If you look at the Top 10 songs on the Billboard charts, odds are you’ll find nary a love song. Tracks about heartbreak, friendship and self-empowerment abound, but straightforward ballads about ...

Mary J. Blige love songs have always spoken to real relationships and emotional truth. These eight selections highlight how her music continues to connect through love healing and self respect.

Every possible stage of the creation and dissolution of romance has been documented in song, encompassing the good, the bad, and the ugly. Romantic love is a prominent component of human life and ...

The universal language of music has united generations of lovers since the beginning of time. Falling in and out of love, grasping at unrequited love, mourning love lost and succumbing to deep love ...

The beauty of love songs, especially love songs in country music, is the feelings they evoke years, and sometimes even ...

This essay first appeared in the NPR Music newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this one, listening recommendations and more. I love the word "heartthrob." It stops you whether you ...

Here are the 10 best black metal love songs! Musical bigots have claimed that black metal is the least romantic genre of them all, the ideal repellent to potential love interests. Yet, with all the ...

After coming under fire for his comments about the representation of same-sex couples onscreen, Snoop Dogg has made an effort to support LGBTQ+ youth on a new song, “Love Is Love.” GLAAD shared a ...