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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.
For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2026 in music.
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Paleface Swiss | The Wilted | Blood Blast Distribution | [1] | |
| January 9 | Alter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Napalm | [2] | |
| Beyond the Black | Break the Silence | Nuclear Blast | [3] | ||
| The Cribs | Selling a Vibe | PIAS | [4] | ||
| Dry Cleaning | Secret Love | 4AD | [5] | ||
| The Protomen | Act III: This City Made Us | Rock opera | Sound Machine Records | [6] | |
| Zach Bryan | With Heaven on Top | [7] | |||
| January 15 | Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel | Celestun | [8] | ||
| January 16 | Cavetown | Running with Scissors | Futures Music Group | [9] | |
| DZ Deathrays | Easing Out of Control | DZ Worldwide | [10] | ||
| Edenbridge | Set the Dark on Fire | Steamhammer/SPV | [11] | ||
| Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore | Tragic Magic | inFiné | [12] | ||
| Kreator | Krushers of the World | Nuclear Blast | [13] | ||
| Madison Beer | Locket | Epic | [14] | ||
| Sleaford Mods | The Demise of Planet X | Rough Trade | [15] | ||
| Soen | Reliance | Silver Lining Music | [16] | ||
| January 21 | Artio | Soul Rot | LAB | [17] | |
| January 23 | Agnes | Beautiful Madness | [18] | ||
| Ari Lennox | Vacancy | Interscope | [19] | ||
| Callum Beattie | Indi | [20] | |||
| Crystal Lake | The Weight of Sound | Century Media | [21] | ||
| The Damned | Not Like Everybody Else | earMUSIC | [22] | ||
| The Format | Boycott Heaven | The Vanity Label | [23] | ||
| The Hara | The Fallout | Mascot | [24] | ||
| Jamie O'Neal | Gypsum | Audium, BFD Records | [25] | ||
| Louis Tomlinson | How Did I Get Here? | BMG | [26] | ||
| Lucinda Williams | World's Gone Wrong | Highway 20 Records | [27] | ||
| Megadeth | Megadeth | BLKIIBLK, Frontiers | [28] | ||
| The Paper Kites | If You Go There, I Hope You Find It | Wonderlick, Sony Music | [29] | ||
| Poppy | Empty Hands | Sumerian | [30] | ||
| PVA | No More Like This | It's All For Fun Records | [31] | ||
| Searows | Death in the Business of Whaling | Last Recordings On Earth | [32] | ||
| Textures | Genotype | [33] | |||
| January 30 | Ailbhe Reddy | Kiss Big | [34] | ||
| Buzzcocks | Attitude Adjustment | Cherry Red | [35] | ||
| Cast | Yeah Yeah Yeah | Scruff of the Neck Records | [36] | ||
| Demob Happy | The Grown Ups Are Talking | Milk Parlour Records | [37] | ||
| Francis Rossi | The Accidental | earMusic | [38] | ||
| Geologist | Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights? | Drag City | [39] | ||
| Jordan Ward | Backward | ARTium, Interscope | [40] | ||
| Joseph | Closer to Happy | [41] | |||
| Joyce Manor | I Used to Go to This Bar | Epitaph | [42] | ||
| Kula Shaker | Wormslayer | [43] | |||
| Lande Hekt | Lucky Now | Tapete | [44] | ||
| Sébastien Tellier | Kiss the Beast | Because | [45] | ||
| The Soft Pink Truth | Can Such Delightful Times Go on Forever? | Thrill Jockey | [46] | ||
| Whitelands | Sunlight Echoes | Sonic Cathedral | [47] | ||
| Yumi Zouma | No Love Lost to Kindness | Nettwerk | [48] | ||
| TBA | Lana Del Rey | Stove | Interscope, Polydor | [49] | |
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 6 | Charlie Puth | Whatever's Clever! | Atlantic | [81] | |
| Matt Corby | Tragic Magic | Island Records Australia | [82] | ||
| Squeeze | Trixies | BMG | [83] | ||
| March 13 | The Orielles | Only You Left | Heavenly | [84] | |
| The Scratch | Pull Like a Dog | Music for Nations, Sony Music Ireland | [85] | ||
| Soft Machine | Thirteen | Dyad Records | [86] | ||
| Yonaka | Hope You're Satisfied | Distiller Records | [87] | ||
| March 20 | Gorillaz | The Mountain | Kong Records | [88] | |
| Haircut One Hundred | Boxing the Compass | [89] | |||
| Morgan Evans | Steel Town | Virgin Records | [90] | ||
| March 27 | Mallavora | What If Better Never Comes? | Church Road | [91] | |
| Nicki Minaj | TBA | Republic Records | [92] | ||
| Paula Kelley | Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out | Wharf Cat Records | [93] | ||
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
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| April 8 | Attila | Concrete Throne | [94] | ||
| April 10 | Joe Jackson | Hope and Fury | Sharp Practice Records, earMusic | [95] | |
| April 17 | Skindred | You Got This | Earache | [96] | |
| Tiga | HotLife | Electronic, dance | [97] | ||
| April 24 | Jason Aldean | Songs About Us | [98] | ||
| Meghan Trainor | Toy with Me | [99] | |||
| Reverend and the Makers | Is this Happiness Feels?. | [100] | |||
| Go to: January | February | March | April | May | Unscheduled and TBA | Back to top | |||||
| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Melanie C | Sweat | Virgin Music | [101] | |
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| Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | TBA | Frontiers | [102] | |
| Cardi B | TBA | Atlantic | [103] | |
| BTS | TBA | [104] | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | TBA | [105] | ||
| Deep Purple | TBA | [106] | ||
| Europe | TBA | [107] | ||
| Evanescence | TBA | [108] | ||
| Exodus | TBA | [109] | ||
| Fear Factory | TBA | [110] | ||
| Gojira | TBA | [111] | ||
| Gorguts | TBA | [112] | ||
| Lita Ford | TBA | [113] | ||
| Luke Combs | TBA | [114] | ||
| Madonna | Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2 | Warner | [115] | |
| Martin Garrix | TBA | [116] | ||
| Ministry | TBA | [117] | ||
| Muse | TBA | [118] | ||
| Overkill | TBA | [119] | ||
| Papa Roach | TBA | New Noize Records, ADA | [120] | |
| Saxon | TBA | [121] | ||
| Symphony X | TBA | [122] | ||
| Tori Amos | In Times of Dragons | Fontana | [123] | |
| Trivium | TBA | [124] | ||