J-Pop – pop music made by the Japanese
J-Rock – rock music made by Japanese performers
Jaipongan – music made to accompany the dance of the same name of Sundanese people of Indonesia
Jam – a type of band that plays long instrumental tracks, often improvised, called 'jams'
Jamrieng samai – Cambodian pop music
Jangle pop – style of indie pop known for its uplifting, 'jangly' sounds
Japanoise – noise music from Japan
Jarana yucateca – traditional Yucatán dance music
Jarocho – Mexican dance and song style from Veracruz
Jawaiian – fusion of Hawaiian traditional music and reggae
Jazz – a type of music that originated in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Southern United States
Jazz blues – fusion of jazz and blues music
Jazz-funk – fusion of jazz and funk music
Jazz fusion – any music that fuses something with jazz, particularly jazz-rock
Jazz rap – fusion of jazz and hip hop
Jegog – gamelan played with bamboo-based instruments
Jenkka – Finnish folk dance music
Jesus – style of CCM developed by the American hippie-based Jesus Movement
Jig – uptempo Irish folk dance music
Jing ping – Dominican folk dance music developed by slave during European colonialism
Jingle – short, catchy song used in advertising
Jit – Zimbabwean pop music
Jitterbug – any music that accompanied the dance of the same name
Jive – swing music used to accompany the African-American ballroom dance of the same name
Joged – Balinese dance music
Joged bumbung – fusion of gamelan and joged
Joik – style of Sami folk music
Joropo – Venezuelan waltz
Jota – Spanish folk dance music
Jug – African-American folk music made from household objects such as jugs, spoons, and washboards
Juke joint blues – fusion of blues and soul
Jùjú – Nigerian pop music
Jump blues – uptempo blues music played with horns
Jumpstyle – faster form of progressive house
Jungle – style of EDM known for fast tempo, breakbeats, samples, and dub-inspired layered synths
Junkanoo – Bahamas folk dance music
