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Popular Styles & Genres of Music, Indian & International

To put it simply, the word genre means a category, class, style or variety, usually that of a form of art. The term Music Genre or Genres of Music is used to refer to the different styles of music that exist and are recognizable based on their own distinctive theme, form and format, time period & technique, etc. People across the globe listen to and enjoy different genres of music and music artists across varying genres are given music awards and are recognized for their contributions to the ever growing music industry.

Though there are a number of factors that contribute in defining these music genres, it is generally seen that pieces of music that share a similar style and technical musical language are clubbed together under one genre of music and narrowed down to sub genres. Often, there may be some close similarities and a tendency of overlapping across two different genres. This is the reason why there are many different views about how musical pieces should be clubbed into genres.

Irrespective of alternating views, there are a few genres of music which are universally accepted & recognised.

Here is a list of some of the popular Genres of Music, India & International -