Lyrics of successful songs in the United States have become simpler and more negative over recent decades, according to a University of Vienna study by psychologists Mauricio Martins and Markus ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

The lyrics of more than 6,000 songs were analyzed. This is an Inside Science story. "Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth," sings Pharrell Williams in "Happy," but the joyful sentiments ...

The lyrics website Genius has released its top 10 lyrics of 2025, based on "annotation views." In other words, people clicking on specific lyrics to understand what they mean or what they refer ...

Taylor Swift tops Genius as most-searched artist, with ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ leading albums and ‘Wood’ ranking among top ...

From girlbossing too close to the sun to a certain NFL player’s “wood,” Taylor Swift gave us plenty of lyrics to talk about this year, but one song’s lyrics made fans want to read between the lines ...

We have the surprising story behind "Mary, Did You Know?", a popular Christmas song that took seven years to write.

It’s the time of year when we all get to see and share our music listening habits. And today alongside the launch of Apple Music Replay 2025, Apple has revealed the most played songs across the whole ...