This document contains a comprehensive list of music genres organized into categories such as Alternative, Blues, Classical, Country, Dance, Electronic, Hip Hop/Rap, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, World, and others. It includes many subgenres within each broad genre such as Alternative Rock, Chicago Blues, Baroque, Bluegrass, House, Gangsta Rap, Christmas Pop, Big Band, Adult Contemporary, Soul, Hard Rock, Africa, and more. The list provides over 150 distinct genre and subgenre categories in total.

1. Music Genre List
LIST OF TYPE OF MUSIC | MUSIC GENRES
 Alternative
 Alternative Rock
 College Rock
 Experimental Rock
 Goth Rock
 Grunge
 Hardcore Punk
 Hard Rock
 Indie Rock
 New Wave
 Progressive Rock
 Punk
 Shoegaze (with thx to Jackie Herrera)
 Steampunk (with thx to Christopher Schaeffer)
 Anime
 Blues
 Acoustic Blues
 Chicago Blues
 Classic Blues
 ContemporaryBlues
 Country Blues
 Delta Blues
 Electric Blues
 Children’s Music
 Lullabies
 Sing-Along
 Stories
 Classical
 Avant-Garde
 Baroque
 Chamber Music
 Chant
 Choral
 Classical Crossover
 Early Music
 High Classical
 Impressionist
 Medieval
 Minimalism
 Modern Composition
 Opera
 Orchestral
 Renaissance

2.  Romantic
 Wedding Music
 Comedy
 Novelty
 Standup Comedy
 Country
 Alternative Country
 Americana
 Bluegrass
 ContemporaryBluegrass
 ContemporaryCountry
 Country Gospel
 Honky Tonk
 Outlaw Country
 Traditional Bluegrass
 Traditional Country
 Urban Cowboy
 Dance (EMD – Electronic Dance Music – see Electronic below – with thx to Eric Shaffer-Whiting)
 Breakbeat
 Dubstep
 Exercise
 Garage
 Hardcore
 Hard Dance
 Hi-NRG/ Eurodance
 House
 Jackin House (with thx to Jermaine Benjamin Dale Bruce)
 Jungle/Drum’n’bass
 Techno
 Trance
 Disney
 Easy Listening
 Bop
 Lounge
 Swing
 Electronic
 Ambient
 Crunk (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
 Downtempo
 Electro
 Electronica
 Electronic Rock
 IDM/Experimental
 Industrial
 Enka
 French Pop

3.  German Folk
 German Pop
 Fitness & Workout
 Hip-Hop/Rap
 Alternative Rap
 Bounce
 Dirty South
 EastCoastRap
 Gangsta Rap
 Hardcore Rap
 Hip-Hop
 Latin Rap
 Old School Rap
 Rap
 Underground Rap
 West CoastRap
 Holiday
 Chanukah
 Christmas
 Christmas:Children’s
 Christmas:Classic
 Christmas:Classical
 Christmas:Jazz
 Christmas:Modern
 Christmas:Pop
 Christmas:R&B
 Christmas:Religious
 Christmas:Rock
 Easter
 Halloween
 Holiday: Other
 Thanksgiving
 Indie Pop
 Industrial
 Inspirational – Christian & Gospel
 CCM
 Christian Metal
 Christian Pop
 Christian Rap
 Christian Rock
 Classic Christian
 ContemporaryGospel
 Gospel
 Christian & Gospel
 Praise & Worship
 Qawwali (with thx to Jillian Edwards)

4.  Southern Gospel
 Traditional Gospel
 Instrumental
 March (Marching Band)
 J-Pop
 J-Rock
 J-Synth
 J-Ska
 J-Punk
 Jazz
 Acid Jazz (with thx to Hunter Nelson)
 Avant-Garde Jazz
 Big Band
 Blue Note (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
 ContemporaryJazz
 Cool
 Crossover Jazz
 Dixieland
 Ethio-jazz (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
 Fusion
 Hard Bop
 Latin Jazz
 Mainstream Jazz
 Ragtime
 Smooth Jazz
 Trad Jazz
 K-Pop
 Karaoke
 Kayokyoku
 Latino
 Alternativo & Rock Latino
 Baladas y Boleros
 Brazilian
 ContemporaryLatin
 Latin Jazz
 Pop Latino
 Raíces
 Reggaeton y Hip-Hop
 Regional Mexicano
 Salsa y Tropical
 New Age
 Environmental
 Healing
 Meditation
 Nature
 Relaxation

5.  Travel
 Opera
 Pop
 Adult Contemporary
 Britpop
 Pop/Rock
 Soft Rock
 Teen Pop
 R&B/Soul
 ContemporaryR&B
 Disco
 Doo Wop
 Funk
 Motown
 Neo-Soul
 Quiet Storm
 Soul
 Reggae
 Dancehall
 Dub
 Roots Reggae
 Ska
 Rock
 Adult Alternative
 American Trad Rock
 Arena Rock
 Blues-Rock
 British Invasion
 Death Metal/Black Metal
 Glam Rock
 Hair Metal
 Hard Rock
 Metal
 Jam Bands
 Prog-Rock/Art Rock
 Psychedelic
 Rock & Roll
 Rockabilly
 Roots Rock
 Singer/Songwriter
 Southern Rock
 Surf
 Tex-Mex
 Singer/Songwriter
 Alternative Folk
 ContemporaryFolk

6.  ContemporarySinger/Songwriter
 Folk-Rock
 New Acoustic
 Traditional Folk
 Soundtrack
 Foreign Cinema
 Musicals
 Original Score
 Soundtrack
 TV Soundtrack
 Spoken Word
 Tex-Mex / Tejano (with thx to Israel Lopez)
 Chicano
 Classic
 Conjunto
 Conjunto Progressive
 New Mex
 Tex-Mex
 Vocal
 Barbershop (with thx to Kelly Chism)
 Doo-wop (with thx to Bradley Thompson)
 Standards
 Traditional Pop
 Vocal Jazz
 Vocal Pop
 World
 Africa
 Afro-Beat
 Afro-Pop
 Asia
 Australia
 Bossa Nova (with thx to Marcos José Sant’Anna Magalhães)
 Cajun
 Caribbean
 Celtic
 Celtic Folk
 ContemporaryCeltic
 Drinking Songs
 Drone )with thx to Robert Conrod)
 Europe
 France
 Hawaii
 Indian Pop
 Japan
 Japanese Pop
 Klezmer

7.  Middle East
 North America
 Polka
 South Africa
 South America
 Traditional Celtic
 Worldbeat
 Zydeco