GRAMMY®-nominated Nigerian singer, songwriter and producer Omah Lay is back with Clarity of Mind, his long-awaited second album, released on Sire Records/Warner Records. Four years after Boy Alone, he's taking listeners deeper into his world, exploring everything from love and loneliness to spirituality, success and finding peace within himself.

What do Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, a popular video game and a GRAMMY®-winning guitar trio have in common? As it turns out, quite a bit! The String Revolution has teamed up with acclaimed cellist Tina Guo for “Bad Zombies,” an inventive instrumental that combines Billie Eilish's hit “bad guy” with “Crazy Dave's Theme” from the video game Plants vs. Zombies.

GRAMMY®-nominated vocalist and composer Somi has spent much of her career exploring the meaning of home, drawing inspiration from her African heritage and the many places that have shaped her life. But on her latest album, What Does It Take To Bloom?, she turns that exploration inward, asking what it means to feel at home within ourselves.

GRAMMY®-nominated poet aja monet has a way of putting words to feelings we don't always know how to express. On her second album, the color of rain, released on drink sum wtr, she brings poetry and music together in a way that feels both deeply personal and connected to the world around us.

Four-time GRAMMY® Award winner Terri Lyne Carrington and her genre-defying ensemble Social Science are back with Trip the Night Fantastic, their second album together, released on Candid Records. Blending jazz, hip-hop, R&B, spoken word and global rhythms, the album brings together an impressive group of musicians and vocalists to address some of today's most pressing social issues.

“Spend Dat” has quickly emerged as Yung Miami’s biggest solo breakthrough to date, marking an exciting new chapter in her career. The track brings together her signature confidence, sharp delivery and unmistakable Miami attitude, with an infectious beat and lyrics that celebrate independence, knowing your worth and enjoying the rewards of success.

Johnny Venus is stepping out on his own, and “I Want You Back” makes a strong case for where he’s headed. Best known as one half of EARTHGANG, the GRAMMY®-nominated artist trades some of the duo’s more expansive experimentation for something intimate and emotionally direct, blending soul, R&B and funk around a relationship he isn’t quite ready to leave behind.

Jazz and gospel have always shared deep roots, but on Sweet, Sweet Spirit, multi-GRAMMY® winner Ron Carter and eight-time GRAMMY® nominee Ricky Dillard explore that connection in a way that feels both reverent and genuinely fresh.

Mariah Carey has spent her career giving us music that becomes part of our lives, and with her 16th studio album, Here For It All (gamma.), she reminds us she still has plenty to say—and sing. Her first studio album in seven years brings together the many sides of Mariah we've come to love: the powerhouse vocalist, the brilliant songwriter, the skillful producer, the R&B girl at heart, the hip-hop collaborator and the woman who knows exactly when to turn it all up.

Jessie Reyez is gorgeous, talented, funny as hell, and clearly doesn't take herself too seriously. She's just as comfortable looking glamorous as she is making ridiculous faces, cracking jokes or telling the world exactly how she feels. And that's part of what makes her so much fun to watch.

Wale has never been afraid to put a lot on his mind—and on everything is a lot., that becomes the point. His eighth studio album, released via Def Jam Recordings, finds the GRAMMY®-nominated rapper sorting through fame, family, love, isolation and the pressure that comes with trying to hold everything together.

GRAMMY®-nominated artist Tobe Nwigwe has always found ways to connect music, family, and culture, and his latest album, The Bridge, released October 9, brings those worlds even closer.

Kenny Mason has always sounded most comfortable somewhere between worlds, and on BULLDAWG, that refusal to fit neatly into one box becomes part of the point. The Atlanta artist’s third studio album uses the idea of a junkyard as a metaphor for a world that can make people feel disposable, then spends 15 tracks pushing back against it.

If your post-teen years are supposed to be messy, Bella Kay has found a pretty great soundtrack for them on My Reckless Abandon. At just 20, the Texas-born singer-songwriter turns heartbreak, self-doubt and the chaos of growing up into alternative pop that feels intimate without being fragile.

Ari Lennox has never been afraid to unpack her feelings, and with Vacancy and Vacancy: Late Checkout, she’s brought enough emotional baggage for an extended stay. Vacancy (Interscope) finds Ari Lennox settling into a space that has always suited her: grown-up R&B that can be sensual, funny, vulnerable and completely unguarded, sometimes all at once.

When Billy Branch calls his album The Blues Is My Biography, he isn't exaggerating. The legendary Chicago blues harmonica player has spent his life making, preserving and sharing the music, and this time, he's putting his own story front and center.

KAROL G has built a career on making big feelings sound even bigger, and NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO finds her leaning ALLLLL the way into them. Her seventh studio album moves freely through love, heartbreak, anger, nostalgia, hope and healing without suggesting that one feeling has to disappear before another can take its place.

Baby Rose has a voice you recognize immediately—deep, expressive, and a throwback to an era of smoky rooms and clinking cocktails—and on YEARNALISM, she puts it in service of a deeply personal story.

There’s a reason Eric Bellinger put his own name on this album. Released via Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins’ EVOLVE Music in partnership with TAMLA/Motown, Eric Bellinger feels like one of his most personal statements yet, bringing the confidence and polish of his R&B songwriting together with a willingness to talk openly about family, loss, commitment and growing into the man he is today.

Papoose has never been short on bars, and with Bars On Wheels: A Journey to Save Hip-Hop, he's taking them for a ride. The Brooklyn MC turns his popular in-car freestyles into something much bigger, combining an EP with a cinematic short film that asks a question worth considering