List of cities that have been the birthplace of a genre of music

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.

Table of contents

1 Albania 2 Algeria 3 Argentina 4 Austria 5 Bahamas 6 Brazil 7 Canada 8 Chile 9 China 10 Colombia 11 Cuba 12 Czech Republic 13 Germany 14 Greece 15 India 16 Jamaica 17 Japan 18 Laos 19 Mexico 20 Mongolia 21 Netherlands 22 New Zealand 23 Norway 24 Peru 25 The Philippines 26 Spain 27 Sweden 28 Switzerland 29 United Kingdom 30 United States 31 Uruguay

Albania

• Shkoder - sevdalinke
• Tirana - Alb-pop

Algeria

• Oran - raï

Argentina

• Buenos Aires - tango, nueva canción

Austria

• Vienna - schrammelmusik

Bahamas

• Freeport - junkanoo
• Nassau - junkanoo, gombay

Brazil

• Bahia - lambada, MPB
• Belém - carimbó
• Recife - forró, lambada
• Rio de Janeiro - chorro, samba, bossa nova
• Salvador - MPB

Canada

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

Chile

• Santiago - nueva canción

China

• Hong Kong - Cantopop

Colombia

• Cordoba - 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

Greece

• Athens - rembétika

India

• Mumbai - filmi

Jamaica

• Kingston - reggae, dub, dancehall, rocksteady

Japan

• Osaka - ryukoka

Laos

• Luang Prabang - khaplam wai

Mexico

• Mexico City - mariachi
• Veracruz - jarochos

Mongolia

• Ulaanbaatar - pop mop

Netherlands

• Amsterdam - gabba

New Zealand

• Dunedin - Dunedin Sound

Norway

• Oslo - Scandinavian death metal

Peru

• Cuzco - huayno
• Lima - chicha

The Philippines

• Manila - Manila Sound

Spain

• Cadiz - 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

United Kingdom

• Canterbury - Canterbury Sound
• London - punk rock, house music, disco music
• Liverpool - merseybeat
• Manchester - house, madchester, drum and bass, jungle

United States

• Baltimore, Maryland - doo wop
• Bakersfield - Bakersfield Sound
• Baton Rouge - swamp blues
• Boston - skinhead punk
• 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
• Kansas City - Kansas City blues
• Lafayette - Cajun music
• Long Beach - skacore
• Los Angeles, California - 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, New York house, jazz, bop, free jazz, acid jazz, swing music
• Oakland - West Coast hip hop, electroclash, stride, ragtime
• 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

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