The curtain has officially risen on 2026, and the year is already shaping up to be packed with major album releases.
Beyond the opening stretch, anticipation continues to build for new projects from Taylor Swift, Troye Sivan, LISA and Tinashe. Several long-awaited releases are also expected to finally materialize. Olivia Rodrigo returned with her third album You Seem Pretty Sad For a Girl So in Love. Drake’s new album Iceman dropped on May 15. Ariana Grande returns with her highly anticipated eighth album Petal.
Lana Del Rey has also confirmed that a new record is on the way. Adding to the excitement, Madonna is set to return with the highly anticipated Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2, marking one of the most iconic comebacks of the year.
From pop to rock, from rap to reggae, from country to R&B, there is something for everyone in this diverse and exciting lineup of musical projects. Here are the most anticipated albums on the way, sorted by their release dates.
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September
25th:
- The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore – Taylor Swift
- Popstar – Tinashe
- Tough Love – Nessa Barrett
- Rebecca – Becky Hill
- Stray Dogs – Nothing But Thieves
- Silver Sands Marina – Kenny Chesney
- Happiness Anytime – Leon Bridges
- I Wrote You a Letter – M83
- Everyone Gets Everything They Want – Tom Morello
- Not Normal – Cara Delavingne
October
1st:
- Lost in Lust – Pabllo Vittar
2nd:
- Frequency of Love – Victoria Monét
- Qröme Life – Quavo
- Crisco – Miranda Lambert
- Sunriser – Lee Brice
- We Were Only Young – Kodaline
8th:
- Pitcoin – Pitbull
9th:
- She’s The Best – Troye Sivan
- How to Quit Smoking – Dominic Fike
- Generic Everything – Chase & Status
- Mud – Remi Wolf
- Pick You Up – Sheryl Crow
- Palace for the People – Greta Van Fleet
12th:
- I Spy – NCT Wish
16th:
- Dopamine Chamber – Fontaines D.C.
- I Think I Spoke Too Soon – Rachel Chinouriri
- Instinct – Angèle
- Big Stupid Heart – Andy Grammer
- No Bad Memories – The Avalanches
23rd:
- Press Play – LISA
- Heavy Is the Crown – Anderson .Paak and Cordae
- Muse – John Legend
- Watertown – Brothers Osborne
30th:
- Everything Under the Sun – Nickelback
- Fantasize – Chloe Qisha
November
6th:
- Airplane Mode – James Blunt
- The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings – Bob Dylan
- How’s It Goin – Bryan Adams
- O My Beloved – Kings of Leon
11th:
- Pirouette – 2hollis
13th:
- Devotion – David Kushner
TBA
- The Eternal Buzz – Post Malone
- Stove – Lana Del Rey
- TBA – Ludacris
- Pretty B***h Music – Saweetie
- Megan: Act III – Megan Thee Stallion
- TBA – Cardi B
- TBA – Dove Cameron
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