Eras

House Music by Decade

From Chicago in the ’80s to the headliners of 2026.

Every era of house music had its own sound, cities and names. Go decade by decade.

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Chicago and New York, 1977–1989. The DJs, producers and records that invented house music.

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House goes global. New York and New Jersey grooves, filter house, French touch and the remixes that ruled the charts.

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Deep, minimal and electro. House splits into a dozen directions, and Africa starts to talk back.

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Deep house’s revival, then the tech house takeover. The decade house came back to the mainstream on its own terms.

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Who’s running house music right now, and who’s next. Current house music artists for 2026.