Not Dangdut, These Are 3 Genres Of Music That Indonesians Often Listen Over And Over

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JAKARTA - Listening to music is done by almost everyone nowadays, because besides being useful for improving mood, music has many other benefits for those who like it.

"Of the various music genres that exist in the world, there are three top genres that Indonesians seem to like to listen to repeatedly," said Christo Putra, Head of Artist Operations at SoundOn Indonesia.

"If you look at the data (collected from TikTok and Resso) it is true that pop is one of the most popular genres in Indonesia. Judging from the consumption of songs with Indonesian lyrics, pop is indeed in the top three genres," said Christo, quoted from Antara, Saturday, March 26.

Even popular pop songs are usually related to love or relationships that are often experienced by many people in the country, so it's no wonder that pop songs with confusing nuances are selling well in the Indonesian music market.

In addition to the pop genre, the second genre most favored by the Indonesian people is the electronic genre. The genre of the song, which relies on digital instruments in its manufacture, seems to be still popular with the Indonesian people.

Usually fast tempo, electronic music is fun to listen to when you want to raise the atmosphere to be more cheerful to carry out various daily activities.

Then the third genre that is favored by the Indonesian people lately is the RnB and Hip-hop genre. This genre is increasingly popular because more and more Indonesian musicians appear to bring songs of this genre.

From the Hiphop genre, for example, Indonesia now has many talented musicians such as Ramengvrl, Laze, to Matter Moz. Meanwhile, from the RnB genre, there are also quite a number of musicians who are pursuing this genre, and some have even gone global, one of which is NIKI.

In the digital music sector, in Indonesia, based on Statista's research as a whole, it could reach US$251 million or equivalent to IDR 3.2 trillion in 2022.

With the most revenue is estimated to come from digital streaming services amounting to 235 million US dollars.

Of course, with this potential, it is not surprising that more and more new musicians will appear who come with more diverse genres and music to entertain and accompany the Indonesian people.