Genre: World
In the Western world, "World music" refers either to music that doesn't fall into the North American and British pop or folk traditions or to hybrids of various indigenous musics. Certain styles -- such as Jamaican reggae or Latin pop -- grew large enough to be classified as their own genre, but everything else, from traditional Chinese music to African folk, is classified as world music. (read more)
Related Genres
- Africa
- African Folk
- Afro-Beat
- Afro-Pop
- Highlife
- Mbalax
- Australasia
- Celtic/British Isles
- British Folk
- Celtic Folk
- Celtic Fusion
- Celtic New Age
- Celtic Pop
- Celtic Rock
- Contemporary Celtic
- Irish Folk
- Scottish Folk
- Traditional Celtic
- Traditional Irish Folk
- Traditional Scottish Folk
- Central Asia
- Bollywood
- Indian Classical
- Indian Folk
- Indian Pop
- Raga
- Central Europe
- Gypsy
- Eastern Europe
- Klezmer
- Far East
- Foreign Language Rock
- Foreign Language Rock
- French Pop
- French Rock
- Japanese Pop
- Rock en Espaņol
- Latin America
- Afro-Brazilian
- Big Band Latino
- Bolero
- Boogaloo
- Bossa Nova
- Brazilian Folk
- Brazilian Pop
- Conjunto
- Latin Dance
- Latin Folk
- Latin Jazz
- Latin Pop
- Latin Rock
- Latin Soul
- Mambo
- Merengue
- MPB
- New York Salsa
- Norteņo
- Reggaeton
- Rock en Espaņol
- Salsa
- Samba
- Son
- Tango
- Tejano
- Tropical
- Tropicalia
- Latin Jazz/World Fusion
- Afro-Cuban Jazz
- Big Band Latino
- Brazilian Jazz
- Cuban Jazz
- Latin Jazz
- World Fusion
- Mediterranean
- Rai
- Middle East
- Jewish Music
- Middle Eastern Pop
- Non-Western Classical Music
- North America
- Reggae/Caribbean
- Calypso
- Contemporary Reggae
- Dancehall
- DJ
- Dub
- Dub Poetry
- Lovers Rock
- Political Reggae
- Ragga
- Reggae-Pop
- Rocksteady
- Roots Reggae
- Ska
- Smooth Reggae
- Soca
- South Asia
- Bollywood
- Indian Classical
- Indian Folk
- Indian Pop
- South Pacific
- Slack-Key Guitar
- Tropical
- Merengue
- Salsa
- Tropical
- Western Europe
- Contemporary Flamenco
- Flamenco
- Worldbeat
- Ethnic
- Traditional
- Worldbeat
Albums
Featured Albums (view all World albums)
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