GENRE RESEARCH #3 - Popular Genres of music

There are always new subgenres developing, some not always welcome:

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-39512463

While there are some overlaps with art and traditional music, popular music as defined by AllMusic can be divided into following genres:

• Pop

• Rock

• Electronic

Acts: Depeche Mode

Industrial: Nine Inch Nails

• Jazz

• Blues

• R&B and Soul

• Hip hop
• Avant-garde 
• Latin
• African
• Asian
• Caribbean and Caribbean-influenced
• Country
• Folk
• Easy Listening
• Comedy