{"id":2426867,"date":"2026-05-21T18:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2426867"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:51:46","slug":"new-music-friday-release-radar-for-may-22-2026-top-albums-song-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-release-radar-for-may-22-2026-top-albums-song-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday release radar for May 22, 2026: top albums, song releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading151976_e554f3-7c\">Ryan Wohl breaks down the albums and songs for this week\u2019s New Music Friday, which are releasing on May 22. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s New Music Friday is headlined by a highly anticipated mixtape from Machine Gun Kelly and Wiz Khalifa. The popular duo is set to release a mixtape titled \u2018Blog Era Boyz,\u2019 on which they have already come out with two singles, \u201cGirl Next Door\u201d and \u201cEverything Tatted\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you\u2019re looking for new albums and songs<\/strong> from additional artists releasing <strong>on Friday, May 22, we have you covered below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-new-music-friday-list-of-top-albums\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Music Friday: list of top albums<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-new-music-friday-list-of-top-albumsranked-by-spotify-listeners\"><strong>Ranked by Spotify Listeners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Blog Era Boyz<\/em> by <strong>MGK<\/strong> (15.7M) &amp; <strong>Wiz Khalifa<\/strong> (46.2M)<\/li>\n<li><em>PUREFLOW, pt.1 <\/em>by <strong>LE SSERAFIM<\/strong> (15.3M)<\/li>\n<li><em>OMAKASE<\/em> by <strong>Alvaro D\u00edaz<\/strong> (11M)<\/li>\n<li><em>everyone for ten minutes<\/em> by <strong>Bleachers<\/strong> (9.2M)<\/li>\n<li><em>Wasted Potential<\/em>\u00a0by <strong>Skylar Grey<\/strong> (7.3M)<\/li>\n<li><em>Florescence<\/em> by <strong>Maisie Peters<\/strong> (3.1M)<\/li>\n<li><em>From A Hole In The Floor To A Fountain Of Youth <\/em>by <strong>Future Islands<\/strong> (2.7M)<\/li>\n<li><em>MR. LA II<\/em>\u00a0by <strong>RJmrLA<\/strong> (2.2M)<\/li>\n<li><em>Like Yay 2<\/em> by <strong>Big Yavo<\/strong> (1.7M)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dknetwork.draftkings.com\/2026\/05\/21\/maisie-peters-florescence-album-tracklist-release-date-and-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dan Johnson\u2019s preview for Maisie Peters\u2019 new album \u2018Florescence\u2019.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-new-singles\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New singles <\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-new-singles-ranked-by-spotify-listeners\"><strong>Ranked by Spotify Listeners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Reputation<\/em> by <strong>The Script<\/strong> (32M)<\/li>\n<li><em>From Down Here<\/em> by <strong>Lola Young<\/strong> (22.6M)<\/li>\n<li><em>Second Chance<\/em> by<strong> Lukas Graham<\/strong> (17.5M)<\/li>\n<li><em>Light Up<\/em> by <strong>Kylie Minogue<\/strong> (15.2M)<\/li>\n<li><em>End of An Era<\/em> by<strong> Niall Horan<\/strong> (14.2M)<\/li>\n<li><em>Cold<\/em> by <strong>Majid Jordan<\/strong> (12.1M)<\/li>\n<li><em>24 Hours<\/em> by <strong>Stomzy<\/strong> (8.1M) &amp; <strong>Odeal<\/strong> (4M)<\/li>\n<li><em>Life on The Run<\/em> by <strong>Brandi Carlile<\/strong> (3.4M)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"h-new-music-friday-may-22-2026-faq\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Music Friday, May 22, 2026 FAQ:<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"h-what-time-do-new-releases-drop\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time do new releases drop?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majority of the new albums and singles releasing this week will be out <strong>at 9:00 p.m. PT and 12:00 a.m. ET on May 22.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-who-are-the-biggest-artists-releasing-music-this-friday\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are the biggest artists releasing music this Friday?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Machine Gun Kelly, Wiz Khalifa<\/strong>, and <strong>The Script<\/strong> are among the most popular artists releasing new music <strong>on Friday, May 22.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-where-can-i-listen-to-this-new-music\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can I listen to this new music?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the new music will be\u00a0available on <strong>Spotify and Apple Music<\/strong>, among other streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"daextamp-post-id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"398313\"\/><\/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 dknetwork.draftkings.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Wohl breaks down the albums and songs for this week\u2019s New Music Friday, which are releasing on May 22. This week\u2019s New Music Friday is headlined by a highly anticipated mixtape from Machine Gun Kelly and Wiz Khalifa. The popular duo is set to release a mixtape titled \u2018Blog Era Boyz,\u2019 on which they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2426868,"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-2426867","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-22-2026-top.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426867","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=2426867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426869,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426867\/revisions\/2426869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2426868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}