Era of origin
2010s music genres
Explore music genres with documented origins in the 2010s.
4 genre guides
2010Industrial Hip Hop
A useful but porous crossover tag: strongest documentation clusters around abrasive, noise-heavy rap artists rather than a single formal scene or origin point.
2015Traditional Vallenato
A concise, source-grounded profile of vallenato as a Caribbean Colombian song tradition centered on accordion, caja, and guacharaca, with strong ties to Valledupar and UNESCO-recognized heritage.
2018Motorpop
Motorpop is poorly documented as a genre name, so this entry treats it cautiously: more a small descriptive tag than a historically settled category. The strongest verified evidence points to Tiger Mosquito’s 2018 release and related artist pages, where the word is used in a contemporary indie-pop context.
2019Bachata
A Dominican genre that moved from stigma to international stature, bachata keeps its intimate pulse even when it turns glossy and global.