Here is a comprehensive list of 13 music genres and their most applicable subgenres that Partybands.com incorporates to accommodate a wide range of event needs:
1. Rock
- Classic Rock (e.g., The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin)
- Pop Rock (e.g., Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons)
- Alternative Rock (e.g., Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Southern Rock (e.g., Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band)
- Indie Rock (e.g., Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend)
- Hard Rock (e.g., AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses)
- Blues Rock (e.g., The Black Keys, Eric Clapton)
- Punk Rock (e.g., Green Day, The Ramones)
2. Pop
- Mainstream Pop (e.g., Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga)
- Dance Pop (e.g., Dua Lipa, Madonna)
- Teen Pop (e.g., Britney Spears, Jonas Brothers)
- Electropop (e.g., Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding)
- Bubblegum Pop (e.g., The Archies, Aqua)
3. Dance & Electronic
- Disco (e.g., Bee Gees, Chic)
- Funk (e.g., Parliament-Funkadelic, Bruno Mars)
- House Music (e.g., Calvin Harris, David Guetta)
- EDM (Electronic Dance Music) (e.g., The Chainsmokers, Martin Garrix)
- Eurodance (e.g., Aqua, Vengaboys)
- Synthpop (e.g., Depeche Mode, A-ha)
4. R&B and Soul
- Classic R&B (e.g., Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye)
- Neo-Soul (e.g., Erykah Badu, John Legend)
- Funk (e.g., James Brown, Rick James)
- Motown (e.g., The Supremes, The Temptations)
- Contemporary R&B (e.g., Beyoncé, Usher)
Neo Soul Funk (e.g., D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Anderson .Paak, Jill Scott, and Prince)
5. Hip-Hop & Rap
- Old School Hip-Hop (e.g., Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J)
- Party Rap (e.g., MC Hammer, Will Smith)
- Mainstream Hip-Hop (e.g., Drake, Cardi B)
6. Country
- Classic Country (e.g., Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson)
- Modern Country (e.g., Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line)
- Country Rock (e.g., Eagles, Zac Brown Band)
- Honky-Tonk (e.g., Hank Williams, Dwight Yoakam)
7. Jazz & Swing
- Big Band/Swing (e.g., Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington)
- Smooth Jazz (e.g., George Benson, Kenny G)
- Jazz Fusion (e.g., Herbie Hancock, Weather Report)
- Dixieland (e.g., Louis Armstrong, Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
8. Reggae & Caribbean
- Reggae (e.g., Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff)
- Dancehall (e.g., Sean Paul, Shaggy)
- Ska (e.g., The Specials, Madness)
- Calypso (e.g., Harry Belafonte, Mighty Sparrow)
- Soca (e.g., Machel Montano, Kes)
9. Latin
- Salsa (e.g., Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony)
- Merengue (e.g., Juan Luis Guerra, Elvis Crespo)
- Reggaeton (e.g., Daddy Yankee, J Balvin)
- Bachata (e.g., Romeo Santos, Aventura)
- Latin Pop (e.g., Shakira, Enrique Iglesias)
- Cumbia (e.g., Los Ángeles Azules, La Sonora Dinamita)
10. Blues
- Chicago Blues (e.g., Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf)
- Delta Blues (e.g., Robert Johnson, Son House)
- Electric Blues (e.g., B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan)
11. Folk & Acoustic
- Acoustic Pop (e.g., Ed Sheeran, Jason Mraz)
- Americana (e.g., The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons)
- Bluegrass (e.g., Alison Krauss, Bill Monroe)
- Folk Rock (e.g., Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel)
12. Gospel
- Urban Contemporary Gospel (e.g., Mary Mary, Tye Tribbett, and Deitrick Haddon)
- Contemporary Gospel (e.g., Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Michelle Brooks-Thompson, Fred Hammond)
- Christian Gospel (e.g., Shirley Caesar, Bebe and Cece Winans, Marvin Sapp)
- Traditional Gospel (e.g., Mahalia Jackson, Thomas A. Dorsey, The Roberta Martin Singers)
13. World Music
- Afrobeat (e.g., Fela Kuti, Burna Boy)
- Celtic (e.g., The Chieftains, Gaelic Storm)
- Klezmer (e.g., The Klezmatics, Itzhak Perlman)