Barbershop music encompass both men's and women's singing in the barbershop style – in quartets and choruses. Sweet Adelines International and Harmony, Inc. are two women's barbershop singing organizations that operate globally and in North America, respectively. Other women's organizations include the Ladies Association of Barbershop Singers (LABBS) in the United Kingdom, the Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers (SABS) in Spain, and the Irish Association of Barbershop Singers (IABS) in Ireland. A barbershop quartet is an ensemble of four people who sing a cappella in the exacting barbershop music genre. In North America most male barbershop quartet singers belong to the Barbershop
Barbershop music women's barbershop choruses all around Australia. The following choruses have won the Regional Championship: Barbershop Harmony Society's Barberpole Cat Songs "Polecats"—12 songs which all Barbershop Harmony Society members are encouraged to learn as a shared canonic repertoire—all famous, traditional examples of the barbershop genre: The Barbershop Harmony Society announced on May 28, 2015, that the "Polecat" program would be expanded to include the following songs: Examples of other songs popular in the barbershop genre are: While these traditional songs still play a part in barbershop today, barbershop music also includes more current titles. Most music can be arranged in the