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What are the genres of music?

Popular music genres

Jazz: Jazz, including cool jazz, bebop, acid jazz, swing, fushion, etc. Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker. Acid jazz (acid jazz, integrating R&B elements into jazz).

Blues: Blues originated in the Delta area of ??Mississippi in the 19th century. In addition to the blues of the Delta region, there are also blues of the Chicago region. Joe Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie Mctell, B.B. King.

Folk: Folk music. Boy Dylan.

Pop: Popular music. Britpop is British pop music, the Beatles, Placebo, Oasis.

Country: Country music, John Denver, Garth Brooks.

Classic Rock: Mainstream rock. the Rolling Stones, the Eagles, Rod Steward, the Beatles. Including pomp rock/glam rock (glam rock David Bowie, Queens). acid rock / psychedelic (psychedelic rock Pink Floyd).

Rock: folk rock (folk rock Simon & Garfunkel), progressive rock (progressive rock similar to acid rock, Genesis), jazz-rock fusion (jazz rock Chicago), pop rock (pop rock matchbox twenty), punk rock (punk rock Red Hot Chili Peppers), blues rock (blues rock the Who)

Alternative Rock: Alternative rock, including punk (punk Green Day, Offspring, Sex Pistols), hardcore (hardcore The Clash , Sonic Youth), Goth (gothic rock the Cure, Bauhaus), industrial (industrial rock Nine Inch Nails), grunge (grunge rock Nirvana, Pearl Jam), new wave (new wave Inxs, Tears for Fears), post-punk (Post-punk Joy Division, R.E.M., UB40), Brit Rock (Oasis, Blur).

Heavy Metal: Heavy metal, Guns & Roses, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Def Leopard, Van Helen

Hard Rock: Hard rock, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith.

R&B: Rhythm and blues, the abbreviation of rhythm and blues. Belongs to the category of African American music. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson.

Funk: Funk can be regarded as a type of R&B, Prince.

Hip-hop: frolicking

Rap: rap music, MC Hammer (MC means rapper), Dr. Dre, Eminem, Beastie Boys.

Dance & DJ: Dance music.

Disco (the Bee Gees, ABBA), House (house, evolved from Disco, M-People, BT), Techno (faster than House, originated from Detroit, Moby), Gabber (an extreme form of techno, with a beat of 400-500bpm), Trance (psychedelic dance music Paul van Dyk), Bigbeat (Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy), Drum N' Bass (its predecessor is jungle, the soul of breakbeat, Guy Called Gerald), Trip -hop (ambience and fun, originally called Brit-hop, Massive Attack)

Raggae: Reggae, Bob Marley.

Fushion: refers to the fusion of different types of music styles.