1986 – 2026: 40 Songs for 40 Years → Playlist
![1986 – 2026: 40 Songs for 40 Years (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1986-2026-40-songs-for-40-years.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
1986 – 2026: 40 Songs for 40 Years features songs by Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Hozier, Mariah Carey, The Weeknd, and Whitney Houston.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![1986 – 2026: 40 Songs for 40 Years (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1986-2026-40-songs-for-40-years.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
1986 – 2026: 40 Songs for 40 Years features songs by Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Hozier, Mariah Carey, The Weeknd, and Whitney Houston.
![Beat: 5 Gems No. 21 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Anna Pou from Pexels; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/beat-5-gems-21-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Beat: 5 Gems No. 21 (2026) features songs by Charlie Puth, Fcukers, Michael Jackson, Slayyyter, and Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall.
![An Unbelievable Compendium of U Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ketut Subiyanto, Moni Rathnak, Nehoray yemini, SHVETS production, TMA Management from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Open Clipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/an-unbelievable-compendium-of-u-songs.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
An Unbelievable Compendium of U Songs features songs by D’Angelo, Gracie Abrams, Queen x David Bowie, Sam Smith x Kim Petras, sombr, and Stephen Sanchez.
![15 Memorable Songs About Crushing & Catching Feelings (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Jonathan Goncalves, Nikita Skripnik from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/15-memorable-songs-about-crushing-and-catching-feelings.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
15 Memorable Songs About Crushing & Catching Feelings features songs by Alicia Keys, David Archuleta, Fantasia, Little Big Town, Prince, and Taylor Swift.
![Give Me 15 Striking L, G, B, T, Q, I, A, 2S Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Kampus Production, Pavel Danilyuk, Polina Tankilevitch, RDNE Stock project, SHVETS production from Pexels; AcatXIo, All_CC0_Public_domain, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay; Alexander Grey, Jas Rolyn on Unsplash, Lynette Nantongo on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/give-me-15-striking-lgbtqia2s-songs.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Give Me 15 Striking L, G, B, T, Q, I, A, 2S Songs features songs by Cole Redding, Domo Wilson, Gia Woods, Ryan Cassata, RYANN, and The Irrepressibles.
![A Random Mix of 15 Food, Drink & Hunger Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, cindy, Engin Akyurt, freestocks-photos, Hans, kan chansathya, https://pixabay.com/photos/poultry-food-new-nature-chicken-3297369 from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a-random-mix-of-15-food-drink-hunger-songs.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
A Random Mix of 15 Food, Drink & Hunger Songs features songs by Conan Gray, David Archuleta, GloRilla, Grant & Ash, Jason Derulo & Michael Bublé, and ROSALÍA.
![13 Incredibly Hot Songs for Any Time of the Year (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Tazz Vaughn from Pexels; AcatXIo, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, M., OpenClipart-Vectors, PublicDomainPictures, Shonda, Wälz, Werner Weisser from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13-incredibly-hot-songs-for-any-time-of-the-year.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
13 Incredibly Hot Songs for Any Time of the Year features songs by Chappell Roan, Donna Summer, Jake Wesley Rogers, Megan The Stallion, Nick Gilder & Snoop Dogg.
![Jam Out To This Jampacked List of J Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels; AcatXIo, DesignByDessie, DigitalDreamArtist from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/jam-out-to-this-jampacked-list-of-j-songs.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Jam Out To This Jampacked List of J Songs features songs by BLACKPINK, Christina Perri, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Morgan Wallen, and Tyler, The Creator.
![15 More Compelling Songs That are Turned ON (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, Bartek from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/15-more-compelling-songs-that-are-turned-on.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
15 More Compelling Songs That Are Turned ON features songs by Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé, David Bowie, Johnny Bristol, Leon Thomas, and Victoria Monét.
![13 More Possessive Songs Featuring the Adjective, MY (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; rao qingwei from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/13-more-possessive-songs-featuring-the-adjective-my.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 More Possessive Songs Featuring the Adjective, MY features songs by Bessie Smith, Elton John, Jordan Firstman, Taylor Swift, Tonio Armani, and Whitney Houston.
![A Dazzling Drove of D Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; A Roy, Jonathan Goncalves, Niko Twisty, Leonardo Goncalves wild, Vanessa Loring from Pexels; AcatXIo, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Eugene, Gerd Altmann, LapinVert [AI photo], Ribhav Agrawal [AI photo] from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a-dazzling-drove-of-d-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
A Dazzling Drove of D Songs features songs by Kesha, Korn, Omar Apollo, Sebastián Yatra, Victoria Monét, and The Weeknd.
![11 Songs That Have G-O-T Got It, Vol. 1 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Andres Ayrton from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/11-songs-that-have-g-o-t-got-it-vol-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Songs That Have G-O-T Got It, Vol. 1 features songs by Cheryl Lynn, Gunna, Peder Elias, Tina Turner, and Troye Sivan.