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How many Music genres are there?
Hello! Thanks for asking about the number of existing music genres.The most useful sources I found to answer your question are the websites for Music genre list and Every Noise at Once.
The short version is that Spotify has identified more than 1,300 genres in the world. The website Every Noise at Once has mapped out 1,505 music genres. Below you will find a deep dive of my findings.
NUMBER OF MUSIC GENRES
According to the popular music streaming service Spotify, there are over 1,300 music genres in the world. Some of the peculiar ones include Norwegian Hip Hop, Swedish Reggae and Spanish Punk. There's also Black Sludge, Math Rock, Vaporwave and No Wave. Spotify published a list of the 50 most obscure genres in its service. These include catstep, black sludge, drone folk, skweee and vegan straight edge.
Musicgenrelist states that it is the definitive music genre list on the web. It uses crowdsourcing for the construction of an up-to-date list, and this list can be downloaded for free. The list includes the following categories: alternative, anime, blues, children's music, classical, comedy, commercial, country, dance, disney, easy listening, electronic, enka, French pop, German folk, German pop, world, vocal, rock, J-pop, K-pop and more. There is detailed information on each genre.
Every Noise at Once is a website that offers a map of 1,505 music genres. They are organized in clusters according to similarities. The website allows users to convert the map into list form.
THE FUTURE OF MUSIC GENRES
Some music journalists believe that the promiscuity of music killed the music genre. Nothing can be said anymore about a particular genre, says Clara Amfo, a radio presenter in the United Kingdom. Musicians and fans are more free and honest about their influences these days. As genre differences evaporate, the future may be in streaming and the contextual categories in which music is played. These will include Songs to Sing in the Shower, Your Coffee Break, and Feel Good Friday.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, Spotify has identified more than 1,300 genres in the world. The website Every Noise at Once has mapped out 1,505 music genres. Thanks for using Wonder! Please let us know if we can help with anything else!