- Ragtime
- Vaudeville
- Tin Pan Alley
- Early jazz
- Military marches
1910s:
- Jazz
- Blues
- Minstrel shows
- Ragtime
- Vaudeville
1920s:
- Jazz
- Blues
- Tin Pan Alley
- Big band music
- Early rock and roll
1930s:
- Jazz
- Blues
- Tin Pan Alley
- Swing
- Big band music
1940s:
- Jazz
- Blues
- Swing
- Big band music
- Bebop
- Country music
- Western music
1950s:
- Jazz
- Blues
- Rock and roll
- Doo-wop
- Country music
- Western music
- Rhythm and blues (R&B)
1960s:
- Rock and roll
- Pop music
- Soul music
- Motown
- British Invasion
- Folk music
- Country music
1970s:
- Rock music (including soft rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, and punk rock)
- Disco
- Funk
- Soul music
- Country music
1980s:
- Pop music
- Rock music
- New wave
- Synth-pop
- Hip hop music
- R&B
- Country music
- Reggae
1990s:
- Pop music
- Rock music
- Alternative rock
- Grunge
- Hip hop music
- R&B
- Country music
- Boy bands
- Girl groups
2000s:
- Pop music
- Rock music
- Hip hop music
- R&B
- Country music
- Indie music
- Electronic dance music (EDM)
- Latin music
- K-pop
2010s:
- Pop music
- Rock music
- Hip hop music
- R&B
- Country music
- Indie music
- EDM
- Latin music
- K-pop
- Trap