{"id":2406372,"date":"2026-05-07T17:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406372"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:56:46","slug":"new-music-friday-release-radar-for-may-8-2026-top-albums-song-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-release-radar-for-may-8-2026-top-albums-song-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday release radar for May 8, 2026: top albums, song releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ryan Wohl breaks down the albums and songs for this week\u2019s New Music Friday, which are releasing on May 8. <\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s New Music Friday is headlined by Madison Beer, Khalid, and Kesha. Beer is releasing a Deluxe version of her album \u2018Locket\u2019 that was released in January. Meanwhile, Khalid and Kesha are among the artists coming out with new singles on May 8. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for new albums and songs<\/strong> from additional artists releasing on Friday, May 8, we have you covered below. <\/strong><\/p>\n

New Music Friday: list of top albums<\/h2>\n

Ranked by Spotify Listeners<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Locket Deluxe<\/em> by Madison Beer<\/strong> (17.7M)<\/li>\n
  • The Afterparty<\/em> by Lykke Li<\/strong> (16M)<\/li>\n
  • How To Kill A Fairytale<\/em> by Neoni<\/strong> (6.8M)<\/li>\n
  • WIRED<\/em> by Basement<\/strong> (2.5M)<\/li>\n
  • Dancing On The Wall by MUNA (1.4M)<\/li>\n
  • Born To Kill<\/em> by Social Distortion<\/strong> (1.2M)<\/li>\n
  • Remember the Humans<\/em> by Broken Social Scene<\/strong> (927K)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    New singles <\/h2>\n

    Ranked by Spotify Listeners<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Tied Up<\/em> by Khalid<\/strong> (53.4M)<\/li>\n
    • Origami<\/em> by Kesha<\/strong> (45.4M)<\/li>\n
    • Satisfy by Calvin Harris<\/strong> (76.4M) & Jazzy (9.1M)<\/li>\n
    • These Arms<\/em> by Temper Trap<\/strong> (17M)<\/li>\n
    • Jeep<\/em> by Kim Petras<\/strong> (12.2M)<\/li>\n
    • Cahkzilla<\/em> by Chaka Khan<\/strong> (7.8M)<\/li>\n
    • Eat U Alive<\/em> by Adam Lambert<\/strong> (2.7M)<\/li>\n
    • Big Dog by The Last Dinner Party (2.5M)<\/li>\n
    • A Heart Doesn\u2019t Hurt Itself<\/em> by Sam Fischer<\/strong> (2.2M)<\/li>\n
    • What\u2019s the Point<\/em> by Emei<\/strong> (2M)<\/li>\n
    • War Over Land<\/em> by JPegMafia<\/strong> (1.8M)<\/li>\n
    • Bludz & Cripz<\/em> by Silva Bumpa<\/strong> (1.5M)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      New Music Friday, May 8, 2026 FAQ:<\/h2>\n

      What time do new releases drop?<\/h3>\n

      The majority of the new albums and singles releasing this week will be out at 9:00 p.m. PT and 12:00 a.m. ET on May 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Who are the biggest artists releasing music this Friday?<\/h3>\n

      Madison<\/strong> Beer<\/strong>, Khalid<\/strong>, and Kesha<\/strong> are among the most popular artists releasing new music on Friday, May 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Where can I listen to this new music?<\/h3>\n

      All of the new music will be\u00a0available on Spotify and Apple Music<\/strong>, among other streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

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      \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 dknetwork.draftkings.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Ryan Wohl breaks down the albums and songs for this week\u2019s New Music Friday, which are releasing on May 8. This week\u2019s New Music Friday is headlined by Madison Beer, Khalid, and Kesha. Beer is releasing a Deluxe version of her album \u2018Locket\u2019 that was released in January. Meanwhile, Khalid and Kesha are among the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2406373,"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":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Music-Friday-release-radar-for-May-8-2026-top.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406372","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=2406372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406374,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406372\/revisions\/2406374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}