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List of Musicmap Genres

List of Musicmap Genres

ACID HOUSE

ACID JAZZ / JAZZDANCE

AMBIENT

AMBIENT BREAKS & ILLBIENT

AMBIENT HOUSE / CHILL-OUT

AMBIENT TECHNO & IDM (INTELLIGENT DANCE MUSIC) 

AMERICAN & BRITISH FOLK REVIVAL 

AMERICANA / ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY 

ANARCHO-PUNK, CRUST PUNK & D-BEAT / DISCORE 

ASIAN POP

BAKERSFIELD

BASSLINE & UK FUNKY

(MERSEY)BEAT / BRITISH INVASION

BEBOP

BIT MUSIC / VGM (CHIPTUNE & 8-BIT) 

BLACK METAL

BLUEGRASS

BOOGIE / ELECTROFUNK

BOOGIE WOOGIE / PIANO BLUES

BREAKBEAT GARAGE & GRIME BREAKBEAT

HARDCORE (RAVE II)

BRILL BUILDING POP 

BRITISH BLUES & BLUES ROCK

BRITPOP

BROKEN BEATS

BUBBLEGUM & TEENYBOP

CHEMICAL BREAKS & BIG BEAT

CHICAGO BLUES / CITY BLUES / URBAN BLUES 

CHICAGO HOUSE & GARAGE HOUSE

CHICAGO JAZZ

CHICAGO SOUL & DETROIT SOUL (MOTOWN)

CLASSIC COUNTRY / HILLBILLY

CLASSIC METAL

CLASSIC TRANCE & ACID TRANCE

CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY / NEOTRADITIONALISTS 

COOL JAZZ & WEST COAST JAZZ

COUNTRY BLUES / FOLK BLUES

COUNTRY POP & COUNTRY ROCK

CROSSOVER THRASH 

DANCE POP 

DANCEHALL

DANCE-PUNK & NU RAVE 

DARK AMBIENT / DARK INDUSTRIAL

DARKCORE & DARKSTEP

DARKWAVE & COLDWAVE

DEATH METAL

DEEP FUNK / RARE GROOVE & NU FUNK

DEEP HOUSE

DETROIT TECHNO DIGITAL HARDCORE & BREAKCORE 

DIGITAL MINIMALISM / LOWERCASE DISCO

DISCOPOP / POST-DISCO

DOO WOP

DOOM METAL

DREAM POP & SHOEGAZE

DUB DUBSTEP

EARLY FUNK & P-FUNK

EAST COAST GANGSTA RAP

EDM TRAP / TRAPSTEP ELECTRO

ELECTRO HOUSE & DUTCH HOUSE

ELECTRO POP

ELECTRO SWING

ELECTROCLASH

ELECTRO-INDUSTRIAL / AGGREPPO 

ELECTRONIC BODY MUSIC

EMO-ROCK

EUROTRANCE & VOCAL TRANCE

EXTREME METAL (BLACK I & SPEED) 

FIDGET HOUSE & COMPLEXTRO

FLORIDA BREAKS ( & FUNKY BREAKS)

FOLK ROCK

FREE JAZZ / AVANT-GARDE (JAZZ) 

FREESTYLE & BREAKDANCE

FRENCH HOUSE & FUNKY HOUSE

FUSION / JAZZ ROCK

FUTURE BASS / FUTURE GARAGE

FUTUREPOP (EARLY) 

GABBER 

(WEST COAST) GANGSTA RAP

GARAGE & POST-PUNK REVIVALS / NU-RAWK

GARAGE ROCK

GHETTO HOUSE, GHETTOTECH &JUKE GLAM 

METAL / HAIR METAL / POP METAL

GLAM ROCK / GLITTER ROCK / SHOCK ROCK

GLITCH / CLICKS 'N' CUTS

GLITCH HOP & WONKY GOA 

TRANCE & PSYTRANCE

GO-GO GOLDEN AGE RAP ( & HARDCORE RAP)

GOTHIC ROCK & DEATHROCK GRINDCORE GRUNGE

HAPPY HARDCORE & BOUNCY TECHNO

HARD BOP

HARD ROCK

HARDCORE TECHNO / RAVE 

HARDSTEP & TECHSTEP

HARDSTYLE ( & JUMPSTYLE)

HARDTECHNO (SCHRANZ II)

HARDTRANCE

HEARTLAND ROCK & A.O.R. (ADULT ORIENTED ROCK)

HILL COUNTRY BLUES & TRANCE BLUES

HI-NRG / EURODISCO 

HIP HOUSE & EURODANCE

HONKY TONK / HARDCORE COUNTRY

HORROR PUNK & PSYCHOBILLY

IBIZA HOUSE / TRANCE & DREAM HOUSE / TRANCE

INDIE FOLK & FREAKFOLK / NEW WEIRD AMERICA 

INDIE POP (TWEE)

INDIETRONICA & CHILLWAVE 

(AVANT-GARDE) INDUSTRIAL

INDUSTRIAL ROCK / INDUSTRIAL METAL

INDUSTRIAL TECHNO & SCHRANZ 

INTELLIGENT / AMBIENT DRUM 'N' BASS & JAZZSTEP

JANGLE POP / INDIE ROCK ( & PAISLEY UNDERGROUND) 

JAZZ RAP / NATIVE TONGUE

JUMP BLUES

JUMP UP

KRAUTROCK

LIQUID FUNK

LOUISIANA BLUES / SWAMP BLUES

LOUNGE / EXOTICA / SPACE AGE POP

LOVER'S ROCK & UK REGGAE

MATH ROCK & MATHCORE

MEMPHIS SOUL / DEEP SOUL / SOUTHERN SOUL

MENTO METALCORE / NEW WAVE OF AMERICAN HEAVY METAL

MIAMI BASS & BOUNCE

MICROHOUSE / MINIMAL HOUSE

MINIMAL TECHNO

MINIMAL WAVE / SYNTH & MINIMAL INDUSTRIAL (REVIVAL)

MINIMALISM 

MODERN GOSPEL

MOOMBAHTON 

MUSIQUE CONCRETE

MUZAK / ELEVATOR MUSIC

NASHVILLE / COUNTRYPOLIAN

NEO SOUL / NU SOUL

NEO-TRANCE

NEUROFUNK

NEW AGE

NEW BEAT

NEW JACK SWING / SWINGBEAT

NEW ORLEANS & DIXIELAND JAZZ REVIVALS

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & DIXIELAND JAZZ

NEW PROG / NU PROG / POST PROG (ROCK)

NEW WAVE

NO WAVE

NOISE MUSIC

NOISE ROCK

NORDIC JAZZ

NRG, HARD NRG & (UK) HARD HOUSE

NU JAZZ / ELECTRO JAZZ

NU METAL & RAP METAL

NU SKOOL BREAKS

NU STYLE (GABBER) / MAINSTREAM HARDCORE

NU-DISCO & FUNKTRONICA

NWOBHM (NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL)

OLD SKOOL JUNGLE & OLD SKOOL DRUM 'N' BASS

OLD SKOOL RAP PIONEERS

ORIGINAL HARDCORE (PUNK)

PHILLY SOUL

(EARLY) POP ROCK &POWER POP

POST-BRITPOP

POST-DUBSTEP

POST-GRUNGE

POST-HARDCORE, EMO(CORE) & SCREAMO 

POST-PUNK

POST-ROCK

POWER METAL

PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY & OUTLAW COUNTRY

PROGRESSIVE HOUSE

PROGRESSIVE METAL

PROGRESSIVE RAP / NU SKOOL RAP

PROGRESSIVE ROCK, ART ROCK & SYMPHONIC ROCK

PROGRESSIVE TRANCE

PSYCHEDELIC / ACID ROCK & PSYCHEDELIA 

UB ROCK & PROTO PUNK

PUNK ROCK

RAGGA

RAGTIME & STRIDE

RAP ROCK, RAPCORE & FUNK METAL

(ROOTS) REGGAE

REGGAE FUSION & BHANGRAMUFFIN

REGGAETĂ“N & LATIN RAP

RELIPOP & -ROCK / CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC

(EARLY) RHYTHM 'N' BLUES

ROCK 'N ROLL & ROCKABILLY

ROCKSTEADY 

SCHLAGER

SINGER/SONGWRITER

SKA

SKA REVIVAL (2-TONE), SKA PUNK & SKACORE

SKATE PUNK & POP PUNK

SKIFFLE (REVIVAL)

SMOOTH JAZZ

SOFT ROCK / ADULT CONTEMPORARY (A.C.)

SOUL BLUES (SOUTHERN SOUL II)

SOUL JAZZ / JAZZ FUNK

SOUTHERN ROCK

(DIRTY) SOUTH RAP, CRUNK & SNAP 

SPEEDCORE, FRENCHCORE & TERRORCORE 

(NEGRO) SPIRITUALS & WORKSONGS 

STONER METAL / ROCK & SLUDGE METAL / ROCK

SURF ROCK / INSTRUMENTAL 

SWING / BIG BAND

SYMPHONIC METAL & GOTHIC METAL 

SYNTH / ELECTRONICA

SYNTHCORE & CRUNKCORE

SYNTHPOP & NEW ROMANTICS

SYNTHWAVE & VAPORWAVE

TECH HOUSE

TECH TRANCE

(FREE)TEK(K)NO

(ELECTRIC) TEXAS BLUES

TEXAS BLUESROCK & MODERN ELECTRIC BLUES

THIRD STREAM / PROGRESSIVE JAZZ & MODAL JAZZ

THRASH METAL

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL

TRAP & DRILL

TRIP HOP

UK GARAGE (2-STEP & SPEED GARAGE) 

UK HARDCORE & FREEFORM / TRANCECORE & ACIDCORE 

UPLIFTING TRANCE / EPIC TRANCE

URBAN BREAKS (NU R &B II)

URBAN COUNTRY

URBAN SOUL / POP (NU R &B I)

VAUDEVILLE / CLASSIC BLUES

WEST COAST BLUES

WESTERN SWING

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