List of music styles


This is a list of music styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise more specific sub-categories. Applicable styles are classified in this list using AllMusic genre categorization.

African

Arabesque
Arabic pop music
Chalga

Asian

Avant-garde

Caribbean and Caribbean-influenced

Country

Easy listening

Electronic music

Folk

Hip hop

Jazz

Latin

Pop

R&B and soul

Rock

Classical music

These categories are not exhaustive. A music platform, Gracenote, listed more than 2000 music genres. Most of these genres were created by music labels to target new audiences, however classification is useful to find music and distribute it.