The Groove

Every genre. Every one.

Seventy-four roots, flat and equal — nothing subordinate to anything else. 42 of them are empty, and they stay. Bollywood is the largest film-music industry on earth and this record has never counted a single one of its artists. That is not a gap we hide; it is the shape of who has been counted, and the shelf is the door.

Africa

Afrobeats— Afrobeat1 Highlife— Soukous— Amapiano— Gqom— North African— Ethiopian—

Asia

K-Pop3 J-Pop7 Mandopop— City Pop— J-Rock— Enka—

Black American

Hip Hop93 R&B8 Soul16 Funk7 Gospel16 Blues8 Jazz34

Caribbean

Reggae6 Dancehall— Soca / Calypso—

Country & Folk

Country13 Bluegrass— Americana1 Folk19

Electronic

Electronic95 Dance23 Disco3

European

Classical20 Opera1 Chanson— Flamenco1 Fado— Celtic— Nordic Folk— Balkan— Klezmer—

Latin America

Reggaeton3 Regional Mexican— Salsa— Bachata / Merengue— Cumbia— Samba— Bossa Nova4 MPB— Sertanejo— Tango1 Latin Rock—

Middle East

Arabic Pop— Arabic Classical— Persian— Turkish—

Other

Soundtrack / Score5 Spoken Word3 Children's— Holiday—

Pop

Pop136 Singer-Songwriter3

Rock

Rock597 Metal208 Punk38 Alternative44 Progressive14

South Asia

Bollywood / Filmi— Hindustani Classical— Carnatic— Bhangra— Qawwali— Punjabi—

Spiritual

Christian— Devotional—

An empty shelf is not a mistake. Nobody can walk through a door that was never built.