Learn Spanish (Latin America): Me gusta cualquier tipo de música.

Me gusta cualquier tipo de música.

I like any type of music.

Breakdown of Me gusta cualquier tipo de música.

any (whichever) / anyone

el tipo

the type (kind)

Questions & Answers about Me gusta cualquier tipo de música.

Why is it cualquier and not cualquiera in this sentence?

Cualquier is the shortened form of cualquiera. You must drop the final -a whenever it comes directly before a singular noun, regardless of whether that noun is masculine or feminine. Here, it sits right in front of the singular noun tipo.

Since music covers many genres, why use the singular gusta instead of gustan?

With verbs like gustar, the thing you like is the grammatical subject and dictates the verb form. The subject here is the singular phrase cualquier tipo (any type), not the plural concept of songs or genres. If you changed the sentence to "I like all types", then you would need the plural verb: Me gustan todos los tipos.

Can I put the word for "any" after the noun, like un tipo cualquiera de música?

You can, and notice you have to use the full form cualquiera when it goes after the noun. However, putting it after the noun usually changes the meaning to "some random, unremarkable type" rather than the inclusive "any type at all" that we want here. To mean "any" in the sense of free choice, it generally comes before the noun as cualquier.

Is there a plural form if I actually wanted to say "any types"?