{"id":900792,"date":"2026-04-21T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/fans-choose-melanie-martinezs-hades-as-this-weeks-favorite-new-music\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:18:12","slug":"fans-choose-melanie-martinezs-hades-as-this-weeks-favorite-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/fans-choose-melanie-martinezs-hades-as-this-weeks-favorite-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Choose Melanie Martinez\u2019s \u2018HADES\u2019 as This Week\u2019s Favorite New\u00a0Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1236209608\">\n<header>\n<p>Her new album brought in more than 67% of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/melanie-martinez-1800-2026-cr-cho-giseok.jpg?w=942&#038;h=628&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"music Melanie Martinez\"   height width decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span class>Melanie Martinez<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite>Cho Giseok<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t<em>HADES<\/em>, the new album from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/melanie-martinez\/\">Melanie Martinez<\/a>, tops this week\u2019s fan-voted music poll.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFans voted in a poll published Friday (March 27)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/miley-cyrus-raye-charlie-puth-new-music-friday-guide-1236207383\/\">on<em>\u00a0Billboard<\/em><\/a>, choosing the alt-pop artist\u2019s latest LP as their favorite new release of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>HADES<\/em> leads the pack in a week that also saw new music releases streaming in from Conan Gray, RAYE, Charlie Puth, Miley Cyrus and more. At the poll\u2019s closing time on Sunday, Martinez finished with 67% of the vote.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><iframe title=\"Melanie Martinez \u2013 HADES Listening Chamber | London, England | 17 Mar 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v742oCBECdQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\n\t<em>HADES<\/em> was previewed by singles including \u201cPossession\u201d and \u201cDisney Princess\u201d ahead of its March 27 release.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn London, Martinez recently held a staged \u201cListening Chamber\u201d event (directed by NIYADRE and produced by Bad Bones Films\u2019 Laurence Warder and Daragh McCann) for the album; watch it in full in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI started this album thinking I was writing a futuristic dystopia,\u201d Martinez said in a statement about <em>HADES<\/em>, her fourth full-length studio album, upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/melanie-martinez-hades-stream-it-now-1236208272\/\">its release<\/a> via Warner Music this week. \u201cBut I realized I was just documenting the world we\u2019re already living in.\u00a0<em>HADES<\/em>\u00a0is a cracked mirror. Beneath the rage, it\u2019s a refusal to go numb \u2013 a call to feel, to see clearly, and to ask if we can still create something beautiful from the chaos we\u2019ve been given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 18-track collection is the follow-up to 2023\u2019s\u00a0<em>Portals<\/em>, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAmong the new releases trailing behind <em>HADES<\/em> are Conan Gray\u2019s \u201cThe Best,\u201d with 20% of the vote, and RAYE\u2019s <em>This Music May Contain Hope<\/em>, with 7% of the vote. Charlie Puth and Miley Cyrus rounded out the results, placing in fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSee the final results of this week\u2019s poll below.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"music Billboard VIP Pass\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t<svg style=\"height:100%;width:100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 455.133 94.711\"><path d=\"M70.107 28.859h21.318V93.69H70.107zM95.834 3.51h21.312v90.18H95.834zm25.723 0h21.312v90.18h-21.312zm250.711 32.035v-6.686h-21.315V93.69h21.315V62.792c0-7.949 4.154-12.237 11.728-12.237h2.522V28.229c-6.432.253-11.1 2.271-14.25 7.316M80.764 0c-6.822 0-12.359 5.535-12.359 12.361s5.537 12.363 12.359 12.363c6.828 0 12.361-5.537 12.361-12.363S87.592 0 80.764 0m244.457 33.795c-2.996-3.268-9.967-5.965-15.26-5.965-16.098 0-27.646 10.613-30.473 26.389-3.082-15.135-16.273-26.78-32.359-26.78-16.24 0-29.537 11.781-32.444 27.2-2.822-16.026-15.428-26.648-31.061-26.648-5.801 0-10.596 1.262-14.76 4.16V3.521h-21.312V93.7h20.938v-5.93c5.045 4.668 10.467 6.812 17.154 6.812 14.398 0 26.52-11.271 29.113-26.807 3.055 15.203 16.169 26.76 32.373 26.76 16.065 0 28.949-11.312 32.228-26.125 2.711 16.18 15.531 26.301 30.854 26.301 5.293 0 11.099-1.771 15.009-4.668V93.7h21.312V65.327q.002-1.745-.031-3.406.033-1.66.031-3.405V28.969h-21.312zM181.355 73.948c-6.826 0-12.359-5.535-12.359-12.363 0-6.824 5.533-12.358 12.359-12.358 6.824 0 12.359 5.534 12.359 12.358.001 6.828-5.534 12.363-12.359 12.363m65.774-.99c-6.822 0-12.361-5.539-12.361-12.363s5.539-12.358 12.361-12.358c6.824 0 12.359 5.535 12.359 12.358.001 6.823-5.532 12.363-12.359 12.363m64.047.392c-6.826 0-12.354-5.539-12.354-12.363s5.527-12.358 12.354-12.358c6.832 0 12.359 5.535 12.359 12.358.001 6.824-5.527 12.363-12.359 12.363M433.815 3.5v28.631c-4.156-2.9-8.949-4.16-14.757-4.16-17.782 0-31.654 13.746-31.654 33.55 0 18.664 13.368 33.043 29.642 33.043 6.68 0 12.103-2.146 17.152-6.811v5.928h20.938V3.5zm-12.553 70.288c-6.817 0-12.354-5.539-12.354-12.358 0-6.828 5.535-12.365 12.354-12.365 6.828 0 12.363 5.537 12.363 12.365 0 6.819-5.535 12.358-12.363 12.358M36.072 27.99c-5.803 0-10.594 1.262-14.76 4.16V3.521H0V93.7h20.936v-5.93c5.045 4.668 10.469 6.812 17.156 6.812 16.268 0 29.637-14.383 29.637-33.047 0-19.797-13.874-33.545-31.657-33.545m-2.269 45.958c-6.824 0-12.359-5.535-12.359-12.363 0-6.824 5.535-12.358 12.359-12.358 6.826 0 12.359 5.534 12.359 12.358 0 6.828-5.533 12.363-12.359 12.363\" \/><\/svg>\t\t<span><\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/melanie-martinez-hades-favorite-new-music-poll-results-1236209608\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Her new album brought in more than 67% of the vote. 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