Nagauta – Japanese music that accompanies kabuki theater
Nakasi – Japanese and Taiwanese folk music
Nangma – Tibetan EDM
Nanguan (music) – Chinese classical music that is heavily influenced by Western styles
Narcocorrido – Mexican polka-influenced folk music with lyrics focusing on illegal activity
Nardcore – hardcore and skate punk subgenre based in Oxnard, California
Narodna muzika – Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbian folk music
Nashville sound – a slick, pop-informed 'radio friendly' form of American country music that began in Nashville, Tennessee
National socialist black metal – black metal with lyrics supporting national socialism, fascism, and other far-right ideologies
Nederpop – Dutch pop music
Neoclassical – orchestral music of the early 20th century
Neoclassical dark wave – fusion of neoclassical and dark wave music
Neo-classical metal – fusion of neoclassical and heavy metal music
Neoclassical New Age – fusion of neoclassical and new age music
Neo kyma – style of classical Greek music from the 1960s with French influences
Neofolk – fusion of folk rock and post-industrial music
Neo-Medieval – music that attempts to imitate Medieval and earlier periods of classical music
Neo-progressive rock – highly theatrical, emotional, and clean subgenre of progressive rock
Neo-psychedelia – loose term for music inspired by psychedelic and acid rock
Neo soul – alternative form of hip hop soul that focused on more soulful and emotive vocals and lyrics
Neotraditional country – alternative country music that attempts to imitate pre-Nashville 'traditional' country
Nerdcore – hip hop with lyrics concerning typically 'nerdy' subjects
Neue Deutsche Welle – German punk and new wave music
Neue Deutsche Todeskunst – German dark wave and Gothic rock
Neurofunk – more advanced form of techstep
New-age – form of ambient music intended for use during meditation
New Beat – Belgian downtempo and acid house
Neue Deutsche Härte – German fusion style that mainly takes elements of industrial and groove metal, as well as techno and alternative rock
New jack swing (or swingbeat) – slickly produced fusion of soul, pop, dance, and hip hop music
New Orleans blues – Dixieland- and Caribbean-informed style of blues from New Orleans
New prog – more ambitious and alternative rock-inspired form of progressive rock
New rave – fusion of alternative rock and EDM
New school hip hop – hip hop music made after the mid-80s
New Taiwanese Song – Taiwanese pop music
New wave – early form of punk-informed synthpop
New wave of new wave – 1990s British revival of new wave music
New Weird America – term for the, often psychedelic-informed, indie folk music of the 2000s
New York blues – a jazz-influenced style of blues from New York, New York
Nintendocore – fusion of chiptune and metalcore
Nisiotika – Greek folk music from the Agean Islands
No wave – avant-garde punk subgenre created as a reaction to the commercial new wave
Noh – long, highly dramatic Japanese opera
Noise – trend in orchestral, rock, and electronic music where harsh, non-melodic, and often random sounds are used alongside or in place of conventional sounds
Noise pop – derivative of noise rock in which noises and feedback are used, but made into a melodic, often relaxing sound
Noise rock – loud, atonal, dissonant, and unconventional rock music
Nordic folk – folk music of the Nordic people
Nordic folk dance – upbeat style of Nordic folk
Nortec – Mexican EDM
Norteño – Mexican folk music
Northern soul – soul music made by northern English
Nu-disco – modern house music that draws inspiration from disco
Nu gaze – new form of Shoegaze
Nu jazz – modern jazz music that borrows from funk and EDM
Nu metal – fusion of thrash, groove, and alternative metal that also borrows elements from punk, industrial, grunge, and hip hop
Nu skool breaks – a more abstract and drum & bass-inspired style of breakbeat
