Across the world, there are likely thousands of sub-genres that have emerged, of which many will be hard to differentiate for the average listener. Having a good understanding of these categories can massively help when trying to discover new music, and with the ever-growing catalog of digital music, searching for a specific sub-genre will narrow the results to become more relevant.

On the Nex Artist platform, we have identified over 400 of the most popular sub-genres of music for artists to accurately label their tracks with. For ease of reading, we have split them into two sections; Standard and Electronic.

Standard Genres (Non-Electronic)

  • Alternative
    • Alternative Rock
    • Art Punk
    • Emotional Hardcore
    • Experimental Rock
    • Folk Punk
    • Gothic Rock
    • Grunge
    • Hard Rock
    • Hardcore Punk
    • Lofi
    • Post Punk
    • Progressive Rock
  • Asian
    • C-Pop
    • J-Pop
    • K-Pop
    • Pop
  • Blues
    • Acoustic Blues
    • Chicago Blues
    • Contemporary Blues
    • Country Blues
    • Delta Blues
    • Detroit Blues
    • Jazz Blues
    • Piedmont Blues
    • Punk Blues
    • Soul Blues
  • Children’s Music
    • Lullabies
    • Sing-Along
    • Stories
  • Classical
    • Avant-Garde
    • Ballet
    • Baroque
    • Chant
    • Concerto
    • Minimalism
    • Opera
    • Orchestral
    • Symphony
  • Country
    • Alternative Country
    • Americana
    • Australian Country
    • Bluegrass
    • Blues Country
    • Country Pop
    • Country Rap
    • Country Rock
    • Country Soul
    • Cowboy / Western
    • Instrumental Country
    • Nashville Sound
    • Texas Country
    • Traditional Country
  • Easy Listening
    • Background
    • Bop
    • Elevator
    • Instrumental
    • Lounge
  • Folk Music
    • American Folk
    • British Folk
    • Contemporary Folk
    • Freak Folk
    • German Folk
    • Indie Folk
    • Industrial Folk
    • Progressive Folk
    • Psychedelic Folk
  • Hip-Hop/Rap
    • Alternative Rap
    • Christian Hip Hop
    • Dirty South
    • East Coast
    • Freestyle Rap
    • G-Funk
    • Gangsta Rap
    • Grime
    • Hip Hop
    • Jazz Rap
    • Latin Rap
    • Midwest Hip Hop
    • Old School Rap
    • Trap
    • West Coast
  • Jazz
    • Acid Jazz
    • Afro-Cuban Jazz
    • Avant-Garde Jazz
    • Bebop
    • Big Band
    • Blue Note
    • Contemporary Jazz
    • Crossover Jazz
    • Ethno Jazz
    • Latin Jazz
    • Nu Jazz
    • Orchestral Jazz
    • Soul Jazz
    • Swing Jazz
    • West Coast Jazz
  • Latin
    • Criolla
    • Alternativo & Rock Latino
    • Argentine Tango
    • Bachata
    • Bolero
    • Brazilian
    • Chicha
    • Contemporary Latin
    • Cumbria
    • Flamenco
    • Mambo
    • Mariachi
    • Punta
    • Reggaeton
    • Soca
    • Tejano
    • Timba
    • Vallenato
  • Metal
    • Death Metal
    • Deathcore
    • Doom Metal
    • Drone
    • Folk Metal
    • Gothic Metal
    • Heavy Metal
    • Industrial Metal
    • Metalcore
    • Modern Metal
    • Nu Metal
    • Post Metal
    • Power Metal
    • Progressive Metal
    • Sludge
    • Speed Metal
    • Thrash Metal
  • New Age
    • Environmental
    • Healing
    • Meditation
    • Nature
    • Relaxation
    • Travel
  • Pop
    • Adult Contemporary
    • Arab Pop
    • Baroque
    • Britpop
    • Dance Pop
    • Europop
    • Indie Pop
    • Orchestral Pop
    • Pop Punk
    • Psychedelic Pop
    • Synthpop
    • Teen Pop
  • R&B/Soul
    • Contemporary R&B
    • Doo Wop
    • Modern Soul
    • Motown
    • Neo-Soul
    • Northern Soul
    • Psychedelic Soul
    • Soul
    • Southern Soul
    • Rap
  • Reggae
    • 2 Tone
    • Dub
    • Lovers Rock
    • Raggamuffin
    • Reggae Dancehall
    • Reggae Fusion
    • Roots Reggae
    • Ska
    • Spanish Reggae
  • Rock
    • Acid Rock
    • Adult Alternative
    • Afro Punk
    • American Traditional Rock
    • Blues Rock
    • Glam Rock
    • Indie Rock
    • Post Rock
    • Psychedelic Rock
    • Punk Rock
    • Roots Rock
    • Singer/Songwriter
    • Southern Rock
  • Singer/Songwriter
    • Acoustic
    • Alternative
    • Contemporary
    • Indie
    • Traditional Folk
  • Vocal
    • A capella
    • Chant
    • Vocal Jazz
    • Vocal Pop
    • Yodel
  • World
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Calypso
    • Caribbean
    • Celtic
    • Europe
    • North America
    • South Africa
    • South America
    • Worldbeat

Electronic Genres

  • Ambient
    • Ambient Breaks
    • Ambient Dub
    • Ambient Garage
    • Ambient House
    • Ambient Jungle
    • Ambient Noise
    • Ambient Techno
    • Dark Ambient
    • New Age
  • Breakbeat
    • Acid Breaks
    • Big Beat
    • Breakbeat Hardcore
    • Breakstep
    • Broken Beat
    • Dark Breaks
    • Dub Breaks
    • Progressive Breaks
    • Psybreaks
    • Synth Breaks
  • Disco
    • Afro-cosmic
    • Disco House
    • Electro Disco
    • Eurodisco
    • Nu-disco
    • Post-disco
  • Downtempo
    • Acid Jazz
    • Balearic Beat
    • Lounge Music
    • Nu Jazz
    • Trip Hop
  • Drum and Bass
    • Breakcore
    • Dancefloor
    • Darkcore
    • Drumstep
    • Funkstep
    • Halftime
    • Industrial Jazz Step
    • Jump-Up
    • Jungle
    • Liquid
    • Minimal/Deep
    • Neurofunk
    • Ragga Jungle
    • Sambass
    • Techstep
  • Dub
    • Afro-Dub
    • Dub Poetry
    • Dub Raggae
    • Dubtronica
  • Dubstep
    • Brostep
    • Chillstep
    • Classic Dubsteip
    • Deathstep
    • Drumstep
    • Filthstep
    • Glitchstep
    • Hardstep
    • Neurostep
    • Post-Dubstep
    • Robostep
    • Substep
    • Techstep
    • Wobblestep
  • Electro
    • “Detroit Electro
    • Electro Bass
    • Electro Bounce
    • Electro Breaks
    • Electro Funk
    • Electro Hop
    • Electro Soul
    • Electro Trance
    • Elektro
    • Future Electro
    • Glitch Electro
    • Hard Electro
    • Melbourne Bounce
    • Minimal Electro
    • Moombahton
  • Electronic Pop
    • African Dance
    • Bubblegum Pop
    • Caribbean
    • Dance Pop
    • Dancehall
    • Electro Pop
    • Electrodance
    • Euro Pop
    • Future Pop
    • South African Dance
    • Synth Pop
  • Electronic Rock
    • Dance-Rock
    • Electro Punk
    • Electronic Metal
    • Indietronica
    • Indie Dance
    • New Wave
    • Post-Punk
    • Post-Rock
    • Progressive Rock
    • Psychedelic Rock
    • Space Rock
  • Electronica
    • Ethno Electronica
    • Folktronica
    • Glitch
    • Progressive
    • Worldbeat
  • Experimental
  • Fitness & Workout
  • Garage
    • 2 Step Garage
    • Baseline
    • Breakstep
    • Dark Garage
    • Deep Garage
    • Future Garage
    • UK Funky
    • UK Garage
    • US Garage
  • Hardcore
    • Acidcore
    • Breakstep
    • Doomcore
    • Gabber
    • Happy Hardcore
    • Industrial Hardcore
    • Speedcore
    • Trancecore
  • Hardstyle
    • Euphoric Hardstyle
    • Jumpstyle
    • Rawstyle
    • Substyle
    • Trapstyle
  • House
    • Acid House
    • Afro House
    • Bass House
    • Big Room House
    • Chicago House
    • Classic House
    • Deep House
    • Deep Tech / Minimal House
    • Disco House
    • Electro House
    • French House
    • Future House
    • Ghetto House
    • Jackin’ House
    • Jazz House
    • Latin House
    • Melodic House
    • Progressive House
    • Tech House
    • Tropical House
    • Vocal House
  • Techno
    • Acid Techno
    • Berlin Techno
    • Cinematic Techno
    • Dark Techno
    • Deep Techno
    • Detroit Techno
    • Driving Techno
    • Dub Techno
    • Hard Techno
    • Industrial Techno
    • Melodic Techno
    • Minimal Techno
    • Tribal Techno
  • Trance
    • Acid Trance
    • Deep Trance
    • Electro Trance
    • Future Trance
    • Goa Trance
    • Hard Trance
    • Melodic Trance
    • Progressive Trance
    • Psychedelic Trance
    • Tech Trance
    • Uplifting Trance
    • Vocal Trance

If you believe there is a popular sub-genre not mentioned in this list, we’d love to hear about it. Please send your comments to [email protected] for us to read.

This list was last updated on 29/12/2022 and may not mirror the sub-genres currently available on our platform.