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Regional Music Genres

To show our appreciation for the contributors that meticulously tag releases with genres and styles, we studied decades-old forum posts to connect the more than 500 official music styles in the Discogs Database with the region that they originated in. From there, we plotted them on a map, creating a visual representation of the distribution of style tags for the first time ever.

Each circle on the maps links to a Database page that contains information such as the top contributors, most-collected releases, what’s trending, earliest releases, and descriptions of the style. It’s a bonafide treasure trove of music discovery, and we hope you enjoy exploring the genres as much as we loved learning about them.

We were able to connect no less than 300 styles to their country or region of origin. Many are classical or traditional music styles, but there are plenty of modern ones as well.

What is perhaps most surprising is the unequal distribution of the tags. Take, for example, the difference between Cuba (17 styles) with China (1 style.) At Discogs, our mission is to “build the biggest and most comprehensive music database and marketplace,” and the maps are clear – we are falling short in some parts of the world.

If you have been a Discogs contributor for long enough, this shouldn’t be news to you. A major theme of 2018 was filling in the gaps in the Discogs Database. Despite previous efforts, we still have a long way to go.

Found something missing in the Database but have no clue where to start with a submission? If you know of a regional music style that should be in the Discogs Database, review the criteria and submit an official request in this forum thread. Style verification and adding them to the code can take some time, so thank you in advance for your patience.

Regions

Click on a region to navigate to its regional map.

South & Central America

Music of Argentina

Music of Brazil

Music of Chile

Music of Colombia

Music of Mexico

Music of Paraguay

Music of Peru

Music of Suriname

Music of Uruguay

Music of Venezuela

Caribbean

Music of the Greater Caribbean

Music of Cuba

Music of the Dominican Republic

Music of Haiti

Music of Jamaica

Music of Martinique / Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

Music of Puerto Rico

Music of the Bahamas

Music of Trinidad and Tobago

Africa

Music of Greater Africa

Music of Algeria

Music of Angola

Music of Botswana

Music of Cape Verde

Music of Congo

Music of Ghana

Music of Madagascar

Music of Mauritius

Music of Réunion

Music of Senegal

Music of South Africa

Music of Tanzania

Music of West Africa/Ghana

Asia & Middle East

Music of Afghanistan

Music of Bangladesh

Music of Cambodia

Music of China

Music of India

Music of Iran

Music of Israel

Music of Japan

Music of Korea

Music of Laos

Music of Mongolia

Music of Thailand

Music of Yemen

Europe

Music of Azerbaijan

Music of Belgium

Music of the Czech Republic

Music of Eastern Europe

Music of Finland

Music of France

Music of Germany

Music of Greater Europe

Music of Scandinavia

Music of Greece

Music of Hungary

Music of India

Music of Ireland

Music of Italy

Music of Poland

Music of Portugal

Music of Scotland

Music of Spain

Music of Sweden

Music of The Netherlands

Music of Turkey

Music of the United Kingdom

Oceania

Music of Australia

Music of Indonesia

Music of New Zealand

Music of the Pacific Islands

Music of the Philipines

North America

Music of the United States