We’re tracking 200+ confirmed and rumored album releases in 2026 from artists like Nicki Minaj, Lana Del Rey, Gorillaz, Charli XCX, ASAP Rocky, Megadeth, and hundreds more. This release calendar is updated weekly as new albums are announced. As albums drop, we’ll add links to our reviews and in-depth writeups.
The artists and albums listed in the following 2026 album releases reflect the most current dates made available to The Daily Music Report at the time of publication. We will continue to update this list when new releases or updates occur. Check back often to see the latest.
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January 9, 2026
Alter Bridge – Alter Bridge
French Montana & Max B – Coke Wave 3.5
Mon Rovîa – Bloodline
Sault – Chapter 1
The Kid Laroi – Before I Forget
Zach Bryan – With Heaven on Top
January 15, 2026
They Might Be Giants – Eyeball EP
January 16, 2026
ASAP Rocky – Don’t Be Dumb
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore – Tragic Magic
Kreator – Krushers of the World
Local Weatherman – Right One
Madison Beer – Locket
Skrillex – Kora EP
Sleaford Mods – The Demise of Planet X
The Game, DJ Drama & Mike & Keys – New Mixtape
Vera Daisies – Clever Girl EP
Wiz Khalifa – Khaotic
Wormy – Shark River
YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Slime Cry
January 23, 2026
Ari Lennox – Vacancy
Cat Power – Redux EP
Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong
Megadeth – Megadeth
The Damned – Not Like Everybody Else
The Paper Kites – If You Go There, I Hope You Find It
Truman Sinclair – Rivers of Sugar and Blood EP
January 29, 2026
Trembler – Total Sorry EP
January 30, 2026
A. G. Cook – The Moment (The Score)
Buzzcocks – Attitude Adjustment
DaBaby – BE MORE GRATEFUL
Don Toliver – OCTANE
Kula Shaker – Wormslayer
Lana Del Rey – TBA
LOVVBÖMBING! – PISS! PEAS! PEACE!
Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong
My Morning Jacket – Peacelands
Radium Dolls – Wound Up
Yumi Zouma – No Love Lost to Kindness
February 6, 2026
Alice Costelloe – Move On With the Year
Daphni – Butterfly
ILLENIUM – ODYSSEY
J.Cole – The Fall-Off
Karnivool – In Verses
KMFDM – ENEMY
Nick Jonas – Sunday Best
Robbie Williams – Britpop
RZA – Bobby Digital Presents: Juice Crew EP
Silversun Pickups – Tenterhooks
Tha God Fahim – Tha Dark Shogunn Saga, Vol. 3
2070 – Big Blue
February 13, 2026
Ásgeir – Julia
Chet Faker – A Love For Strangers
Converge – Love Is Not Enough
Galcher Lustwerk – Vestibule EP
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern
Remember Sports – The Refrigerator
The Fake Friends – Let’s Not Overthink This
The Lone Bellow – What a Time to Be Alive
The Nude Party – Look Who’s Back
Ty Dolla $ign – Girl Music
February 18, 2026
U2 – Days Of Ash EP
February 20, 2026
Brian James (of The Damned) – Kicks And Diabolik Licks
Curren$y, Larry June & The Alchemist – Spiral Staircases
Exhumed – Asphalt
Hilary Duff – luck… or something
Mumford & Sons – Prizefighter
New Found Glory – Listen Up!
Peaches – No Lube So Rude
Yungblud – Idols II
February 24, 2026
Courtney Barnett – Mantis / Sugar Plum EP
February 26, 2026
HEALTH – R-TYPE 1 EP
February 27, 2026
Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
Buck Meek – The Mirror
cootie catcher – Something We All Got
Geese – Geese: Live at Third Man Records
Heavenly – Highway to Heavenly
Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth
Morrissey – Make-Up Is a Lie
Nothing – A Short History of Decay
Ritt Momney – BASE
Rob Zombie – The Great Satan
March 6, 2026
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – We Are Together Again
Bory – Never Turns To Night
Charlie Puth – Whatever’s Clever!
Flying Lotus – Big Mama EP
Harry Styles – Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
Morrissey – Make-Up Is a Lie
Gnarls Barkley – Atlanta
Osees – Cara Maluco EP
Squeeze – Trixies
March 13, 2026
Art School Girlfriend – Lean In
Evil Twin – Upside Down We’re Flying
James Blake – Trying Times
Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) – Mutiny After Midnight
Kim Gordon – PLAY ME
Lamb of God – Into Oblivion
The Black Crowes – A Pound Of Feathers
The Orielles – Only You Left
March 20, 2026
Amiture – Amiture Music
Anna Calvi – Is This All There Is? EP
Aure – printemps
BTS – ARIRANG
Exodus – Goliath
Girl Scout – Brink
Kid Cudi – HAVE U BN 2 HEAVEN @ NITE EP
Mach-Hommy – 5786 AM: Easy Listen
Ringing – Another Cycle in the Cosmic Wash
samxemma – Us Forever EP
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Future Soul
The Dandy Warhols – PIN UPS
March 27, 2026
Black Label Society – Engines of Demolition
Central Cee – ALL ROADS LEAD HOME EP
Charlie Puth – Whatever’s Clever!
Chief Keef – Skeletor
Fetty Wap – Zavier
Flea – Honora
Fcukers – Ö
José González – Against The Dying of The Light
Monster Rally – Echoes of the Emerald Sands
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday 3
RAYE – This Music May Contain Hope
Robyn – Sexistential
Stove God Cooks & Swizz Beatz – ALL THIS FOR ME?
Tigers Jaw – Lost on You
Tom Misch – Full Circle
Yeat – ADL
April 3, 2026
Arlo Parks – Ambiguous Desire
Bruce Hornsby – Indigo Park
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG – POMPEII // UTILITY
Pastel – A Lovers Manifesto
Robber Robber – Two Wheels Move the Soul
Sunn O))) – Sunn O)))
Swae Lee – Same Difference
Thundercat – Distracted
Wendy Eisenberg – Wendy Eisenberg
April 10, 2026
ARCHSPIRE – Too Fast To Die
Ellen and the Boyz – SEXY BUT SAD EP
Iguana Death Cult – Guns Out
Immolation – Descent
Laufey – Matter of Time: The Final Hour
Mei Semones – Kurage EP
Melvins and Napalm Death – Savage Imperial Death March
Serial Killers (Xzibit, B-Real, and Demrick) – The Thing of Ours
Squarepusher – Kammerkonzert
The Maine – Joy Next Door
They Might Be Giants – The World Is To Dig
Weezer – Weezer (Coloring Book)
April 17, 2026
Beaming – horseshoe
Gem Club – Emerald Press
Honey Dijon – NightLife
Motörhead – On Parole Sessions
Seether – Beneath The Surface EP
April 24, 2026
Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices) – Parallel Stride
Kneecap – FENIAN
Metric – Romanticize the Dive
Sepultura – The Cloud of Unknowing EP
May 1, 2026
American Football – LP4
Kacey Musgraves – Middle Of Nowhere
The Claypool Lennon Delirium – The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy
The Black Keys – Peaches!
May 8, 2026
Broken Social Scene – Remember the Humans
Deb Never – ARCADE
Social Distortion – Born To Kill
May 15, 2026
Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open
May 22, 2026
Bleachers – everyone for ten minutes
Ed O’Brien – Blue Morpho
May 29, 2026
Dogstar – All In Now
Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane
June 5, 2026
Converge – Hum Of Hurt
DJ Seinfeld – If This Is It
June 26, 2026
Knitting – Souvenir
Muse – THE WOW! SIGNAL
Unscheduled and TBA 2026
Anthrax – TBA
Black Veil Brides – TBA
Bruce Springsteen – TBA
BTS – TBA
Cardi B – TBA
Corrosion of Conformity – TBA
Deep Purple – TBA
DJ Khaled – Aalam of God
Evanescence – TBA
Exodus – TBA
Fear Factory – TBA
Five Finger Death Punch – TBA
Flea – TBA
Foo Fighters – TBA
Gojira – TBA
Luke Combs – TBA
Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2
Martin Garrix – TBA
Ministry – TBA
Muse – TBA
Overkill – TBA
Papa Roach – TBA
Peter Gabriel – o\i
Raye – TBA
The Black Crowes – TBA
Tool – TBA
Tori Amos – In Times of Dragons
Trivium – TBA
