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 ...

This is the first episode of a new series on All Songs Considered, hosted by NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor. Most of ...

We're not going to write you a love song, but we can certainly recommend some. The best love songs evoke feelings across the swinging pendulum of love, from just meeting and getting to know each other ...

The pop charts used to be dominated by romantic love songs. Not so much anymore. Where did our love go? Sponsor Message MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: Love songs are so important. Think about all the songs ...

Jason Aldean has plenty of duets in his repertoire, but his collaboration with Carrie Underwood, "If I Didn't Love You," is among his biggest. The midtempo duet is full of heartache, and finds both ...

The Beatles‘ cheesiest songs tended to be about love. At least the band knew how to change it up a bit most of the time. Thankfully, they grew out of writing about love all the time halfway through ...

The '60s were a pivotal time for music. The decade began with poppy girl groups and crooners and went on to create what we now know as classic rock. And of course, no discussion of the time is ...

During the first batch of Knockouts, one talented Artist chose to sing Martina McBride 's 2011 hit "I'm Gonna Love You Through It," which Coach Snoop Dogg admitted he hadn't heard before. Even still, ...

In the early 1970s, Jeff Barry, songwriter behind The Ronettes’ classic “Be My Baby,” The Crystals’ “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “Then He Kissed Me,” “The Chapel of Love” by The Dixie Cups, and many more ’60s ...

It's not an idle question; more people listen to music at Valentine's Day than any other time except Christmas. As the editorial director of the music service Spotify, Sulinna Ong is in a perfect ...

Valentine’s Day is here. And while some people may be enamored with chocolate-covered strawberries, rose petals, and Cupid’s Arrow – others are … not. And they wrote songs about it. Joan Jett built a ...