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All 14 Spotle Genres

Each artist gets one genre. Close guesses do not score yellow on this clue.

The Attributes panel lists Pop, Hip Hop, Rock, R&B, Electronic, Latin, Alternative, Country, Metal, Folk, Classical, Jazz, and Reggae. On 13 Nov 2026 the Burna Boy card added African. I keep the panel and the card, and the table has 14 rows. Counts and debut ranges are blank because the game does not publish them. Cards we have read are on the artist page.

Genre labels. Example artists are only those with a card read on 13 Nov 2026.
GenreOn the help panelExamples from cardsOften confused withArtist countLabel evidence
Pop Yes Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne, BLACKPINK — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Hip Hop Yes Drake — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Rock Yes The Rolling Stones — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
R&B Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Electronic Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Latin Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Alternative Yes — Rock —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Country Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Metal Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Folk Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Classical Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Jazz Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
Reggae Yes — — —2 sources: official card/help + community list
African No — seen on a card Burna Boy — —2 sources: official card/help + community list

What the labels mean here

Pop

Popular music that took its modern form in the mid-1950s in the US and UK.

Hip Hop

A popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s in New York City; rapping is a defining element.

Rock

Popular music that grew out of rock and roll in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the US.

R&B

Contemporary R&B combines rhythm and blues with pop, disco, funk, soul, jazz, blues, electronic and hip-hop.

Electronic

A broad group of genres that use electronic instruments, circuitry-based technology or software.

Latin

An industry catch-all for Spanish- and Portuguese-language genres from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the diaspora.

Alternative

A category of rock music that evolved from the independent underground of the 1970s.

Country

A US-origin genre known for ballads and dance tunes with traditional lyrics and harmonies.

Metal

A genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the UK and US.

Folk

Traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from it in the 20th-century folk revival.

Classical

Art music rooted in European church and court patronage; the earliest surviving manuscripts date from 800–887.

Jazz

A genre that originated in African-American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Reggae

A genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

African

A 14th in-game label not shown in the official Attributes panel; a Burna Boy card on 2026-11-13 displays it.

Alternative versus Rock can be a confusing distinction, because the game will not paint a near genre yellow. If Rock is wrong, the guess is gray, not close. The clue rules are on how to play.

Original diagram of the six artist clues
Original illustration by spotlegame.org; not an official game screenshot.
Original diagram of the artist guessing game
Original illustration by spotlegame.org; not an official game screenshot.

FAQ

How many genres does Spotle use?

The help panel lists 13. A Burna Boy card on 13 Nov 2026 also showed African, so this page lists 14.

Can a genre be yellow?

No. Genre is exact. Green or gray. There is no close genre.

Why is there no artist count?

The game does not publish how many artists sit in each genre. I leave that cell empty.

Sources