While it's totally subjective, we think it's safe to say that the best love songs tell stories that touch your heart in such a way that they are never forgotten. They spark memories of the joys, fears ...

Back in 1998, the rock genre saw a surge of hits that would go on to become classics decades later. This included Semisonic’s “Closing Time,” New Radicals’ “You Get What You Give,” Lenny Kravitz’s ...

The Beatles wrote hundreds of songs in their surprisingly brief time as a band, and many of them touch on the type of love story you want to celebrate at a wedding. Here are some of their sweetest and ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

If anything, Demi Lovato is a creature of reinvention. From her shiny pop-rock beginnings as a “Camp Rock” starlet to her ...

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 ...