Bananas For Music Genres

By Walter Price

From the start of recorded music the OVER commercialization of it all was immediately present. Finding whatever niche a listener dug and directly marketing to that audience. After a while it started to become confusing to people.  Possibly silly.

Are we bananas for music genres?

For not much of a reason of all, here is how things have changed in less than 100 years…Basically.

1920’s

1. Jazz
2. Blues
3. Dance
4. Opera
5. Broadway,
6. Ragtime
7. Standards
8. Folk
9. Hillbilly

1960’s

1. The British Invasion
2. British blues
3. British psychedelia
4. Folk music
5. Rock
6. Folk rock
7. Psychedelic rock
8. Surf rock
9. Garage rock
10. Blues-rock
11. Roots rock
12. Progressive rock
13. Pop
14. R&B and Soul
15. Country music
16. Bossa Nova
17. Nueva ola
18. Nueva canción
19. Salsa

Today

1. Alternative Rock
2. College Rock
3. Experimental Rock
4. Goth / Gothic Rock
5. Grunge
6. Hardcore Punk
7. Hard Rock
8. Indie Rock
9. New Wave
10. Progressive Rock
11. Punk
12. Shoegaze
13. Steampunk
14. Anime
15. Blues
16. Acoustic Blues
17. Chicago Blues
18. Classic Blues
19. Contemporary Blues
20. Country Blues
21. Delta Blues
22. Electric Blues
23. Children’s Music
24. Lullabies
25. Sing-Along
26. Stories
27. Classical
28. Avant-Garde
29. Baroque
30. Chamber Music
31. Chant
32. Choral
33. Classical Crossover
34. Early Music
35. High Classical
36. Impressionist
37. Medieval
38. Minimalism
39. Modern Composition
40. Opera
41. Orchestral
42. Renaissance
43. Romantic
44. Wedding Music
45. Comedy
46. Novelty
47. Standup Comedy
48. Alternative Country
49. Americana
50. Bluegrass
51. Contemporary Bluegrass
52. Contemporary Country
53. Country Gospel
54. Country Pop
55. Honky Tonk
56. Outlaw Country
57. Traditional Bluegrass
58. Traditional Country
59. Urban Cowboy
60. Breakbeat
61. Deep House
62. Dubstep
63. Electro House
64. Exercise
65. Garage
66. Hardcore
67. Hard Dance
68. Hi-NRG / Eurodance
69. House
70. Jackin House
71. Jungle / Drum’n’bass
72. Techno
73. Trance
74. Trap (thx Luke Allfree)
75. Disney
76. Easy Listening
77. Bop
78. Lounge
79. Swing
80. Electronic
81. 8bit – aka 8-bit
82. Ambient
83. Bassline (thx Leon Oliver)
84. Chiptune (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
85. Crunk (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
86. Downtempo
87. Drum & Bass (thx Luke Allfree)
88. Electro
89. Electro-swing (thank you Daniel Forthofer)
90. Electronica
91. Electronic Rock
92. Hardstyle
93. IDM/Experimental
94. Industrial
95. Trip Hop
96. Enka
97. French Pop
98. German Folk
99. German Pop
100. Fitness & Workout
101. Hip-Hop/Rap
102. Alternative Rap
103. Bounce
104. Dirty South
105. East Coast Rap
106. Gangsta Rap
107. Hardcore Rap
108. Hip-Hop
109. Latin Rap
110. Old School Rap
111. Rap
112. Turntablism
113. Underground Rap
114. West Coast Rap
115. Holiday
116. Chanukah
117. Christmas
118. Christmas: Children’s
119. Christmas: Classic
120. Christmas: Classical
121. Christmas: Jazz
122. Christmas: Modern
123. Christmas: Pop
124. Christmas: R&B
125. Christmas: Religious
126. Christmas: Rock
127. Easter
128. Halloween
129. Holiday: Other
130. Thanksgiving
131. Indie Pop
132. Industrial
133. Inspirational – Christian & Gospel
134. CCM
135. Christian Metal
136. Christian Pop
137. Christian Rap
138. Christian Rock
139. Classic Christian
140. Contemporary Gospel
141. Gospel
142. Christian & Gospel
143. Praise & Worship
144. Qawwali
145. Southern Gospel
146. Traditional Gospel
147. Instrumental
148. March (Marching Band)
149. J-Pop
150. J-Rock
151. J-Synth
152. J-Ska
153. J-Punk
154. Jazz
155. Acid Jazz
156. Avant-Garde Jazz
157. Big Band
158. Blue Note
159. Contemporary Jazz
160. Cool
161. Crossover Jazz
162. Dixieland
163. Ethio-jazz
164. Fusion
165. Gypsy Jazz
166. Hard Bop
167. Latin Jazz
168. Mainstream Jazz
169. Ragtime
170. Smooth Jazz
171. Trad Jazz
172. K-Pop
173. Karaoke
174. Kayokyoku
175. Alternativo & Rock Latino
176. Argentine tango
177. Baladas y Boleros
178. Bossa Nova
179. Brazilian
180. Contemporary Latin
181. Flamenco / Spanish Flamenco
182. Latin Jazz
183. Nuevo Flamenco
184. Pop Latino
185. Portuguese fado
186. Raíces
187. Reggaeton y Hip-Hop
188. Regional Mexicano
189. Salsa y Tropical
190. New Age
191. Environmental
192. Healing
193. Meditation
194. Nature
195. Relaxation
196. Opera
197. Pop
198. Adult Contemporary
199. Britpop
200. Pop/Rock
201. Soft Rock
202. Teen Pop
203. R&B/Soul
204. Contemporary R&B
205. Disco
206. Funk
207. Motown
208. Neo-Soul
209. Quiet Storm
210. Soul
211. Reggae
212. Dancehall
213. Dub
214. Roots Reggae
215. Ska
216. Rock
217. Acid Rock
218. Adult Alternative
219. American Trad Rock
220. Arena Rock
221. Blues-Rock
222. British Invasion
223. Death Metal / Black Metal
224. Glam Rock
225. Gothic Metal
226. Hair Metal
227. Hard Rock
228. Metal
229. Noise Rock
230. Jam Bands
231. Prog-Rock/Art Rock
232. Psychedelic
233. Rock & Roll
234. Rockabilly
235. Roots Rock
236. Singer/Songwriter
237. Southern Rock
238. Surf
239. Tex-Mex
240. Singer/Songwriter
241. Alternative Folk
242. Contemporary Folk
243. Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
244. Folk-Rock
245. Love Songs
246. New Acoustic
247. Traditional Folk
248. Musicals
249. Soundtrack
250. TV Soundtrack
251. Spoken Word
252. Tejano
253. Chicano
254. Classic
255. Conjunto
256. Conjunto Progressive
257. New Mex
258. Tex-Mex
259. Vocal
260. A cappella
261. Barbershop
262. Doo-wop
263. Standards
264. Traditional Pop
265. Vocal Jazz
266. Vocal Pop
267. World
268. Afro-Beat
269. Afro-Pop
270. Asia
271. Australia
272. Cajun
273. Calypso (thx Gerald John)
274. Caribbean
275. Celtic
276. Celtic Folk
277. Contemporary Celtic
278. Drinking Songs
279. Drone
280. Hawaiian
281. Indian Pop
282. Klezmer
283. Middle Eastern
284. Ode
285. Polka
286. Soca
287. South Africa
288. South America
289. Traditional Celtic
290. Worldbeat
291. Zydeco

Look, these lists may not be 100% accurate.Sources: Wiki / MusicGenresList

That was time well spent….