Genres, themes & moods
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Musical genres and subgenres
Editorial browsing classifications, not chart-provider genre assignments.
Acoustic pop
3 annual entries >Afrobeats
9 annual entries >Alternative metal
29 annual entries >Alternative pop
74 annual entries >Alternative rock
506 annual entries >Art pop
8 annual entries >Art Rock
1 annual entry >Baroque pop
10 annual entries >Big beat
3 annual entries >Blue-eyed soul
20 annual entries >Blues
36 annual entries >Blues rock
40 annual entries >Britpop
17 annual entries >Bubblegum pop
43 annual entries >Classic rock
134 annual entries >Conscious Hip Hop
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetContemporary Christian
2 annual entries >Contemporary R&B
500 annual entries >Country
683 annual entries >Country pop
158 annual entries >Country rock
42 annual entries >Countrypolitan
1 annual entry >Dance-pop
584 annual entries >Dance-rock
2 annual entries >Dancehall
32 annual entries >Disco
195 annual entries >Doo-wop
54 annual entries >Drum and bass
3 annual entries >East Coast Hip Hop
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetEasy listening
54 annual entries >Electro
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetElectronic
217 annual entries >Emo
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetEurodance
23 annual entries >Flamenco
1 annual entry >Folk
115 annual entries >Folk pop
54 annual entries >Folk rock
78 annual entries >Freestyle
21 annual entries >Funk
267 annual entries >Funk rock
18 annual entries >G-funk
16 annual entries >Gangsta rap
2 annual entries >Glam metal
70 annual entries >Glam rock
40 annual entries >Gospel
18 annual entries >Grunge
11 annual entries >Hard rock
178 annual entries >Heavy metal
9 annual entries >Hip-hop
946 annual entries >Hip-hop soul
2 annual entries >House
38 annual entries >Indie pop
65 annual entries >Indie rock
2 annual entries >Industrial rock
3 annual entries >Jazz
81 annual entries >Jazz Rap
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetJazz rock
33 annual entries >K-pop
24 annual entries >Latin pop
136 annual entries >New age
5 annual entries >New jack swing
42 annual entries >New wave
162 annual entries >Novelty
15 annual entries >Old School Hip Hop
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetOrchestral pop
1 annual entry >Pop
3293 annual entries >Pop punk
68 annual entries >Pop rock
583 annual entries >Post Punk
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetPost-disco
2 annual entries >Post-grunge
64 annual entries >Progressive rock
53 annual entries >Psychedelic pop
1 annual entry >Psychedelic rock
26 annual entries >Psychedelic soul
11 annual entries >Punk rock
10 annual entries >R&B
1804 annual entries >Rap Rock
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetReggae
61 annual entries >Reggaeton
46 annual entries >Regional Mexican
10 annual entries >Rock
2455 annual entries >Rock and roll
193 annual entries >Rockabilly
7 annual entries >Ska
16 annual entries >Smooth jazz
7 annual entries >Soft rock
228 annual entries >Soul
800 annual entries >Soundtrack
34 annual entries >Southern Hip Hop
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetSouthern rock
10 annual entries >Surf rock
40 annual entries >Synthpop
76 annual entries >Techno
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetThrash metal
1 annual entry >Traditional pop
114 annual entries >Trance
1 annual entry >Trap
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetTrip-hop
1 annual entry >UK hip-hop
14 annual entries >West Coast Hip Hop
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetClassical
No classified songs in 1960-1999 yetThemes and moods
Editorial browsing classifications, not chart-provider genre assignments.
Love songs
871 annual entries >Breakup songs
307 annual entries >Wedding songs
5 annual entries >Sad songs
397 annual entries >Uplifting songs
15 annual entries >Party songs
163 annual entries >Protest songs
12 annual entries >Holiday songs
6 annual entries >Friendship
5 annual entries >Nostalgia
35 annual entries >Summer songs
48 annual entries >Travel and road songs
44 annual entries >ALL 66 ANNUAL COLLECTIONS
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.