A background into the music industry

Genre- the classification of a text according got its style, content, and possibly its form and manner of production.

It is safe to say that 'pop' music is by far one of the most dependent genres of music, and which includes the most wildly different genres of texts. 

However, genres are continually being invented, crossed and revisited, and the process of categorisation is an important one for the producers and fans of the music alike. 

Broadly speaking, most music can fall under one of these genres...

There are also sub genres that fall under the characteristics of genres. However, each of these genres has a key characteristic that differentiates itself from other genres, including: rhythm, instruments, melody, hair style and artists clothing range, album artwork, vocals and lyrics, space in which the artist/s perform/s. All these factors build up the image of the genre. 

The artists image can categorise them before they start singing or playing. Look can be as generic as sound: it can be hard to distinguish some pop videos and indie videos. 

An example of a music
streaming service 

In terms of sales, genre has always been a cornerstone of music retail because often customers restrict themselves to buying only music from a certain genre to keep their own image intact. 

Music streaming services rely on your past genre choices in order to keep playing new music that you will like, to keep the customer interested in buying. 

Overall, even if an artist disagrees with being pigeonholed into a particular genre, their image within a certain category does determine who their customers are and what they want, obviously leading to how successful the artist/s are through their sales.