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Even though August is only halfway over, it\u2019s already shaping up to be a month of big releases \u2014 but which one is your favorite of the week?<\/p>\n
Cardi B leads the charge with the release of \u201cImaginary Playerz,\u201d the latest taste of her upcoming album Am I the Drama? <\/em>that the rapper accompanied with a luxury-packed music video. The fiery track finds the Bronx native in true form, flexing her riches and it-girl status while boasting, \u201cFixin\u2019 y\u2019all mouth to talk fashion with me\/ I\u2019m the one who showed these girls what fashion could be.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Also in the hip-hop world, Chance the Rapper released Star Line<\/em>, finally giving fans a new album after a six-year wait. The 17-track effort features collaborations with Lil Wayne, Young Thug and Jazmine Sullivan, making for a star-studded follow-up to the Chicago icon\u2019s 2019 LP The Big Day.<\/em><\/p>\n But that was just one of several LPs that arrived this week, with Dijon\u2019s Baby<\/em>, Kaytranada\u2019s Ain\u2019t No Damn Way!<\/em> and Jordan Davis\u2019 Learn the Hard Way <\/em>all hitting streaming services on Friday (Aug. 15), while Conan Gray\u2019s Wishbone<\/em> dropped the day prior. Plus, Olivia Dean dropped a gorgeous new single titled \u201cMan I Need,\u201d reasserting why she\u2019s one of pop\u2019s biggest rising stars a month and a half ahead of the release of sophomore album The Art of Loving<\/em>.<\/p>\n And while that\u2019s certainly a lot of new music to get through, Billboard <\/em>still wants to know which song or album you think is the best. From Cardi to Chance and everything else in between, vote for your favorite release of the week in the poll below.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even though August is only halfway over, it\u2019s already shaping up to be a month of big releases \u2014 but which one is your favorite of the week? Cardi B leads the charge with the release of \u201cImaginary Playerz,\u201d the latest taste of her upcoming album Am I the Drama? that the rapper accompanied with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1962871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[29110],"class_list":["post-1962870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-billboard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Which-New-Music-Release-Is-Your-Favorite-This-Week-Vote.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}