The long-awaited new album from pop star Britney Spears, Femme Fatale, is finally available today. Spears’ seventh studio album comes in both a standard 12-track format and a deluxe edition which includes four bonus songs. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the singer describes her newest record as "a fresh-sounding album for the clubs or something that you play in your car when you’re going out at night that gets you excited."
Last month, English rockers Radiohead surprised fans when the digital release of their The King of Limbs album launched a day early. Now the physical CD hits store shelves, and to celebrate, the band is distributing a free newspaper, The Universal Sigh, available through participating retailers.
Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg drops his new album, Doggumentary, today. His eleventh studio recording, Doggumentary is intended as a sequel to his hit 1993 debut album, Doggystyle. The tracks feature a variety of collaborators including R. Kelly, T-Pain, Willie Nelson, and Gorillaz.
Up-and-coming hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa, who also features on Dogg’s Doggumentary, comes out with his own album today as well. Rolling Papers is Khalifa’s third album and his first on a major label.
Also out today, Canadian punk rockers Sum 41 finally release their long-delayed fifth album, Screaming Bloody Murder, a follow-up to 2007’s Underclass Hero, and legendary English hard rock band Whitesnake launch their eleventh studio album, Forevermore, available on both vinyl and CD.