Important Changes to Genre Listings on SHOUTcast

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  • DrO
    • Sep 2003
    • 27868

    Important Changes to Genre Listings on SHOUTcast

    Dear SHOUTcast Broadcasters,

    In an effort to better organize the vast variety of music genres available on SHOUTcast, and to make it easier for listeners to find your station, we will be making some changes to the way your stations are categorized in the SHOUTcast Radio directory. Starting MONDAY, JUNE 07 at MIDNIGHT (EST USA), the genres available on the SHOUTcast Radio directory will be limited to the following list (where bold is the parent genre and then the sub-genres related to the parent):

    Alternative
    Adult Alternative
    Britpop
    Classic Alternative
    College
    Dancepunk
    Dream Pop
    Emo
    Goth
    Grunge
    Hardcore
    Indie Pop
    Indie Rock
    Industrial
    LoFi
    Modern Rock
    New Wave
    Noise Pop
    Post Punk
    Power Pop
    Punk
    Ska
    Xtreme

    Blues
    Acoustic Blues
    Cajun and Zydeco
    Chicago Blues
    Contemporary Blues
    Country Blues
    Delta Blues
    Electric Blues

    Classical
    Baroque
    Chamber
    Choral
    Classical Period
    Early Classical
    Impressionist
    Modern
    Opera
    Piano
    Romantic
    Symphony

    Country
    Alt Country
    Americana
    Bluegrass
    Classic Country
    Contemporary Bluegrass
    Contemporary Country
    Honky Tonk
    Hot Country Hits
    Western

    Decades
    00s
    30s
    40s
    50s
    60s
    70s
    80s
    90s

    Easy Listening
    Exotica
    Light Rock
    Lounge
    Orchestral Pop
    Polka
    Space Age Pop

    Electronic
    Acid House
    Ambient
    Big Beat
    Breakbeat
    Dance
    Demo
    Disco
    Downtempo
    Drum and Bass
    Dubstep
    Electro
    Garage
    Hard House
    House
    IDM
    Jungle
    Progressive
    Techno
    Trance
    Tribal
    Trip Hop

    Folk
    Alternative Folk
    Contemporary Folk
    Folk Rock
    New Acoustic
    Old Time
    Traditional Folk
    World Folk

    Inspirational
    Christian
    Christian Metal
    Christian Rap
    Christian Rock
    Classic Christian
    Contemporary Gospel
    Gospel
    Praise and Worship
    Sermons and Services
    Southern Gospel
    Traditional Gospel

    International
    African
    Afrikaans
    Arabic
    Asian
    Bollywood
    Brazilian
    Caribbean
    Celtic
    Chinese
    Creole
    European
    Filipino
    French
    German
    Greek
    Hawaiian and Pacific
    Hebrew
    Hindi
    Indian
    Islamic
    Japanese
    Klezmer
    Korean
    Mediterranean
    Middle Eastern
    North American
    Russian
    Soca
    South American
    Tamil
    Turkish
    Worldbeat
    Zouk

    Jazz
    Acid Jazz
    Avant Garde
    Big Band
    Bop
    Classic Jazz
    Cool Jazz
    Fusion
    Hard Bop
    Latin Jazz
    Smooth Jazz
    Swing
    Vocal Jazz
    World Fusion

    Latin
    Bachata
    Banda
    Bossa Nova
    Cumbia
    Flamenco
    Latin Dance
    Latin Pop
    Latin Rap and Hip Hop
    Latin Rock
    Mariachi
    Merengue
    Ranchera
    Reggaeton
    Regional Mexican
    Salsa
    Samba
    Tango
    Tejano
    Tropicalia

    Metal
    Black Metal
    Classic Metal
    Death Metal
    Extreme Metal
    Grindcore
    Hair Metal
    Heavy Metal
    Metalcore
    Power Metal
    Progressive Metal
    Rap Metal
    Thrash Metal

    Misc

    New Age
    Environmental
    Ethnic Fusion
    Healing
    Meditation
    Spiritual

    Pop
    Adult Contemporary
    Barbershop
    Bubblegum Pop
    Dance Pop
    Idols
    Oldies
    JPOP
    KPOP
    Soft Rock
    Teen Pop
    Top 40
    World Pop

    Public Radio
    College
    News
    Sports
    Talk
    Weather

    R&B and Urban
    Classic R&B
    Contemporary R&B
    Doo Wop
    Funk
    Motown
    Neo Soul
    Quiet Storm
    Soul
    Urban Contemporary

    Rap
    Alternative Rap
    Dirty South
    East Coast Rap
    Freestyle
    Gangsta Rap
    Hip Hop
    Mixtapes
    Old School
    Turntablism
    Underground Hip Hop
    West Coast Rap

    Reggae
    Contemporary Reggae
    Dancehall
    Dub
    Pop Reggae
    Ragga
    Reggae Roots
    Rock Steady

    Rock
    Adult Album Alternative
    British Invasion
    Celtic Rock
    Classic Rock
    Garage Rock
    Glam
    Hard Rock
    Jam Bands
    JROCK
    Piano Rock
    Prog Rock
    Psychedelic
    Rock & Roll
    Rockabilly
    Singer and Songwriter
    Surf

    Seasonal and Holiday
    Anniversary
    Birthday
    Christmas
    Halloween
    Hanukkah
    Honeymoon
    Kwanzaa
    Valentine
    Wedding
    Winter

    Soundtracks
    Anime
    Kids
    Original Score
    Showtunes
    Video Game Music

    Talk
    BlogTalk
    Comedy
    Community
    Educational
    Government
    News
    Old Time Radio
    Other Talk
    Political
    Scanner
    Spoken Word
    Sports
    Technology

    Themes
    Adult
    Best Of
    Chill
    Eclectic
    Experimental
    Female
    Heartache
    Instrumental
    LGBT
    Love and Romance
    Party Mix
    Patriotic
    Rainy Day Mix
    Reality
    Sexy
    Shuffle
    Travel Mix
    Tribute
    Trippy
    Work Mix


    If you already have at least one of the keywords above in your server configurations for the Genre no action is required from you at this time.

    If your station's genre does not match at least one of the keywords above, you will have to make the change manually in your server's configurations to at least one of the keywords above. Pick two or three keywords from the list that best describes the music that you play on your station. You can change the Genre of your station by changing the "Genre" parameter in the SHOUTcast DNAS configurations or the DSP.

    Please note that starting THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 those stations that have not changed their genre configurations to at least one of the above keywords will have their stations automatically mapped to fall within the list. Therefore, if you want to make sure listeners can find your station please take the time to ensure your genre strings accurately match at least one of the keywords in the list above.

    Thanks!


    Update 15 December 2011

    The following genres have been added to the available genres (first post has also been updated).

    Decades -> 00s
    Folk -> Old Time
    International -> German


    Update 29 June 2012

    The following genres have been changed to resolve some usage issues with them (first post has also been updated).

    Cajun/Zydeco -> Cajun and Zydeco
    Love/Romance -> Love and Romance
    Praise/Worship -> Praise and Worship
    Sermons/Services -> Sermons and Services
    Hawaiian/Pacific -> Hawaiian and Pacific
    Latin Rap/Hip-Hop -> Latin Rap and Hip Hop
    R&B/Urban -> R&B and Urban
    Singer/Songwriter -> Singer and Songwriter
    Seasonal/Holiday -> Seasonal and Holiday
    Lo-Fi -> LoFi
    Post-Punk -> Post Punk
    Alt-Country -> Alt Country
    Underground Hip-Hop -> Underground Hip Hop
    Neo-Soul -> Neo Soul
    Pop-Reggae -> Pop Reggae
    Jewish -> Hebrew


    Update 22 October 2012

    The following genres have been added to the available genres (first post has also been updated).

    International -> Islamic
    International -> Turkish
    Pop -> KPOP
    Rock -> JROCK


    Update 25 March 2014

    The following genres have been added to the available genres (first post has also been updated) as well as additions to the mapping of genres from legacy v1 DNAS to the approved list.

    Electronic -> Dubstep
    International -> Creole
    Latin -> Flamenco
    Latin -> Samba
    Metal -> Death Metal
    Metal -> Thrash Metal
    Public Radio -> Weather
    Rock -> Celtic Rock


    (Last Updated: 25th March 2014)


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