pop Chamber Pop Chanson City Pop Egyptian Pop Electro Pop Europop Girl Groups Hyperpop Indo Pop Iraqi Pop Jangle Pop Khaleeji Pop Korean Folk-Pop Latin Ballad Levant Pop Maghreb Pop Malaysian Pop Mandopop Manilla Sound Mexican Pop New Romantic Oldies Orchestral Pop Original Pilipino Music Piano Rock Pop Punk Pop Soul Pop/Rock Power Pop Psychedelic Pop Russian Pop Shows Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop Sunshine Pop Swamp Pop Synthpop T-Pop Tai-Pop Teen Idol Teen Pop Traditional Pop Music Turkish Pop Wonky Pop
R&B/Soul
25 Beach Music Blue-Eyed Soul Brit Funk Contemporary R&B Contemporary Soul Deep Funk Doo Wop Funk Funk Rock Go-Go Minneapolis Sound Modern Soul Motown Neo-Soul New Orleans R&B Northern Soul P-Funk Progressive Soul Psychedelic Funk Psychedelic Soul Quiet Storm Smooth Soul Soul Southern Soul Yacht Soul
Reggae
26 2-Tone Bluebeat Caribbean Traditions Contemporary Reggae Dancehall DJ/Toasting Dub Poetry Early Reggae Jamaican Ska Lovers Rock Mento Modern Dancehall Political Reggae Ragga Raggamuffin Reggae en Español Reggae Fusion Reggae Rock Reggae-Pop Reggaestep Rocksteady Roots Reggae Ska Ska Punk Smooth Reggae Two-Tone
Gothic
2 Deathrock Gothic Rock
Rock
57 Acid Rock Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Album Rock Alternative Country-Rock Alternative Pop/Rock Alternative/Indie Rock American Punk American Trad Rock American Underground Anarchist Punk Anatolian Rock AOR Arena Rock Art Rock Art-Rock/Experimental Boogie Rock British Invasion Cello Rock Cock Rock Dance-Rock Death Metal/Black Metal Desert Rock Emo Pop Garage Rock Glam Rock Goth Metal Goth Rock Hair Metal Heartland Rock Instrumental Rock Jam Bands Krautrock Melodic Hardcore Mod No Wave Parody Post Rock Prog Rock Prog-Rock/Art Rock Proto-Punk Psychedelic Psychedelic Rock Pub Rock Rock & Roll Rockabilly Roots Rock Russian Rock Southern Rock Space Rock Stoner Rock Surf Symphonic Rock Tex-Mex Thrash Turkish Rock Visual Kei Yacht Rock
Russian
3 Russian Bard Russian Chanson Russian Romance
Singer/Songwriter
3 Contemporary Singer/Songwriter Love Song New Acoustic
Stage & Screen
15 Blaxploitation Cast Recordings Film Music Movie Themes Musical Theater Musicals Original Score Show Tunes Sound Effects Soundtracks Spy Music Television Music TV Music TV Soundtracks Video Game Music
Soundtrack
4 Foreign Cinema Movie Soundtrack TV Soundtrack Video Game
Spoken Word
1 Spoken Word Performance
Tex-Mex / Tejano
5 Chicano Classic Conjunto Conjunto Progressive New Mex
Turkish
5 Arabesk Fantezi Halk Özgün Sanat
Vocal
17 A cappella American Popular Song Barbershop Cabaret Cantique Early Jazz Vocals Gregorian Chant Harmony Vocal Group Modern Jazz Vocals Music Hall Tin Pan Alley Pop Torch Songs Traditional Pop Trot Vocal Pop Vocalese Yodel
Africa
57 African Dancehall African Heavy Metal African Hip Hop African Reggae Afrikaans Afro Soul Afro-Beat Afro-folk Afro-fusion Afro-House Afro-Pop Alte Apala/Akpala Benga Bikutsi Bongo Flava Chimurenga Coupé-Décalé Fuji Fuji Music Genge Gnawa Gqom Highlife Hiplife Isicathamiya Jit Jùjú Kapuka Kizomba Kuduro Kwaito Kwassa Kwela Lingala Makossa Maloya Mapouka Marrabenta Maskandi Mbalax Mbaqanga Mbube Morna Museve Ndombolo Negro Spiritual Palm-Wine Raï Sakara Sega Seggae Semba Shangaan Electro Soukous Taarab Zouglou
Asia
13 Anison Baithak Gana C-Pop Cantopop Fann At-Tanbura Fijiri Hong Kong English Pop Khaliji Liwa Onkyokei Sawt Taiwanese Pop Thai Pop
Caribbean
5 Chutney Chutney Soca Compas Merengue Méringue
World
103 African Folk African Traditions Afro-Brazilian Afrobeats Amapiano Andean Folk Andean Music Asian Folk Asian Traditions Australia Balkan Brass Bhangra Brazilian Folk Brazilian Pop Brazilian Traditions Bulgarian Cajun Calypso Cambodian Rock Carnatic Celtic Celtic Fusion Celtic New Age Celtic Pop Celtic Rock Celtic/British Isles Central African Central European Traditions Central/West Asian Traditions Chalga Chants Colombian Contemporary Celtic Contemporary Flamenco Dangdut Desert Blues Dini Drinking Songs Dutch East African Europe European Folk Fado Farsi Finnish Folk France French French Chanson French Folk German Gypsy Hawaii Hawaiian Iberia Indian Pop Indian Subcontinent Traditions Indonesian Religious Indonesian Traditions International Fusion International Pop Israeli Italian Music Japan Japanese Traditions Jewish Music Luk Thung Mediterranean Traditions Middle East Middle Eastern Pop Middle Eastern Traditions Native American Neo-Traditional Nordic Traditions North America North American Traditions North/East Asian Traditions Oceanic Traditions Pan-Global Polish Polka Portuguese Raga Scandinavian Scottish Folk South Africa South African Pop South America South American Traditions South/Eastern European Traditions Southeast Asian Traditions Southern African Spanish Folk Swedish Folk Throat Singing Traditional Celtic Traditional Irish Folk Traditional Middle Eastern Folk Tuvan Volksmusik West African Western European Traditions Worldbeat Zamrock
Punk
9 Celtic Punk Crack Rock Steady D-Beat Horror Punk Oi! Psychobilly Punk Rock Skate Punk Street Punk
Experimental
2 Microsound Plunderphonics
Regional
27 Australian Hip-Hop Baila Baul Chinese Folk Chinese Rock Filmi Gamelan Hokkien Pop Indian Rock Japanese Hip-Hop Japanese Jazz Japanese Rock Keroncong Korean Folk Korean Hip-Hop Korean Rock L-Pop Manila Sound Māori Music Mor Lam Pashto Music Pinoy Pop Pinoy Rock Shashmaqam Tajik Folk Tuvan Throat Singing V-Pop
Religious
14 Alternative CCM Bhajan Black Gospel Buddhist Chant CCM/Contemporary Gospel Christian Music Contemporary Christian Gospel Choir Gospel Rap Hymn Islamic Music Nasheed Spirituals Sufi Music
Hörspiele
1 Hörspiele Music
Tarab
3 Egyptian Tarab Iraqi Tarab Khaleeji Tarab
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