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 will release 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.
• 16 – ASAP Rocky is expected to release his first studio album in eight years, Don't Be Dumb .
  • 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.
  • Helix will release their first album in seven years, Scrap Metal.
  • 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 – Charlie Puth will sing the national anthem and Bad Bunny will perform at the halftime show during 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! .
  • Surfbort will release their first studio album in five years, Reality Star.
• 13 – Sweet Pill will release their first studio album in four years, Still There's a Glow.
• 20 – Tyketto will release their first album in ten years, Closer to the Sun.
• 27 – Melissa Etheridge will release her first studio album in five years, Rise.
  • Tigers Jaw will release their first studio album in five years, Lost on You.

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]

Second quarter

• 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. ^[8]
• Meliah Rage will release their first studio album in eight years, Slaves in the Afterlife. ^[9]
• Social Distortion will release their first studio album in fifteen years. ^{[10] [11]}

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. ^[12]
• Abysmal Dawn will release their first studio album in six years. ^[13]
• Tori Amos will release her first studio album in five years, In Times of Dragons. ^[14]
• Anthrax will release their first studio album in ten years. ^[15]
• Bad Religion will release their first studio album in seven years. ^[16]
• Black Label Society will release their first studio album in five years. ^[17]
• Lindsey Buckingham will release his first solo studio album in five years. ^[18]
• Cake will release their first studio album in fifteen years. ^[16]
• Cartel will release their first studio album in thirteen years. ^[19]
• Chiodos will release their first studio album in twelve years. ^[20]
• Clutch will release their first studio album in four years. ^[21]
• Cold will release their first studio album in seven years. ^[22]
• 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. ^[23]
• Cro-Mags will release their first studio album in six years. ^[24]
• Dangerous Toys will release their first studio album in thirty-one years. ^[25]
• Death Angel will release their first studio album in seven years. ^[26]
• DJ Khaled will release his first studio album in four years, Aalam of God . ^[27]
• Down will release their first studio album in nineteen years. ^[28]
• 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. ^[29]
• Evanescence will release their first studio album in five years. ^[30]
• Everclear will release their first studio album in eleven years. ^[31]
• Excel will release their first studio album in thirty-one years. ^[32]
• 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. ^[33]
• 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. ^[34]
• Five Finger Death Punch will release their first studio album in four years. ^[17]
• 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. ^[35]
• Lita Ford will release her first studio album in ten years and her first of all-new material in fourteen years. ^[36]
• 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. ^[18]
• Hatebreed will release their first studio album in six years. ^[37]
• Icon will release their first studio album in thirty-seven years. ^[38]
• Incubus will release their first studio album in nine years, Something in the Water. ^[18]
• Korn will release their first studio album in four years. ^[39]
• 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. ^{[40] [41]}
• Living Colour will release their first studio album in nine years. ^[18]
• Madonna will release her first studio album in seven years. ^[42]
• Motionless in White will release their first studio album in four years. ^[17]
• Murphy's Law will release their first studio album in twenty-five years. ^[43]
• Stevie Nicks will release her first solo studio album in twelve years, and her first of all-new material in fifteen years. ^[18]
• Papa Roach will release their first studio album in four years. ^[44]
• 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. ^[45]
• Queensrÿche will release their first studio album in four years. ^[46]
• 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. ^[47]
• Russian Circles will release their first studio album in four years. ^[48]
• Sacred Reich will release their first studio album in seven years, Into the Abyss. ^[49]
• Savatage will release their first studio album in twenty-five years, Curtain Call. ^[50]
• 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. ^[51]
• Soil will release their first studio album in thirteen years. ^[52]
• Spineshank will release their first studio album in fourteen years. ^[53]
• Bruce Springsteen will release his first studio album in four years and his first of original material in six years. ^[54]
• The Strokes will release their first studio album in six years. ^[16]
• 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. ^[55]
• 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, bassist Tye Trujillo (son of former Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo) and drummer Jay Weinberg. ^[56]
• Symphony X will release their first studio album in eleven years. ^[57]
• Toadies will release their first studio album in nine years, The Charmer. ^[16]
• Trivium will release their first studio album in five years. ^[58]
• Ugly Kid Joe will release their first studio album in four years. ^[59]
• Vinnie Vincent Invasion will release their first studio album in thirty-eight years, Judgment Day Guitarmageddon. ^[60]
• Vio-lence will release their first studio album in thirty-three years. ^[61]
• Joe Walsh will release his first solo studio album in fourteen years. ^[18]
• ZZ Top will release their first studio album in fourteen years. ^[18] It will be their first since the 2021 death of original bassist Dusty Hill, and will include unreleased tracks recorded with him. ^[62]

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	Don't Be Dumb	ASAP Rocky	Hip-hop
	Locket	Madison Beer	Pop R&B 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 [63]	The Format	Indie rock indie pop alternative rock
	Scrap Metal	Helix	Hard rock heavy metal
	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
	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	Luck... or Something	Hilary Duff	Pop dance-pop
	Cloud 9	Megan Moroney	Country pop
	Listen Up! [4]	New Found Glory	Pop-punk punk rock emo
27	My Days of 58	Bill Callahan	Indie folk alternative country
	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	Pop R&B
	Reality Star	Surfbort	Punk rock
13	Still There's a Glow	Sweet Pill	Midwest emo punk rock pop-punk
20	Closer to the Sun	Tyketto	Hard rock glam metal
27	Rise	Melissa Etheridge	Folk rock roots rock blues rock
	Pink Friday 3	Nicki Minaj	Hip-hop
	Lost on You	Tigers Jaw	Indie rock Midwest emo pop-punk

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	Good, Like It Should Be	Ber	Indie pop
10	Concrete Throne	Attila	Metalcore nu metal rap metal
24	Toy with Me	Meghan Trainor	Pop dance-pop

Unknown date

First quarter

• TBA by The All-American Rejects ^[5]
• TBA by Kerry King ^[64]

Second quarter

• TBA by Armored Saint ^[6]
• High Noon by Blondie ^[8]
• Slaves in the Afterlife by Meliah Rage ^[9]

TBA

• TBA by Anthrax ^[15]
• TBA by Atreyu ^[65]
• TBA by Bad Religion ^[16]
• TBA by The Black Crowes ^[17]
• TBA by Black Label Society ^[17]
• TBA by Lindsey Buckingham ^[18]
• TBA by Cake ^[16]
• TBA by Cartel ^[19]
• TBA by Chiodos ^[20]
• TBA by Cold ^[22]
• TBA by Corrosion of Conformity ^[23]
• TBA by Cro-Mags ^[24]
• TBA by Dangerous Toys ^[25]
• TBA by Death Angel ^[26]
• TBA by Drowning Pool ^[29]
• TBA by Everclear ^[31]
• TBA by Excel ^[32]
• TBA by Exodus ^[33]
• TBA by Five Finger Death Punch ^[17]
• TBA by Flotsam and Jetsam ^[66]
• TBA by Foo Fighters ^[17]
• TBA by Forbidden ^[35]
• TBA by Guns N' Roses ^[18]
• TBA by Hatebreed ^[37]
• TBA by Icon ^[38]
• Something in the Water by Incubus ^[18]
• TBA by Korn ^[39]
• TBA by Limp Bizkit ^[40]
• TBA by Living Colour ^[18]
• TBA by The Maine ^[67]
• Orphan Train by John Mellencamp ^[68]
• TBA by Metal Church ^[69]
• TBA by Ministry ^[70]
• TBA by Motionless in White ^[17]
• TBA by Murphy's Law ^[43]
• TBA by Stevie Nicks ^[18]
• TBA by Obituary ^[71]
• TBA by Overkill ^[72]
• TBA by Papa Roach ^[44]
• TBA by Power Trip ^[45]
• TBA by Queensrÿche ^[46]
• TBA by Red Hot Chili Peppers ^[10]
• Into the Abyss by Sacred Reich ^[49]
• Curtain Call by Savatage ^[50]
• TBA by Snot ^[51]
• TBA by Social Distortion ^[10]
• TBA by Soil ^[52]
• TBA by Spineshank ^[53]
• TBA by Bruce Springsteen ^[54]
• TBA by The Strokes ^[16]
• TBA by Sublime ^[55]
• TBA by Suicidal Tendencies ^[56]
• TBA by Symphony X ^[57]
• The Charmer by Toadies ^[16]
• TBA by Tool ^[73]
• TBA by Trivium ^[58]
• Judgment Day Guitarmageddon by Vinnie Vincent Invasion ^[60]
• TBA by Vio-lence ^[61]
• TBA by Joe Walsh ^[18]
• TBA by ZZ Top ^[18]

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 so far)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

• "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#4 in 2020, #12 in 2026)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#1)
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" – Darlene Love (#14)
• "Deck the Halls" – Nat King Cole (#16 in 2022, #20 in 2026)
• "Feliz Navidad" – José Feliciano (#6 in 2021, #11 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)
• "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)
• "Sleigh Ride" – The Ronettes (#8 in 2023, #10 in 2026)
• "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#6)
• "Underneath the Tree" – Kelly Clarkson (#7 in 2025, #8 in 2026)
• "White Christmas" – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #16 in 2026)

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