{"id":2416820,"date":"2026-05-14T17:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2416820"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:48:23","slug":"new-music-friday-drake-shania-twain-shakira-jorja-smith-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-drake-shania-twain-shakira-jorja-smith-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: Drake, Shania Twain, Shakira, Jorja Smith and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>New Music Friday singles \ud83c\udfb6<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{3b4a7cf2-8283-45b4-a838-abb48441a41a}{117}\" paraid=\"1634588174\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">A new era for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/22140\/shania-twain\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shania Twain<\/a> is upon us! After dropping the news yesterday (13 May) that her seventh LP Little Miss Twain is coming this summer, the lead single Dirty Rosie has been unleashed unto the world!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{81ef508f-9dee-44af-9460-55eca84763ea}{191}\" paraid=\"778722185\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">She is also set to embark on\u00a0her 12-night sold-out run at London&#8217;s Wembley Stadium Connected by EE with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/51376\/harry-styles\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u00a0on his\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/harry-styles-tour-setlist-2026-full-tickets-time-on-stage-support-act-merch\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Together, Together Tour.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{81ef508f-9dee-44af-9460-55eca84763ea}{191}\" paraid=\"778722185\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Throwing it back, old school style! <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/11718\/shakira\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shakira<\/a> will once again provide this year&#8217;s FIFA World Cup song titled, Dai Dai. Translated to &#8220;let&#8217;s go&#8221;, the official 2026 anthem will be the second time she has provided a track for the biggest sporting tournament in the world, having released <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/shakira-ft-freshlyground-waka-waka-this-time-for-africa\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)<\/a> for the 2010 event in South Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{ba755e0d-2507-4084-8125-2589c1155ad1}{45}\" paraid=\"1497914658\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Simon Cowell fused boyband <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/december-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 10<\/a> drop their third single, Infinity (123). Following on from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/december-10-run-my-way\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Run My Way<\/a> and Angel,\u00a0that track is laced with heavy garage nostalgia,\u00a0through a hook-heavy hyper-modern pop filter culminating in pure summer serotonin. This comes off the back of the lads announcing their headline tour, which kicks off in June.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{672768cc-740a-4534-bcb0-00f04a2d8264}{46}\" paraid=\"560525474\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">We\u00a0certainly\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0be Falling Out of Love with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/10217\/strokes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Strokes<\/a> anytime soon. The next instalment of their forthcoming release Reality\u00a0Awaits,\u00a0the futuristic\u00a0sounding ballad is a major shift from their usual melody, and a potential nod towards what we can expect when the album is out.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{672768cc-740a-4534-bcb0-00f04a2d8264}{46}\" paraid=\"560525474\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Two stalwarts of the game in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/28400\/martin-garrix\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Garrix<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/6692\/ed-sheeran\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Sheeran<\/a> combine forces to usher in Repeat It.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{33993b0c-f18f-4134-9eab-2bfe0c5ad50f}{215}\" paraid=\"1078950875\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/30041\/tove-lo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tove Lo<\/a> debuts\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0your girl right? the first taste of\u00a0Estrus,\u00a0the Swedish star&#8217;s\u00a0upcoming LP available on Friday, 18 September, as Malaysian-born British talent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/chloe-qisha\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chloe Qisha<\/a> introduces Surprise Surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{486751d0-7f96-483b-952b-274c47a92afb}{44}\" paraid=\"1017642436\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Scottish singer-songwriter Blair Davie returns with So\u00a0What?,\u00a0the next bold, creative chapter of their upcoming EP, You Like Ugly, Don\u2019t You Babe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{5b0a5f6c-c255-442f-8a29-e4101b239ffc}{78}\" paraid=\"87791368\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Speaking on the track, Blair said: &#8220;So What? Is about falling in love against all odds. When it feels like the whole universe is telling you to run but instead you plant your feet and let love hit you. Even when\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0terrifying, even when you feel undeserving, even when your star signs\u00a0suggests\u00a0you\u2019d\u00a0be better as enemies than lovers\u2026say So What? And dive in anyway.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a feeling that can apply to anything, of choosing to\u00a0take action\u00a0despite the fear.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{edb49a26-a79b-4a38-a33e-52bdaeed8f76}{48}\" paraid=\"1424369317\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/49263\/jorja-smith\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorja Smith<\/a> is letting us know What\u2019s Done Is Done. Teased on her Instagram over the past couple of weeks, the\u00a0track now comes at a time where Jorja\u00a0is re-instating herself as one of the UK\u2019s most precious exports.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{edb49a26-a79b-4a38-a33e-52bdaeed8f76}{48}\" paraid=\"1424369317\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Global K-pop powerhouse <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/61270\/aespa\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aespa<\/a> release their new hip-hop infused dance single WDA (Whole Different Animal) featuring G-DRAGON, ahead of their forthcoming second full-length album, LEMONADE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{102bf8a7-41bb-4496-abf0-67d90a9032d4}{220}\" paraid=\"450812264\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Elsewhere,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/13043\/armin-van-buuren\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armin van Buuren<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/23633\/andrew-bayer\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Bayer<\/a> look to set the tone with their emotional single Serendipity,\u00a0TOMMY W\u00c1 blesses us with\u00a0ALLELUYA (ANOTHER WORLD)\u00a0ahead\u00a0of\u00a0his\u00a0three\u00a0shows\u00a0at\u00a0this\u00a0year\u2019s\u00a0Great Escape in Brighton, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/13976\/bloc-party\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloc Party<\/a> return with Coming On Strong and\u00a0rising\u00a0vocalist\/songwriter\u00a0Lila Drew\u00a0provides\u00a0fresh\u00a0material on Same Old Song.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{12152b83-1c18-4817-8bb7-c1373660f5d9}{49}\" paraid=\"1235481267\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Now,\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0delve into the albums.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>New Music Friday albums \ud83d\udcbf<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{e95d4e92-e9a9-45d5-8572-47308047c359}{45}\" paraid=\"505547734\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Whose ready for a cold summer? <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/6213\/drake\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a>\u00a0returns with\u00a0his highly\u00a0anticipated\u00a0ninth studio project,\u00a0ICEMAN\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{6774b489-0b84-472a-88df-3acd5907a1b0}{138}\" paraid=\"706971825\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">The Canadian\u2019s\u00a0first full release in three years,\u00a0it could result in a seventh Number 1 accolade,\u00a0equalling\u00a0the likes of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/18538\/paul-mccartney\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul McCartney<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/3\/george-michael\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Michael<\/a> and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{6a56d397-f9ad-4143-b723-5ab580a0b391}{224}\" paraid=\"1087183096\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Can the ICEMAN keep his cool and avoid melting under the pressure?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{72e239ad-9e9b-4fdf-963d-34e8612052e4}{185}\" paraid=\"1755987127\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Global reggae and dancehall icon <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/28234\/shaggy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaggy<\/a> considers himself lucky, rolling the dice and looking to hit big on new album, Lottery.\u00a0The 13-track project is built around\u00a0Shaggy\u2019s long-held philosophy of \u201calways betting on yourself\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{72e239ad-9e9b-4fdf-963d-34e8612052e4}{185}\" paraid=\"1755987127\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/57596\/giveon\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giveon<\/a> releases the second part of his 2025 record <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/giveon-beloved\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beloved<\/a> with Beloved: Act II. This includes collaborations with the likes of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/60257\/teddy-swims\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teddy Swims<\/a>, Sasha Keable and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{72e239ad-9e9b-4fdf-963d-34e8612052e4}{185}\" paraid=\"1755987127\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Pop-rock duo <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/2346\/hoosiers\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hoosiers<\/a> are showing no Compassion, as they unapologetically reveal their sixth LP. They last charted in the Top 40 back in 2010, can they finally break the main standings after almost 16 years away?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{5c00e5c9-55b3-435e-9032-3ecdf1844748}{165}\" paraid=\"632727702\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Presenting his 19th\u00a0full release is the legendary <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/15726\/peter-frampton\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Frampton<\/a> with Carry\u00a0The\u00a0Light, as American <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/25129\/robin-beck\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Beck<\/a> presents Living Proof. Beck shot to fame in the UK in 1988 with her hit single, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/robin-beck-first-time\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">First Time<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for May 15 2026:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.officialcharts.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Music Friday singles \ud83c\udfb6 A new era for Shania Twain is upon us! After dropping the news yesterday (13 May) that her seventh LP Little Miss Twain is coming this summer, the lead single Dirty Rosie has been unleashed unto the world!\u00a0\u00a0 She is also set to embark on\u00a0her 12-night sold-out run at London&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2416821,"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":[25844,311080,24049,348566],"class_list":["post-2416820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-drake","tag-jorja-smith","tag-new-releases","tag-shania-twain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Music-Friday-Drake-Shania-Twain-Shakira-Jorja-Smith-and.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416820","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=2416820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416822,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416820\/revisions\/2416822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2416821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}