A romantic dance music from the Dominican Republic, featuring guitar-led melodies, syncopated rhythms, and heartfelt lyrics about love and heartbreak.
A UK music and fashion movement of the late '80s–early '90s blending alternative rock, psychedelic sounds, and acid house beats, associated with bands like The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays.
Also known as Funk Carioca, a raw, energetic genre from Brazil fusing Miami bass, rap, and Afro-Brazilian rhythms with provocative, often socially charged lyrics.
A gritty, electrified form of country music from California’s Bakersfield, emphasizing twangy guitars and honky-tonk rhythms; a response to the polished Nashville sound.
A Latin American ballad style focusing on emotional vocal delivery, romantic lyrics, and lush arrangements, often blending pop and bolero influences.
A melodic, relaxed form of trance music originating from Ibiza’s Balearic Islands, often blending ambient textures with smooth progressive rhythms.
A Mexican brass-based music genre with bold, upbeat arrangements using clarinets, trumpets, tubas, and percussion—often linked to regional Mexican traditions.
Hip-hop created in Bengali-speaking regions, blending global rap elements with local language, culture, and themes.
Pop music performed in Bengali, incorporating both traditional South Asian melodies and contemporary pop instrumentation.
Rock music performed in Bengali, often blending Western rock instrumentation with Bengali poetic themes and cultural references.
A South African dance music genre known for its raw percussion and catchy street beats, often considered a cousin to Amapiano.
Russian singer-songwriter tradition focusing on poetic lyrics and acoustic guitar, often used to express social, political, or philosophical messages.
A Western classical music style from the 1600s–1700s characterized by ornate detail, counterpoint, and dramatic contrasts. Includes composers like Bach and Handel.
A fusion of pop music with baroque classical elements, featuring orchestral instrumentation like harpsichords, strings, and layered arrangements.
Rap music performed in the Bashkir language, often incorporating local culture, identity, and traditional motifs.
A subgenre of house music with heavy, wobbling basslines and energetic drops, blending elements from dubstep and EDM.
Trap music with a focus on sub-bass frequencies and aggressive low-end production, often used in car and club systems.
A UK dance genre related to garage and grime, known for its punchy bass, fast tempos, and choppy vocal samples.
A broad category encompassing electronic music with a focus on heavy bass, including dubstep, trap, and future bass.
A competitive form of rap where MCs deliver clever, often aggressive verses aimed at verbally defeating their opponent in a lyrical duel.
The art of creating drum patterns, rhythms, and musical effects using only the human voice. Often associated with hip-hop and freestyle culture.
A heavy, slow, and aggressive subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore, known for its breakdowns and brutal vocal delivery.
An advanced style of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic solos, and complex chord changes, pioneered by legends like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
A lo-fi, DIY subgenre of pop made by independent artists often recording in home studios. Known for intimate lyrics and soft, dreamy production.
Rock music from Belarus, often performed in Belarusian and reflecting national identity, politics, and cultural narratives.
Techno music from Belgium, often dark, industrial, and hard-edged, historically tied to the new beat movement of the '80s.
A lively genre of Punjabi folk music and dance, originally tied to harvest celebrations, now fused with hip-hop, EDM, and pop globally.
A style of jazz featuring large ensembles with brass, woodwinds, and rhythm sections. Popular in the swing era for its rich, danceable arrangements.
A ‘90s electronic genre combining breakbeats, synths, and rock samples, made famous by artists like The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, and The Chemical Brothers.
An EDM subgenre characterized by simple, anthemic drops and massive reverb, often played at festivals and large venues.
A subgenre of electronic music using 8-bit or retro video game sounds, often nostalgic and energetic, sometimes overlapping with chiptune.
A hybrid of black metal and death metal, combining the blast beats and growls of death metal with the eerie atmosphere and tremolo picking of black metal.
Hardcore punk fused with the dark tonalities and atmosphere of black metal—raw, fast, and uncompromising.
An emotionally intense fusion of black metal and screamo, combining shrieked vocals and chaotic instrumentation with atmospheric elements.
Combines the slow, heavy sound of sludge with the eerie, grim vibe of black metal—dense, aggressive, and bleak.
Thrash metal infused with the raw aggression and tremolo picking of black metal. Fast, dark, and punishing.
A fusion of black metal and shoegaze, known for its lush, dreamy soundscapes contrasted with harsh vocals and tremolo guitars.
An extreme metal genre with fast tempos, shrieked vocals, raw production, and themes of nature, paganism, or anti-religion.
A hybrid of black metal and rock ‘n’ roll, often featuring groove-heavy riffs and a looser, more accessible feel than traditional black metal.
American roots music with acoustic string instruments like banjo, fiddle, and mandolin, often featuring vocal harmonies and fast tempos.
A foundational genre of American music, rooted in African-American history. Characterized by 12-bar progressions, emotional expression, and themes of pain, love, and resilience.
A hybrid of bluesy guitar techniques and heavy metal structures, often featuring expressive solos and gritty vocals.
Combines blues scales and guitar styles with the amplified energy of rock. Artists like Eric Clapton and The Black Keys are notable examples.
A romantic Latin American music genre characterized by slow tempos, poetic lyrics, and heartfelt vocals.
A broad genre encompassing music from Indian films, featuring a mix of classical, folk, pop, electronic, and dance elements.
A Tanzanian genre combining hip-hop, R&B, Afrobeat, and traditional Tanzanian sounds. Known for Swahili lyrics and social commentary.
A funk-influenced disco style from the '80s, emphasizing groove, synth basslines, and danceable rhythms.
A piano-driven blues style with fast, rolling bass patterns and energetic right-hand improvisation. Precursor to rock and roll.
A classic hip-hop production style from the '90s, known for hard-hitting drum patterns, sampled loops, and head-nodding rhythms.
Folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, often featuring traditional instruments and poetic storytelling.
Jazz music from Bosnia, blending traditional jazz with Balkan melodies and rhythms.
Pop music from Bosnia, combining modern pop with local cultural elements and lyrics in Bosnian.
Smooth, emotional R&B sung in Bosnian, often mixing international production with regional flavor.
Bosnian rap and hip-hop, frequently addressing social issues and cultural identity, performed in Bosnian.
Rock music from Bosnia, often with poetic lyrics and fusions of Western rock and local folk traditions.
Traditional Bosnian sevdalinka music—a type of emotional folk ballad dealing with love and longing, often sung with deep vibrato and accompanied by traditional instruments.
A Brazilian genre merging samba and jazz, known for its smooth vocals, syncopated rhythms, and laid-back feel.
A high-energy subgenre of hip-hop from New Orleans characterized by call-and-response chants and quick tempos.
A fast-paced dance music from Dominica mixing soca, dancehall, and cadence-lypso with electronic beats.
Pop groups composed of young male vocalists, often performing harmonized ballads and upbeat dance tracks aimed at mass teen appeal.
An ensemble using brass instruments and percussion, often performing marches, jazz, classical, or modern arrangements.
A fusion of brass band instrumentation with trap beats—combining live horns with booming 808s and modern hip-hop elements.
A subgenre of house music from Brazil, characterized by deep, punchy basslines and minimalistic but groovy production.
A Brazilian take on phonk, combining Memphis rap samples with heavy 808s and rhythms influenced by baile funk or trap.
Electronic music with syncopated, looped drum breaks, forming the rhythmic foundation for many rave and dance genres.
An early rave genre blending breakbeats, techno, and acid house, often high-speed and euphoric.
An aggressive form of electronic music using fragmented breakbeats, distorted samples, and intense, chaotic rhythms.
A Brazilian music genre associated with romantic, sentimental lyrics and kitschy aesthetic—embraced both sincerely and ironically.
A fusion of Brazilian brega with funky, club-ready rhythms—popular for its infectious dance grooves and viral appeal.
A style of pop songwriting and production from New York’s Brill Building in the ‘60s, known for polished, catchy hits by professional songwriting teams.
Traditional and modern folk music from the UK, often involving storytelling, acoustic instruments, and regional history.
Heavy metal music from the UK, including iconic movements like the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) with bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.
Rock music from the UK spanning numerous subgenres and iconic bands, from The Beatles and Led Zeppelin to Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys.
A UK alternative rock movement of the '90s marked by catchy, guitar-driven songs and a revival of British cultural identity, led by bands like Oasis and Blur.
Musical theater music from New York’s Broadway stage, ranging from classic show tunes to contemporary, genre-crossing scores.
An extreme subgenre of death metal featuring guttural vocals, complex riffing, blast beats, and graphic lyrical content.
A dark, violent offshoot of horrorcore rap with extreme, often graphic themes, heavy distortion, and intense delivery.
A hyper-pop subgenre known for exaggerated synths, high-pitched vocals, and a surreal, glitchy aesthetic.
Fun, upbeat dance music from the ‘90s and early 2000s with catchy choruses, childlike vocals, and simple lyrics.
A sugary, cheerful form of pop music aimed at children or teens, featuring easy-to-sing melodies and lighthearted themes.
Traditional Bulgarian music with complex rhythms, choral harmonies, and regional instruments like the gaida (bagpipe).
Modern Bulgarian pop music incorporating both local and international influences, often performed in Bulgarian.
Hip-hop music from Bulgaria, featuring Bulgarian lyrics and a fusion of global beats with Balkan themes.