1986 – 2026: 40 Songs for 40 Years → Playlist
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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 Prayerful Pray Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ben Iwara from Pexels; AcatXIo, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, purwaka seta from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/11-prayerful-pray-songs.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
11 Prayerful Pray Songs features songs by DeathbyRomy & Palaye Royale, Lil Peep, Samuel Saint, Scott Hoying, and Sister Janet Mead.
![Jelly Roll, Need A Favor: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 2 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Bailee & Buddy Management, Inc. / This Is Hit, Inc. d/b/a Stoney Creek; BD Jewel, Dave H, Jean-Daniel Francoeur, Joshua Brown, Vansh Mehta from Pexels; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jelly-roll-need-a-favor-music-lifts-2-2025.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
In the second edition of Music Lifts (2025), we’re uplifted by rapper turned country singer Jelly Roll performing “Need A Favor.”
![11 Songs Where Spirituality is Sus… (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mikhail Nilov from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/11-songs-where-spirituality-is-sus.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Songs Where Spirituality is Sus… features music courtesy of Bring Me The Horizon, Chlöe, Halle, Madonna, and Sam Smith.
![The Clark Sisters, A Praying Spirit : Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 47 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sound of Gospel; cottonbro studio, Itzel Sandoval, Neeraj Nagdeve via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/the-clark-sisters-a-praying-spirit-music-lifts-47-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 47th edition of Music Lifts (2023), we’re uplifted by iconic gospel collective The Clark Sisters performing, “A Praying Spirit.”
![11 Songs Where, I Pray, The Prayers Go Up [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype;Arina Krasnikova, Caleb Oquendo, cottonbro studio, Ivan Samkov, Oleg_bf Oleg Borisov, TUBARONES PHOTOGRAPHY via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/11-songs-where-i-pray-the-prayers-go-up.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Songs Where, I Pray, The Prayers Go Up features music courtesy of Chlöe, Ghost, Luke Bryan, Madonna, and The Weeknd x Kendrick Lamar.
![Pray: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 13 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Pavel Danilyuk via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pray-3-to-5-bops-13-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Pray 🙏: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 13 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Chlöe, Luke Bryan, Madonna, Pusha T, and The Williams Brothers.

15 Songs That Reference Things Associated with Religion features music courtesy of Anthony Hamilton, Behemoth, Kesha, Sarah Bareilles, and Travis Scott.

Whether you’re religious or not, the praying type or not, check out these five ‘secular’ songs (all from 2017) about prayer. Let the church say yes!

Pop star Kesha makes a triumphant comeback, following turbulent times, with a surprising, heartfelt ballad, “Praying.”