Valentine's Day can suck. For all it's cracked up to be, the holiday just isn't fun for everyone.
There's no occasion that tries harder to remind you of your bruising singledom, your recent bad breakup or your crush that never came to fruition. So how do you cope? By turning to sad love songs.
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SoundExchange, a non-profit organization that collects royalties from more than 2,000 radio services, has put together a "Love Stinks" playlist. Based on royalties paid to artists, the company (which represents the entire recorded music industry) figured out which tracks were the 14 most popular anti-love songs streamed in 2013.
Heartbreak queens such as Adele, Taylor Swift and Pink are dominant with their lovesick woes. When these divas suffer, they transform their loss into sonic landscapes that become therapy for our ears and hearts.
We've put together a Spotify playlist and a gallery of music videos of the top pop songs that will make you weep, sigh or plan revenge on an old lover. Peruse the pickings from a bevy of artists, from Bruno Mars to Rihanna to Katy Perry.
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