power ballad

English

Noun

power ballad (plural power ballads)

  1. (music) An emotional rock song, generally focused on love, delivered with powerful vocals.
    • 2019, Sherril Dodds, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 396:
      Incidentally, Mandy Moore choreographed this dance routine to Bonnie Tyler's iconic power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”
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