This definitive list of country music's best love songs was created by Taste of Country staff, with help from readers and acknowledgment of the relative popularity upon release and now.

Billboard’s Top 50 R&B Love Songs of All Time is based on weekly performance on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart from Jan. 30, 1965 (then Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles), through Feb. 1, 2025.

nothing says romance like a love song. In our bracket to find the best one, The Globe’s audience team aimed to have something to pluck at every reader’s heartstrings. But with a limit of 16 ...