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985:Colombian
958:Brazilian
953:Argentine
915:Dominican
856:Sufi rock
846:Post-rock
841:Math rock
815:Trop rock
765:Dream pop
760:Deathrock
729:Soft rock
719:Punk rock
704:Power pop
699:Post-punk
674:Glam rock
669:Funk rock
659:Cock rock
623:Soft rock
608:Raga rock
583:Krautrock
578:Jazz rock
563:Hard rock
553:Folk rock
418:Genres by
387:Rock band
137:In 2000,
56:pop music
24:trop rock
1681:Category
1368:Nepalese
1339:Japanese
1295:Filipino
1265:Armenian
1237:New wave
1215:Art rock
1172:Romanian
1097:Estonian
1080:Indorock
1065:Croatian
1021:Albanian
995:Peruvian
900:Canadian
888:American
805:Shoegaze
795:Rap rock
689:New wave
493:Art rock
450:Pop rock
407:Drum kit
377:Backbeat
153:See also
99:marimbas
73:and his
1617:Motorik
1600:Related
1512:Culture
1509:History
1435:Oceania
1426:Zambian
1416:Angolan
1400:Turkish
1385:Russian
1334:Israeli
1329:Iranian
1312:Bengali
1300:Bisrock
1290:Chinese
1197:Swedish
1192:Spanish
1182:Serbian
1177:Russian
1142:Latvian
1137:Italian
1102:Finnish
1051:Britpop
1041:British
1036:Bosnian
1031:Belgian
980:Chilean
925:Mexican
920:Haitian
831:Britpop
460:British
63:Florida
48:calypso
40:country
1693:Portal
1409:Africa
1351:Korean
1307:Indian
1162:Polish
1112:German
1107:French
1070:Danish
1014:Europe
780:Grunge
191:Events
125:, and
95:congas
54:, and
52:zydeco
36:reggae
1202:Swiss
1132:Irish
1117:Greek
1090:Ultra
1075:Dutch
910:Cuban
824:1990s
775:Grebo
748:1980s
647:1970s
481:1960s
433:1950s
1542:Jazz
1395:Thai
1378:Sufi
1317:Raga
1258:Asia
1247:Punk
322:2014
268:2014
243:2019
220:2019
139:WBWC
44:folk
32:rock
836:Emo
573:Jam
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