Friday Music Guide

Billboard's weekly music guide highlights major new releases, including Gracie Abrams' third album 'Daughter From Hell' and Steve Lacy's 'Oh Yeah?'. The guide provides context on the artists' recent career trajectories and the significance of their new projects.
Why it matters
This serves as a cultural barometer for the music industry, tracking the output of influential pop artists and their impact on streaming charts.
Billboard's Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday's most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. Explore Carly Rae Jepsen Gracie Abrams Rick Ross See latest videos, charts and news
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