religious music

Church choir repertoire

Religious music is music composed for or associated with worship, spiritual devotion, or sacred ceremonies.

The category spans hymns, gospel, chant, spirituals, and liturgical compositions across traditions: The choir performed religious music at the Easter service.

The term distinguishes sacred works from secular music, though the boundary blurs in genres like gospel that cross into popular entertainment.

Opposites
sacred vs. secular content

religious musicsecular music

Non-sacred musical works

pop music · popular music · dance music · club music · disco

devotional vs. profane/transgressive

religious musicblack metal

Uncoated ferrous alloy

death metal · bawdy songs · shock rock · gangsta rap · drinking songs

spiritual vs. hedonistic function

religious musicclub music

Electronic dance floor sounds

drinking songs · EDM · disco

Family

music, musical, religion, musician, religious, nonreligious, irreligious, religiosity, musicianship

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G