The 1980s might be best known for power ballads and synth-y jams, but there are quite a few nostalgic love songs from that era, too.

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 ...

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 ...

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The collaboration between the country and pop stars is from Wallen’s new album, I’m the Problem, which soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 2025’s biggest week by equivalent album units: ...

Pop and R&B/hip-hop superstar Beyoncé makes her debut on Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated Feb. 24) with her first two entries on the survey: “Texas Hold ...

Summer is officially here. So that means it’s time to get outside and do all those things we dreamed about doing while the snow was piling up this winter. First, though there’s a list of things that ...

LE SSERAFIM is finally here with their highly-anticipated return! On March 14, LE SSERAFIM held a press conference ahead of their comeback with their fifth mini album “HOT.” To celebrate, the members ...

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