New Releases
08.06.2023 - 17:01
/ officialcharts.com
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
Some very big albums coming your way this New Music Friday, chief among them is the third solo record from the nicest Irish member of any British pop band (sorry to Nadine Coyle and Una Healy, we love you too). That's right - it's Niall Horan's The Show. Preceded by the UK Top 20 single Heaven, it proves to be Niall's most carefree and confident work yet.
McFly are also back, back, back again. Danny, Tom, Dougie and Harry return with Power To Play, their first record in nearly three years. Read more about Power To Play in our interview with McFly here.
There are a raft of other LPs on the way this week; Janelle Monae (finally) issues the follow-up to her revelatory 2018 record Dirty Computer with the summer-adjacent The Age of Pleasure, giving us sun-soaked, blissful R&B vibes for days.
Also look out for Christine and the Queen's mind-bending (and extravagantly titled) Paranoia, Angels, True Love which includes collabs with 070 Shake (Raye's Escapism) and Madonna (!)...twice (!!). And former teen pop idol Conor Maynard, whose produced his first album of original material in over a decade with +11 Hours.
On to singles and speaking of the Queen of Pop, after guesting on a hot new track with The Weeknd and Playboi Carti from The Idol soundtrack last week, Madge seems to be finally flexing the face she is, you know, Madonna and finally getting the big-pop production collaborations she deserves, even in the streaming era.
Next up on the roster, it's Sam Smith, teaming up with Madonna for the equally brilliantly titled Vulgar. Of course, taken its name from various controversies the pair have