The season of romance is fast approaching us in the form of Valentine’s Day, and its safe to say thatyou can listen to all of the romantic happy and sad songs on this very day, regardless of your relationship status!

I am sharing some of my favourite romantic songs below. I have chosen all songs that feature in the happy genre of romantic music and I’d love to know if any of these are your favourites too!

Crazy for You – Madonna

Everyone loves a song from Madonna in the 80’s, and my top choice of her most romantic song from that era is the ballad Crazy for You. This song will definitely set the mood for you!

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The one thing I love about social media, is how it has the ability to connect you with artists from all over the world.

I recently decided to open a dedicated twitter account for my blog (follow at jemgirlatpiano) and the first artist to connect with me there is multi-platinum record producer/hit mix engineer BiG JooN. Below, he tells his story of how he creates his song mixes and why…” to “Below, he tells his story of how he engineers artists’ songs and why.

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After releasing two brand new singles, the UK and Ireland’s most popular boyband Westlife have finally announced the name of their forthcoming album Spectrum which is also available for pre-order before it releases on 6th September.

The success of their singles Hello My Love and Better Man, has really proved to Westlife just how happy their fans are to see their return to the music scene after an 8 year break. Both songs even though vastly different in genre have proved their popularity in the charts and streaming.

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After creating much hype around their next single, my favourite boyband Westlife, released Better Man on Friday of last week. This is their second single from their untitled album, and the song (like their last release) has also been written by Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran.

There was noticeably much more excitement from the boys for their second single, as they started releasing teasers of the audio and video mid-week. The video released at the end of the day on Friday, and shows the boys performing the song in the recording studio, with the storyline of the song being played out by actors, alongside their performance.

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I recently had a brainwave and I realised that I should create a regular music diary, sharing and updating you all on my current music favourites. While I am very particular in my music tastes, and so I might not discover new songs every week or month, I will surely share my favourites as and when they appear.

I also tend to listen to a lot of classic hits and will sometimes rediscover some favourites from there, and these shall also feature in my music diary, as cannot include them all in my monthly favourites!

My current favourite playlists:

*Westlife (20 songs) since the reunion of my favourite boyband, I have been listening to this particular playlist on repeat, for almost a month now. It not only includes my favourite hits of theirs, but also their new release Hello My Love. I will be re-creating this playlist at my Spotify, and so will update this post with the link once it has been created. https://open.spotify.com/user/21vhzokwfphkwgve5gtzqo4da/playlist/5i47UAMYRFzDAUmYJY8RcG?si=_qq45xCxTymXZthYDug9Xg

*Madonna (18 songs) my idol and the ultimate Queen of Pop, I created a playlist of my favourite Madonna songs at the end of last year, after I re-obsessed over Open Your Heart. Her music is truly timeless. Will also be re-creating this playlist at my Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/user/21vhzokwfphkwgve5gtzqo4da/playlist/1Ka9XOJUQg24866pAjuDRD?si=j0FeDK-aRuaFILHNb0NxuQ

New favourites from 2019

*Hello My Love – Westlife
*Raise A Man – Alicia Keys
*Candlelight – Jack Savoretti
*Singing to Strangers – Jack Savoretti (the full album)

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After the amazing success of their comeback single Hello My Love, Westlife member Shane Filan tweeted a picture of the boys in a recording studio and subsequently revealed that their next single will be on its way very soon!

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It is Valentine’s Day today and whatever your current situation, I know that a lot of you will enjoy listening to love songs. Not only do these songs often give us a sense of familiarity, but they also represent situations that we have been in over the years which is why we love them so much.

I have decided to switch over to Bollywood for this, and have selected 5 of my favourite Bollywood love songs which not only have a Romeo and Juliet vibe to them, but will certainly get you in the mood to celebrate Valentine’s Day! Enjoy my selection below, and let me know if they match your favourites too.

Nahin Ye Ho Nahin Sakta – Barsaat

Barsaat featuring Bobby Deol and Twinkle Khanna has always been one of my favourite films. I love its full soundtrack but selected Nahin Ye Ho Nahin Sakta for its happy ending and extreme romantic vibes.

Teri Meri Prem Kahani – Bodyguard

There is not a lot that needs to be said about the next song in this list! Composed by my favourite Bollywood musician Himesh Reshammiya, it is truly self explanatory why Teri Meri Prem Kahani from Bodyguard, is included 😉

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It has been a long time since I uploaded my last piano solo, and I am very happy to upload my latest one which is the romantic and melodious love song Runaway by The Corrs.

Long time readers of Jem Girl at the Piano will know that The Corrs are one of my favourite bands (I have talked about some of their songs before, which you can read here) and I chose to learn Runaway from a properly published music book which I have had in my collection, for a very long time.

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2018 has been a strange year for music in my opinion. In the Western music scene, we saw a few comebacks from some of my favourite artists such as Kylie Minogue, Simply Red releasing a DVD of their recent concert in Brazil. In the world of Bollywood Music however, 2018 was officially the year of song remakes (some of which are still releasing this month despite being majorly disappointing) but on the positive side, the Hindi independent music scene became much stronger and made its mark this year.

I have listed some of my favourite songs from this year below. There are more Western songs than Bollywood ones, and I predict that this is a sign of the times to come as the Bollywood music industry is nothing like it used to be.

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