Music moves, music soothes and most important, music can improve your mood. Press play on these happy songs for a boost of cheer. The power of music is no joke—it can affect our mind, body and mood.

Music has a unique power to affect the way people feel and many people use music to enhance or change their mood, channel emotions and for psychological support. The strong emotional impact of music ...

Valentine’s Day can be a soul-crushing holiday, especially if you planned to share it with someone who recently broke your heart before you could make it all the way to mid-February. You made all ...

Linguist and New York Times columnist John McWhorter joins pianist Lara Downs to explore the history of American music as a ...

Country music is full of songs that signal their dark content with minor-key arrangements and vocal deliveries that match the tone. However, that’s not always the case. Some songs will have listeners ...

Some of the most iconic songs ever written lift your spirit and break your heart at the same time. These tunes are the song equivalents of beautifully wrapped gifts bearing lumps of coal. Before you ...

Music is the language of emotions, arousing and regulating our feelings. For example, research has shown that college students listen to music 37% of the time, and it fills them with happiness, ...

Ten Billie Eilish songs that reshaped the sound and emotional core of modern pop. In a pop landscape long defined by polish and excess, Billie Eilish broke through by doing the opposite. Her music ...

Happy Christmas, today we're going to our happy place. We want happy songs. And by that, we mean songs with "happy" in the lyrics. We'll spin a set after 9am.

Alex Edmans of London Business School and three coauthors gathered data on the average positivity of songs that people in 40 nations listened to on Spotify. The researchers then compared that data ...

Years ago, every song in the Eurovision song contest was simple, sunny, and catchy. 'Congratulations', sang Cliff Richard, 'Boom Bang a Bang', sang Lulu, and 'Ding-a-Dong' was the Dutch 1975 entry.

You can find free music downloads on the internet without relying on a streaming subscription. Sites like Free Music Archive, SoundCloud, and BandCamp make it easy to ...