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Kicking things off are Stray Kids who dropped a new album, Hop, just five months after scoring another No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Ate and one day after taking home the 2024 Billboard Music Award for Top Global K-Pop Artist.

It was a big week for hip-hop. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre dropped their Missionary album via Death Row Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The project features previously released singles “Gorgeous” (featuring Jhené Aiko), “Outta da Blue” (featuring Alus) and “Another Part of Me” (featuring Sting). It’s their first full-length project together since Snoop’s 1993 Doggystyle debut studio album, which topped both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

Another collab of the week is “Xmas Time” from GloRilla and Kehlani. Both Glo and Keh both scored nominations ahead of the 2025 Grammy Awards; the former is nominated for best rap song and best rap performance with “Yeah Glo!” while the latter is up for best progressive R&B album (Crash), best R&B song (“After Hours”) and best melodic rap performance (“KEHLANI” by Jordan Adetunji).

More releases of the week include Bossman Dlow’s Dlow Curry, Olly Alexander’s “Archangel” and Fred Again..’s Two More Days. Now, we want to know your favorite. Check out our Friday Music Guide here, and let us know by voting here or below.

With the holiday season upon us, today’s top music stars are keeping us warm with hot new releases.

To kick things off, Linkin Park returned with their eighth studio album, From Zero, via Warner Records, marking the first project from the band since the tragic death of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017. The new lineup features co-vocalist Emily Armstrong on singles like “The Emptiness Machine” and “Heavy Is the Crown.”

Over in the pop world, Tate McRae dropped her sultry new single “2 Hands,” which is set to be featured on her upcoming third studio album, So Close to What, set for release on February 21. Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes got vulnerable on his fifth studio album, Shawn, which features previously released singles “Why Why Why,” “Isn’t That Enough,” “Nobody Knows” and “Heart of Gold.” BTS’ Jin also officially embarked on his solo journey with the release of Happy, his debut solo project.

In the country scene, Shaboozey is bouncing off a great year with the release of his new single, “Good News,” his first new single since the release of his Billboard chart-topping Where I’ve Been Isn’t Where I’m Going LP.

Those are just a handful of the slew of great releases this week, including Gwen Stefani’s Bouquet, Rauw Alejandro’s Cosa Nuestra, Lil Nas X’s “Light Again!,” Sam Fender’s “People Watching,” 070 Shake’s Petrichor and more.

We at Billboard want to know your favorite new music release this week. Check out our Friday Music Guide here, and let us know by voting here or below.

November is here, and while the weather is getting colder, the new music is keeping things hot.

To kick things off, Karol G teamed up with Feid, DFZM, Ovy on the Drums, J Balvin, Maluma, Blessd and Ryan Castro, a.k.a. the “Colombia gang” for a new jam-packed collaboration, “+57,” named after the Colombia area code. Karol has previoualy worked with Feid, Maluma and Ryan Castro; Ovy on the Drums with Blessd and Karol; Maluma with J Balvin, and so on, but it is the first time a large group of Colombian stars got together for one song.

Over in the country world, Zach Bryan dropped two songs — “High Road” and “This World’s a Giant” — amid a tumultuous week, in which his ex-girlfriend Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia accused the country singer of “emotional abuse” over the course of their relationship. Bryan expressed gratitude to his fans on Instagram, adding, “Thank you guys for listening to ‘This World’s a Giant’ last night, and thank you to all the people who love me; who have truly carried the weight with me… I’m home now and I’ll hold you through the pain.”

Meanwhile, XG dropped their second mini-album, AWE, which, as the name suggests, is “designed to evoke this sense of awe,” per a release. Charlie Puth also got into the holiday spirit with “December 25th,” and Ferg returned with a brand new album Darold.

With all the great new music out this week, we want to know your favorite. Check out our Friday Music Guide here, and let us know by voting here and below.