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

• 16 – Nicholas Galanin will release his first album in five years, Stand on My Shoulders. ^[1]
• 23 – Megadeth will release their self-titled final album, their first in four years.
  • Lina will release her first album in over ten years, Melodrama.
  • The Format will release their first album in nearly twenty years, Boycott Heaven.
• 30 – Joyce Manor will release their first album in nearly four years, I Used to Go to This Bar.

February

• 1 – The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. ^[2]
• 6 – Puscifer will release their first studio album in nearly six years, Normal Isn't.
  • Silversun Pickups will release their first studio album in four years, Tenterhooks.
  • Robert Deeble will release his first album in eight years, The Space Between Us.
• 8 – Bad Bunny will perform at the halftime show at Super Bowl LX at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. ^[3]
• 13 – Converge will release their first studio album in nearly five years, Love Is Not Enough.
  • The Bronx, under their moniker Mariachi El Bronx, will release their first studio album in five years, Mariachi El Bronx IV.
  • The Lone Bellow will release their first studio album in nearly four years, What a Time to Be Alive.
• 20 – New Found Glory will release their first studio album in nearly six years, Listen Up!. ^[4]
  • Hilary Duff will release her first studio album in eleven years, Luck... or Something.
• 27 – Rob Zombie will release his first studio album in five years, The Great Satan.
  • Bill Callahan will release his first studio album in four years, My Days of 58.

March

• 6 – Charlie Puth will release his first studio album in four years, Whatever's Clever!.
• 20 – Tyketto will release their first album in ten years, Closer to the Sun.

April

• 8 – Attila will release their first studio album in five years, Concrete Throne.

First quarter

• The All-American Rejects will release their first studio album in nearly fourteen years. ^[5]
• Armored Saint will release their first studio album in six years. ^[6]
• Shinedown will release their first studio album in four years. ^[7]

Unknown date

• Abysmal Dawn will release their first studio album in six years. ^[8]
• Anthrax will release their first studio album in ten years. ^[9]
• Archspire will release their first studio album in five years. ^[10]
• Cartel will release their first studio album in thirteen years. ^[11]
• Chiodos will release their first studio album in twelve years. ^[12]
• Clutch will release their first studio album in four years. ^[13]
• Cold will release their first studio album in seven years. ^[14]
• Corrosion of Conformity will release their first studio album in eight years. 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. ^[15]
• Cro-Mags will release their first studio album in six years. ^[16]
• Dangerous Toys will release their first studio album in thirty-one years. ^[17]
• Down will release their first studio album in nineteen years. ^[18]
• 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. ^[19]
• Evanescence will release their first studio album in five years. ^[20]
• Excel will release their first studio album in thirty-one years. ^[21]
• Exodus will release their first studio album in five years. 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. ^[22]
• 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. ^[23]
• 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. ^[24]
• Hatebreed will release their first studio album in six years. ^[25]
• Lita Ford will release her first studio album in ten years and her first of all-new material in fourteen years. ^[26]
• Madonna will release her first studio album in seven years. ^[27]
• Queensrÿche will release their first studio album in four years. ^[28]
• Papa Roach will release their first studio album in four years. ^[29]
• 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. ^[30]
• 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. ^[31]
• Russian Circles will release their first studio album in four years. ^[32]
• Sacred Reich will release their first studio album in seven years, Into the Abyss. ^[33]
• Savatage will release their first studio album in twenty-five years, Curtain Call. ^[34]
• 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. ^[35]
• Social Distortion will release their first studio album in fifteen years. ^[36]
• Soil will release their first studio album in thirteen years. ^[37]
• Sublime will release their first studio album in thirty years. It will be their first album recorded since the death of original frontman Bradley Nowell in 1996, and also their first to feature lead vocals by his son, Jakob. ^[38]
• Symphony X will release their first studio album in eleven years. ^[39]
• Tori Amos will release her first studio album in five years, In Times of Dragons. ^[40]
• Trivium will release their first studio album in five years. ^[41]
• Ugly Kid Joe will release their first studio album in four years. ^[42]
• Vio-lence will release their first studio album in thirty-three years. ^[43]

List of albums set to be 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 pop
	Act III: This City Made Us	The Protomen	Hard rock indie rock rock opera
16	Locket	Madison Beer	R&B pop dance
	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	Boycott Heaven [44]	The Format	Indie rock indie pop alternative rock
	20/20	The Infamous Stringdusters	Country folk
	Melodrama	Lina	R&B soul jazz
	Megadeth	Megadeth	Hard rock heavy metal
30	Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?	Geologist	Electronic
	Closer to Happy	Joseph	Alternative rock indie rock folk folk rock
	I Used to Go to This Bar	Joyce Manor	Pop-punk indie pop punk rock power pop

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
6	The Space Between Us	Robert Deeble	Folk
	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
	A.R.S.O.N.	Story of the Year	Alternative rock post-hardcore melodic hardcore
	Up Above	Wrabel	Indie rock alternative rock pop
20	Stardust	Danny Brown	Alternative hip-hop
	Cloud 9	Megan Moroney	Country pop
	Listen Up! [4]	New Found Glory	Pop-punk punk rock emo
27	Glass Minds	A Thousand Horses	Country country rock Southern rock
	The Great Satan	Rob Zombie	Hard rock alternative rock

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
6	Hoppers	Mark Mothersbaugh	Post-punk art punk film score
	Whatever's Clever!	Charlie Puth	R&B pop
20	Closer to the Sun	Tyketto	Hard rock glam metal
27	Pink Friday 3	Nicki Minaj	Hip-hop

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
10	Concrete Throne	Attila	Metalcore nu metal rap metal

Unknown date

First quarter

• TBA by The All-American Rejects ^[5]
• TBA by Kerry King ^[45]

Second quarter

• TBA by Armored Saint ^[6]

TBA

• TBA by Anthrax ^[9]
• TBA by Atreyu ^[46]
• TBA by Cartel ^[11]
• TBA by Chiodos ^[12]
• TBA by Cold ^[14]
• TBA by Corrosion of Conformity ^[15]
• TBA by Cro-Mags ^[16]
• TBA by Dangerous Toys ^[17]
• TBA by Drowning Pool ^[19]
• TBA by Excel ^[21]
• TBA by Exodus ^[22]
• TBA by Forbidden ^[24]
• TBA by Hatebreed ^[25]
• TBA by The Maine ^[47]
• TBA by Ministry ^[48]
• TBA by Overkill ^[49]
• TBA by Papa Roach ^[29]
• TBA by Power Trip ^[30]
• TBA by Queensrÿche ^[28]
• TBA by Red Hot Chili Peppers ^[36]
• Into the Abyss by Sacred Reich ^[33]
• Curtain Call by Savatage ^[34]
• TBA by Snot ^[35]
• TBA by Soil ^[37]
• TBA by Social Distortion ^[36]
• TBA by Sublime ^[38]
• TBA by Symphony X ^[39]
• TBA by Tool ^[50]
• TBA by Trivium ^[41]
• TBA by Vio-lence ^[43]

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