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Last week, we witnessed project releases from Gunna's fifth studio album One of Wun, which featured artists like Roddy Rich, Offset, Normani, and Leon Bridges, to Orville Peck's country project Stampede: Vol 1.
Our Weekly Music Radar (WMR) highlights 10 of the most unique projects that were released to major DSPs today, May 17, across genres like hip-hop, pop, R&B, and more.
Billie Eilish's highly anticipated third studio album Hit Me Hard And Soft, which follows up on her 2021 Grammy-winning album Happier Than Ever, drops alongside multiple hip-hop and pop projects, including upcoming rapper Ian's debut mixtape, Valedictorian.
10 Major albums and projects released today
The following is a selected list of major albums, mixtapes, and LPs that music fans can indulge themselves in, as they dropped on all major DSPs (Digital Streaming Platforms) today.
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1) Hit Me Hard And Soft (Billie Eilish) - Pop Album Release
Billie Eilish finally unveiled her third studio album, titled Hit Me Hard and Soft, which was distributed to all major DSPs via Darkroom and Interscope Records. The official tracklist for the 10-song project has been listed below:
- SKINNY
- LUNCH
- CHIHIRO
- BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- WILDFLOWER
- THE GREATEST
- L'AMOUR DE MA VIE
- THE DINER
- BITTERSUITE
- BLUE
2) Better Off Alone (A-Boogie) - Hip-Hop Album Release
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie's fifth studio album, titled Better Off Alone, has officially dropped to all DSPs via Atlantic Records and Highbridge The Label LLC as the artist prepares for his North American Tour, which starts May 17 in Seattle, Washington.
The complete tracklist for Better Off Alone has been listed below:
- Better Off Alone
- Dark King
- Let's Go Away (Feat. Young Thug)
- Body (Feat. Cash Cobain)
- Somebody (Feat. Future)
- Steppas
- Headaches
- Spotlight (Feat. Lil Durk)
- Need You Around (Feat. Fridayy)
- One Shot
- They Shooting
- Feel Like Dying
- P&E (Feat. Mariah The Scientist)
- Tiffanys
- No More Questions
- How To Love
- D.T.N
- Did Me Wrong
- Her Birthday
- Booby Trap
- I Already Know
3) Valedictorian (Ian) - Hip Hop Album Release
Upcoming viral rapper Ian Smith has released his debut mixtape titled Valedictorian to all streaming platforms via Dogdog Records and Sony Music Entertainment. The complete tracklist for his latest release has been provided below:
- Holiday
- Never Stop
- Bentayga
- AirBnb
- Hermes Streets
- Omakase
- Chauncey
- Judgment
- Grand Slam
- Figure It Out
4) Room Under The Stairs (Zayn) - Pop Country Album Release
Zayn Malik has returned with his long-awaited follow-up to the 2021 project Nobody Is Listening, a jam-packed 15-song album titled Room Under The Stairs, which finds the singer diving into a newer country aesthetic with his music.
His fourth studio album was distributed to major DSPs via Drop Zed Music LLC, under an exclusive license to Mercury Records, Republic Records, and UMG Recordings. The complete tracklist for Zayn's Room Under The Stairs has been listed below:
- Dreamin
- What I Am
- Grateful
- Alienated
- My Woman
- How It Feels
- Stardust
- Gates Of Hell
- Birds On A Cloud
- Concrete Kisses
- False Starts
- The Time
- Something In The Water
- Shoot At Will
- Fuchsia Sea
5) Sayonara (Álvaro Díaz) - Latin Pop Album Release
Álvaro Díaz, the Puerto Rican pop star, just dropped his newest 20-track project titled Sayonara. The album was distributed to all major DSPs via Universal Music and consists of the following songs as part of the official tracklist:
- TE VI EN MIS PESADILLAS
- KAWA
- GATITAS SANDUNGUERAS VOL.1
- PLN
- FATAL FANTASY
- LENTITO
- 1000CANCIONES
- BYAK
- SIN PODERES
- MAMI 100PRE SABE (INTERLUDE)
- ER PR NO HACE FRIO
- A MI NOMBRE
- QUIEN TE QUIERE COMO EL NENE
- MAJIN BUU
- YOKO
- QUIZAS SI QUIZAS NO
- RAMONA FLOWERS
- FUNERAL
- GOLDEN GUN
- NO LLORES SI ME VOY
6) Together (Chance The Rapper) - Hip Hop Single Release
Chance The Rapper teamed up with DJ Premier to drop the second single from his upcoming album, Starline, titled Together. The single was produced by Premiere and follows up on the lead single, Buried Alive, which hit DSPs only a few weeks ago.
7) Please Don’t Cry (Rapsody) - Hip Hop Album Release
American rapper Rapsody has dropped her fourth studio album, titled Please Don't Cry, on all major DSPs via We Each Other and Jamla Records, under an exclusive license to Roc Nation Records, LLC. The album is packed with features from Erykah Badu to Phylicia Rashad.
The complete tracklist for Please Don't Cry has been listed below:
- She's Expecting You (feat. Phylicia Rashad)
- Marlanna
- Asteroids
- Look What You've Done
- DND (It's Not Personal) (Feat. Bee-B)
- Black Popstar (Feat. DIXSON)
- Stand Tall
- That One Time
- 3 a.m. (Feat Erykah Badu)
- Loose Rocks (Feat. Alex Isley)
- Diary of A Mad Bitch (Feat. Bibi Bourelly)
- Never Enough (Feat. Keznamdi)
- He Shot Me
- God's Light
- Back In My Bag
- Niko's Interlude (Feat. Niko Brim)
- Raw (Feat. Lil Wayne)
- Lonely Women
- A Ballad for Homegirls (Feat. Baby Tate)
- Please Don't Cry Interlude (Feat. Phylicia Rashad)
- Faith
- Forget Me Not (Feat. Amber Navran and Phylicia Rashad)
8) Win Wit Us (42 Dugg) - Hip Hop Single Release
42 Dugg just dropped Win Wit Us on all streaming platforms via CMG and Interscope Records. The song was produced by Flex on the Beat, TyMaz, and Marshak and will seemingly act as the lead single for his upcoming album Forever Us, Never Them.
9) Working On Me (Russ & 6LACK) - Hip Hop/ R&B Single Release
Russ and 6LACK team up to deliver a spacy blend of rap and R&B on their new record, Working On Me, which was distributed to all major streaming platforms today via DIEMON.
10) Dispose Of Me (Omar Apollo) - Pop Single Release
Omar Apollo just dropped the lead single for his highly anticipated studio album God Said No, titled Dispose Of Me. The single was produced by Oscar Santander, Teo Halm, and Blake Slatkin and was distributed to DSPs under an exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
