Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment. This week, it's a big pop girl apocalypse!
Fire up the bop machine - the mogul is back! Rita Ora returns after a few year's rest today with You Only Love Me, the first single from her upcoming third album with new label BMG (through which she now owns her own masters). A demure house-anthem produced by Lewis Thompson (Joel Corry, Anne-Marie) and Oak Felder (Demi Lovato, Sabrina Carpenter), You Only Love Me sees Rita break through her own past insecurities in her new relationship with director Taika Waititi, whose voice is included in the track. It's good to have her back!
You can't blame, change or tame Zara Larsson who fully unleashes her big pop girl on Can't Tame Her, an extravagant and full-throttle synth-banger that carries more than a little touch of the Blinding Lights about it. Be warned: the first listen of that chorus might blow your head off!
Following a series of stand-alone droplet singles last year, Maisie Peters is ready to usher in her sophomore album today with its lead single, Body Better. A fascinating amalgamation of indie rock and synth-pop, the track proves why Maisie is on track to becoming one of the definitive songwriters of her generation.
Spanish superstar Rosalia is ready for the big leagues with her first major English language single Lie Like You Love Me (LLYLM) which comes with a co-write from Max Martin protégé Shellback.
Elsewhere singles-wise this week, Pink is back with a little help from Fred again.. (Trustfall), Tia Kofi immerses herself in 90s pop camp (Curious), Chloe Bailey of Chloe x Halle launches her long-awaited solo album In Pieces with a new lead track (Pray It Away), Fleur East mounts a return to pop music (Count The Ways) and Meghan Trainor links Kim Petras for a remix of Made You Look.
Finally, BRIT award nominated singer-songwriter Lola Young has announced the release of a brand-new project, My Mind Wanders and Leaves Completely with another singular music release (Annabel's House).
It's also a big day for big album, with several tentpole releases that are sure to dominate the Official Albums Chart over the coming weeks.
Sam Smith, fresh off an eighth UK Number 1 with Unholy featuring Kim Petras, finally drops their fourth album Gloria, featuring collaborations with the likes of Jessie Reyez, Koffee, Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran, who guests on the LP's closing track, Who We Love.
Ava Max is also strapping on her cherry-red box dye for another round as she issues her second album, Diamonds & Dancefloors. Containing wall-to-wall bangers as can only be expected of Ava, the newest single push comes from the sub-arctic Cold As Ice, and the juddering Ghost, which is crying out to be released as a single, just FYI!!
Elsewhere, we also have new LPs from producer to the stars SG Lewis (AudioLust & HigherLove), RHODES (Friends Like These), The Academic with their major label debut (Sitting Pretty) and Ex's and Oh's star Elle King (Come Get Your Wife).
