Adele’s new album, “30”, is finally available. Last month, hundreds of millions of us streamed its first single, “Easy On Me.” This song evokes feelings not easily put into words. But we can probably ...

As you'll see on this sad songs list, love is a universal subject in popular music. Most of the songs on this list have to do with the loss of love, from dealing with heartache or the pain of ...

When everything is going wrong, there’s nothing like listening to a few melancholy bars of your favorite sad song. Buy why do we find pleasure in sad music? If the goal is to stay upbeat, why would we ...

Breakups are hard to get through, no matter the circumstances. Music can almost always help you move past the pain. Some of the best breakup songs are those that are happy and empowering, but ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. For a stretch of ...