This is a list of cities that are strongly associated with the evolution of a genre of music. Some genres may be listed more than once because of multiple views on its evolution. More detail in these cases can be found on the article on the genre in question.
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
India
Indonesia
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Laos
Mexico
Mongolia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Portugal
The Philippines
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad
Uganda
United Kingdom
- Birmingham - heavy metal
- Bow - Grime
- Bristol - drum and bass, jungle, Trip hop
- Brighton - Big beat
- Canterbury - Canterbury Sound
- Liverpool - merseybeat
- London - punk rock, post-punk, Oi, house music, disco music, drum and bass, jungle, IDM, 2Step, Ambient, Industrial music, Rave music
- Manchester - house, madchester
- Sheffield - Industrial music
- Southall - bhangra beat
- Yorkshire - Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass
United States
- Atlanta, Georgia - crunk, dirty south
- Austin, Texas - country music
- Baltimore, Maryland - doo wop
- Bakersfield - Bakersfield Sound
- Baton Rouge - swamp blues
- Chicago - Chicago Style, jump blues, Chicago blues, hip house, house, Chicago house, ghetto house, industrial music
- Detroit - Motown, Detroit Sound, techno music, ghettotech, Detroit blues, garage rock
- Houston, Texas - screw
- Kansas City - Kansas City blues, swing
- Lafayette - Cajun music
- Long Beach - skacore
- Los Angeles, California - psychedelic rock, G-funk, hair metal, electro hop, death rock, Paisley Underground
- Lubbock, Texas - Lubbock Sound
- Memphis - Memphis blues, Memphis soul
- Miami - Miami Sound, Miami bass
- Minneapolis - Minneapolis Sound
- Nashville - country music, Nashville Sound
- New Orleans - jazz, New Orleans blues, ragtime, R&B, bounce
- New York - punk rock, salsa, Tin Pan Alley, hip hop, disco, New Wave,No Wave, New York house, jazz,big bands, bop, free jazz, acid jazz, swing music, electroclash
- Oakland - West Coast hip hop, stride, ragtime, electro
- Omaha - Omaha Sound
- Philadelphia - thresher, East Coast hip hop, Philly soul
- Olympia - riot grrl
- San Francisco - psychedelic rock, deep house
- San Antonio - norteño
- Seattle, Washington - grunge music, garage rock
- Shreveport - swamp pop
- South Bay - hardcore punk
- Washington D.C. - go go, riot grrl, emo, hardcore punk, straight edge, skinhead punk
Uruguay
Venezuela
