Revisit three songs from 1969 that set the precedent for soft rock. These songs, more or less, built an entire sub-genre.

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 -- after The Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski -- check out a pair of year-end rock top 10s.

We tend to think of the 80s as the era when the power ballad flourished. In truth, the idea of a band that usually played hard rock slowing things down and delivering some emotional lyrics actually ...

Classic rock is perhaps the most influential subgenre in modern music history. There aren't many genres of music that gained popularity after the 1960s and 70s that weren't directly influenced by the ...