electronic dance music

noun

: any of various music genres (such as house, dubstep, and techno) typically performed by DJs for dancing crowds (as at nightclubs and raves) : EDM

He's one of the world's most famous DJs, spinning electronic dance music and turning any room into a high-energy party zone.

—Tom Szaroleta

Electronic dance music will take center stage on San Francisco's waterfront as global DJs Calvin Harris and Diplo headline a major concert tied to the Super Bowl's return to the Bay Area.

—Aidin Vaziri

called also dance music, electronic music

Examples of electronic dance music in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eurodance with the bass-heavy Swedish genre EPA-dunk and 3Cha—the giddy electronic dance music from Thaiboy’s home region of Isaan in Thailand—to form a new kind of globalist hyperpop. —Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above