If you’ve been scrolling through playlists lately, you might have noticed something odd. The old genre walls are crumbling.

We don’t often think about where words come from. We use them every day, never knowing who first uttered them. Take genres, for example. Who was the first person to coin “rock and roll” and who ...

Country, rap, and pop are the big three music genres of the 21st century. Frankly, and in regard to commercial success, the genres have monopolized the industry to a massive fault. Though that can of ...

Splice named Afro House its top genre of 2025 after a 778% download increase, according to the platform's newly released Sounds of 2026 trend report.