Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as 'rock and roll' in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It has evolved into various subgenres and remains one of the most influential music styles worldwide.
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has a wide appeal and often features catchy melodies and danceable rhythms.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is characterized by swing, blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms, and improvisation.
Hip-hop music, also known as rap music, is a genre of popular music developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. It consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping.
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology. It includes a wide range of styles from ambient to techno and has been a major force in modern music production.
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical and secular music. It encompasses a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present day.
Country music, also known as country and western, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as folk music, blues, and old-time music.
Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. The genre is based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern.
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, 'Do the Reggay', was the first popular song to use the word 'reggae'.
Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed by custom over a long period of time.