Music Genres for Dancing

This dataset consists of various music genres and their characteristics, specifically focusing on the sub-genre, tempo (BPM), dance style associated with each genre, and the country of origin. The information captures the diversity of music styles and their connections to dance and culture.

Genre: The primary category of music, indicating the broad classification of the style (e.g., Disco, House, Techno).
Sub-Genre: A more specific classification within the main genre, providing detailed distinctions (e.g., Classic Disco, Deep House).
Tempo (BPM): The beats per minute range that describes the speed of the music, which can impact its danceability (e.g., 110-130).
Dance Style: The type of dance typically associated with that genre of music (e.g., Disco, House Dance).
Origin: The country where the music genre or sub-genre originated, highlighting its cultural background (e.g., United States, Cuba).

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Sample Data

Genre	Sub-Genre	Tempo (BPM)	Dance Style	Origin
Disco	Classic Disco	110-130	Disco	United States
House	Deep House	120-125	House Dance	United States
House	Progressive House	125-130	House Dance	United States
Techno	Detroit Techno	120-150	Techno	United States
Techno	Minimal Techno	120-130	Techno	Germany
EDM	Electro House	128-135	Dance	United States
Pop	Dance-Pop	110-130	Pop Dance	United States
Hip Hop	Old School Hip Hop	85-115	Breakdance	United States
Hip Hop	Trap	130-160	Hip Hop	United States
Salsa	Cuban Salsa	180-250	Salsa	Cuba
Samba	Samba de Roda	100-120	Samba	Brazil
Reggaeton	Latin Urban	80-100	Reggaeton	Puerto Rico
R&B	Contemporary R&B	70-100	Club Dance	United States
Rock	Rock and Roll	120-150	Jive	United States
Jazz	Swing	120-160	Swing Dance	United States
Latin	Cumbia	90-100	Cumbia	Colombia
Folk	Irish Dance	110-140	Irish Dance	Ireland
Funk	Classic Funk	90-130	Funk Dance	United States
Dubstep	Brostep	140-150	Dubstep Dance	United States
Country	Line Dance	100-130	Line Dance	United States
Ballet	Classical Ballet	60-120	Ballet	France/Russia
Bollywood	Bollywood Beats	80-140	Bollywood Dance	India
Afrobeats	Afrobeats Dance	100-130	Afrobeats Dance	Africa
Merengue	Merengue	120-180	Merengue	Dominican Republic
Cumbia	Vallenato	90-110	Cumbia	Colombia
Zouk	Zouk Lambada	100-120	Zouk	Brazil
Waltz	Traditional Waltz	28-30 (x2)	Waltz	Austria
Tango	Argentine Tango	60-80	Tango	Argentina
Breakbeat	Breaks	120-150	Breakdance	United States
Swing	Electro Swing	110-130	Swing	Worldwide
K-Pop	K-Pop Dance	100-140	K-Pop Dance	South Korea
Dub	Dub Reggae	60-80	Dub Dance	Jamaica
Blues	Blues Shuffle	90-120	Blues Dance	United States
Disco	Euro Disco	110-130	Disco	Europe
Grime	UK Grime	140-150	Grime Dance	United Kingdom
Lo-fi	Lo-fi Hip Hop	60-90	Chill Dance	Worldwide
Melodic House	Melodic House	120-130	House Dance	Worldwide
Nu-Disco	Nu-Disco	115-125	Disco	Worldwide
Chachacha	Cha Cha	120-130	Cha Cha	Cuba
Bachata	Bachata	120-150	Bachata	Dominican Republic
Swing	Lindy Hop	120-180	Swing	United States
Jungle	Jungle	160-180	Jungle Dance	United Kingdom
Hardcore	Hardcore Techno	160-180	Hardcore Dance	Netherlands
Ambient	Chillout	60-90	Chill Dance	Worldwide
Handbag House	Handbag House	120-130	House Dance	United Kingdom
Reggae	Roots Reggae	60-90	Reggae	Jamaica
Indie	Indie Dance	120-130	Indie Dance	Worldwide
Marching Band	Marching Music	80-120	Marching Dance	Worldwide
Progressive	Progressive Trance	130-145	Trance Dance	Worldwide
Vogue	Voguing	120-150	Voguing	United States
New Wave	New Wave	100-130	New Wave Dance	United States
Swing	West Coast Swing	90-120	Swing	United States
Merengue	Bachata	100-150	Bachata	Dominican Republic
Afrobeat	Afrobeat	100-130	Afrobeat Dance	Nigeria
Dancehall	Dancehall	80-100	Dancehall	Jamaica
Folk	Cajun	110-130	Cajun Dance	United States
Latin	Cha-Cha	120-140	Cha-Cha	Cuba
Techno	Hard Techno	135-160	Techno	Germany
Breakdance	Breaking	100-120	Breakdance	United States
Polka	Traditional Polka	120-150	Polka Dance	Central Europe
Step	Step Dance	70-90	Step	United States
Children's	Kids Dance	80-100	Children's Dance	Worldwide
Bhangra	Bhangra	100-150	Bhangra	India/Punjab
Rumba	Rumba	120-130	Rumba	Cuba
Gospel	Gospel	80-120	Gospel Dance	United States
Folk	Bluegrass	120-140	Bluegrass Dance	United States
House	Funky House	120-130	House Dance	United Kingdom
Acid House	Acid House	120-130	House Dance	United Kingdom
Swing	Balboa	90-130	Swing	United States
Jitterbug	Jitterbug	120-180	Jitterbug	United States
Butoh	Butoh	60-75	Butoh	Japan
Tech House	Tech House	122-128	House Dance	Worldwide
Trap	Chill Trap	90-110	Trap	United States
Progressive	Hard Trance	130-145	Trance Dance	Worldwide
Nu-Jazz	Nu-Jazz	120-140	Jazz Dance	Worldwide
Experimental	Sound Art	Variable	Contemporary	Worldwide
Goth	Industrial	120-130	Goth Dance	Worldwide
Disco	Italo Disco	120-130	Disco	Italy
Merengue	Bachata	120-140	Merengue	Dominican Republic
Soul	Soul Train	90-120	Soul Dance	United States
Contemporary	Contemporary	100-130	Contemporary Dance	Worldwide
Industrial	Industrial Dance	120-130	Industrial	Worldwide
New Age	New Age	60-90	New Age Dance	Worldwide
Skiffle	Skiffle	110-130	Skiffle Dance	United Kingdom
Sissy Bounce	Sissy Bounce	120-150	Bounce Dance	United States
Rave	Hard trance	140-150	Rave Dance	Worldwide
Big Room	Big Room House	128-130	Big Room	Worldwide
Melodic Techno	Melodic Techno	120-130	Techno	Worldwide
Screamo	Screamo	100-140	Screamo Dance	United States
Chillwave	Chillwave	60-120	Chill Dance	Worldwide
Go-Go	Go-Go	100-120	Go-Go	United States
Celtic	Celtic Dance	100-130	Celtic Dance	Ireland
Drum and Bass	Liquid DnB	160-180	Drum and Bass	United Kingdom
Futuristic	Futuristic Bass	60-120	Futuristic Dance	Worldwide
Vaporwave	Vaporwave	60-80	Vaporwave Dance	Worldwide
Tropical House	Tropical House	100-120	Tropical Dance	Worldwide
Afro House	Afro House	120-130	House Dance	Africa
Ballet Folklorico	Ballet Folklorico	80-120	Ballet Folklorico	Mexico
Cabaret	Cabaret Jazz	100-120	Cabaret	Worldwide
Acapella	Acapella	80-120	Vocal Dance	Worldwide
Synthwave	Synthwave	80-110	Synth Dance	Worldwide
Mid-Tempo	Mid-Tempo House	110-120	House Dance	Worldwide
Chillstep	Chillstep	60-90	Chill Dance	Worldwide
Talk Box	Talk Box	80-120	Talk Box Dance	Worldwide
Slow Jam	Slow Jam	60-80	Slow Dance	United States
Beach Music	Beach Music	100-120	Beach Dance	United States
Carnival	Carnival Music	110-140	Carnival Dance	Brazil
Underground	Underground House	120-130	House Dance	Worldwide
Swing	Charleston	120-180	Swing	United States
Line Dance	Traditional Line Dance	100-120	Line Dance	United States
Polynesian	Hula	90-120	Hula	Hawaii
Loop	Looping Dance	70-120	Loop Dance	Worldwide
Acid Jazz	Acid Jazz	110-130	Jazz Dance	Worldwide
Group Dance	Group Dance Music	80-140	Group Dance	Worldwide
Cape Breton	Cape Breton Dance	100-140	Celtic Dance	Canada
Steampunk	Steampunk Music	80-120	Steampunk Dance	Worldwide
Steppin	Steppin	80-120	Steppin	United States
Perreo	Reggaeton Perreo	80-100	Perreo	Puerto Rico
Acoustic	Acoustic Pop	80-120	Acoustic Dance	Worldwide
Industrial	Dark Ambient	60-90	Industrial	Worldwide
Screamo	Screamo Punk	120-160	Screamo Dance	Worldwide
Soundcloud Rap	Soundcloud Rap	70-110	Hip Hop	United States
Celtic	Irish Folk	90-120	Celtic Dance	Ireland
Vampire	Vampire Pop	90-130	Vampire Dance	Worldwide
Soul	Neo-Soul	70-90	Soul Dance	United States
African	Traditional African	70-120	African Dance	Africa
Tribal	Tribal House	120-130	Tribal Dance	Worldwide
Epic	Epic Music	70-90	Epic Dance	Worldwide
Jungle	Drum and Bass	160-180	Jungle Dance	United Kingdom
Experimental	Ambient Noise	60-100	Experimental Dance	Worldwide
Electro	Electrofunk	100-130	Electro Dance	Worldwide
Chillout	Chillout Beats	60-80	Chillout Dance	Worldwide
Enlightening	Tibetan Singing	60-80	Meditation	Tibet
Gospel	Praise and Worship	80-140	Gospel Dance	United States
New Adult	New Adult Contemporary	60-120	Adult Dance	Worldwide
Acapella	Choral Harmony	60-80	Choral Dance	Worldwide
Country	Bluegrass	120-150	Country Dance	United States
Experimental	Performance Art Music	80-120	Art Dance	Worldwide
Baroque	Baroque Dance	60-90	Baroque	Europe
Freeform	Freeform Hardstyle	150-200	Freeform Dance	Worldwide
Medieval	Medieval Folk	90-140	Historical Dance	Europe
Lift Dance	Lift Dance	70-100	Lift Dance	Worldwide
Military	Military March	100-120	Military Dance	Worldwide
Jazz	Dixieland	120-160	Jazz Dance	United States
Anthem	Anthem Music	100-120	Anthem Dance	Worldwide
Soft Rock	Soft Rock	60-90	Soft Dance	United States
Reggae	Dub Reggae	70-100	Reggae Dance	Jamaica
Afro-Caribbean	Calypso	100-130	Calypso Dance	Caribbean
Piano House	Piano House	120-130	House Dance	Worldwide
Vocal House	Vocal House	120-130	House Dance	Worldwide
Breakbeat	Nu Skool Breaks	125-145	Breakdance	Worldwide
Soca	Soca	130-150	Soca Dance	Trinidad and Tobago
Rave	Trance Rave	140-160	Rave Dance	Worldwide
Chanson	French Chanson	80-120	Chanson Dance	France
Blues	Chicago Blues	100-120	Blues Dance	United States
Kizomba	Kizomba	70-100	Kizomba	Angola
Kwela	Kwela	120-140	Kwela Dance	South Africa
Soul	Funk Soul	100-120	Soul Dance	United States
Gospel	Southern Gospel	60-120	Gospel Dance	United States
French House	French House	120-130	House Dance	France
Moombahton	Moombahton	110-115	Moombahton	United States
Industrial	Post-Industrial	90-130	Industrial Dance	Worldwide
Synth-Pop	Synth-Pop	100-120	Synth Dance	Worldwide
Tango	Tango Nuevo	100-120	Tango	Argentina
New Age	Ambient New Age	60-80	New Age	Worldwide
Bhangra	Bhangra Fusion	100-150	Bhangra	India/Punjab
Worship	Contemporary Worship	80-120	Worship Dance	Worldwide
Hymn	Hymnal Music	60-80	Religious Dance	Worldwide
Swing	Jive	140-160	Jive Dance	United States
Rhythm and Blues	Southern Soul	80-90	R&B Dance	United States
Ambient	Dark Ambient	60-80	Ambient Dance	Worldwide
Folklore	Folklore Music	90-130	Folklore Dance	Worldwide
Choral	Choral Music	60-80	Choral Dance	Worldwide
Gregorian	Gregorian Chant	60-80	Chant Dance	Europe
Step Dance	Step Dance	90-120	Step Dance	United States
Traditional	Traditional Music	70-90	Traditional Dance	Worldwide
Ska	Two Tone Ska	100-160	Ska Dance	United Kingdom
Biofunk	Biofunk	110-130	Biofunk Dance	Worldwide
Edm	Vocal EDM	100-130	Vocal Dance	Worldwide
Shadow Music	Dark Wave	60-80	Dark Dance	Worldwide
Realistic	Realistic Music	80-100	Realistic Dance	Worldwide
Pop Punk	Pop Punk	120-150	Pop Punk Dance	United States
Ska	Ska Punk	100-140	Ska Dance	Worldwide
Alternative	Alternative Rock	80-120	Alternative Dance	Worldwide
Folk Metal	Folk Metal	120-140	Metal Dance	Worldwide
Jazz Fusion	Jazz Fusion	120-140	Jazz Dance	Worldwide
Oldies	Oldies Rock	70-90	Oldies Dance	United States
Ragtime	Ragtime	100-120	Ragtime Dance	United States
Post-Rock	Post-Rock	60-100	Post-Rock Dance	Worldwide
Nu-Disco	Disco House	115-125	Nu-Disco	Worldwide
Drone	Drone Music	40-80	Drone Dance	Worldwide
Christian	Contemporary Christian	80-120	Christian Dance	Worldwide
Nu-Metal	Nu-Metal	80-120	Nu-Metal Dance	United States
Speedcore	Speedcore	180-250	Speedcore Dance	Worldwide
Deep House	Deep Tech	120-130	Deep House	Worldwide
Hardstyle	Hard Dance	150-190	Hardstyle Dance	Netherlands
Garage	UK Garage	130-135	Garage Dance	United Kingdom
Folk Rock	Folk Rock	80-130	Folk Rock Dance	Worldwide
Post-Hardcore	Post-Hardcore	90-125	Post-Hardcore Dance	Worldwide
Rockabilly	Rockabilly	120-160	Rockabilly Dance	United States
Opera	Opera Pop	60-80	Opera Dance	Worldwide
Acid	Acid Techno	130-150	Acid Dance	Worldwide
Pop	Teen Pop	100-120	Teen Dance	Worldwide
Christian	Acoustic Christian	60-90	Christian Dance	Worldwide
Reggae	Reggae Fusion	80-100	Reggae Dance	Worldwide
Worship	Praise Music	80-120	Worship Dance	Worldwide
Trance	Progressive Trance	130-145	Trance Dance	Worldwide
Classical	Traditional Classical	60-80	Classical Dance	Worldwide
Experimental	Noise Music	60-90	Experimental Dance	Worldwide
Metal	Metalcore	70-180	Metal Dance	Worldwide
Shanty	Sea Shanty	80-100	Shanty Dance	Worldwide
New Folk	New Folk	90-120	Folk Dance	Worldwide
Shuffle	Shuffle Dance	130-140	Shuffle	Worldwide
R&B	Neo-Soul	70-100	R&B Dance	United States
Mashup	Mashup Mixes	100-140	Mashup Dance	Worldwide
Rock	Classic Rock	100-130	Rock Dance	United States
Blues	Delta Blues	70-90	Blues Dance	United States
Ska	Ska Punk	100-140	Ska Dance	United Kingdom
Noise	Noise Rock	60-90	Noise Dance	Worldwide
Western	Western Swing	100-120	Western Dance	United States
Classic	Classic Soul	80-120	Classic Dance	Worldwide
Twilight	Twilight Music	60-80	Twilight Dance	Worldwide
Children's	Children's Music	80-120	Children's Dance	Worldwide
Cinema	Movie Soundtrack	60-90	Cinematic Dance	Worldwide
Transitional	Transitional Sound	60-80	Transitional Dance	Worldwide
Post-Punk	Post-Punk	80-120	Post-Punk Dance	Worldwide
Dark Ambient	Dark Ambient Music	60-80	Ambient Dance	Worldwide
New Age	Zen Music	60-80	Zen Dance	Worldwide
Experimental	Art Rock	60-100	Art Dance	Worldwide
Space	Space Music	80-100	Space Dance	Worldwide
World	World Fusion	70-110	World Dance	Worldwide
Persian	Persian Classical	60-90	Persian Dance	Iran
Celtic	Celtic Rock	100-130	Celtic Dance	United Kingdom
Orchestral	Film Score	60-90	Orchestral Dance	Worldwide
Instrumental	Instrumental Rock	80-120	Instrumental Dance	Worldwide
Cultural	Cultural Dance	60-100	Cultural Dance	Worldwide
Viking	Viking Music	80-120	Viking Dance	Scandinavia
Soothe	Soothe Music	40-60	Soothe Dance	Worldwide
Techno	Hard Techno	130-180	Techno Dance	Worldwide
Indie	Indie Folk	70-110	Indie Dance	Worldwide
Harp	Harp Music	60-80	Harp Dance	Worldwide
Trap	Trap Soul	70-90	Trap Dance	United States
Skiffle	Skiffle Jazz	100-140	Skiffle Dance	United Kingdom

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