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Fans of Jasmine van den Bogaerde's old-soul songwriting will find similarly sensitive fare in this bold, inspiring collection from pop's young vanguard. These are songs to soothe and rouse when those growing pains hit, from soaring urban ballads and fist-in-the-air pop to cathartic, climactic indie.

Flipping the calendar to Y2K lit a fire under pop, and it burned brightly for the rest of the decade. The 2000s’ biggest hits came from all over pop music’s map, with hooky hip-pop, slinky electro, emotion-rich R&B and peppy rock bumping up against each other on the charts. They all had two things in common, though: instantly memorable choruses and larger-than-life stars. Those stars came up via hip-hop hotbeds, teenpop training grounds and MySpace pages. The Black Eyed Peas’ future visions, Kelly Clarkson’s huge pipes and Kanye West’s raucous experimentation all helped music time-travel into the future.

Danish four-piece Lukas Graham penned an instant classic in “7 Years”. The track—an international chart-topper—shares significant DNA with the soulful, emotive pop we've collected on this affecting playlist.

Mumford & Sons make folk music you could march to battle behind, as long as you don't pay much mind to the melancholic lyrics. If you listen to the band for their sweet, rough harmonies, you'll find the same in The Avett Brothers' piano ballad "I and Love and You." And if you dig their rising and falling full-band arrangements, you'll dance along to the jubilant symphony of The Magnetic Zeros' "No Love Like Yours".

Artists from every genre shape the sound of true love with these modern classics. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.