List of cities that have been the birthplace of a genre of music - Definition and Overview

This is a list of cities that are strongly associated with the evolution of a genre of music. Some genres may be listed more than once because of multiple views on its evolution. More detail in these cases can be found on the article on the genre in question.

Albania

• Shkodër - sevdalinke
• Tirana - Alb-pop

Algeria

• Oran - raï

Argentina

• Buenos Aires - tango, nueva canción

Australia

• Melbourne - Australian jazz

Austria

• Vienna - schrammelmusik

Bahamas

• Freeport - junkanoo
• Nassau - junkanoo, gombay

Brazil

• Belém - carimbó
• Recife - frevo, forró
• Rio de Janeiro - choro, samba, bossa nova
• Porto Seguro - lambada
• Salvador - axé, capoeira music

Canada

• Edmonton - country music
• Halifax - Maritime folk music
• Vancouver - hardcore punk

Chile

• Santiago - nueva canción

China

• Beijing - Chinese rock
• Hong Kong - Cantopop

Colombia

• Córdoba - llanera
• Los Llanos - llanera
• Cartagena - champeta
• Sucre - porro
• Valledupar - vallenato

Cuba

• Havana - salsa, rumba, charanga, timba, son montuno
• Matanzas - rumba
• Santiago - bolero

Czech Republic

• Prague - staroprazske pisnieky

Germany

• Munich - Alpine New Wave, electroclash

Greece

• Athens - rembétika

India

• Mumbai - filmi

Italy

• Florence - opera

Jamaica

• Kingston - reggae, dub, dancehall, rocksteady, ska

Japan

• Osaka - ryukoka

Laos

• Luang Prabang - khaplam wai

Mexico

• Guadalajara - mariachi
• Veracruz - jarochos

Mongolia

• Ulaanbaatar - pop mop

Netherlands

• Amsterdam - gabba

New Zealand

• Auckland - Urban Pasifika
• Dunedin - Dunedin Sound

Norway

• Oslo - Scandinavian death metal

Peru

• Cuzco - huayno
• Lima - chicha

Portugal

• Lisbon - fado

The Philippines

• Manila - Manila Sound

Spain

• Cádiz - flamenco
• Ibiza - house music
• Seville - Sevillana

Sweden

• Gothenburg - Scandinavian death metal
• Stockholm - Scandinavian death metal

Switzerland

• Basel - rock and roll, raga rock
• Zürich - dialect rock

Uganda

• Kampala - kadongo kamu

United Kingdom

• Birmingham - heavy metal,
• Bristol - drum and bass, jungle, Trip hop
• Brighton - Big beat
• Canterbury - Canterbury Sound
• Liverpool - merseybeat
• London - punk rock, Oi, house music, disco music, drum and bass, jungle, IDM, 2Step, Ambient, Industrial music, Rave music
• Manchester - house, madchester
• Sheffield - Industrial music
• Yorkshire - Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass

United States

• Austin, Texas - country music
• Baltimore, Maryland - doo wop
• Bakersfield - Bakersfield Sound
• Baton Rouge - swamp blues
• Chicago - Chicago Style, jump blues, Chicago blues, hip house, house, Chicago house, ghetto house, industrial music
• Detroit - Motown, Detroit Sound, techno music, ghettotech, Detroit blues, garage rock
• Kansas City - Kansas City blues
• Lafayette - Cajun music
• Long Beach - skacore
• Los Angeles, California - psychedelic rock, G-funk, hair metal, electro hop, death rock, Paisley Underground
• Lubbock, Texas - Lubbock Sound
• Memphis - Memphis blues, Memphis soul
• Miami - Miami Sound, Miami bass
• Minneapolis - Minneapolis Sound
• Nashville - country music, Nashville Sound
• New Orleans - jazz, New Orleans blues, ragtime, R&B
• New York - punk rock, salsa, Tin Pan Alley, hip hop, disco, New Wave,No Wave, New York house, jazz, bop, free jazz, acid jazz, swing music, electroclash
• Oakland - West Coast hip hop, stride, ragtime, electro
• Omaha - Omaha Sound
• Philadelphia - thresher, East Coast hip hop, Philly soul
• Olympia - riot grrl
• San Francisco - psychedelic rock, deep house
• San Antonio - norteño
• Seattle, Washington - grunge music, garage rock
• Shreveport - swamp pop
• South Bay - hardcore punk
• Washington D.C. - go go, riot grrl, emo, hardcore punk, straight edge, skinhead punk

Uruguay

• Montevideo - candombe