# Music Tracker

> A directory of new album and EP releases, organized by Friday (release day), month, year, genre, label, and artist. Updated every Friday with the week's new music.

Music Tracker (music-tracker.com) tracks the global new-music release calendar. Weekly pages stay anchored on New Music Friday and include the Monday-Sunday release window around that Friday. Coverage is deepest in rap, pop, rock, and Deutschrap, but every published release is indexed regardless of genre.

## This week

- [This Week's Releases](https://www.music-tracker.com/week/2026-07-03): Every album and EP released the current Friday, with artist, label, genre, and tracklist

## Current month and year

- [July 2026 Releases](https://www.music-tracker.com/month/2026-07): Full release calendar for the current month
- [2026 Releases](https://www.music-tracker.com/year/2026): Year-to-date overview of every published release

## Genres

- [Rap](https://www.music-tracker.com/genre/rap): New Rap album and EP releases
- [Pop](https://www.music-tracker.com/genre/pop): New Pop album and EP releases
- [Rock](https://www.music-tracker.com/genre/rock): New Rock album and EP releases
- [Deutschrap](https://www.music-tracker.com/genre/deutschrap): New Deutschrap album and EP releases

## URL structure

Flat directory pattern — predictable for crawling:

- `/release/<slug>` — individual release detail (cover art, tracklist, artists, label, genre, streaming links)
- `/artist/<slug>` — artist discography
- `/label/<slug>` — label catalog
- `/genre/<slug>` — genre hub
- `/week/<YYYY-MM-DD>` — Friday-anchored weekly release calendar (date must be a Friday in UTC)
- `/month/<YYYY-MM>` — monthly overview
- `/year/<YYYY>` — yearly overview

## Sitemap

- [Sitemap Index](https://www.music-tracker.com/sitemap.xml): Index of releases, genres, and time-based sitemaps

## Optional

- [About](https://www.music-tracker.com/about): Site purpose and methodology
- [Privacy](https://www.music-tracker.com/privacy)
- [Imprint](https://www.music-tracker.com/impressum)