Thank God, it's Friday

For music fans across the world, this Friday will mark the beginning of New Music Fridays, an aligned global release day for new music initiated by the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

According to the statement released by the IFPI, up until now, music has been released on different days of the week in various countries - from Mondays in markets such as France and the United Kingdom, through Tuesdays in the United States and Canada, and to Fridays in markets such as Australia and Germany.

From this Friday, new albums and singles will be released one minute after midnight on Fridays local time around the world.