Ultimate Classic Rock named Prince's "Purple Rain" as the greatest power ballad of all time.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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Black women have long shaped the sound and soul of R&B music. Their voices—raw, emotional and unmatched—have given us timeless love songs that echo through generations. Whether they’re singing about ...

They’re majestic, often misunderstood, and undeniably awesome - but to most of us, they’re known as power ballads. Any list of killer power ballads has to include some absolute titans of the genre. We ...

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