 |  | | From Chad Bowar, your About Music Editor | | | We're in the midst of the dog days of summer, and there's no shortage of hot weather or hot new music. Our music experts preview and review some of August's biggest releases and hottest current hits. | | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters: | | | | | It is another great week for new pop songs. This week's list is led by the big event trio of Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj joining forces for "Bang Bang." There are also new singles from Maroon 5, The Script and more. READ NOW | | | | | A hearty and healthy month for August new blues releases, including much anticipated albums from Elvin Bishop, Mike Zito, Mud Morganfield (with Kim Wilson), and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, as well as a smattering of archive albums and reissues. READ NOW | | | | | As we step into August, we do it with five new songs and a first ... the first time an album that hasn't released drops two songs into the charts, debuting them the same week. Artists in this week's top 10 include Newsboys, Lecrae, Colton Dixon and more. READ NOW | | | | | When a new Godsmack album is released, you can bank on a couple of things. It will be packed with catchy, anthemic songs and will probably debut at number one on the Billboard album chart (their last three studio albums have topped the chart). The latter is still to be determined, but the former is absolutely the case on the band’s latest album '1000hp'. READ NOW | | | | | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | | | | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics
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