What’s on this week’s New Music Friday playlists?
New Music Friday albums 💿
Everybody report to the dancefloor! 🪩🕺 Madonna unleashes her 15th studio album CONFESSIONS II, the highly anticipated sequel to her 2005 chart-topper Confessions on a Dance Floor. The record sees Madonna team up with producer Stuart Price once again, and includes collaborations with the likes of Sabrina Carpenter (Bring Your Love), Martin Garrix (Bizarre), Feid (Read My Lips), Stromae (My Sins Are My Savior) and her daughter, Lola Leon (The Test).
With an incredible 12 Official Number 1 albums under her belt, can the Queen of Pop bag a 13th?
And while one Queen of Pop delivers her 15th body of work, another serves up her first. Off the back of four Top 40 singles, breakout London singer-songwriter SIENNA SPIRO releases her debut studio set Visitor, including the hits Die On This Hill, The Visitor, You Stole The Show, MAYBE. and Material Lover.
Fresh from their performance at BST Hyde Park, British country duo The Shires serve up their sixth studio record Bonfire. Meanwhile, Justin Bieber‘s back with SWAG LIVE FROM COACHELLA (Weekend II).
English rock legends Deep Purple unveil SPLAT!, their 24th studio collection. The record sees the iconic five-piece – Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Don Airey and Simon McBride – collaborate with producer Bob Ezrin for the sixth time. Described by the band as “the heaviest Deep Purple album in many years,” can it earn them a 27th Top 40 record?
Former Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton drops her debut solo work Extraction this week. On the record, Natasha says: “Extraction became an exercise in letting go – shedding expectations, fear, old identities and the need for external validation. As the project unfolded, it revealed itself as a reflection of growth and self-acceptance, with each track capturing a different moment in that evolution.”
Homegrown rock legends Motörhead celebrate 20 years of their 2006 Kiss of Death record. Marking its 20th anniversary, this new edition features a new half-speed master from the original tapes, plus fresh liner notes from Classic Rock’s Dave Ling, paying tribute to the late, legendary guitarist Phil Campbell. It also includes an exclusive bonus live LP of the band’s 2007 Lowlands Festival set in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands, available on vinyl for the first time. The CD edition adds three extra bonus tracks.
Elsewhere, look out for new projects from rising genre-bending London rapper Kibo (Kwengletaria: Ragamyff), Mary in the Junkyard (Role Model Hermit), Ken Carson (xperiment) and Smirk (Speculative Fiction).
New Music Friday singles 🎶
As they prepare to play their headline show at Crystal Palace Park this Friday (July 3), Snow Patrol team up with Kylie Minogue on These Alarms. It comes ahead of the band’s 20th anniversary reissue of their chart-topping 2006 album Eyes Open, which went on to become the biggest selling album of that year. Eyes Open (20th Anniversary Edition) is released July 24.
With their record-breaking The Circus Live tour reaching its climax, Take That swap the big top for a big summer banger with Sweet July. The follow-up to You’re a Superstar, it serves as the second taste of their upcoming 10th studio album, due later this year.
New British girl group XO – made up of Emmy, Reanna, Shali, Summer and Zoe – tease their upcoming debut mini-album Need To Know with girl power anthem Clique.
Aussie trio DMA’S release the latest cut from their forthcoming self-titled LP, due August 7, Killing Time. Meanwhile, rising Manchester five-piece The Guest List address issues of modern masculinity on If Ever Your Devil Is Kind. It’s lifted from the band’s upcoming debut album Something Real, dropping August 28.
One of the most talked about IDs during his live sets, Manchester DJ Josh Baker finally unveils My Place featuring Poppy Baskcomb, while STELLA LEFTY unleashes Good At Leaving from the deluxe version of her EP, Is This Heaven?
Having already spent 13 weeks atop the Official UK Christian & Gospel Singles Chart, JERUB releases Forever Right Now, as KhakiKid kicks off a new era with Easy Does It.
Now firmly in her ‘Rebecca’ era, Becky Hill asks what do i have to do?
Elsewhere, Erin LeCount invites you to THE CINEMA, Naisha recruits Ty Dolla $ign for debut cut so then, GAYLE offers up junebug! and Florrie drops Malibu (Falling Over The Edge).
Look out for more big new releases from Aruba Red (Latent Echo), Moses Boyd (Say Yeah), David Nail ft. Lori McKenna (Riverbank), Galantis (Do You Mind) and Hyphen (Said What I Said).
New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for July 3rd 2026:
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