Global Release Day

Global Release Day (alternatively known as New Music Fridays) internationally sets a day of the week for releasing new music singles and albums. The new global release day, with new music being released on Friday, went into effect on 10 July 2015 in more than 45 major recorded music markets worldwide.

The need to set a universal release date mainly stemmed from issues with music piracy, with the change from Tuesday to Friday arising as a result of a trend of Friday releases that started with Beyoncé's 2013 surprise drop self-titled album.^[1]

^ McKinney, Kelsey (2015-02-26). "New albums will come out on Fridays instead of Tuesdays now. Blame Beyonce". Vox. Retrieved 2024-04-20.

[1] McKinney, Kelsey (2015-02-26). "New albums will come out on Fridays instead of Tuesdays now. Blame Beyonce". Vox. Retrieved 2024-04-20.

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