Top Music Genres in the World An exhaustive list of musical genres from around the world is nearly impossible to create because there is no universally accepted way of classifying types of music. However, these are the top music genres in the world: Classical Country Hip-hop Jazz K-pop Pop Rock Rap Rhythm & blues (R&B) Metal Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Classic: An art music, produced in the traditions of Western Culture, including both religious and secular music. C lassical music is noted for its development of highly sophisticated instrumental musical forms such as concerto, symphony and sonata. Classical music is also noted for its use of sophisticated vocal/instrumental forms such as Opera and choirs. It plays slower than most of the musics. The thing that makes classical music unique, is that it has a lighter, clearer texture than other baroque musics which also is the reason why this genre is dying. Rather than that, Classical music shows t...