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Click a family to fan out its sub-genres · dashed = cross-listed Highlife Afrobeat Afrobeats Jùjú Fuji Palm-Wine Makossa Coupé-Décalé 1 Soukous / Congolese Rumba Ndombolo Mbube / Isicathamiya Mbaqanga Kwaito Amapiano Maskandi Township Jive 2 Taarab Bongo Flava Benga Genge Ethio-Jazz Ethiopian Pop Chimurenga 3 Raï Chaabi Gnawa Andalusian Classical (Gharnati) Berber / Amazigh Malouf 4 Arabic Pop Khaleeji Dabke Mizrahi Persian Pop Persian Classical (Dastgah) Turkish Pop Arabesk Tarab / Classical Arabic 5 Filmi / Bollywood Bhangra Indian Classical (Hindustani) Indian Classical (Carnatic) Ghazal Qawwali Indipop Indian Folk Punjabi Pop 6 Mandopop Cantopop Chinese Traditional (Guoyue) Enka City Pop Min'yō Trot Korean Traditional (Gugak) Mongolian / Throat-Singing 7 Dangdut Luk Thung Mor Lam OPM (Filipino Pop) Kroncong Cambodian Rock Vietnamese Pop (V-Pop) Gamelan 8 Soca Calypso Zouk Kompa / Compas Chutney Dancehall Bouyon Cadence-lypso 9 Andean / Música Andina Huayno Native American Throat / Overtone (Americas) Nueva Canción Indigenous Fusion 10 Celtic / Irish Trad Nordic / Scandi Folk Balkan Brass Turbo-Folk Flamenco Fado Rebetiko / Greek Klezmer Polka Schlager / Volksmusik Slavic / Russian Folk Sámi / Joik 11 Aboriginal Australian Māori / Waiata Pacific Island Reggae Hawaiian Island Pop Slack-Key Guitar 12 Worldbeat Ethnic Electronica Global Bass Desert Blues / Tishoumaren Afro-Fusion World Fusion Ethno-Jazz 13 UK Asian Underground Reggaeton-adjacent Global Afro-Swing / Afrobashment Latinx Diaspora Fusion Balkan-Beats 14 Global Regional ◎ hide wheel 1. West African 8 › 2. Central & Southern African 8 › 3. East African 7 › 4. North African / Maghreb 6 › 5. Middle Eastern / Arabic 9 › 6. South Asian / Indian 9 › 7. East Asian 9 › 8. Southeast Asian 8 › 9. Caribbean (non-Reggae) 8 › 10. Andean & Indigenous Americas 6 › 11. European Regional & Folk 12 › 12. Oceanian & Pacific 6 › 13. Global Fusion & Worldbeat 7 › 14. Diaspora & Crossover 5 ›
1 West AfricanHighlife, Afrobeat and the Sahel — guitar bands, brass and griot tradition.
West African Highlife, Afrobeat and the Sahel — guitar bands, brass and griot tradition.
Central & Southern African Congolese rumba, South African choral and township sounds.
East African Swahili coast and Horn of Africa traditions.
North African / Maghreb Berber, Arab-Andalusian and trance traditions of the Maghreb.
Middle Eastern / Arabic Mashriq, Gulf, Levant, Persian and Turkish popular and classical music.
South Asian / Indian Film music, classical traditions and the diaspora dancefloor.
East Asian Chinese, Korean and Japanese popular, traditional and regional forms.
Southeast Asian The pop and folk traditions of maritime and mainland SE Asia.
Caribbean (non-Reggae) Soca, calypso and the French/Spanish Caribbean — Reggae has its own tree.
Andean & Indigenous Americas Highland and Indigenous traditions distinct from the Latin-pop tree.
European Regional & Folk Celtic, Nordic, Balkan, Mediterranean and Slavic regional traditions.
Oceanian & Pacific Aboriginal, Māori, Pacific Islander and Hawaiian musics.
Global Fusion & Worldbeat Cross-cultural hybrids and the global-bass dancefloor.
Diaspora & Crossover Immigrant-scene hybrids that reshaped Western charts.