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Genres and styles whose names start with BR.
Brasília hip-hop
Hip-hop has been present in the "brasiliense" social and musical scene since the late 1980s. It is arguably the second biggest hip-hop scene in Brazil. The first generation of rappers included GOG
Read → EntryBrazilian gaucho music
Brazilian gaucho music (in Portuguese música gaúcha brasileira or música nativista) denotes the traditional music of Río Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná states, whose population has a strong
Read → EntryBrazilian hip-hop
Brazilian hip-hop is a regional genre of hip-hop in Brazil. From its earliest days in the African-Brazilian communities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the genre has grown into a countrywide
Read → EntryBrazilian rap geek
Rap geek (also known as rap nerd or rap de anime) is a subgenre of Brazilian hip-hop characterized by lyrical themes associated with nerd, geek and otaku culture, in a manner comparable to nerdcore
Read → EntryBrazilian rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese. In the 1960s, it was known as , the Portuguese transcription of the line "Yeah, yeah, yeah" from the Beatles
Read → EntryBrazilian thrash metal
Brazilian thrash metal is a musical movement that originated in the 1980s. Though not as large or well known as the North American or European thrash metal movements, it bridged the gap of the
Read → EntryBreak-in record
A break-in record is a novelty record which combines spoken word comedy with clips of popular music to create a humorous effect. The subject matter is often inspired by contemporary events or
Read → EntryBreakbeat
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, often sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as Florida breaks, hip-hop,
Read → EntryBreakbeat hardcore
Breakbeat hardcore (also referred to as hardcore rave, oldskool hardcore or simply hardcore) is a music genre that spawned from the UK rave scene during the early 1990s. It combines four-on-the-floor
Read → EntryBreakcore
Breakcore is a style of electronic dance music that emerged from jungle, hardcore, and drum & bass in the mid-to-late 1990s. It is characterized by very complex and intricate breakbeats and a wide
Read → EntryBreakup song
A breakup song is a song describing the breakup of an intimate relationship, with associated emotions of sadness, frustration, anger, and sometimes of acceptance, relief, or even liberation. As one
Read → EntryBrega (music)
Brega is a Brazilian musical style and genre that encompasses a variety of rhythms, making it difficult to define a single musical aesthetic. The term emerged pejoratively, used to characterize the
Read → EntryBrega pop
Calypso, Brega Calypso or just Brega-pop is a musical genre that emerged in the Brazilian city of Belém (state of Pará), by mixing elements of Pará's regional genres such as lambada, carimbó,
Read → EntryBrill Building (genre)
Brill Building (also known as Brill Building pop or the Brill Building sound) is a subgenre of pop music that took its name from the Brill Building in New York City, where numerous teams of
Read → EntryBrisbane punk rock
Brisbane punk rock had its main impact between 1975 and 1984 as part of the overall punk rock scene in Australia. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, the Queensland capital provided
Read → EntryBrit funk
Brit funk (or Britfunk) is a musical style that has its origins in the British music scene of the late 1970s and which remained popular into the 1980s. It mixes elements from jazz, funk, soul, urban
Read → EntryBritish Black music
British Black music refers to music of the African diaspora, or music derived from the African diaspora which has been produced in Great Britain regardless of the ethnic background of the
Read → EntryBritish blues
British blues is a form of music derived from the American blues style, a form that originated in the UK in the late 1950s, and reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s. In Britain,
Read → EntryBritish dance band
British dance band is a genre of popular jazz and dance music that developed in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms during the 1920s and 1930s, often called a Golden Age of British music, prior
Read → EntryBritish folk rock
British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from
Read → EntryBritish Invasion
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with
Read → EntryBritish jazz
British jazz is a form of music derived from jazz. It reached Britain through recordings and performers who visited the country while it was a relatively new genre, soon after the end of World War I.
Read → EntryBritish pop music
British pop music is popular music, produced commercially in the United Kingdom. It emerged in the mid-to late 1950s as a softer alternative to American rock 'n' roll. Like American pop music it has
Read → EntryBritish popular music
British popular music and popular music in general, can be defined in a number of ways, but is used here to describe music which is not part of the art/classical music or Church music traditions,
Read → EntryBritish rhythm and blues
British rhythm and blues (or R&B) was a musical movement that developed in the United Kingdom between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, and reached a peak in the mid-1960s. It overlapped with, but
Read → EntryBritish rock and roll
British rock and roll, or typeset as British rock 'n' roll, is a style of popular music based on American rock and roll, which emerged in the late 1950s and was popular until the arrival of beat
Read → EntryBritish rock music
British rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States spearheaded by the Beatles, British rock music
Read → EntryBritish soul
British soul, Brit soul, or (in a US context) the British soul invasion, is soul music performed by British artists. Soul has been a major influence on British popular music since the 1960s, and
Read → EntryBritpop
Britpop was a British music and cultural movement that emerged in the 1990s. Musically, it produced bright, catchy alternative rock that drew heavily on the traditions of 1960s guitar-based British
Read → EntryBro-country
Bro-country is a form of country pop originating in the 2010s, and is influenced by 21st-century hip hop, hard rock, and electronica. Bro-country songs are often musically upbeat with lyrics about
Read → EntryBroadside ballad
A broadside (also known as a broadsheet) is a single sheet of inexpensive paper printed on one side, often with a ballad, rhyme, news and sometimes with woodcut illustrations. They were one of the
Read → EntryBroken beat
Broken beat (sometimes referred to as "bruk") is an electronic dance music genre that emerged in the late 1990s and is characterized by syncopated beats and frenetic, choppy rhythms, often alongside
Read → EntryBrooklyn drill
Brooklyn drill is a regional subgenre of drill music, which is a subgenre of hip-hop music. It centered in Brooklyn, New York, that began as derivative of the drill music scene in Chicago and later
Read → EntryBrown-eyed soul
Brown-eyed soul, also referred to as Chicano soul, Hispanic soul, or Latino soul, is soul music & rhythm & blues (R&B) performed in the United States mainly by Hispanic Latinos and Chicanos in
Read → EntryBrutal death metal
Brutal death metal is a subgenre of death metal that privileges heaviness, speed and complex rhythms over other aspects, such as melody and timbres. The genre was pioneered in the early 1990s by
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