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Popular Genres of Music
There are many genres of music worldwide, over 300. Leading for the most popular genres worldwide, pop music takes the first spot. In countries like the USA, include hip-hop, RnB, and rap take the leading spots.

The most popular genres of music rank differently throughout the world. However, there are also very niche genres of music. For example, in Canada the most popular niche genre of music are video game soundtracks. In Sweden, black metal is a niche genre of music. In South India, Carnatic is a niche genre of music people enjoy listening to.

Music genre popularity changes greatly overtime. This can be influenced by a number of factors such as current trends or even historical events. In America during the 80s, rock music was at its peak and then slowly lost its top spot as pop music began to climb the charts. Since the early 2000’s, pop music has charted number one in American music charts, but ever since 2017, RnB and Hip Hop has since taken that spot.