New Music Friday Releases: Girls Aloud, FLO, Linkin Park, Sam Fender and more

New Music Friday - this week's biggest new song, album and DVD releases, all in one place

Welcome to New Music Friday, your one place to discover the biggest new song, album and DVD releases.

Let's get straight into this week's new singles.

20 years after it first topped the Official Singles Chart, Girls Aloud release a brand-new version of I'll Stand By You.

2024's BBC Children in Need single, I'll Stand By You (Sarah's Version) honours Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Cheryl's late bandmate Sarah Harding, who tragically died in 2021.

Catch the group perform the track on The Girls Aloud Show: Live at The O2, filmed on their reunion tour this summer, this Sunday, November 17 at 8pm on ITV.

Sam Fender is back with the title track from his upcoming third studio album. His first original solo material since 2021, could People Watching earn the North Shields native his first-ever Number 1 single next week?

Two of 2024's biggest breakout country stars return with new music this week: Shaboozey delivers Good News, as Dasha diverts her attention away from Austin on Heartbreaker From Tennessee.

Fresh from their show-stopping performance at last weekend's MTV EMAs, K-pop juggernaut LE SSERAFIM unleash Star Signs, Tate McRae drops brand-new bop 2 hands and her fella The Kid LAROI. offers up SLOW IT DOWN with Quavo.

Elsewhere, Cat Burns drops her take on Wheatus's 2001 classic Teenage Dirtbag, Thomas Rhett joins forces with 2024 breakout star Teddy Swims for Somethin' 'Bout a Woman, salute recruits Jessie Ware on Heaven In Your Arms.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! This week sees the launch of three big new Christmas Number 1 bids.

Following the recent release of heart-wrenching ballad Me, Myself & You, Perrie serves up surprise festive tune Christmas Magic. Written alongside Nina Nesbitt, Tre Jean-Marie and Jez Ashurst, the track's about Perrie missing long-distance fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain over the holiday period.

Bleachers unveil Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call, Tallia Storm delivers her Merry Christmas EP and Next To No Time release Christmas in the Cotswolds.

Now, let's talk albums.

FLO, aka Jorja, Stella and Renée, unleash their debut solo LP Access All Areas. Including the singles Walk Like This, Check and Caught Up, plus an intro from Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, the record cements FLO as one of the UK's hottest exports. Get you a group who can do In My Bag, Trustworthy and I'm Just A Girl.

Linkin Park deliver their eighth studio album, and first since 2017's One More Light, From Zero. The record also serves as the first from new line-up Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Joe Hahn, Dave Farrell, Emily Armstrong, Colin Brittain, following the death of former lead vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017.

Could From Zero join Meteora, Minutes to Midnight and Living Things to become Linkin Park's fourth UK chart-topper?

Shawn Mendes is back with Shawn, his fifth studio release, as Pa Salieu drops brand-new mixtape Afrikan Alien.

Elsewhere, The Beatles' George Harrison's third solo record Living In The Material World is reissued in celebration of its 50th anniversary, Iron Maiden's Number 2-peaking 1984 album Powerslave turns 40, and Gwen Stefani offers up her fifth studio LP Bouquet.