There are hundreds if not thousands of music genres and sub genres in the world. But here are a few examples of the most well-known:
Rock 'n' roll (1950s) - Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley.
Rock (1960s) - Beatles, Rolling Stones, Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Rock (1970s) - Led Zeppelin, AC/DC.
Heavy Metal (1970s) - Black Sabbath, Judas Priest.
Punk - Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones, The Buzzcocks.
Post punk - Joy division, New Order, The Smiths.
New Wave Duran Duran, Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, The Velvet Underground.
Americana - Dave Alvin, Neko Case, John Hiatt.
Emo - Death Cab for Cutie, Dashboard Confessionals, My Chemical Romance.
Country - Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash.
Jazz - Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong
Big Band - Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey
Pop vocalists - Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett
Blues - Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Ledbelly.
Folk - Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger.
Reggae - Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals.
Soul - Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding.
R and B - Ray Charles, Etta James, Marvin Gaye.
Celtic - the Chieftains
Hip-Hop - LL Cool J, Run DMC, Tupac, Eminem
Additional there are artists like the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, James Brown and Bob Dylan who encompass several genres - and are almost categories themselves.
Rock 'n' roll (1950s) - Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley.
Rock (1960s) - Beatles, Rolling Stones, Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Rock (1970s) - Led Zeppelin, AC/DC.
Heavy Metal (1970s) - Black Sabbath, Judas Priest.
Punk - Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones, The Buzzcocks.
Post punk - Joy division, New Order, The Smiths.
New Wave Duran Duran, Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, The Velvet Underground.
Americana - Dave Alvin, Neko Case, John Hiatt.
Emo - Death Cab for Cutie, Dashboard Confessionals, My Chemical Romance.
Country - Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash.
Jazz - Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong
Big Band - Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey
Pop vocalists - Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett
Blues - Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Ledbelly.
Folk - Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger.
Reggae - Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals.
Soul - Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding.
R and B - Ray Charles, Etta James, Marvin Gaye.
Celtic - the Chieftains
Hip-Hop - LL Cool J, Run DMC, Tupac, Eminem
Additional there are artists like the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, James Brown and Bob Dylan who encompass several genres - and are almost categories themselves.
