List of Caribbean music genres: Information from Answers.com

The music of the Caribbean is a diverse grouping of musical genres. They are each syntheses of African, European, Indian and native influences. Some of the styles to gain wide popularity outside of the Caribbean include reggae, zouk, salsa, calypso, reggaeton and punta. Caribbean, Central American and South American music.

Antigua and Barbuda
- Soca
- Calypso
- Pan music
The Bahamas
Barbados
- Calypso
- Calypso jazz
- Pan music
- Ringbang
- Soca
- Spouge
- Tuk
Belize
- Punta
- Punta Rock
- Brukdown
- Garifuna music
- Reggae
- Roots reggae
- Lovers rock
- Dancehall
- Dub Poetry
- Calypso
- Souls
- Reggaeton
- Bachata
- Cumbia
- Country
Colombia
- Cumbia
- Porro
- Salsa
- Champeta
- Vallenato
- Tropipop
- Mapalé
- Merecumbé
- Puya
- Tambora
Cuba
- Abwe
- Areito
- Batá
- Batá-rumba
- Bolero
- Chachachá
- Changui
- Charanga
- Conga
- Comparsa
- Danzón
- Habanera
- Mambo
- Mozambique
- Nueva trova
- Rumba
- Salsa
- Son
- Son-batá
- Timba
- UPA
Curaçao
- Tambú
- Tumba
- Zumbi
- Seú
- Ritmo Kombiná
- Wals
Dominica
- Bélé
- Bouyon music
- Cadence-lypso
- Jing-Ping
- Soca
Dominican Republic
- Bachata
- Gaga
- Merengue
- Salve
- Salsa
- Reggaeton
Haiti
- Compas
- Conbite
- Cadence rampa
- Haitian hip hop
- Kadans
- Mini-jazz
- Mizik rasin
- Méringue
- Rara
- Zouk
Jamaica
- Dancehall
- Dub
- Kumina
- Lovers rock
- Mento
- Nyabinghi
- Ragga
- Reggae
- Rocksteady
- Roots reggae
- Ska
- Soca
Martinique and Guadeloupe
- Bèlè (or "Bel Air" in Martinique)
- Biguine
- Dancehall
- Gwo ka (in Guadeloupe)
- Ragga
- Reggae
- Zouk
Puerto Rico
- Bomba
- Danza
- Décima
- Plena
- Reggaeton
- Salsa
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Soca
- Calypso
- Steelpan
- Stringband music
Saint Lucia
- Kont
- Soca
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Soca
- Calypso music
- Steel pan music
- Strig Band music
- Dancehall
- Chutney
- Big Drum music
- Chutney-soca
Trinidad and Tobago
- Calypso
- Chut-kai-pang
- Chutney
- Chutney-soca
- Dancehall
- Extempo
- Gospelypso
- Pan music
- Parang
- Pichakaree
- Rapso
- Reggae
- Soca
- Steel Pan
- Yahdees

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