THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY! BRITs Best Pop Act winner JADE unleashes her debut solo album packed with hits, from Top 10 debut Angel Of My Dreams to latest focus track Unconditional. The record sees JADE work with the likes of Mike Sabath (Angel, Fantasy), RAYE (FUFN (F**k You For Now)) and acclaimed songwriter Lauren Aquilina (Plastic Box).
With seven Top 10 Little Mix albums already under this big pop girlie’s belt, can THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY! earn JADE an eighth?
Ed Sheeran‘s back with his eighth studio LP Play, which already boasts four Top 20 singles: Azizam, Old Phone, Sapphire and A Little More. Is a ninth chart-topping album on the horizon for Ed next week?
Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be hoping for a sixth Top 10 album with latest collection Perimenopop, as Twenty One Pilots turn in their eighth full-length work, Breach.
Aussie electropop outfit Parcels are looking to land their first-ever Official Albums Chart entry with third studio album LOVED, featuring such space key-swerving singles as Safeandsound, Summerinlove and Yougotmefeeling.
Mimi Webb follows up her 2023 Top 5 record Amelia with some Confessions, Calum Scott serves up his third studio LP Avenoir and Spinal Tap drop the soundtrack to their latest mockumentary, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.
Some big reissues are coming your way this week, too. Michael Bublé celebrates 20 years of It’s Time, as do Icelandic auteurs Sigur Rós with Takk….
Now, let’s shift our attention to singles.
An all-queer line-up of Bentley Robles, Bimini, Eden Hunter, Janethan Jeffery and Tia Kofi join forces to honour the late The Vivienne. Written by Simon Jones and produced by Ellis Miah, Your Light Will Shine urges listeners to ‘fight for our love more than ever,’ with the single benefiting LGBTQIA+ helpline Switchboard.
With the announcement of their upcoming ninth studio album The Mountain and its namesake 2026 tour, including a huge date at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Gorillaz deliver Sparks collaboration The Happy Dictator.
Gene Gallagher’s new band VILLANELLE unveil Hinge, Jordan Ward gets JUICY and Kesha teams up with Orville Peck, Tayla Parx and Hudson Mohawke on Tennessee.
Ahead of her turn on The Celebrity Traitors next month, Cat Burns returns with the latest taste of her upcoming How To Be Human album, Lavender, as Calum Scott provides vocals alongside Whitney Houston on a brand-new rendition of I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) and Demi Lovato drops unapologetic dance-pop banger Here All Night.
Elsewhere, Joel Corry refuses to wave goodbye to summer just yet with Abi Flynn link-up Phases, Kali Uchis recruits Ravyn Lenae on Cry about it! and Ed Sheeran launches his Play record with focus track Camera.
New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for September 12 2025