As you might suspect, one's bedtime music is a matter of personal taste. Something to consider as you build your own sleep playlist is that your current music library might not have what you need. What you listen to when you work out or need a pick-me-up is the opposite of sleep music. "If you listen to certain artists or songs when you're trying to stay alert while driving or when you're exercising, subconsciously, you're associating that music with alertness," Colon says.

Instead, search for songs elsewhere, like Google Play Music, which has over 50 sleep playlists. As you might suspect, one's bedtime music is a matter of personal taste. Something to consider as you build your own sleep playlist is that your current music library might not have what you need. What you listen to when you work out or need a pick-me-up is the opposite of sleep music. "If you listen to certain artists or songs when you're trying to stay alert while driving or when you're exercising, subconsciously, you're associating that music with alertness," Colon says.

Instead, search for songs elsewhere, like Google Play Music, which has over 50 sleep playlists. The site's most popular sleep playlists include: Sleepytime Indie, Fall Asleep, Classical for Sleeping, Ladies Serenading You to Sleep, and Acoustic Bedtime. Some of the songs have no lyrics, so you can drift off to soothing audio, says Google Play Music curator Brady Hayward. For the "Fall Asleep" playlist, music curators make sure none of the songs feature drums unless they're brushed drums like in Nora Jones' "Come Away with Me," he adds.

While listening to relaxing classical music has proven in research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing to help people with sleep problems improve their quality of rest, the key component to keep in mind here is relaxing. "What's tricky with classical music is that it tends to have much wider dynamic range than jazz, pop, electronic, and other types of music, so the difference in volume between the softest and loudest parts of a 'song' are much more noticeable," says Hayward. "Even a classical song that is quiet for 80 percent of the duration but gets loud for two small parts won't work for a sleep-focused playlist."

Tonight, start off with our sleep playlist, based on the most popular sleep songs according to Spotify, and then modify it as you see fit. Don't forget to turn off all notifications (especially social media, emails, and text messages) on your device, and place it facedown so you're not exposed to the blue light, which has been shown to disrupt sleep, Colon warns. Use your device's sleep timer so that the music goes off long after you've arrived in slumberland.

Sonima's Sleep Playlist

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

All of Me - John Legend

Earned It (from Fifty Shades of Grey) -The Weeknd

Let Her Go - Passenger

Skinny Love - Birdy

Say Something - A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera

FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Paul McCartney, Kanye West

Fix You - Coldplay

Photograph - Ed Sheeran

Latch (Acoustic) - Sam Smith site's most popular sleep playlists include: Sleepytime Indie, Fall Asleep, Classical for Sleeping, Ladies Serenading You to Sleep, and Acoustic Bedtime. Some of the songs have no lyrics, so you can drift off to soothing audio, says Google Play Music curator Brady Hayward. For the "Fall Asleep" playlist, music curators make sure none of the songs feature drums unless they're brushed drums like in Nora Jones' "Come Away with Me," he adds.

While listening to relaxing classical music has proven in research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursingto help people with sleep problems improve their quality of rest, the key component to keep in mind here is relaxing. "What's tricky with classical music is that it tends to have much wider dynamic range than jazz, pop, electronic, and other types of music, so the difference in volume between the softest and loudest parts of a 'song' are much more noticeable," says Hayward. "Even a classical song that is quiet for 80 percent of the duration but gets loud for two small parts won't work for a sleep-focused playlist."

Tonight, start off with our sleep playlist, based on the most popular sleep songs according to Spotify, and then modify it as you see fit. Don't forget to turn off all notifications (especially social media, emails, and text messages) on your device, and place it facedown so you're not exposed to the blue light, which has been shown to disrupt sleep, Colon warns. Use your device's sleep timer so that the music goes off long after you've arrived in slumberland.

Sonima's Sleep Playlist

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

All of Me - John Legend

Earned It (from Fifty Shades of Grey) -The Weeknd

Let Her Go - Passenger

Skinny Love - Birdy

Say Something - A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera

FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Paul McCartney, Kanye West

Fix You - Coldplay

Photograph - Ed Sheeran

Latch (Acoustic) - Sam Smith