The newly christened music genre is gaining traction on social media.

A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of them got ...

Everybody loves the blues in some capacity. This genre of soulful music can be traced back to the 1860s in the Deep South. The origins of the blues started with African-American musicians who created ...

From Kobaian space operas to Javanese onomatopoeia, Spotify lists 1383 subgenres. An audit finds some interesting music ...

Ever wondered why you hear the same type of music blaring from every radio station, streaming playlist, and viral video? Why some genres seem to have a permanent seat at the top while others struggle ...

From proto-punk to grunge via prog and disco, these 14 groundbreaking tracks lit the fuse on whole new genres, shaping music ...

A genre is a category of artistic, musical or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form or content. Music genres such as pop, country, rock and folk are used to categorize songs ...

Rock evolves relentlessly, leaving behind once-vital sounds. These 7 forgotten genres shaped music history - and then slipped ...

Video creator Jacob Beardsley has a simple goal. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JACOB BEARDSLEY: I don't want to be genre-phobic. That's why I'm listening to every single music genre. Today's genre ...

Chartmetric runs a music data analytics service that is used throughout the music industry; it gathers data from dozens of ...