From major pop comebacks and K-pop releases to long-awaited rock albums and hip-hop projects, 2026 has delivered a packed schedule of new music. With artists frequently announcing release dates, postponing projects or dropping surprise records, keeping up with every album can be a challenge.

Several major releases have already shaped the year. Hilary Duff returned with Luck…or Something, her first album in a decade, in February after announcing her comeback and Atlantic Records deal the previous September. BTS also confirmed its return as a group with Arirang in March, following a lengthy break that allowed members to complete South Korea’s mandatory military service and pursue solo projects.

BLACKPINK added to the excitement with DEADLINE in February, followed by news in August that three members had solo projects planned for the year. Harry Styles also released his fourth studio album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, in March.

Spring and summer brought a series of high-profile releases from female pop stars, including Madonna, Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande. The rock calendar also filled up, with projects from Anthrax and Tom Morello scheduled for September, followed by albums from Nickelback and industrial music veterans Ministry in October.

One of the year’s biggest surprises came from Taylor Swift. On Sept. 22, she announced a new song, “Patient Zero,” before revealing the expanded project The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, which includes four new tracks.

The calendar below organizes announced album releases by month and date, with record labels included where available. Albums that have been announced without a confirmed release date appear in a separate section.

January

Jan. 9

  • The Kid Laroi — Before I Forget (Columbia Records)
  • Zach Bryan — With Heaven On Top

Jan. 12

  • DxS (SEVENTEEN) — Serenade (PLEDIS Entertainment)

Jan. 16

  • A$AP Rocky — Don’t Be Dumb
  • DaBaby — Be More Grateful
  • ENHYPEN — THE SIN : VANISH (BELIFT LAB)
  • Heated Rivalry soundtrack
  • Madison Beer — Locket (Epic Records)

Jan. 23

  • Louis Tomlinson — How Did I Get Here?
  • Megadeth — Megadeth (Tradecraft/BLKIIBLK)
  • XG — THE CORE – 核

Jan. 30

  • Don Toliver — Octane (Cactus Jack/Atlantic)
  • DaBaby — Be More Grateful (SCMG/Interscope)

February

Feb. 6

  • J. Cole — The Fall-Off
  • KMFDM — ENEMY
  • Nick Jonas — Sunday Best (Republic Records)
  • Puscifer — Normal Isn’t (Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG)

Feb. 13

  • Brent Faiyaz — Icon (ISO Supremacy)
  • Charli xcx — Wuthering Heights companion album
  • Jill Scott — To Whom This May Concern (Human Re Sources/The Orchard)

Feb. 20

  • Baby Keem — Ca$ino
  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert soundtrack (Legacy Recordings)
  • Hilary Duff — Luck…or Something (Atlantic Records)
  • Megan Moroney — Cloud 9
  • Mumford & Sons — Prizefighter (Glassnote)
  • Yungblud — Idols II (Capitol Records/Locomotion)

Feb. 27

  • BLACKPINK — DEADLINE
  • Bruno Mars — The Romantic
  • Gorillaz — The Mountain (KONG/The Orchard)
  • Mitski — Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)
  • Paul McCartney — Man on the Run soundtrack

March

March 6

  • Harry Styles — Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally
  • Juanes — JuanesTeban

March 13

  • Jack Harlow — Monica
  • Lamb of God — Into Oblivion (Epic Records)

March 20

  • BTS — Arirang (BigHit Music)
  • Luke Combs — The Way I Am (Sony Music Nashville)
  • The Dandy Warhols — Pin Ups (Beat The World/Little Cloud Records)

March 27

  • Fetty Wap — Zavier
  • RAYE — This Music May Contain Hope (Human Re Sources)
  • Robyn — Sexistential (Young)
  • The Twilight Sad — It’s the Long Goodbye (Rock Actions Records)
  • Ye — Bully (gamma.)
  • Charlie Puth — Whatever’s Clever (Atlantic)
  • Yeat — ADL (Capitol)
  • Melanie Martinez — Hades (Atlantic)
  • Central Cee — All Roads Lead Home (Columbia)

April

April 3

  • Charley Crockett — Age of the Ram

April 10

  • Ella Langley — Dandelion (SAWGOD/Columbia Records)
  • Snoop Dogg — 10 Til’ Midnight

April 14

  • They Might Be Giants — The World Is to Dig

April 15

  • John Summit — CTRL Escape (Experts Only/Darkroom Records)

April 17

  • M.I.A. — M.I.7 (OHMNIMUSIC)
  • Nine Inch Nails — Nine Inch Noize
  • Zayn — Konnakol (Mercury Records/Island Records U.K.)

April 22

  • Akon — Beautiful Day (Konvict Kulture)

April 24

  • Demi Lovato — It’s Not That Deep (Unless You Want It to Be) (DLG Recordings/Island Records)
  • Foo Fighters — Your Favorite Toy (Roswell Records/RCA Records)
  • Kehlani — Kehlani (Atlantic Records)
  • Noah Kahan — The Great Divide (Mercury)
  • Jason Aldean — Songs About Us (Broken Bow)
  • Meghan Trainor — Toy With Me (Epic)

April 30

  • Health — Addendum (Loma Vista Recordings)

May

May 1

  • Kacey Musgraves — Middle of Nowhere (Lost Highway/Interscope)
  • Mel C — Sweat (Virgin Music Group)
  • Rita Wilson — Sound of a Woman
  • Toadies — The Charmer (Spaceflight Records)

May 8

  • Chris Brown — Brown (Chris Brown Entertainment/RCA Records)
  • Jason Mraz — Grandma’s Gospel Favorites (Interrabang/BMG)
  • Josh Groban — Cinematic (Reprise Records)
  • Muna — Dancing on the Wall (Saddest Factory Records/Secretly Group)

May 15

  • All-American Rejects — Sandbox
  • Drake — Iceman
  • Maluma — Loco x Volver

May 18

  • Taeyong — WYLD

May 21

  • JPEGMAFIA — Experimental Rap

May 22

  • Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa (Live From Mexico) (Warner Records)
  • LE SSERAFIM — ‘PUREFLOW’ pt.1

May 29

  • aespa — LEMONADE
  • Dogstar — All In Now (Dillon Street Records)
  • Paul McCartney — The Boys of Dungeon Lane (MPL/Capitol Records)
  • Shinedown — EI8HT (Atlantic Records)

June

June 1

  • SHINee — Atmos (SM Entertainment)

June 5

  • Death Cab for Cutie — I Built You a Tower (ANTI- Records)
  • Evanescence — Sanctuary
  • Lizzo — Bitch
  • Niall Horan — Dinner Party (Capitol Records)

June 8

  • BOYNEXTDOOR — HOME

June 12

  • Bebe Rexha — Dirty Blonde
  • BLXST — Labor of Love (EMPIRE/International BLXST)
  • Olivia Rodrigo — You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (Geffen Records)
  • Sublime — Until the Sun Explodes
  • Tori Kelly — God Must Really Love Me (Epic Records)

June 16

  • Muse — The WOW! Signal (Warner Records)

June 26

  • The Pretty Reckless — Dear God (Fearless Records)

June 29

  • V8 (SEVENTEEN subset) — V8

July

July 3

  • Madonna — Confessions II (Warner Records)
  • Sienna Spiro — Visitor (Capitol)

July 10

  • Adam Lambert — Adam
  • Future — The Real Me
  • Jack White — Frozen Charlotte (Third Man Records)
  • My Chemical Romance — Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Deluxe Edition) (Reprise Records)
  • The Rolling Stones — Foreign Tongues (Capitol Records)
  • YEONJUN — NO LABELS: PART 02 (BIGHIT MUSIC)

July 17

  • Gracie Abrams — Daughter From Hell (Interscope Records)

July 24

  • Charli xcx — Music, Fashion, Film
  • Flo — Therapy at the Club (Republic Records)
  • Shania Twain — Little Miss Twain (Republic Nashville)
  • Tyla — APop* (Epic)

July 31

  • Ariana Grande — Petal

August

Aug. 3

  • Picheolin (SEVENTEEN’s DINO) — 吉BOARD (Gilboard)

Aug. 7

  • Karol G — No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto
  • Role Model — Chuck Timely & The Hourglass (Polydor)
  • Stray Kids — THIS & THAT (Republic Records)

Aug. 14

  • Becky G — Baraja Bendita
  • Camp Rock 3 soundtrack
  • Carly Simon — Comes in Waves
  • Icona Pop — Ritual (Ultra Records/Iconic Sound Recordings)
  • KATSEYE — WILD (HYBE x Geffen)
  • Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux — Prolific (All Money In/Out The Blue/Atlantic Records)
  • Phoebe Bridgers — Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans)

Aug. 19

  • Feid — El Club de las 19 Flores

Aug. 21

  • Brandon Flowers — Thrasher (Island Records)
  • Chelsea Wolfe — The Dark (Loma Vista)
  • Dan + Shay — Young (Warner Records Nashville)
  • ENHYPEN — THE SIN : BLISS (HYBE)
  • Sam Smith — Hazel Eyes (Capitol Records)
  • Stella Lefty — Long Way Home (Atlantic Outpost)
  • Weezer — Self-Titled (Reprise/Warner Records)

Aug. 24

  • NCT 127 — BLINGY (SM Entertainment/Virgin Music Group)

Aug. 25

  • Busta Rhymes — Dillagence 2

Aug. 28

  • Dinosaur Jr. — There Near (Jagjaguwar)
  • Erykah Badu and The Alchemist — joint album, title not yet announced (Control FREAQ Records/Young Recordings)
  • JENNIE — Fallen Angel
  • Lauren Alaina — Stages
  • Little Big Town — It’s a Dying Art (MCA)
  • Mastodon — Marrow Deep (Loma Vista Recordings)
  • Mike D 5D — Thank You (Capitol Records)
  • Prince — Timeless (Legacy Recordings)
  • Rod Wave — Don’t Look Down (Alamo Records)
  • Sara Bareilles — Good Grief (Epic Records)
  • The Linda Lindas — Gotta Get Out (Reprise/Warner Records)

September

Sept. 4

  • Rebecca Black — Age of the Exhibitionist

Sept. 18

  • Anthrax — Cursum Perficio (Megaforce Records)
  • beabadoobee — Pylon (Dirty Hit/Interscope Records)
  • Beck — Ride Lonesome (Capitol Records)
  • Carly Rae Jepsen — Day and Night (Interscope Records)
  • Luke Bryan — Signs
  • Miley Cyrus — Bass Persuades (Atlantic Records)
  • Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts — Second Song (Reprise Records)
  • Orville Peck — Mule (Warner Records)
  • Tove Lo — Estrus

Sept. 25

  • Kenny Chesney — Silver Sands Marina (Hey Now Records)
  • Ms. Rachel — I’m So Happy (Magic Star)
  • Taylor Swift — The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore
  • Tinashe — Popstar
  • Tom Morello — Everyone Gets Everything They Want (Mom + Pop Music)

October

Oct. 1

  • Pablo Vittar — Lost in Lust (The Orchard)

Oct. 2

  • Miranda Lambert — Crisco (MCA)
  • Quavo — QRÖMELIFE
  • Victoria Monét — Frequency of Love (Lovett Music/RCA Records)
  • Wynonna — The Hard Truth (ANTI- Records)

Oct. 9

  • Greta Van Fleet — Palace for the People (Republic Records)
  • Troye Sivan — She’s the Best
  • Pitbull — Pitcoin
  • Sheryl Crow — Pick You Up (Old Green Barn Productions LLC)

Oct. 19

  • SEVENTEEN’s JEONGHAN & JOSHUA, performing as JxJ — DREAMSCAPE (HYBE/Pledis Entertainment)

Oct. 23

  • Brothers Osborne — Watertown (MCA)
  • LISA — Press Play
  • My Chemical Romance — The Black Parade (20th Anniversary) (Reprise Records)

Oct. 30

  • Mariah Carey — Glitter digital deluxe edition (Def Jam/UMe)
  • Ministry — Hate to Go (Cleopatra Records)
  • Nickelback — Everything Under the Sun (Virgin Music Group)

November

Nov. 6

  • Kings of Leon — O My Beloved (Love Tap Records)

Nov. 11

  • 2hollis — Pirouette (Interscope Records)

Nov. 13

  • Randy Travis — Same Old Way (Warner Records Nashville)

Albums Expected in 2026 Without Confirmed Dates

The following projects have been announced or teased, but a specific release date has not yet been provided:

  • 4 Non Blondes — title to be announced (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Lana Del Rey — Stove
  • William Shatner — untitled metal album
  • Dionne Warwick — DWuets

As more artists reveal their plans, this release calendar will continue to evolve. Fans can use it to follow major album announcements across pop, hip-hop, country, rock, K-pop and other genres throughout the rest of 2026.