Music is an integral part of adolescents' lives, whose influence is visible in all areas of their lives, from private to social. The importance of music in their lives is apparent from the fact that they actively spend 2-3 hours a day listening to music, and most of them have played or still play a musical instrument. Because of the importance of music in the lives of adolescents, the focus of this study was on the association between music and risk behaviours of youth. Previous studies show that listening to certain types of music is positively correlated with alcohol and drug use, sexual risk behaviour and expression of aggressiveness, which are the most common risk behaviours. There is a lack of research on this topic in Croatia, and the results of international studies are not fully applicable because of the specificity of music in this area. For the purpose of this paper, a quantitative research with second grade students (N=618) of vocational schools was conducted in Karlovac and Zagreb. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between risk behaviour among young people and the types of music they listen to. The data analysis showed a statistically significant positive correlation between listening to turbo-folk and folk music and frequency of alcohol consumption, sexual risk behaviour and proactive and reactive aggression. It turned out that pop and r’n’b music are significantly negatively associated with all assessed risk behaviours. Other significant correlations are also presented in the paper, with the focus on the distinction between listening to a certain type of music privately and when going out. In conclusion, the results of the study confirm the correlation of risk behaviours with the types of music that young people listen to.