House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s; in 1985 it fanned out to other major cities across North and South America, as well as Europe and later Australia.
Early house music was generally dance-based music characterized by its repetitive beats and rhythms mainly provided by drum machines and synthesized basslines. While house displayed several characteristics similar to disco music, it was more electronic and minimalistic and the repetitive rhythm of house was more important than the song itself. House music today, while keeping several of these core elements, notably the prominent kick drum on every beat, varies a lot in style and influence, ranging from the soulful and atmospheric deep house to the more minimalistic microhouse. House music has also fused with several other genres creating fusion subgenres, such as euro house, tech house, electro house and jump house.
House music has currently become a lot more popular compared to previous years, and appears in the charts on a regular basis, this growth of increasing popularity has lead to more current artists and bands incorporating the genre into their work; artists such as Avicii, Sweedish house Mafia and Martin Garix, whom have all had top 10 hits with their house music tracks. House has proved to be a commercially successful genre and a lot more mainstream style of music and remains popular in both clubs and underground scenes as well as the pop scene. 
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