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 ...

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: Love songs are so important. Think about all the songs that have been the soundtrack to your relationships. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I HONESTLY LOVE YOU") OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN: ...

Throughout many lives, change is inevitable, but music is one constant variable where people can learn how to love others and themselves. Jacob Basil, a 21-year-old music education junior, listened to ...

Timely for Valentine’s Day, Apple Music has launched two new personalized radio stations, available now for Apple Music subscribers. The ‘Love Station’ has a romantic theme featuring songs about ...

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 ...

Sabrina Carpenter, Loretta Lynn and SZA sing about all the points on a love triangle. By Lindsay Zoladz Today’s playlist is all about one of popular music’s favorite shapes: the love triangle. Full of ...

Valentine’s Day is undoubtedly a polarizing holiday – your coupled friends love it, the singles among us can’t stand it and people in situationships dread it. However you plan to spend this Friday, ...

A conversation with music supervisor Jen Malone about those era-specific deep cuts.

The early ’80s were not exactly the best time for love and romance in rap. And with good reason. Most of the rappers, in a genre that was just 10 years old, were male and fresh out of puberty (if not ...

Apple today announced the launch of two new personalized radio stations that are available to Apple Music subscribers. The "Love" and "Heartbreak" stations come just in time for Valentine's Day. The ...