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ballad

[bal-uhd] / ˈbæl əd /
NOUN
narrative song
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That changed this summer when she released “Folded,” an R&B ballad that became her first top 10 hit and won her a pair of Grammys on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal

From heavy punk numbers to jazzy R&B ballads and solemn country-infused performances, the academy celebrated those who have shaped music, whether it’s on the artistry end or the business end of things.

From Los Angeles Times

The Western folk ballad “Clementine” appeared in more than two dozen known 19th-century song collections, with an estimated cumulative circulation in the tens of thousands.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cook is well aware that the guns carried by the federal agents are not for show, even without the Boss’ new ballad.

From Los Angeles Times

“That was terrifying,” Swims said when he finished the song — an all-timer of a power ballad with a lengthy chain of custody going back through Carey, Harry Nilsson and the doomed Welsh band Badfinger.

From Los Angeles Times