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Music genres that start with M
The full list of music genres starting with M: 24 names, taken from the 268 answers to “Name a music genre” in Icillion.
Music genres starting with M
- Madrigal
- Mambo
- Mandopop
- Manele
- Mariachi
- Martial industrial
- Math rock
- Mbalax
- Mento
- Merengue
- Merengue tipico
- Metalalso Heavy metal
- Metalcore
- Min'yo
- Minimalism
- Moombahton
- Mor lam
- Morna
- Motet
- Motown
- MPBalso Musica popular brasileira
- Mugham
- Musique concrete
- Muzica populara
About this list
- M is the 3rd most common first letter in this list: 24 of the 268 music genres (9%).
- Shortest: “MPB”. Longest: “Martial industrial”.
- 6 names have more than one word.
- 2 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many music genres start with M?
- 24 of the 268 music genres in Icillion start with M, for example Metal, Motown and Merengue.
- What is the longest name among music genres that start with M?
- The longest is “Martial industrial” and the shortest is “MPB”.
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