The final week of July 2026 has delivered a beautiful bouquet of new music releases, led by Ariana Grande‘s album Petal.
The pop superstar’s highly anticipated eighth album dropped Friday (July 31), featuring Billboard Hot 100-topping single “Hate That Made You Love Me” and 11 other songs that tackle Grande’s relationship with fame, public criticism and herself. The experimental, rage-embracing set arrives two years after her 2024 three-week Billboard 200-topping full-length, Eternal Sunshine, and midway through the star’s Eternal Sunshine Tour, during which she debuted a couple of the new tracks live in the days ahead of their release.
Petal comes amid a particularly busy week for new music, with Cardi B asserting her dominance on new single “Ah Ha” — proving she’s not done bringing the fire after unleashing sophomore album Am I the Drama? last year — and Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco and Becky G teaming up on the summery Latin pop anthem “Te Olvido (La La)” ahead of the producer’s Hermaso LP. Billboard cover star Slayyyter returns with new song “Brand New Chanel$” as Remi Wolf unveils “Twiggy,” while Shaboozey and Davido finally release their highly anticipated albums The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales and Oriadé, respectively.
But those are only a few of the new music options that hit streaming services this week, and Billboard wants to know which one you’re rocking with the most. From new songs and albums across pop, hip-hop, Latin, country and Afrobeats, tell us which release is your favorite by voting in the poll below.
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