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.
![11 Rousing ROOM Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, Pexels from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/11-rousing-room-songs.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
11 Rousing ROOM Songs features songs by John Legend, kwn, Luke Combs, Malcolm Todd, Mike WiLL Made-It, and Stevie Nicks.
![13 GIVE Songs Where It’s Giving Greatness (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Helena Lopes from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/13-give-songs-where-its-giving-greatness.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
13 GIVE Songs Where It’s Giving Greatness features songs by Artemas, Bon Jovi, Chappell Roan, George Benson, New Radicals, and Tracy Chapman.
![11 Outstanding OTHER Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/11-outstanding-other-songs.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
11 Outstanding OTHER Songs features songs by Brent Faiyaz, Christina Aguilera, Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy, Orville Peck & Willie Nelson, and Smokey Robinson.
![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.
![Who, What, When, Where, Why, How Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, alexxloo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/who-what-when-where-why-how-songs.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How Songs features songs by Bee Gees, Billie Eilish, Reneé Rapp, Sabrina Carpenter, Sean Dempsey, and Whitney Houston.
![13 Divine Do, Does, or Doing Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/13-divine-do-does-or-doing-songs.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
13 Divine Do, Does, or Doing Songs features songs by Dua Lipa, Isaac Hayes, Sean Dempsey, Tate McRae, The Kid LAROI, and The Staple Singers.
![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.
![13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 4 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Bruno Palace from Pexels; AcatXIo, Niek Verlaan, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/13-songs-where-you-are-the-focus-vol-4.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 4 features songs by Artemas, David Archuleta, John Summit & HAYLA, LaBelle, Lauryn Hill, and Noah Guy.
![20 More Great Songs All About Men! (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Abd Elrahman Elokby, Andrea Piacquadio, Becca Correia, Leonardo Goncalves wild, Marcelo Chagas, Rizwan Aslam, Wictor Cardoso from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay; Dave Goudreau, Levi Meir Clancy from Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20-more-great-songs-all-about-men.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1)
20 More Great Songs All About Men! features songs by beabadoobee, Jonny McGovern, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, and Nelly Furtado.
![Glenn Lewis, Don’t You Forget It: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 19 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.; Antoni Shkraba, KoolShooters, Pavel Danilyuk, Photo By: Kaboompics.com, RDNE Stock project from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/glenn-lewis-dont-you-forget-it-1-Hit-Wonderful-19-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 19th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2025), we highlight “Don’t You Forget It” performed by Glenn Lewis.