Genre List
These are all the genres currently available for use in MusicBrainz.
To associate a genre with an entity, tag the entity with the genre name.
- 2 tone
- 2-step
- acid breaks
- acid house
- acid jazz
- acid rock
- acid techno
- acid trance
- acoustic blues
- acoustic rock
- afoxê
- african blues
- afro-cuban jazz
- afrobeat
- aggrotech
- algorave
- alternative country
- alternative dance
- alternative folk
- alternative hip hop
- alternative metal
- alternative pop
- alternative punk
- alternative rock
- ambient
- ambient dub
- ambient house
- ambient pop
- ambient techno
- ambient trance
- american primitive guitar
- americana
- anarcho-punk
- anatolian rock
- andalusian classical
- anti-folk
- aor
- appalachian folk
- arena rock
- ars antiqua
- ars nova
- ars subtilior
- art pop
- art punk
- art rock
- atmospheric black metal
- avant-folk
- avant-garde
- avant-garde jazz
- avant-garde metal
- avant-garde pop
- avant-prog
- axé
- bachata
- baião
- balearic beat
- ballad
- baltimore club
- barbershop
- bardcore
- baroque
- baroque pop
- bass house
- bassline
- battle rap
- batucada
- beat music
- bebop
- beijing opera
- benga
- berlin school
- bhangra
- big band
- big beat
- big room house
- black metal
- blackened death metal
- blackgaze
- bleep techno
- blue-eyed soul
- bluegrass
- bluegrass gospel
- blues
- blues rock
- bolero
- bolero son
- bongo flava
- boogie rock
- boogie-woogie
- boom bap
- bossa nova
- bounce
- breakbeat
- breakbeat hardcore
- breakcore
- breaks
- brega
- brega funk
- brill building
- brit funk
- britcore
- britpop
- broken beat
- brostep
- brutal death metal
- bubblegum bass
- bubblegum pop
- bytebeat
- cabaret
- cajun
- calypso
- campus folk
- canción melódica
- candombe
- canterbury scene
- cantopop
- canzone napoletana
- cape jazz
- carimbó
- carnatic classical
- celtic
- celtic punk
- celtic rock
- chacarera
- chachachá
- chalga
- chamamé
- chamber pop
- champeta
- changüí
- chanson à texte
- chanson française
- chicago blues
- chicano rap
- chillout
- chillstep
- chillsynth
- chillwave
- chimurenga
- chinese revolutionary opera
- chiptune
- chopped and screwed
- choro
- christian metal
- christian rock
- christmas music
- chutney
- city pop
- classic blues
- classic country
- classic jazz
- classic rock
- classical
- classical crossover
- cloud rap
- club
- coco
- coldwave
- comedy
- comedy hip hop
- comedy rock
- compas
- complextro
- conscious hip hop
- contemporary christian
- contemporary classical
- contemporary country
- contemporary folk
- contemporary gospel
- contemporary jazz
- contemporary r&b
- contra
- cool jazz
- copla
- corrido
- country
- country blues
- country boogie
- country folk
- country pop
- country rap
- country rock
- country soul
- coupé-décalé
- cowpunk
- crossbreed
- crossover jazz
- crossover prog
- crossover thrash
- crunk
- crust punk
- cumbia
- cumbia villera
- cuplé
- cyber metal
- cybergrind
- cyberpunk
- d-beat
- dance
- dance-pop
- dance-punk
- dance-rock
- dancehall
- dangdut
- dansband
- danzón
- dark ambient
- dark cabaret
- dark electro
- dark folk
- dark jazz
- dark psytrance
- dark wave
- darkstep
- darksynth
- death 'n' roll
- death industrial
- death metal
- death-doom metal
- deathcore
- deathgrind
- deathrock
- deathstep
- deconstructed club
- deep funk
- deep house
- deep techno
- delta blues
- denpa
- depressive black metal
- descarga
- desert blues
- desert rock
- detroit techno
- dhrupad
- digicore
- digital hardcore
- disco
- disco polo
- dixieland
- djent
- doo-wop
- doom metal
- doomcore
- downtempo
- dream pop
- dream trance
- dreampunk
- drill
- drill and bass
- drone
- drone metal
- drum and bass
- drumstep
- dub
- dub poetry
- dub techno
- dubstep
- dungeon synth
- east coast hip hop
- easy listening
- easycore
- ebm
- edm
- electric blues
- electro
- electro house
- electro swing
- electro-funk
- electro-industrial
- electroclash
- electronic
- electronic rock
- electronica
- electronicore
- electropop
- electropunk
- electrotango
- emo
- emo pop
- emo rap
- emocore
- enka
- éntekhno
- epic collage
- ethereal wave
- euro house
- euro-disco
- eurobeat
- eurodance
- europop
- exotica
- experimental
- experimental big band
- experimental hip hop
- experimental rock
- extratone
- fado
- fidget house
- filk
- finnish tango
- flamenco
- flamenco jazz
- flashcore
- folk
- folk metal
- folk pop
- folk punk
- folk rock
- folktronica
- footwork
- forró
- forró eletrônico
- forró universitário
- freak folk
- freakbeat
- free folk
- free improvisation
- free jazz
- free tekno
- french house
- frenchcore
- frevo
- fuji
- funaná
- funeral doom metal
- funk
- funk carioca
- funk metal
- funk rock
- funk soul
- funkot
- funktronica
- funky house
- fusion
- future bass
- future funk
- future garage
- future house
- future jazz
- futurepop
- g-funk
- gabber
- gagaku
- gangsta rap
- garage house
- garage punk
- garage rock
- għana
- ghazal
- ghetto house
- ghettotech
- glam
- glam metal
- glam punk
- glam rock
- glitch
- glitch hop
- glitch pop
- go-go
- goa trance
- goregrind
- gorenoise
- gospel
- gothic
- gothic country
- gothic metal
- gothic rock
- grebo
- gregorian chant
- grime
- grindcore
- groove metal
- group sounds
- grunge
- guaguancó
- guajira
- guaracha
- gypsy jazz
- gypsy punk
- happy hardcore
- hard bop
- hard house
- hard rock
- hard trance
- hardbass
- hardcore hip hop
- hardcore punk
- hardcore techno
- hardstyle
- hardvapour
- harsh noise
- harsh noise wall
- hauntology
- heartland rock
- heavy metal
- heavy psych
- heavy rock
- hexd
- hi-nrg
- highlife
- hindustani classical
- hip hop
- hip house
- hiplife
- honky tonk
- hopepunk
- horror punk
- horrorcore
- house
- huayno
- hyperpop
- hyphy
- idm
- idol kayō
- illbient
- impressionism
- indian pop
- indie
- indie folk
- indie pop
- indie rock
- indietronica
- indorock
- industrial
- industrial hardcore
- industrial hip hop
- industrial metal
- industrial musical
- industrial rock
- industrial techno
- instrumental
- instrumental hip hop
- instrumental jazz
- instrumental rock
- irish folk
- italo dance
- italo-disco
- j-core
- j-pop
- j-rock
- jaipongan
- jazz
- jazz blues
- jazz fusion
- jazz rap
- jazz rock
- jazz-funk
- joik
- jùjú
- juke
- jump blues
- jump up
- jungle
- jungle terror
- k-pop
- kabarett (German political satire)
- kaseko (Suriname)
- kasékò (Guiana)
- kawaii future bass
- kawaii metal
- kayōkyoku
- keroncong
- khyal
- kizomba
- kleinkunst
- klezmer
- könsrock
- korean revolutionary opera
- krautrock
- kuduro
- kwaito
- latin
- latin ballad
- latin jazz
- latin pop
- latin rock
- latin soul
- leftfield
- levenslied
- line dance
- liquid funk
- lo-fi
- lo-fi hip hop
- lolicore
- louisiana blues
- lounge
- lovers rock
- lowercase
- luk krung
- luk thung
- madchester
- mainstream rock
- makossa
- maloya
- mambo
- mandopop
- mangue beat
- manila sound
- march
- marchinha
- mariachi
- marrabenta
- martial industrial
- mashcore
- maskanda
- math rock
- mathcore
- mbalax
- mbaqanga
- mbube
- medieval
- melodic black metal
- melodic death metal
- melodic dubstep
- melodic hardcore
- melodic metalcore
- melodic rock
- melodic techno
- melodic trance
- mento
- merengue
- metal
- metalcore
- miami bass
- microhouse
- microsound
- midtempo bass
- milonga
- min'yō
- mincecore
- minimal
- minimal drum and bass
- minimal techno
- minimal wave
- mod
- modal jazz
- modern blues
- modern classical
- modern country
- mood kayō
- moombahcore
- moombahton
- mor lam
- morna
- motown
- mpb
- musical
- musique concrète
- narcocorrido
- nasheed
- nashville sound
- nature sounds
- nederpop
- neo soul
- neo-progressive rock
- neo-psychedelia
- neo-rockabilly
- neo-traditional country
- neoclassical dark wave
- neoclassical metal
- neoclassicism
- neofolk
- nerdcore
- neue deutsche härte
- neue deutsche welle
- neurofunk
- neurohop
- new age
- new beat
- new jack swing
- new romantic
- new wave
- nightcore
- no wave
- noise
- noise pop
- noise rock
- noisecore
- non-music
- norteño
- northern soul
- nova cançó
- nu disco
- nu jazz
- nu metal
- nu skool breaks
- nueva canción
- nueva trova
- nuevo flamenco
- nuevo tango
- nyū myūjikku
- occult rock
- oi
- old school death metal
- old-time
- onkyo
- opera
- operatic pop
- orchestral
- orchestral jazz
- outlaw country
- p-funk
- pachanga
- pagodão
- pagode
- pagode romântico
- paisley underground
- palm-wine
- parang
- partido alto
- pasodoble
- peak time techno
- philly soul
- phleng phuea chiwit
- phonk
- piano blues
- piano rock
- piedmont blues
- plainchant
- plena
- plunderphonics
- political hip hop
- polka
- pop
- pop metal
- pop punk
- pop rap
- pop rock
- pop soul
- pop yeh-yeh
- porn groove
- pornogrind
- porro
- post-bop
- post-classical
- post-grunge
- post-hardcore
- post-industrial
- post-metal
- post-minimalism
- post-punk
- post-rock
- power electronics
- power metal
- power noise
- power pop
- powerviolence
- production music
- progressive
- progressive bluegrass
- progressive breaks
- progressive country
- progressive electronic
- progressive folk
- progressive house
- progressive metal
- progressive pop
- progressive rock
- progressive trance
- proto-punk
- psybient
- psychedelic
- psychedelic folk
- psychedelic pop
- psychedelic rock
- psychobilly
- psytrance
- pub rock
- punk
- punk blues
- punk rap
- punk rock
- qaraami
- qawwali
- queercore
- quiet storm
- r&b
- raga rock
- ragga
- ragga hip-hop
- ragga jungle
- ragtime
- raï
- ranchera
- rap metal
- rap rock
- rapcore
- rautalanka
- rave
- rebetiko
- red dirt
- red song
- reggae
- reggae-pop
- reggaeton
- renaissance
- rhythmic noise
- riot grrrl
- ritual ambient
- rock
- rock and roll
- rock opera
- rockabilly
- rocksteady
- romantic classical
- roots reggae
- roots rock
- rumba
- runo song
- ryūkōka
- salegy
- salsa
- samba
- samba-canção
- samba-choro
- samba-exaltação
- samba-reggae
- samba-rock
- sasscore
- schlager
- schranz
- screamo
- sea shanty
- seapunk
- séga
- sertanejo
- sertanejo raiz
- sertanejo romântico
- sertanejo universitário
- shibuya-kei
- shoegaze
- sierreño
- singer-songwriter
- ska
- ska punk
- skacore
- skate punk
- skiffle
- skullstep
- skweee
- slam death metal
- slow waltz
- slowcore
- sludge metal
- smooth jazz
- smooth soul
- soca
- soft rock
- son cubano
- son montuno
- songo
- sophisti-pop
- soukous
- soul
- soul blues
- soul jazz
- southern gospel
- southern metal
- southern rock
- southern soul
- sovietwave
- space age pop
- space ambient
- space disco
- space rock
- spectralism
- speed garage
- speed metal
- speedcore
- splittercore
- spoken word
- steampunk
- stoner metal
- stoner rock
- street punk
- stride
- surf rock
- swamp pop
- swamp rock
- swing
- symphonic black metal
- symphonic metal
- symphonic prog
- symphonic rock
- symphony
- synth funk
- synth-pop
- synthwave
- taarab
- tango
- tech house
- tech trance
- technical death metal
- techno
- techno bass
- techno kayō
- techstep
- tecnobrega
- teen pop
- tejano
- terrorcore
- texas blues
- texas country
- third stream
- thrash metal
- thrashcore
- thumri
- timba
- tizita
- traditional country
- trance
- trap
- trap edm
- tribal ambient
- tribal house
- trip hop
- tropical house
- tropicália
- trot
- trova
- tsapiky
- tsugaru-jamisen
- turbo-folk
- turntablism
- twee pop
- uk drill
- uk funky
- uk garage
- uk hardcore
- underground hip hop
- urban cowboy
- vallenato
- vaportrap
- vaporwave
- vaudeville
- viking metal
- visual kei
- vocal house
- vocal jazz
- vocal trance
- waltz
- war metal
- wave
- west coast hip hop
- west coast swing
- western (cowboy/western country)
- western swing
- witch house
- wonky
- wonky techno
- xote
- yacht rock
- yé-yé
- zamba
- zamrock
- zarzuela
- zeuhl
- zolo
- zouk
- zydeco
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