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'''Black music''' is a sound created, produced, or inspired by [[black people]], people of African descent, including [[Music of Africa|African music traditions]] and [[African popular music]] as well as the [[Music genre|music genres]] of the [[African diaspora]], including [[Caribbean music]], [[Latin music]], [[Brazilian music]] and [[African-American music]]. These genres include [[Spiritual (music)| spiritual]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Negro Spiritual Singers|url=http://newdeal.feri.org/library/ae36.htm|publisher=New Deal Network|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> [[Gospel music|gospel]], [[Cuban rumba|rumba]], [[blues]],<ref>Kunzler's dictionary of jazz provides two separate entries: "blues", and the "blues form", a widespread musical form (p. 131). Kunzler, Martin (1988). Jazz-Lexicon. Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.</ref> [[Bomba (Puerto Rico)|bomba]], [[rock and roll]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[jazz]], [[Salsa music|salsa]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[samba]], [[Calypso music|calypso]], [[soca music|soca]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[kwaito]], [[cumbia]], [[funk]], [[ska]], [[reggae]],<ref>Stephen Davis. "Reggae." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Web.16. 30 January 2020.</ref> [[dub reggae]], [[House music|house]], [[Detroit techno]], [[amapiano]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[gqom]], [[afrobeat]], and others.

==Background==
Many genres of music originate from communities that have visible roots in Africa. In [[North America]], it was a way that the early slaves could express themselves and communicate when they were being forcibly relocated and when there were restrictions on what cultural activities they could pursue. The sorrows of song were the only freedom slaves had working on cotton fields, and overall through labor tactics. This burden of slavery became a gateway for other genres of music like the blues for example. Black music does not just encompass sounds of the U.S. black experience but also a global black experience that stretches from Africa to Americas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singley |first=Richard Lawson |date=2021-02-02 |title=Roots: The Impact of Black Music on America and the World |url=https://richardsingley.medium.com/roots-the-impact-of-black-music-on-america-and-the-world-ed00824f7f13 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>

The term for many coming from places of "black" origin can be perceived in a derogatory manner by cultures who see the term as a blurring of lines which ignores the true roots of certain peoples and their specific traditions. To refer to musical genres with strong African-American influence, such as [[hip hop music]], is very limited in scope and is not adopted by academic institutions as a true category of music. The individual aspects and collectively of black music is surrounded by the culture in itself as well as experience. Black music is centered around a story and origin. Many artist start song with the things they experience first hand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The soundtrack of history: How Black music has shaped American culture through time |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/soundtrack-history-how-black-music-has-shaped-american-culture-through-n1258474 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Musical blackness was a way of communicating and a way to express themselves especially during hard times such as slavery. Their songs were used to give guidance to one another and tell stories. The varieties of sounds and expressions used in the music helped stress their emotions. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Humanities |first=Center for the |date=2011-07-09 |title=What is Black Music? |url=https://humanities.wustl.edu/sock-hop-and-loft/379 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Center for the Humanities |language=en}}</ref>

Black music started to reflect urban environments through amplified sounds, social concerns, and cultural pride expressed through music.It combined blues, jazz, boogie-woogie and gospel taking the form of fast paced dance music with highly energized guitar work appealing to young audiences across racial divides.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wickham |first=Phebe |date=2021-06-22 |title=Exploring the History of Black Music - |url=https://musicforwardfoundation.org/news/exploring-the-history-of-black-music-month/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Music Forward Foundation}}</ref>

==Genres==
{{Main article|List of musical genres of the African diaspora}}

* Key Figures
** [[Bob Marley]]
** [[Louis Armstrong]]
** [[Jimi Hendrix]]
** [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
** [[Ray Charles]]
** [[Michael Jackson]]
** [[Whitney Houston]]
** [[Aretha Franklin]]
** [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]
** [[Future (rapper)|Future]]
** [[Lauryn Hill]]
** [[Stevie Wonder]]
** [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]

* [[African-American music]]
**[[Bebop]]
** [[Boogie-woogie]]
** [[Blues]]
** [[Country music]]<ref>Pecknold, D. (Ed.). (2013). Hidden in the mix: the African American presence in country music. Duke University Press.</ref>
** [[Detroit techno]]
** [[Deep house]]
** [[Disco]]
** [[Doo-wop]]
** [[Free jazz]]
** [[Funk]]
** [[Go-go]]
** [[Gospel music]]
** [[Jazz]]
** [[Swing music|Jive]]
** [[Jump blues]]
** [[New jack swing]]
** [[Ragtime]]
** [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
** [[House music]]
** [[Rhythm and blues]]
** [[Rock and roll]]
** [[Soul jazz]]
** [[Soul music|Soul]]
** [[Spiritual (music)|Spiritual]]
** [[Swing jazz]]
** [[Techno]]
** [[Zydeco]]
** [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[Afro-Caribbean music]]
**[[Dancehall]]
** [[Dub music|Dub]]
** [[Ragga]]
** [[Reggae]]
**[[Rocksteady]]
** [[Ska]]
**[[Calypso music|Calypso]]
** [[Mento]]
**[[Soca music|Soca]]

* [[Music of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
**[[Acid jazz]]
**[[Afroswing]]
**[[Brit funk]]
**[[British contemporary R&B]]
**[[British hip hop]]
**[[British jazz]]
**[[British reggae]]
**[[British soul]]
**[[Drum and bass]]
**[[UK drill]]
**[[Dubstep]]
**[[Jungle music|Jungle]]
**[[Grime (music genre)|Grime]]
**[[Rare groove]]
**[[Ska]]
**[[Two-tone (music genre)|Two-tone]]
**[[UK garage]]
**[[UK funky]]

* [[Music of Africa]]
**[[African popular music]]
**[[Music of West Africa]]
**[[Sub-Saharan African music traditions]]
**[[Music of Ethiopia]]
**[[Afrobeat]]
**[[Gqom]]
**[[Amapiano|AmaPiano]]
**[[Kwaito]]
**[[Maskandi]]
**[[Isicathamiya]]
**[[Afrobeats]]
**[[Coupé-Décalé]]
**[[Jùjú music|Jùjú]]
**[[Soukous]]



*[[Music of Cuba|Cuba]]
**[[Bakosó (music)|Bakosó]]
**[[Son (music)|Son]]
**[[Cuban rumba|Rumba]]
**[[Yuka (music)|Yuka]]

*[[Music of Haiti|Haiti]]
**[[Compas]]

*French West Indies
**[[Zouk (musical movement)|Zouk]]

*[[Brazilian music]]
**[[Choro]]
**[[Samba]]
**[[Samba reggae]]
**[[Samba rock]]

*[[Music of the Dominican Republic]]
**[[Bachata (music)|Bachata]]
**[[Merengue music|Merengue]]

*[[Music of Ecuador]]
**[[Bambuco]]
**[[Bomba (Ecuador)|Bomba]]

*[[Music of Uruguay|Uruguay]]
**[[Candombe]]

*[[Music of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]
**[[Plena]]
**[[Bomba (Puerto Rico)|Bomba]]
**[[Reggaeton]]

*[[Music of Peru|Peru]]
**[[Festejo]]
**[[Cueca]]
**[[Landó]]

==See also==
*[[List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences]]
* [[Music of Black Origin Awards]]
* [[Music of the African diaspora]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Spencer, Jon Michael. ''Black hymnody: a hymnological history of the African-American church'' (1992)

[[Category:Music by ethnicity]]
[[Category:Music of the African diaspora]]
[[Category:African-American music]]
[[Category:Traditional music]]
[[Category:Popular music]]

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