Overview

• All six high-profile comeback releases from pop, hip-hop, rock and R&B artists became available this week, dominating streaming playlists and sparking a Billboard best-new-music vote.
• Justin Bieber’s Swag album dropped on July 11 with just 10 hours’ notice, offering 21 tracks that lean into an organic, alt-R&B sound backed by Dijon and Carter Lang.
• Clipse reunited after 15 years with Let God Sort Em Out, teaming up again with Pharrell, while Deftones ended a five-year break with the single “My Mind Is a Mountain.”
• BLACKPINK’s single “Jump” marks the quartet’s first group release in years and debuted live on the Deadline World Tour, reinforcing their global concert momentum.
• R&B singer GIVĒON returned with his second studio album Beloved, drawing on ’70s soul, and South African pop star Tyla dropped the dance-floor ready single “Is It.”