One of the gospel genre’s most iconic voices is back — and she’s bringing along her first album in 13 years. On Friday (Aug. 39), four-time Grammy-winning gospel music icon Yolanda Adams unleashed “Church Doors,” her first solo single in a decade.

Across a soundscape punctuated by spirited handclaps and crisp choir harmonies, Adams’ robust voice soars with a perfect mixture of reverence and joy. “When you let me make it to the church doors, I’ll tell them what you’ve done for me,” she promises in the poignant hook.

The new single hit DSPs alongside a remix featuring Terry Hunter, Sir The Baptist and Donald Lawrence & Co., as well as an extended remix featuring Grammy-winner J. Ivy in addition to all of the aforementioned artists.

“I am so excited about the release of the single ‘Church Doors’ because we have been working on it with some amazing people including Donald Lawrence, Sir The Baptist and Terry Lewis,” Adams tells Billboard. “A group of fantastic people wrote an amazing song that voices the sentiments of testimony. The world has been through so much so to have some good news about what God has done is what we need right now. That’s the theme of church doors.”

Power Book II: Ghost and The New Edition Story actor Woody McClain leads the track’s artful music video, which features direction and choreography from Fatima Robinson, who recently worked on 2023’s Color Purple movie musical and Beyoncé‘s blockbuster Renaissance World Tour.

“Church Doors” is the lead single to Sunny Days, Adams’ new 15-track LP, which is currently slated for a Sept. 13 release. To support the album — her first full-length release with Epic Records — Adams is set to launch a North American arena tour that kicks off on Sept. 6 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, and concludes on Nov. 3 at Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Billed the Reunion Tour, the trek will also visit major cities such as Boston, Brooklyn and Atlanta.

Adams has landed six top 10 titles on Top Christian Albums, including 1999’s chart-busting Mountain High… Valley Low, which spent 16 weeks atop the ranking and charted for 100 weeks. Her sole Billboard Hot 100 charting song, 2000’s “Open My Heart” (No. 57), is also one of the biggest crossover gospel tracks of the 21st century, appearing on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (No. 10), Dance Club Songs (No. 29), Adult R&B Airplay (No. 1, 16 weeks) and the all-genre Radio Songs chart (No. 53).

Watch the video for the “Church Doors” remix below:

MTS is joining forces with BTS once again — yes, for real. After teasing on social media that she was teaming up with another artist to release a new collaboration, Megan Thee Stallion has confirmed that she’s working with the world’s biggest K-pop stars: Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook.

The “Hiss” rapper first started hinting at a new duet on X Thursday (Aug. 29), when she simply tweeted a pointed string of emojis: “🐎X💜 👀”

The cryptic post got lots of fans fired up, with some immediately guessing that the purple heart signified BTS’ involvement. “HELLO?? PURPLE HEART?? BTS???” one person commented at the time, while another excited user wrote, “BTS COLLAB ?? NO ONE MOVE.”

The following day, BTS’ account confirmed the news: “🐎X🦔(🐨),” the band wrote, retweeting Meg’s original post. “Coming Soon! 💜👀”

The news comes about two months after the “WAP” artist released her third studio album, Megan, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. BTS’ full-band activities have been on pause as the members fulfill their mandatory military obligations in South Korea, with some of the boys dropping solo projects in the meantime.

The new collab won’t be the first time MTS and BTS have worked together. In 2021, Meg jumped on the remix to the boy band’s Billboard Hot 100-topping single “Butter,” which they all performed together at BTS’ concert in Los Angeles that November.

“I love BTS, and I was telling my manager, ‘I really want to do a song with BTS, I don’t know what I can do or what we’re going to do,’” she recalled to Entertainment Tonight the following February. “Around that the same time, they wound up reaching out to me and asking me to do the ‘Butter’ remix. So, I was like, ‘Oh my God.’”

See Megan and BTS’ tweets below.

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. 

This week, Big Sean puts in the work, A$AP Rocky has a gift for fans and Muni Long is back with more R&B gems. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Big Sean, Better Me Than You 

“Back to the basics, back to the work,” Big Sean raps in the opening minutes of his new album Better Me Than You — and the Detroit star’s first album since 2020 indeed carries a sense of head-down purpose, with guest artists like Gunna, Syd, Kodak Black and Bryson Tiller lending a hand as Sean carries the torch of no-frills hip-hop.

A$AP Rocky, “Tailor Swif” 

A previously leaked track that A$AP Rocky has properly released as a gift to fans, “Tailor Swif” finds the rapper quickly jumping between come-up stories and double-entendre boasting: “Even when I was po’, I was out here, eatin’ goats,” he spits, as the flute-laden production urges him to keep going.

Muni Long, Revenge 

After waiting many years for her solo moment, then achieving it with the top 20 smash “Hrs & Hrs,” Muni Long has happily returned sooner than later with Revenge, which follows 2022’s Public Displays of Affection: The Album as another R&B songwriting showcase, highlighted by the electric recent hit “Made For Me.”

Tommy Richman, “Thought You Were the One” 

After “Million Dollar Baby” zoomed into the top 10 of the Hot 100 and “Devil is a Lie” continued his upward trajectory, Tommy Richman shows off his vulnerable side on “Thought You Were the One,” which molds his new jack swing riffing and falsetto croon into a more heartbroken pose.

Zedd, Telos 

When you revive Jeff Buckley’s “Dream Brother” for a dance remix, you know you are taking some big swings — and Zedd, the veteran EDM star who has scored hits by taking chances in the pop world, spends new album Telos pushing his style into intriguing new territories as a wide smattering of guests (Muse! Dora Jar! John Mayer!) swing by to help.

Noah Kahan, Live From Fenway Park 

At long last, Noah Kahan has left the road after spending multiple years gradually growing his fan base and venue size — but before wrapping up a tour that eventually made him a stadium headliner, the singer-songwriter recorded Live From Fenway Park, a live album that captures Kahan beaming through his catalog at the hometown gig.

Victoria Monét & Usher, “SOS (Sex on Sight)” 

Continuing a fruitful year in which Victoria Monét won the best new artist Grammy and Usher headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, “SOS (Sex on Sight)” allows both artists to warble about desire and showcase their abilities as master collaborators — some of their strongest respective work has been alongside other artists, and “SOS” is another winning team-up.

Editor’s Pick: Fireboy DML, Adedamola 

For casual fans who only know Nigerian singer-songwriter Fireboy DML’s global smash “Peru,” new album Adedamola is both a sumptuous listen and personal new entry into his discography, building upon his global success with anecdotes about his journey and engrossing relationship musings; this album simmers, and never loses your attention.