The holidays might be approaching fast, but 21 Savage, Becky G and more musicians aren’t slowing down when it comes to gifting fans with new music before the new year.
Several new albums dropped this week, including the Atlanta rapper’s What Happened to the Streets? The full-length is a powerful, ultra-confident statement assisted by guests Drake, Latto, GloRilla, Metro Boomin and more that also pays tribute to 21’s influences that came before him. Plus, Fred again..’s USB weaves together a number of singles, remixes and experimental recordings with help from Future, Floating Points, Amyl and the Sniffers.
Also new on streaming services this week are singles from OneRepublic, with the Ryan Tedder-fronted pop group dropping the theme for Arknights: Endfield ahead of the video game’s release, and Becky G finally giving fans a studio recording of fan-favorite “Hablamos Mañana.” Pooh Shiesty is back with the more than five-minute track “FDO,” while Whitney Whitney let her petty flag fly with “Isabelle,” an anthem for all who’ve been in the uncomfortable situation of hating a friend’s girlfriend.
This batch of fresh music caps off a week that saw Billboard unveiling its year-end song and album rankings, crowning the likes of Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, KPop Demon Hunters‘ HUNTR/X, Kendrick Lamar and dozens of other artists in the top 100 spots of either medium for 2025. And while the new projects in this poll arrive just a little shy of the deadline to make it into our round-ups, it’s not too late for them to help define your week.
So whichever new song or album has grabbed your attention the most this week, Billboard wants to know. Tell us by voting in the poll below.
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