Chronological order of every genre on the site

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Warning this list may not be 100% accurate but cut me some slack I worked hard on this.

Using RYM I put every available genre here on AOTY and saw what was considered the first entry in that genre. Here is a very rough timeline of the history of recorded music and genre.

Genres that are just groupings of other genres or aren't on RYM:
Black Ambient
Dance
Hip Hop
Metal
Pop
Psychedelic
Punk
Raw Black Metal
Rock
Slacker Rock
Stenchcore


Amount of genres originating by decade:
Pre-1950: 54
1950s: 38
1960s: 75
1970s: 69
1980s: 129
1990s: 83
2000s: 25
2010s: 24

Chichester Bell

Disc 6 –2877011885

Spoken Word

Effie Stewart & Theo Wangemann

The Pattison Waltz1889

Classical

Emile Berliner

My Grandfather's Clock1890

Folk

Cornet Duet

The Swiss Boy1894

Western Classical Music

J. W. Myers

Star Light, Star Bright1896

Opera

Mr. Arthur Pryor

Blue Bells of Scotland1897

Celtic Folk

Russell Hunting

Casey as Doctor1897

Comedy

N. R. Wood

Morning on the farm1897

Field Recordings

Dan W. Quinn

She Never Did the Same Thing Twice1897

Ragtime

Antonio Pozo El Mochuelo

Malagueña1897

Flamenco

Frank Butts

Just One Girl1898

Traditional Pop

Madame Rollini

Les petits pavés1898

Chanson

Grace Spencer & Harry Macdonough

Tell Me Pretty Maiden1902

Show Tunes

American Quartette

Nearer, My God1903

Gospel

Columbia Quartette

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing1904

Christmas

Gauharjan

کرشن مدھو رام نارائن (Krishna Madho Ram Narayan) - Khyal1904

Khyal

Charles D'Almaine

Largo (Handel)1904

Baroque Music

Henry Burr

Good Night, Little Girl, Good Night1906

Children's Music

Joska Szigeti

Nocturne in A minor Op. 421908

Chamber Music

Manuel Romain

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now1909

Standards

Polk Miller And His Old South Quartette

The Bonnie Blue Flag1910

Country

Polk Miller And His Old South Quartette

Rise and Shine1910

Old-Time

Alma Gluck

My Laddie1911

Classical Crossover

Lovey's Trinidad String Band

Mari Juana / Manuelita1912

Calypso

Billy Murray & Al Jolson

Lucia Sextette Burlesque / That Lovin' Traumerei1912

Musical Parody

Bert Williams

My Landlady / Nobody1913

Blues

Banda Odeon

Pelo telephone1916

Samba

Six Brown Brothers

Rigoletto Quartet / Passion Dance1917

Jazz

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Dixieland Jass Band One-Step / Livery Stable Blues1917

Dixieland

Marion Harris & Billy Murray

There's a Lump of Sugar Down in Dixie / Story Book Ball1918

Vocal Jazz

Bentley Ball

The Dying Cowboy / Jesse James1919

Appalachian Folk Music

Selvin's Novelty Orchestra

Dardanella / My Isle of Golden Dreams1920

Big Band

James P. Johnson & Fletcher Henderson

The Harlem Strut / Unknown Blues1921

Stride

Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra

Chicago (That Toddling Town) / Early in the Morning Blues [by Virginians]1922

Swing

Paul Whiteman And His Concert Orchestra

Rhapsody In Blue1924

Modern Classical

Don Azpiazú And His Havana Casino Orchestra

The Peanut Vender (El manicero) / True Love (Amor sincero)1930

Latin Jazz

The Mills Brothers

I Heard / How Am I Doin', Hey, Hey1932

R&B

Red Norvo

Dance of the Octopus / In a Mist1934

Chamber Jazz

The Blue Sky Boys

Down on the Banks of the Ohio / Midnight on the Stormy Sea1936

Bluegrass

Will's Akkordeon-Meisterorchester

Toscanisches Ständchen / Singe mit, Vogel, ein Liebeslied1938

Easy Listening

Gene Autry

Back in the Saddle Again (Back to the Saddle) / Little Old Band of Gold1939

Country Pop

Woody Guthrie

Dust Bowl Ballads1940

75

Singer-Songwriter

Conjunto Peerless

Jarabe tapatio / Las mañanitas1940

Mariachi

The Almanac Singers

Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads1941

Sea Shanties

Miklós Rózsa

Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book1942

Cinematic Classical

Harry Partch

U.S. Highball1946

33

Avant-Folk

Andre Kostelanetz

Exotic Music1946

Exotica

Lennie Tristano Trio

Lennie Tristano1947

Cool Jazz

Harry Revel, Les Baxter & Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman

Music Out of the Moon1947

87

Space Age Pop

Wynonie Harris

Good Rockin’ Tonight/Good Morning Mr. Blues1948

Rock & Roll

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fsh

8mo

Exodus's 1982 demo is heavy metal, not thrash. oldest official thrash release I know is Holy Moses - Satan's Angel, but there are a few other potential candidates that year

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literally how