2026 in American music

See also: Timeline of musical events

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The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2026 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 9 – The Protomen released their first studio album in nearly seventeen years, Act III: This City Made Us , which serves as the conclusion to their three-act rock opera inspired by the story of the Mega Man video game franchise.
• 10 – Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir died at the age of 78. ^[1]
• 16 – ASAP Rocky released his first studio album in eight years, Don't Be Dumb , over three years after its original announcement in December 2022.
  • Nicholas Galanin released his first album in five years, Stand on My Shoulders. ^[2]
• 19 – Jamal Roberts sang the national anthem at the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship.
• 23 – Megadeth released their self-titled final album, their first in four years.
  • Lina released her first album in over ten years, Melodrama.
  • Goldfinger released their first studio album in nearly six years, Nine Lives.
  • The Format released their first album in nearly twenty years, Boycott Heaven . It is also vocalist Nate Ruess' first album on which he is credited as a primary member in eleven years.
  • Alec Duckart, under his alias Searows, released his first studio album in four years, Death in the Business of Whaling.
• 30 – Joyce Manor released their first album in nearly four years, I Used to Go to This Bar .
  • By Storm, formed from surviving members of Injury Reserve, released their debut studio album, My Ghosts Go Ghost . It is the first album in nearly five years for members RiTchie with a T and Parker Corey.

February

• 1 – The 68th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Kendrick Lamar won the most awards with five including Record of the Year, shared with SZA for "Luther". Bad Bunny won Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos , Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell won their third Song of the Year award for "Wildflower" and English singer-songwriter Olivia Dean won Best New Artist. ^[3]
• 5 – Twisted Sister canceled their upcoming 50th Anniversary tour after lead singer Dee Snider resigned due to health issues. ^[4]
• 6 – Puscifer released their first studio album in nearly six years, Normal Isn't.
  • J. Cole released his first studio album in five years, The Fall-Off .
  • Silversun Pickups released their first studio album in four years, Tenterhooks .
  • Robert Deeble released his first album in eight years, The Space Between Us.
• 7 – 3 Doors Down lead singer Brad Arnold died in his sleep following his private battle with kidney cancer at the age of 47. ^[5]
  • Original Cake guitarist Greg Brown died after a brief illness at the age of 56.
• 8 – Charlie Puth sang the national anthem and Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, and Ricky Martin performed at the halftime show during Super Bowl LX at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. ^[6] Green Day performed pre-game. ^[7]
• 13 – Converge released their first studio album in nearly five years, Love Is Not Enough.
  • The Bronx, under their moniker Mariachi El Bronx, released their first studio album in five years, Mariachi El Bronx IV.
  • The Lone Bellow released their first studio album in nearly four years, What a Time to Be Alive.
• 14 – Longtime Manchester Orchestra drummer Tim Very died at the age of 42. ^[8]
• 20 – Baby Keem released his first studio album in nearly five years, Casino .
  • New Found Glory released their first studio album in nearly six years, Listen Up! . ^[9]
  • Hilary Duff released her first studio album in eleven years, Luck... or Something .
  • Exhumed released their first studio album in four years, Red Asphalt.
• 27 – Bruno Mars released his first solo studio album in nearly ten years and his first overall in a little over four years, The Romantic .
  • Rob Zombie released his first studio album in five years, The Great Satan .
  • Bill Callahan released his first studio album in four years, My Days of 58.
  • Ritt Momney released his first studio album in five years, Base.
  • A Wilhelm Scream released their first studio album in four years, Cheap Heat.
  • Voxtrot released their first studio album in nineteen years, Dreamers in Exile.
  • Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka died at the age of 86.

March

• 6 – Gnarls Barkley released their first studio album in eighteen years, and also their final album, Atlanta .
  • Surfbort released their first studio album in five years, Reality Star.
  • Vial released their first studio album in five years, Hellhound.
  • Whiplash released their first studio album in seventeen years, Thrashquake. ^[10]
• 13 – Lamb of God released their first studio album in four years, Into Oblivion .
  • The Fray released their first studio album in twelve years, A Light That Waits.
  • Sweet Pill released their first studio album in four years, Still There's a Glow.
• 20 – Exodus released their first studio album in five years, Goliath . It will be the band's first album in sixteen years to feature returning vocalist Rob Dukes, following Steve "Zetro" Souza's second departure in 2025.
  • Neurosis released their first studio album in ten years, An Undying Love for a Burning World. It is the band's first album to feature new vocalist/guitarist Aaron Turner, following former frontman Scott Kelly's firing in 2019 and subsequent retirement in 2022, their first since drummer Jason Roeder's touring retirement in 2025 and their first in thirty years to not be produced by Steve Albini following his death in 2024.
  • Tyketto released their first album in ten years, Closer to the Sun.
  • Gladie released their first studio album in four years, No Need to Be Lonely.
  • Poison the Well released their first studio album in seventeen years, Peace in Place.
  • Attila released their first studio album in five years, Concrete Throne.
• 27 – Charlie Puth released his first studio album in four years, Whatever's Clever! .
  • Black Label Society released their first studio album in five years, Engines of Demolition .
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea released his debut solo studio album, Honora .
  • The Academy Is... released their first studio album in nearly eighteen years, Almost There. ^[11]
  • Melissa Etheridge released her first studio album in five years, Rise .
  • Good Riddance released their first studio album in seven years, Before the World Caves In.
  • Dälek released their first studio album in four years, Brilliance of a Falling Moon.
  • Snail Mail released her first studio album in nearly five years, Ricochet.
  • Paula Kelley released her first solo studio album in twenty-three years, Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out.
  • Tigers Jaw released their first studio album in five years, Lost on You.
• 28 – Kanye West released his first solo studio album in nearly five years, Bully .

April

• 3 – Corrosion of Conformity will release their first studio album in eight years, Good God / Baad Man . It will be their first album in more than three decades without original bassist Mike Dean, who was replaced by Bobby Landgraf, and their first in more than two decades with drummer Stanton Moore, who replaced Reed Mullin after his death in 2020.
  • Thundercat will release his first studio album in six years, Distracted.
  • Sunn O))) will release their self-titled studio album, their first in seven years.
• 10 – Immolation will release their first studio album in four years, Descent.
• 17 – Crimson Glory will release their first studio album in twenty-seven years, Chasing the Hydra. ^[12]
• 22 – Akon will release his first studio album in seven years, Beautiful Day.
• 24 – Noah Kahan will release his first studio album in four years, The Great Divide .
  • Failure will release their first studio album in nearly five years, Location Lost.
  • Terror will release their first studio album in four years, Still Suffer.

May

• 1 – Tori Amos will release her first studio album in five years, In Times of Dragons .
  • American Football will release their fourth self-titled studio album, their first in seven years.
  • Toadies will release their first studio album in nine years, The Charmer. ^[13]
  • Rita Wilson will release her first studio album in four years and her first of original material in seven years, Sound of a Woman.
  • Young the Giant will release their first studio album in four years, Victory Garden.
• 8 – Muna will release their first studio album in four years, Dancing on the Wall.
  • Social Distortion will release their first studio album in fifteen years, Born to Kill .
  • Black Veil Brides will release their first studio album in five years, Vindicate.
  • War on Women will release their first studio album in six years, Time Under Tension.
• 15 – The All-American Rejects will release their first studio album in fourteen years, Sandbox.
  • Kevin Morby will release his first studio album in four years, Little Wide Open.
  • Pro-Pain will release their first studio album in eleven years, Stone Cold Anger.
  • Rostam will release his first studio album in five years, American Stories.
• 22 – Armored Saint will release their first studio album in six years, Emotion Factory Reset. ^[14]
  • Lowertown will release their first studio album in four years, Ugly Duckling Union.
  • Alela Diane will release her first studio album in four years, Who's Keeping Time?
• 29 – Shinedown will release their first studio album in four years, Eight .

June

• 5 – Death Cab for Cutie will release their first studio album in four years, I Built You a Tower .
  • Lee Brice will release his first album in six years, Sunriser.
• 12 – Dirty Heads will release their first studio album in four years, 7 Seas. ^[15]
  • Sublime will release their first studio album in thirty years, Until the Sun Explodes . It will be their first album released since the death of original frontman Bradley Nowell in 1996, with his son, Jakob, providing lead vocals for this album.
• 26 – Butthole Surfers will release their first studio album in twenty-five years, After the Astronaut. Originally intended as the follow-up to Electriclarryland (1996), this will be the first time the album has officially been released twenty-eight years after it was shelved due to record label politics. ^[16]
  • The Strokes will release their first studio album in six years, Reality Awaits .
  • The Pretty Reckless will release their first album in five years, Dear God.

Second quarter

• The Ataris will release their first studio album in nineteen years. ^[17]
• Blondie will release their first studio album in nine years, High Noon. It will be their first since the 2025 death of longtime drummer Clem Burke, who contributed to the album prior to his death. ^[18]
• Meliah Rage will release their first studio album in eight years, Slaves in the Afterlife. ^[19]

Unknown date

• 4 Non Blondes will release their first studio album in thirty-four years. Vocalist Linda Perry will also release her first solo studio album in eleven years, Let It Die Here. ^[20]
• Abysmal Dawn will release their first studio album in six years. ^[21]
• Adema will release their first studio album in nineteen years, Cruel Machine. ^[22]
• American Hi-Fi will release their first studio album in twelve years. ^[23]
• Anthrax will release their first studio album in ten years. ^[24]
• Bad Religion will release their first studio album in seven years. ^[25]
• Lindsey Buckingham will release his first solo studio album in five years. ^[26]
• Cake will release their first studio album in fifteen years. ^[25]
• Cartel will release their first studio album in thirteen years. ^[27]
• Chiodos will release their first studio album in twelve years. ^[28]
• Clutch will release their first studio album in four years. ^[29]
• Cold will release their first studio album in seven years. ^[30]
• Cro-Mags will release their first studio album in six years. ^[31]
• Dangerous Toys will release their first studio album in thirty-one years. ^[32]
• Death Angel will release their first studio album in seven years. ^[33]
• DJ Khaled will release his first studio album in four years, Aalam of God . ^[34]
• Down will release their first studio album in nineteen years. ^[35]
• Drowning Pool will release their first studio album in four years. It will be the band's first album in sixteen years to feature returning vocalist Ryan McCombs, following Jasen Moreno's departure in 2023. ^[36]
• Evanescence will release their first studio album in five years. ^[37]
• Everclear will release their first studio album in eleven years. ^[38]
• Excel will release their first studio album in thirty-one years. ^[39]
• Fear Factory will release their first studio album in five years. It will be the band's first album with current lead vocalist Milo Silvestro and current drummer Pete Webber, both of whom joined in 2023. ^[40]
• Five Finger Death Punch will release their first studio album in four years. ^[41]
• Forbidden will release their first studio album in sixteen years. It will be the band's first album to feature their new lead vocalist Norman Skinner as the replacement of original vocalist Russ Anderson, who is retired. ^[42]
• Lita Ford will release her first studio album in ten years and her first of all-new material in fourteen years. ^[43]
• Guns N' Roses will release their first studio album in eighteen years. It will be the band's first album in thirty-three years, and their first of all-new material in thirty-five years, to feature guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan. ^[26]
• Hatebreed will release their first studio album in six years. ^[44]
• Heathen will release their first studio album in six years. ^[45]
• Icon will release their first studio album in thirty-seven years. ^[46]
• Incubus will release their first studio album in nine years, Something in the Water. ^[26] It will be their first studio album to feature Nicole Row on bass following the departure of longtime bassist Ben Kenney in 2023.
• The Interrupters will release their first studio album in four years. ^[47]
• Korn will release their first studio album in four years. ^[48]
• Limp Bizkit will release their first studio album in five years. It will be their first since the 2025 death of original bassist Sam Rivers, who had contributed to new music with the band by the time he died. ^{[49] [50]}
• Living Colour will release their first studio album in nine years. ^[26]
• Madonna will release her first studio album in seven years. ^[51]
• Motionless in White will release their first studio album in four years. ^[41]
• Mudvayne will release their first studio album in seventeen years. ^[52]
• Murphy's Law will release their first studio album in twenty-five years. ^[53]
• Stevie Nicks will release her first solo studio album in twelve years, and her first of all-new material in fifteen years. ^[26]
• Papa Roach will release their first studio album in four years. ^[54]
• Power Trip will release their first studio album in nine years. It will be their first album recorded since the death of original frontman Riley Gale in 2020, and also their first to feature lead vocals by his replacement, Seth Gilmore. ^[55]
• Queensrÿche will release their first studio album in four years. ^[56]
• Red Hot Chili Peppers will release their first studio album in four years. It will be their third album together with guitarist John Frusciante since his second return to the band in 2019. ^[57]
• Russian Circles will release their first studio album in four years. ^[58]
• Sacred Reich will release their first studio album in seven years, Into the Abyss. ^[59]
• Savatage will release their first studio album in twenty-five years, Curtain Call. ^[60]
• Snot will release their first studio album in twenty-six years. It will be the band's first album to feature their new lead vocalist Andy Knapp as the replacement of original vocalist Lynn Strait, who died in 1998. ^[61]
• Soil will release their first studio album in thirteen years. ^[62]
• Soundgarden will release their first studio album in fourteen years. Intended as their final studio album, it will include the final recordings of frontman Chris Cornell, who died in 2017. ^{[63] [64] [65]}
• Spineshank will release their first studio album in fourteen years. ^[66]
• Bruce Springsteen will release his first studio album in four years and his first non-archival album of original material in six years. ^[67]
• The Strokes will release their first studio album in six years. ^[25]
• Suicidal Tendencies will release their first studio album in eight years, and their first of all-new material in ten years. It will be their first release with guitarist Ben Weinman and bassist Tye Trujillo (son of former Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo). ^[68]
• Symphony X will release their first studio album in eleven years. ^[69]
• Trivium will release their first studio album in five years. ^[70]
• Ugly Kid Joe will release their first studio album in four years. ^[71]
• Vinnie Vincent Invasion will release their first studio album in thirty-eight years, Judgment Day Guitarmageddon. ^[72]
• Vio-lence will release their first studio album in thirty-three years. ^[73]
• Joe Walsh will release his first solo studio album in fourteen years. ^[26]
• ZZ Top will release their first studio album in fourteen years. ^[26] It will be their first since the 2021 death of original bassist Dusty Hill, and will include unreleased tracks recorded with him. ^[74]

List of albums released

See also: List of 2026 albums

January

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
9	Alter Bridge	Alter Bridge	Alternative rock hard rock
	With Heaven on Top	Zach Bryan	Country
	Act III: This City Made Us	The Protomen	Hard rock indie rock rock opera
	III	Pullman	Acoustic rock folk alternative folk
16	Don't Be Dumb	ASAP Rocky	Experimental hip hop trap psychedelic
	Locket	Madison Beer	Pop R&B
	Stand on My Shoulders	Nicholas Galanin	Electronic
	The Dreamin' Kind	Langhorne Slim	Alternative rock indie rock
	Eat Yourself	Together Pangea	Surf rock garage rock indie rock
23	Everywhere You Look	Currensy	Southern hip-hop
	Boycott Heaven [75]	The Format	Indie rock
	Nine Lives	Goldfinger	Pop-punk ska punk punk rock
	20/20	The Infamous Stringdusters	Progressive bluegrass country folk
	Melodrama	Lina	R&B soul jazz
	Megadeth	Megadeth	Thrash metal
	Death in the Business of Whaling	Searows	Indie folk bedroom pop
30	My Ghosts Go Ghost	By Storm	Experimental hip-hop
	Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?	Geologist	Electronic
	Closer to Happy	Joseph	Pop folk rock
	I Used to Go to This Bar	Joyce Manor	Pop-punk indie pop punk rock power pop
	Octane	Don Toliver	Trap alternative hip-hop
	Backward	Jordan Ward	R&B hip-hop

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
2	Lost in the Wonder	Cory Wong	Funk pop
6	The Space Between Us	Robert Deeble	Folk
	Odyssey	Illenium	Electro house pop-punk
	Under the Streetlights	Michael Marcagi	Americana indie pop pop rock
	Normal Isn't	Puscifer	Art rock alternative rock
	Tenterhooks	Silversun Pickups	Alternative rock indie rock
13	Cold 2 The Touch	Angel Dust	Pop rock hardcore punk
	Love Is Not Enough	Converge	Metalcore hardcore punk
	What a Time to Be Alive	The Lone Bellow	Americana alternative country indie folk
	Mariachi El Bronx IV	Mariachi El Bronx	Mariachi punk rock alternative rock
	A.R.S.O.N.	Story of the Year	Alternative rock post-hardcore melodic hardcore
	Up Above	Wrabel	Indie rock alternative rock pop
20	Casino	Baby Keem	Hip-hop
	Luck... or Something	Hilary Duff	Pop dance-pop
	Red Asphalt	Exhumed	Death metal
	Dedication	Mirah	Indie rock indie pop
	Cloud 9	Megan Moroney	Country pop
	Somewhere In Between	Mothica	Pop-punk alternative rock
	Listen Up! [9]	New Found Glory	Pop-punk punk rock emo
27	My Days of 58	Bill Callahan	Indie folk alternative country
	Heaven 2	Lala Lala	Indie rock
	The Romantic	Bruno Mars	Pop R&B soul
	Base	Ritt Momney	Indie pop
	Glass Minds	A Thousand Horses	Country country rock Southern rock
	Dreamers in Exile	Voxtrot	Indie pop indie rock
	Cheap Heat	A Wilhelm Scream	Melodic hardcore punk rock
	The Great Satan	Rob Zombie	Hard rock alternative rock

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
6	Atlanta	Gnarls Barkley	Neo soul psychedelic soul
	Hoppers	Mark Mothersbaugh	Post-punk art punk film score
	Reality Star	Surfbort	Punk rock
	Hellhound	Vial	Pop-punk punk rock
	Thrashquake [10]	Whiplash	Thrash metal speed metal
13	A Pound of Feathers	The Black Crowes	Southern rock blues rock hard rock roots rock jam band
	A Light That Waits	The Fray	Pop rock rock
	Into Oblivion	Lamb of God	Groove metal metalcore thrash metal
	Still There's a Glow	Sweet Pill	Midwest emo punk rock pop-punk
20	Concrete Throne	Attila	Metalcore nu metal rap metal
	The Way I Am	Luke Combs	Country
	Pin Ups	The Dandy Warhols	Psychedelic rock alternative rock rock
	Goliath	Exodus	Thrash metal
	No Need to Be Lonely	Gladie	Indie rock
	An Undying Love for a Burning World	Neurosis	Post-metal
	Peace in Place	Poison the Well	Metalcore post-hardcore experimental hardcore
	Closer to the Sun	Tyketto	Hard rock glam metal
27	Almost There [11]	The Academy Is...	Pop-punk indie pop emo
	Engines of Demolition	Black Label Society	Heavy metal Southern metal hard rock groove metal biker metal
	Everything Glows [76]	Cannons	Indie pop electropop indie rock
	Brilliance of a Falling Moon	Dälek	Experimental hip-hop
	Rise	Melissa Etheridge	Folk rock roots rock blues rock
	Honora	Flea	Jazz rock
	Before the World Caves In	Good Riddance	Melodic hardcore pop-punk
	Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out	Paula Kelley	Indie pop indie rock
	Moo	King Tuff	Garage rock indie rock power pop
	Whatever's Clever!	Charlie Puth	Pop R&B
	Ricochet	Snail Mail	Indie rock
	Lost on You	Tigers Jaw	Indie rock Midwest emo pop-punk
28	Bully	Kanye West	Hip-hop

List of albums set to be released

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	Good, Like It Should Be	Ber	Indie pop
	Good God / Baad Man	Corrosion of Conformity	Stoner metal Southern metal sludge metal hardcore punk
	Sunn O)))	Sunn O)))	Drone metal doom metal experimental metal black metal noise rock dark ambient
	The Master Plan	Michael Sweet	Hard rock heavy metal
	Distracted	Thundercat	Funk R&B soul
10	Nowhere at Last	Broadside	Pop rock pop-punk emo indie pop
	Descent	Immolation	Death metal
	Joy Next Door	The Maine	Alternative rock pop rock
	Dead to Rights	Metal Church	Heavy metal power metal thrash metal speed metal
14	The World Is to Dig	They Might Be Giants	Alternative rock power pop
17	Chasing the Hydra	Crimson Glory	Heavy metal progressive metal power metal
	Reflections	From Ashes to New	Rap rock rap metal alternative metal
	Something Is a Shell	Sofia Isella	Pop rock indie pop dark pop
	Sanctions	Souled American	Alternative country Americana
24	The End Is Not the End [77]	Atreyu	Metalcore post-hardcore hard rock
	Chasing Crowns	The Cab	Alternative rock pop rock power pop
	New Day	John Corabi	Hard rock heavy metal
	Location Lost [78]	Failure	Alternative rock post-grunge space rock
	Your Favorite Toy	Foo Fighters	Alternative rock post-grunge hard rock
	The Great Divide	Noah Kahan	Folk pop
	Toy with Me	Meghan Trainor	Pop dance-pop

May

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
1	American Football	American Football	Midwest emo indie rock indie pop
	In Times of Dragons	Tori Amos	Alternative rock pop rock
	Peaches!	The Black Keys	Blues rock garage rock
	Long Wave Home	Jesca Hoop	Folk jazz pop
	Middle of Nowhere	Kacey Musgraves	Country
	The Charmer [13]	Toadies	Grunge alternative rock hard rock punk rock
	Sound of a Woman	Rita Wilson	Country pop
	Victory Garden [79]	Young the Giant	Alternative rock indie rock
8	Vindicate	Black Veil Brides	Hard rock alternative metal
	The Me That Remains	Amy Grant	Christian pop
	Barely Here	Koyo	Pop-punk melodic hardcore
	Dancing on the Wall	Muna	Indie pop synth-pop electropop
	Arcade	Deb Never	Indie pop emo pop
	Born to Kill	Social Distortion	Punk rock
	Time Under Tension	War on Women	Hardcore punk
15	Change of Plains	49 Winchester	Alternative country Southern rock
	Sandbox	The All-American Rejects	Alternative rock power pop pop rock pop-punk
	Livin Proof	Robin Beck	Pop rock pop rock
	Little Wide Open	Kevin Morby	Indie rock folk rock
	Stone Cold Anger	Pro-Pain	Groove metal thrash metal hardcore punk
	American Stories [80]	Rostam	Art pop indie pop indie rock
	Of Earth & Fires	Dua Saleh	Pop hip-hop R&B soul
22	The Anthology of Unamerican Folk Music	Marisa Anderson	Americana
	Everyone for Ten Minutes	Bleachers	Alternative rock indie pop rock
	Who's Keeping Time?	Alela Diane	Indie rock Americana
	Ugly Duckling Union	Lowerton	Indie rock
	Paradessence	Visible Cloaks	Electronic|new age
29	True South	Rodney Atkins	Country
	Undead Melody	Dark Divine	Metalcore post-hardcore
	All In Now	Dogstar	Alternative rock grunge
	Big Mama	Latto	Hip-hop
	Eight	Shinedown	Hard rock alternative rock rock

June

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
5	Sunriser	Lee Brice	Country
	I Built You a Tower	Death Cab for Cutie	Indie rock alternative rock indie pop
	When Does This Place Become Our Scene	Hammock	Post-rock shoegazing
	Louder Than Fate	Jared James Nichols	Hard rock blues rock
12	7 Seas [15]	Dirty Heads	Rap rock reggae rock alternative hip-hop alternative rock
	Dirty Blonde	Bebe Rexha	Dance-pop pop
	Medusa	Stitched Up Heart	Hard rock alternative metal
	Until the Sun Explodes	Sublime	Alternative rock ska punk reggae rock
19	Dream Me A Dream	Tucker Zimmerman	Blues folk
26	After the Astronaut	Butthole Surfers	Noise rock experimental rock alternative rock psychedelic rock art punk
	Time Will Tell	Devon Gilfillian	Hip-hop R&B soul
	Dear God	The Pretty Reckless	Alternative rock blues rock hard rock

July

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	Livin' in the USA	Low Cut Connie	Rock and roll
31	Grits and Glory	Albert Castiglia	Electric blues

Unknown date

First quarter

• TBA by Armored Saint ^[81]
• TBA by Kerry King ^[82]

Second quarter

• TBA by The Ataris ^[17]
• High Noon by Blondie ^[18]
• Slaves in the Afterlife by Meliah Rage ^[19]

TBA

• Cruel Machine by Adema ^[22]
• TBA by American Hi-Fi ^[23]
• TBA by Anthrax ^[24]
• TBA by Bad Religion ^[25]
• TBA by Lindsey Buckingham ^[26]
• TBA by Cake ^[25]
• TBA by Cartel ^[27]
• TBA by Chiodos ^[28]
• TBA by Cold ^[30]
• TBA by Cro-Mags ^[31]
• TBA by Dangerous Toys ^[32]
• TBA by Death Angel ^[33]
• TBA by Drowning Pool ^[36]
• TBA by Everclear ^[38]
• TBA by Excel ^[39]
• TBA by Five Finger Death Punch ^[41]
• TBA by Flotsam and Jetsam ^[83]
• TBA by Forbidden ^[42]
• TBA by Guns N' Roses ^[26]
• TBA by Hatebreed ^[44]
• TBA by Heathen ^[45]
• TBA by Icon ^[46]
• Something in the Water by Incubus ^[26]
• TBA by Korn ^[48]
• TBA by Limp Bizkit ^[49]
• TBA by Living Colour ^[26]
• Orphan Train by John Mellencamp ^[84]
• TBA by Ministry ^[85]
• TBA by Motionless in White ^[41]
• TBA by Movements ^[86]
• TBA by Mudvayne ^[52]
• TBA by Murphy's Law ^[53]
• TBA by Stevie Nicks ^[26]
• TBA by Obituary ^[87]
• TBA by Overkill ^[88]
• TBA by Papa Roach ^[54]
• TBA by Power Trip ^[55]
• TBA by Queensrÿche ^[56]
• TBA by Red Hot Chili Peppers ^[57]
• Into the Abyss by Sacred Reich ^[59]
• Curtain Call by Savatage ^[60]
• TBA by Snot ^[61]
• TBA by Soil ^[62]
• TBA by Soundgarden ^[63]
• TBA by Spineshank ^[66]
• TBA by Bruce Springsteen ^[67]
• TBA by The Strokes ^[25]
• TBA by Suicidal Tendencies ^[68]
• TBA by Symphony X ^[69]
• TBA by Trivium ^[70]
• Judgment Day Guitarmageddon by Vinnie Vincent Invasion ^[72]
• TBA by Vio-lence ^[73]
• TBA by Joe Walsh ^[26]
• TBA by Waterparks ^{[89] [90]}
• TBA by ZZ Top ^[26]

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2026 and List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2026

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021, 5 weeks in 2022, 3 weeks in 2023, 3 weeks in 2024, 4 weeks in 2025, 1 week in 2026)
• "Aperture" – Harry Styles (1 week)
• "Choosin' Texas" – Ella Langley (5 weeks so far)
• "DTMF" – Bad Bunny (1 week)
• "I Just Might" – Bruno Mars (3 weeks)
• "Opalite" – Taylor Swift (1 week)
• "The Fate of Ophelia" – Taylor Swift (8 weeks in 2025, 2 weeks in 2026)
• "Swim" – BTS (1 week)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

• "20 Cigarettes" – Morgan Wallen (#15)
• "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#4 in 2020, #12 in 2026)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#1)
• "American Girls" – Harry Styles (#4)
• "Aperture" – Harry Styles (#1)
• "Babydoll" – Dominic Fike (#16)
• "Back to Friends" – Sombr (#7)
• "Baile Inolvidable" – Bad Bunny (#2)
• "Be By You" – Luke Combs (#12)
• "Be Her" – Ella Langley (#12)
• "Body" – Don Toliver (#14)
• "Choosin' Texas" – Ella Langley (#1)
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" – Darlene Love (#14)
• "Coming Up Roses" – Harry Styles (#18)
• "Daisies" – Justin Bieber (#2 in 2025, #10 in 2026)
• "Deck the Halls" – Nat King Cole (#16 in 2022, #20 in 2026)
• "Die on This Hill" – Sienna Spiro (#19)
• "DTMF" – Bad Bunny (#1)
• ”Dracula” – Tame Impala and Jennie (#18)
• "E85" – Don Toliver (#15)
• "End of Beginning" – Djo (#6)
• "Eoo" – Bad Bunny (#11)
• "FDO" – Pooh Shiesty (#12)
• "Feliz Navidad" – José Feliciano (#6 in 2021, #11 in 2026)
• "Folded" – Kehlani (#6)
• "Golden" – Huntrix (#1 in 2025, #2 in 2026)
• "I Got Better" – Morgan Wallen (#7 in 2025, #11 in 2026)
• "I Just Might" – Bruno Mars (#1)
• "Iloveitiloveitiloveit" – Bella Kay (#17)
• "It Depends" – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (#16 in 2025, #17 in 2026)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Michael Bublé (#12 in 2025, #13 in 2026)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12 in 2020, #18 in 2026)
• "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#5 in 2021, #9 in 2026)
• "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#2 in 2025, #3 in 2026)
• "Jingle Bells" – Frank Sinatra (#16 in 2023, #17 in 2026)
• "Last Christmas" – Wham! (#2 in 2025, #4 in 2026)
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" – Dean Martin (#7)
• "Man I Need" – Olivia Dean (#2)
• "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter (#1 in 2025, #18 in 2026)
• "Mutt" – Leon Thomas (#6 in 2025, #9 in 2026)
• "Nuevayol" – Bad Bunny (#5)
• "Opalite" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "Ordinary" – Alex Warren (#1 in 2025, #2 in 2026)
• "Plastic Cigarette" – Zach Bryan (#13)
• "Porch Light" – Noah Kahan (#20)
• "Ready, Steady, Go!" – Harry Styles (#15)
• "Risk It All" – Bruno Mars (#4)
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#1 in 2023, #2 in 2026)
• "Run Rudolph Run" – Chuck Berry (#10 in 2021, #15 in 2026)
• "Santa Baby" – Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra (#19)
• "Santa Tell Me" – Ariana Grande (#5)
• "Sleepless in a Hotel Room" – Luke Combs (#11)
• "Sleigh Ride" – The Ronettes (#8 in 2023, #10 in 2026)
• "So Easy (To Fall in Love)" – Olivia Dean (#6)
• "Stateside" – PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson (#6)
• "Swim" – BTS (#1)
• "Taste Back" – Harry Styles (#17)
• "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#6)
• "The Fate of Ophelia" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "The Great Divide" – Noah Kahan (#6)
• "Tit for Tat" – Tate McRae (#3 in 2025, #20 in 2026)
• "Tití Me Preguntó" – Bad Bunny (#5 in 2022, #7 in 2026)
• "Two Six" – J. Cole (#16)
• "Underneath the Tree" – Kelly Clarkson (#7 in 2025, #8 in 2026)
• "Voy a Llevarte Pa' PR" – Bad Bunny (#14)
• "WGFT" – Gunna feat. Burna Boy (#16)
• "What I Want" – Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae (#1 in 2025, #19 in 2026)
• "What You Saying" – Lil Uzi Vert (#12)
• "Where Is My Husband!" – Raye (#11)
• "White Christmas" – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #16 in 2026)
• "Yukon" – Justin Bieber (#17 in 2025, #19 in 2026)

Deaths

• January 2 – Johnny Legend, 77, rockabilly musician
• January 8 – Guy Moon, 63, television composer
• January 10 – Bob Weir, 78, rock singer and guitarist (Grateful Dead)
• February 5 – Fred Smith, 77, bassist (Television, Blondie)
• February 7 – Brad Arnold, 47, rock singer (3 Doors Down)
  • Greg Brown, 56, rock guitarist (Cake, Deathray)
• February 14 – Tim Very, 42, rock drummer (Manchester Orchestra)
• February 27 – Neil Sedaka, 86, pop singer and songwriter

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