Ed Sheeran, Drake & More: Which New Release This Week Is Your Favorite? Vote!

Are you acceptable to property Play? As autumn unofficially starts and the kids settee backmost into their schoolhouse routines and studies, musicians from crossed the spectrum of genres person dropped caller euphony this Friday (Sept. 12) to assistance soundtrack the caller play and twelvemonth successful academics.

Among them are four-time Grammy victor Ed Sheeran, who has released his eighth workplace album, Play. The 13-track release, which marks the commencement of a caller task bid aft helium wrapped the five-album Mathematics collection, includes pb azygous “Azizam” (which debuted and peaked astatine No. 28 connected the Billboard Hot 100 successful April) and “Old Phone” (No. 89). The medium finds the instrumentalist exploring planetary sounds (as connected the archetypal single) arsenic good arsenic nostalgia (the aforementioned “Phone” arsenic good arsenic “Heaven”).

“Play was an medium that was made arsenic a nonstop effect to the darkest play of my life,” Sheeran explained connected societal media up of the album’s release. “Coming retired of each of that I conscionable wanted to make joyousness and technicolour, and research cultures successful the countries I was touring. It’s a existent rollercoaster of emotions from commencement to finish”

Like Sheeran, Drake besides finds himself going backmost successful time, successful a way. In his caller way “Dog House” featuring Yeat and Julia Wolf, the rapper not lone rhymes astir money, enactment and power, but besides references the chorus of his Hot 100 10-week No. 1 deed “One Dance” successful his verse: “Just similar Drizzy said, I conscionable request 1 dance, baby.”

The megastars of popular and hip-hop weren’t the lone ones to merchandise caller euphony this week. Alt-rock set Twenty One Pilots offered up caller medium Breach, portion Colombian-American creator Kali Uchis teamed up with Billboard‘s 2025 R&B Rookie of the Year Ravyn Lenae for “Cry About It!,” portion creation Star John Summit delivered affectional head-bopper “Crystallized” with Inéz, and Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall offered up her debut solo album, That’s Showbiz Baby!

Which caller euphony merchandise this week is your favorite? Vote successful our canvass below!