Music Shopping List: Shawn Mendes (Illuminate) Highlights
In a crowded field of new albums released September 23, 2016, Shawn Mendes leads the way with highly anticipated sophomore effort, ‘Illuminate’.
Press Releases & Shopping is the subcategory of the Columns section on The Musical Hype that features recommended music shopping lists, press releases from up-and-coming artists, albums, tours, and more. 2016 and 2017 featured weekly recommended music shopping lists, predicting the most impactful new album arriving in each given week. 2018 will focus more on big picture, monthly music releases.
In a crowded field of new albums released September 23, 2016, Shawn Mendes leads the way with highly anticipated sophomore effort, ‘Illuminate’.
Two big names – Usher (Hard II Love) and Mac Miller (The Divine Feminine) – release new albums this week, Friday, September 16.
Jason Aldean (They Don’t Know) and Bastille (Wild World) are the brightest spots from the music shopping list dated Friday, September 9, 2016.
In one of the slowest music release weeks of 2016, Irish singer/songwriter James Vincent McMorrow is the biggest forthcoming attraction.
Three high-profile albums become available August 26. The biggest of the bunch is arguably the return of Britney Spears (‘Glory’) after a three-year hiatus.
Leading the music shopping list on Friday, August 19 is the highly anticipated debut album from Tory Lanez, ‘I Told You’.
A new crop of album releases arrives Friday, August 12, 2016. Leading the charge are new albums by Justin Moore and Rae Sremmurd.
August 2016 looks to pick up steam. This week (August 5, 2016) is chocked full of new albums. The week’s most anticipated album: ‘Suicide Squad: The Album’.
The final music release week in July 2016 marks the return of an American Idol, a DJ, a pair of country artists & an electronic newcomer.
Ah, the fourth shopping week in July! Unfortunately, it’s hard to justify an exclamation mark for the new albums arriving Friday, July 22. None stand out.
Friday, July 15 is a relatively quiet date for new albums. Two new efforts stand out: Good Charlotte (Youth Authority) and Dreezy (No Hard Feelings).
The wallet may stay intact this week. After July1 proved to be a solid date for new albums, July 8 looks much less impressive. Easily leading the charge this week is ScHoolboy’s highly anticipated Blank Face LP.