Top Ten Music Genres in 2017

The Top Ten
1 Rock Rock music is a music genre that was created in the 1940s. The genre was popular during the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Rock bands generally consists of a guitar player, a drummer, bass player and singer. There are many rock subgenres - such as heavy metal, alternative, hard rock, grunge, and more. Notable rock bands and music artists include The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Van Halen, Foo Fighters,... read more

Especially Alternative rock.

2 Metal

Yeah Gods of Violence and The Grinding Wheel are the best albums of this year so far

3 Reggae
4 Country
5 Heavy Metal Heavy Metal music is a sub-genre of rock music that originated in the late 1960s-70s, featuring more distorted and heavier instrumental work and darker lyrical themes. Heavy Metal broke into mainstream success with bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica.

Other notable Heavy Metal bands include Judas Priest, Anthrax, Testament, System of a Down, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Avenged... read more
6 Rap

Waiting on Kendrick to drop his new album this year.

7 Hip-Hop
8 Pop
9 Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre that is NOT that easy to hate but I only know 4 people who like dubstep. A person said dubstep is like rock. In 2012, I think that was its special year. In dubstep, the beats first sound like a sweat pop sound but after, its sound like a person is swinging a light saver and the pitch gets high then low. I CAN NOT EVEN believe THAT DUBSTEP IS EVEN ON! Dubstep is the best genre that I ever heard.

10 Folk
The Contenders
11 Alternative Rock Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music.
12 Electro
13 Indie
14 Nightcore
15 Hard Rock Hard Rock is a subgenre of rock music known for having heavier guitar riffs/solos. It originated around 1964-1965 with various Garage Rock bands.
16 Electronic Dance Music
17 Blues Rock Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock: electric guitar, electric bass, and drums, often with Hammond organ.
18 Cyber Hip Hop

The new conscious genre of hip hop/electronica that that Adam started in Germany. There hasn't been any original authentic and real counterculture in German music for long.

19 Emo Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace.
20 Drumstep
21 Drum & Bass
22 Glitch Hop
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