List of 2026 albums

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The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes scheduled for release in 2026. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.

First quarter

January

List of albums to be released in January 2026

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
January 9	Alter Bridge	Alter Bridge		Napalm	[1]
	Beyond the Black	Break the Silence		Nuclear Blast	[2]
	The Cribs	Selling a Vibe		PIAS	[3]
	Dry Cleaning	Secret Love		4AD	[4]
	The Protomen	Act III: This City Made Us	Rock opera		[5]
	Zach Bryan	With Heaven on Top			[6]
January 15	Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel	Celestun			[7]
January 16	Cavetown	Running with Scissors		Futures Music Group	[8]
	DZ Deathrays	Easing Out of Control		DZ Worldwide	[9]
	Edenbridge	Set the Dark on Fire		Steamhammer/SPV	[10]
	Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore	Tragic Magic		inFiné	[11]
	Kreator	Krushers of the World		Nuclear Blast	[12]
	Soen	Reliance		Silver Lining Music	[13]
January 21	Artio	Soul Rot		LAB	[14]
January 23	Callum Beattie	Indi			[15]
	Crystal Lake	The Weight of Sound		Century Media	[16]
	The Format	Boycott Heaven		The Vanity Label	[17]
	The Hara	The Fallout		Mascot	[18]
	Jamie O'Neal	Gypsum		Audium, BFD Records	[19]
	Louis Tomlinson	How Did I Get Here?		BMG	[20]
	Megadeth	Megadeth		BLKIIBLK, Frontiers	[21]
	The Paper Kites	If You Go There, I Hope You Find It		Wonderlick, Sony Music	[22]
	PVA	No More Like This		It's All For Fun Records	[23]
	Searows	Death in the Business of Whaling		Last Recordings On Earth	[24]
January 30	Buzzcocks	Attitude Adjustment		Cherry Red	[25]
	Cast	Yeah Yeah Yeah		Scruff of the Neck Records	[26]
	Jordan Ward	Backward		ARTium, Interscope	[27]
	Joseph	Closer to Happy			[28]
	Joyce Manor	I Used to Go to This Bar		Epitaph	[29]
	Kula Shaker	Wormslayer			[30]
	Lande Hekt	Lucky Now		Tapete	[31]
	Sébastien Tellier	Kiss the Beast		Because	[32]
	Whitelands	Sunlight Echoes		Sonic Cathedral	[33]
	Yumi Zouma	No Love Lost to Kindness		Nettwerk	[34]
TBA	Lana Del Rey	Stove		Interscope, Polydor	[35]

February

List of albums released in February 2026

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
February 5	Clawfinger	Before We All Die		Reigning Phoenix	[36]
February 6	Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Laughter in Summer		Transgressive	[37]
	Dream Nails	You Wish		Marshall Records	[38]
	Karnivool	In Verses		Cymatic Records	[39]
	Robbie Williams	Britpop		Columbia	[40]
February 13	Ásgeir	Julia		One Little Independent	[41]
February 20	Leigh-Anne	My Ego Told Me To		Virgin Music	[42]
	New Found Glory	Listen Up!		Pure Noise	[43]
February 27	Rob Zombie	The Great Satan		Nuclear Blast	[44]

March

List of albums to be released in March 2026

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
March 20	Gorillaz	The Mountain		Kong Records	[45]
	Morgan Evans	Steel Town		Virgin Records	[46]
March 27	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday 3		Republic Records	[47]

Unscheduled and TBA

List of albums to be released sometime in 2026

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Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Asia	TBA		Frontiers	[48]
BTS	TBA			[49]
Bruce Springsteen	TBA			[50]
Deep Purple	TBA			[51]
Evanescence	TBA			[52]
Exodus	TBA			[53]
Gojira	TBA			[54]
Gorguts	TBA			[55]
Lita Ford	TBA			[56]
Luke Combs	TBA			[57]
Madonna	Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2		Warner	[58]
Martin Garrix	TBA			[59]
Ministry	TBA			[60]
Muse	TBA			[61]
Papa Roach	TBA		New Noize Records, ADA	[62]
Saxon	TBA			[63]
Symphony X	TBA			[64]
Tori Amos	In Times of Dragons		Fontana	[65]
Trivium	TBA			[66]

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