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

The Chainsmokers are among the artists in the lineup that may be recognizable to a broader audience than the electronic dance music crowd that EDC attracts. —Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 7 May 2026

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

Pokémon Courtesy of Pokemon That’s right, all of EDM, the entire electronic dance music genre, is partnering with Pokémon for the 30th anniversary. —Matt Kamen, Wired News, 27 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above