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The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2026 in music in the United States.

Notable events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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  • 2 – Peabo Bryson died from a stroke at the age of 75.
  • 5 – Bedouine released her first studio album in five years, Neon Summer Skin.
  • 12 – Dirty Heads released their first studio album in four years, 7 Seas.[28]
    • Sublime released their first studio album in thirty years, Until the Sun Explodes. It is their first album released since the death of original frontman Bradley Nowell in 1996, with his son, Jakob, providing lead vocals for this album.
    • Baauer released his first studio album in six years, U.
    • Sleeping with Sirens released their first studio album in four years, An Ending in Itself.
    • Khemmis released their self-titled studio album, their first in five years.
    • Kelsey Lu released her first studio album in seven years, So Help Me God.
    • Genghis Tron released their first studio album in five years, Signal Fire.
  • 14 – Singer Oliver Tree was among six people killed in a mid-air helicopter collision in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil while undertaking his first world tour. Tree was 32 years old.[29]
  • 18 – Sixpence None the Richer bassist Justin Cary died from a stroke at the age of 50.
  • 19 – D12 released their first studio album in twenty-two years, D12 Forever Vol. 1. It will be the group's first album since the murder of member Proof in 2006 and the departures of former members Eminem and Mr. Porter in 2018, being the latter's second departure, and will feature a posthumous appearance from Proof.
    • YG released his first solo studio album in four years, The Gentlemen's Club.
  • 26 – Butthole Surfers will release their first studio album in twenty-five years, After the Astronaut. Originally intended to be released in 1998 as the successor to 1996's Electriclarryland, the album was initially canceled due to record label politics.[30]
    • T.I. will release his final studio album, Kill the King, his first in six years.
    • Switchfoot will release their first studio album in five years, Forever Now.[31]
    • The Pretty Reckless will release their first studio album in five years, Dear God.
    • Some Velvet Sidewalk will release their first studio album in twenty-nine years, Critters Encore.
    • Girl Trouble will release their first studio album in twenty-three years, As Is.
    • Downtown Boys will release their first studio album in nine years, Public Luxury.
    • Junius will release their first studio album in nine years, Sotera.

July

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  • 3 – Madonna will release her first studio album in seven years, Confessions II.
  • 10 – The Plot in You will release their self-titled studio album, their first in five years.
    • Ne-Yo will release his first studio album in four years, Highway 79.
    • Show Me the Body will release their first studio album in four years, Alone Together.
    • Eva Under Fire will release their first studio album in four years, Villainous.
  • 17 – Steve Lacy will release his first studio album in four years, Oh Yeah?.
    • DJ Khaled will release his first studio album in four years, Aalam of God.
    • Motionless in White will release their first studio album in four years, Decades.
    • Rick Ross will release his first solo studio album in five years, Set in Stone.
    • Syd will release her first studio album in four years, Beard.
    • Quicksand will release their first studio album in five years, Bring on the Physics.
    • Tesla will release their first studio album in seven years, Homage.
  • 24 – Cypress Hill will release their first studio album in four years and their first Spanish-language album, Dios Bendiga.
  • 31 – Shearwater will release their first studio album in four years, The New World.

August

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  • 14 – Carly Simon will release her first studio album in seventeen years and her first of original material in eighteen years, Comes in Waves.
  • 21 – Weezer will release their seventh self-titled album, also known as the Gold Album. It will be the band's first studio album in four years and their first traditional studio album in five years.
    • Brandon Flowers of The Killers will release his first solo studio album in eleven years, Thrasher.
    • Lambchop will release their first studio album in four years, Punching the Clown.
  • 28 – Mike D will release his debut solo studio album, Thank You. It will be his first full album of new material in the fourteen years since the Beastie Boys' disbandment.
    • Interpol will release their first studio album in four years, This Mirror Weighs a Ton.
    • Sara Bareilles will release her first studio album in seven years, Good Grief.
    • Everlast will release his first studio album in eight years, Embers to Ashes.
    • Saul Williams will release his first solo studio album in seven years, Leap Life.
    • Russian Circles will release their first studio album in four years, Nine.
    • Lauren Alaina will release her first studio album in five years, Stages.

September

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  • 3 – Hieroglyphics will release their first studio album in thirteen years, All Said and Done.
  • 4 – Mykki Blanco will release his first studio album in four years, Cafe Paradiso.
  • 11 – Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem will release his first solo album in five years, Not Bad for New Jersey.
  • 18 – Anthrax will release their first studio album in ten years, Cursum Perficio.
    • Son Lux will release their first studio album in five years, Out Into.
    • Emma Ruth Rundle will release her first solo studio album in five years, These Killing Times.

October

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  • 2 – Wynonna Judd will release her first studio album in ten years, The Hard Truth. It will be her first album released since the death of her mother and duo partner in the Judds, Naomi Judd, in 2022.
    • Lee Brice will release his first studio album in six years, Sunriser.[33]

Second quarter

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  • The Ataris will release their first studio album in nineteen years.[34]
  • Blondie will release their first studio album in nine years, High Noon. It will be their first since the 2025 death of longtime drummer Clem Burke, who contributed to the album prior to his death.[35]
  • Meliah Rage will release their first studio album in eight years, Slaves in the Afterlife.[36]

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  • 4 Non Blondes will release their first studio album in thirty-four years.[37]
  • Abysmal Dawn will release their first studio album in six years.[38]
  • Adema will release their first studio album in nineteen years, Cruel Machine.[39]
  • American Hi-Fi will release their first studio album in twelve years.[40]
  • Bad Religion will release their first studio album in seven years.[41]
  • Lindsey Buckingham will release his first solo studio album in five years.[42]
  • Cake will release their first studio album in fifteen years.[41]
  • Cartel will release their first studio album in thirteen years.[43]
  • Chiodos will release their first studio album in twelve years.[44]
  • Clutch will release their first studio album in four years.[45]
  • Cold will release their first studio album in seven years.[46]
  • Cro-Mags will release their first studio album in six years.[47]
  • Dangerous Toys will release their first studio album in thirty-one years.[48]
  • Death Angel will release their first studio album in seven years.[49]
  • Down will release their first studio album in nineteen years.[50]
  • Drowning Pool will release their first studio album in four years. It will be the band's first album in sixteen years to feature returning vocalist Ryan McCombs, following Jasen Moreno's departure in 2023.[51]
  • Everclear will release their first studio album in eleven years.[52]
  • Excel will release their first studio album in thirty-one years.[53]
  • Fear Factory will release their first studio album in five years. It will be the band's first album with current lead vocalist Milo Silvestro and current drummer Pete Webber, both of whom joined in 2023.[54]
  • Five Finger Death Punch will release their first studio album in four years.[55]
  • Forbidden will release their first studio album in sixteen years. It will be the band's first album to feature their new lead vocalist Norman Skinner as the replacement of original vocalist Russ Anderson, who is retired.[56]
  • Lita Ford will release her first studio album in ten years and her first of all-new material in fourteen years.[57]
  • Guns N' Roses will release their first studio album in eighteen years. It will be the band's first album in thirty-three years, and their first of all-new material in thirty-five years, to feature guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan.[42]
  • Hatebreed will release their first studio album in six years.[58]
  • Heathen will release their first studio album in six years.[59]
  • Icon will release their first studio album in thirty-seven years.[60]
  • Incubus will release their first studio album in nine years, Something in the Water.[42] It will be their first studio album to feature bassist Nicole Row following the departure of longtime bassist Ben Kenney in 2023.
  • The Interrupters will release their first studio album in four years.[61]
  • Korn will release their first studio album in four years.[62]
  • Limp Bizkit will release their first studio album in five years. It will be their first since the 2025 death of original bassist Sam Rivers, who had contributed to new music with the band by the time he died.[63][64]
  • Living Colour will release their first studio album in nine years.[42]
  • Mastodon will release their first studio album in five years. It will be their first album since the 2025 departure and subsequent death of former lead guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds.[65]
  • Mudvayne will release their first studio album in seventeen years.[66]
  • Murphy's Law will release their first studio album in twenty-five years.[67]
  • Stevie Nicks will release her first solo studio album in twelve years, and her first of all-new material in fifteen years.[42]
  • Papa Roach will release their first studio album in four years.[68]
  • Power Trip will release their first studio album in nine years. It will be their first album recorded since the death of original frontman Riley Gale in 2020, and also their first to feature lead vocals by his replacement, Seth Gilmore.[69]
  • Queensrÿche will release their first studio album in four years.[70]
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers will release their first studio album in four years. It will be their third album together with guitarist John Frusciante since his second return to the band in 2019.[71]
  • Sacred Reich will release their first studio album in seven years, Into the Abyss.[72]
  • Savatage will release their first studio album in twenty-five years, Curtain Call.[73]
  • Snot will release their first studio album in twenty-six years. It will be the band's first album to feature their new lead vocalist Andy Knapp as the replacement of original vocalist Lynn Strait, who died in 1998.[74]
  • Soil will release their first studio album in thirteen years.[75]
  • Soundgarden will release their first studio album in fourteen years. Intended as their final studio album, it will include the final recordings of frontman Chris Cornell, who died in 2017.[76][77][78]
  • Spineshank will release their first studio album in fourteen years.[79]
  • Bruce Springsteen will release his first studio album in four years and his first non-archival album of original material in six years.[80]
  • Suicidal Tendencies will release their first studio album in eight years, and their first of all-new material in ten years. It will be their first release with guitarist Ben Weinman and bassist Tye Trujillo (son of former Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo).[81]
  • Symphony X will release their first studio album in eleven years.[82]
  • Trivium will release their first studio album in five years.[83]
  • Ugly Kid Joe will release their first studio album in four years.[84]
  • Vinnie Vincent Invasion will release their first studio album in thirty-eight years, Judgment Day Guitarmageddon.[85]
  • Vio-lence will release their first studio album in thirty-three years.[86]
  • Joe Walsh will release his first solo studio album in fourteen years.[42]
  • ZZ Top will release their first studio album in fourteen years.[42] It will be their first since the 2021 death of original bassist Dusty Hill, and will include unreleased tracks recorded with him.[87]

Bands disbanded

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List of albums released

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See also: List of 2026 albums

January

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
9 Alter Bridge Alter Bridge
With Heaven on Top Zach Bryan
Act III: This City Made Us The Protomen
III Pullman
16 Don't Be Dumb ASAP Rocky
Locket Madison Beer
Stand on My Shoulders Nicholas Galanin Electronic
The Dreamin' Kind Langhorne Slim
Eat Yourself Together Pangea
23 Everywhere You Look Currensy Southern hip-hop
Boycott Heaven[88] The Format Indie rock
Nine Lives Goldfinger
20/20 The Infamous Stringdusters
Melodrama Lina
Megadeth Megadeth Thrash metal
Death in the Business of Whaling Searows
30 My Ghosts Go Ghost By Storm Experimental hip-hop
Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights? Geologist Electronic
Closer to Happy Joseph
I Used to Go to This Bar Joyce Manor
Octane Don Toliver
Backward Jordan Ward

February

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 Lost in the Wonder Cory Wong
6 The Space Between Us Robert Deeble Folk
Odyssey Illenium
The Fall-Off J. Cole Hip-hop
Under the Streetlights Michael Marcagi
Normal Isn't Puscifer
Tenterhooks Silversun Pickups
13 Cold 2 The Touch Angel Dust
Love Is Not Enough Converge
What a Time to Be Alive The Lone Bellow
Mariachi El Bronx IV Mariachi El Bronx
A.R.S.O.N. Story of the Year
Up Above Wrabel
20 Luck... or Something Hilary Duff
Red Asphalt Exhumed Death metal
Dedication Mirah
Cloud 9 Megan Moroney
Somewhere In Between Mothica
Listen Up![12] New Found Glory
27 My Days of 58 Bill Callahan
Heaven 2 Lala Lala Indie rock
The Romantic Bruno Mars
Base Ritt Momney Indie pop
Glass Minds A Thousand Horses
Dreamers in Exile Voxtrot
Cheap Heat A Wilhelm Scream
The Great Satan Rob Zombie

March

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
6 Hoppers Mark Mothersbaugh
Reality Star Surfbort Punk rock
Hellhound Vial
Thrashquake[13] Whiplash
13 A Pound of Feathers The Black Crowes
A Light That Waits The Fray
Mutiny After Midnight Johnny Blue Skies
Into Oblivion Lamb of God
Still There's a Glow Sweet Pill
20 The Way I Am Luke Combs Country
Goliath Exodus Thrash metal
No Need to Be Lonely Gladie Indie rock
An Undying Love for a Burning World Neurosis
Peace in Place Poison the Well
Closer to the Sun Tyketto
27 Almost There[14] The Academy Is...
Engines of Demolition Black Label Society
Everything Glows[89] Cannons
Rise Melissa Etheridge
Honora Flea
Before the World Caves In Good Riddance
Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out Paula Kelley
Heavy on the Soul Ty Myers Country
Ricochet Snail Mail Indie rock
Lost on You Tigers Jaw
Moo King Tuff

April

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Good, Like It Should Be Ber Indie pop
Good God / Baad Man Corrosion of Conformity
Sunn O))) Sunn O)))
The Master Plan Michael Sweet
10 Nowhere at Last Broadside
Joy Next Door[90] The Maine
Dead to Rights Metal Church
14 The World Is to Dig They Might Be Giants
17 Veils[18] Vanessa Carlton Pop
Chasing the Hydra Crimson Glory
Reflections From Ashes to New
Something Is a Shell Sofia Isella
Nine Inch Noize Nine Inch Noize Industrial techno
Sanctions Souled American
21 Zenzealia Azealia Banks Spoken word
24 Beautiful Day[20] Akon
Songs About Us Jason Aldean
The End Is Not the End[91] Atreyu
Chasing Crowns The Cab
New Day John Corabi
Graceland Way Mikaela Davis Alternative rock
Location Lost[92] Failure
Your Favorite Toy Foo Fighters
Something Worth Waiting For Friko Indie rock
The Great Divide[21] Noah Kahan
Kehlani Kehlani R&B
Still Suffer[22] Terror Hardcore punk
Toy with Me Meghan Trainor
Love You Madly Hate You Badly Oliver Tree

May

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 American Football American Football
In Times of Dragons Tori Amos
Long Wave Home Jesca Hoop
Middle of Nowhere Kacey Musgraves Country
It's Been Awful Isaiah Rashad Hip-hop
The Charmer[23] Toadies
Sound of a Woman Rita Wilson
Victory Garden[93] Young the Giant
8 The Me That Remains Amy Grant
Barely Here Koyo
Dancing on the Wall Muna
Arcade Deb Never
Let It Die Here Linda Perry
Born to Kill Social Distortion
15 Change of Plans 49 Winchester
Sandbox The All-American Rejects
Livin Proof Robin Beck
Little Wide Open Kevin Morby
Retrospect Mya R&B
Stone Cold Anger Pro-Pain
American Stories[94] Rostam
Of Earth & Fires Dua Saleh
22 The Anthology of Unamerican Folk Music Marisa Anderson Americana
Emotion Factory Reset Armored Saint
Everyone for Ten Minutes Bleachers
Who's Keeping Time? Alela Diane
Wasted Potential Skylar Grey
Ugly Duckling Union Lowerton Indie rock
Paradessence Visible Cloaks
29 Undead Melody Dark Divine
All In Now Dogstar
Eight Shinedown
Cut a Silhouette Sparta
Philadelphia's Been Good to Me Kurt Vile

June

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
5 Neon Summer Skin Bedouine Folk
Hum of Hurt Converge
I Built You a Tower Death Cab for Cutie Rock
Sanctuary Evanescence Rock
Bitch[26] Lizzo
What a Time Barry Manilow Pop
Bridges[27] Jo Dee Messina Country
An Eraser and a Maze Modest Mouse Indie rock
Louder Than Fate Jared James Nichols
Grateful The Red Clay Strays Country
Roses Widowspeak
The Hymns[95] CeCe Winans Contemporary Christian
12 U Baauer
7 Seas[28] Dirty Heads
Signal Fire Genghis Tron Experimental metal
Khemmis Khemmis Doom metal
So Help Me God Kelsey Lu
Dirty Blonde Bebe Rexha
An Ending in Itself Sleeping with Sirens
Medusa Stitched Up Heart
Until the Sun Explodes Sublime
19 Sweet American Boy Honestav Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Whack's Museum Tierra Whack R&B, Hip Hop
Dream Me A Dream Tucker Zimmerman
Saturday Night/Sunday Morning PJ Morton R&B, Soul
The Story of Michael and Tanya The War and Treaty R&B, Gospel, Southern Soul

List of albums set to be released

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See also: 2026 in music

June

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
26 After the Astronaut Butthole Surfers
Time Will Tell Devon Gilfillian
Dear God The Pretty Reckless
Forever Now[31] Switchfoot

July

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Xperiment Ken Carson Southern Hip Hop, Rap
Live From The Guild Theater L.A. Guns Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Livin' in the USA Low Cut Connie Rock and roll
Confessions II Madonna
10 Villainous Eva Under Fire Hard Rock, Alternative metal
Highway 79 Ne-Yo Pop, R&B, Soul
The Plot in You The Plot in You
Alone Together Show Me the Body
17 Oh Yeah? Steve Lacy R&B, Soul
Decades Motionless in White
Set In Stone Rick Ross Hip Hop, Rap
Bring on the Physics Quicksand
24 Not Your Kingdom Madball Hardcore Punk
Sugar Mayday Parade Pop-punk Pop rock, Alternative Rock
Get It Honest[96] The Revivalists
Reality Awaits The Strokes
31 Grits and Glory Albert Castiglia Electric blues
Petal Ariana Grande Pop, Dance
The Final Painting Ed Askew Folk
The New World Shearwater

August

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Tell Me Your Dream Ceremony
Once Upon A Second Time Around Charlie Worsham Country
14 Ashley Cooke Ashley Cooke Country, Pop
Comes in Waves Carly Simon Pop
21 Trespasser Grace Potter
Punching The Clown Lambchop Alternative Rock, Alternative Country
28 Wildchild Alex Warren Folk-pop
Good Grief Sara Bareilles Pop, Soul

September

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Happier Now[97] Movements
11 Not Bad for New Jersey[98] Brian Fallon
18 Cursum Perficio Anthrax Thrash metal
25 The Version of Me You Get Wade Bowen Country, Texas Country

October

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Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 Sunriser[33] Lee Brice Country

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Second quarter

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Late

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TBA

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Top songs on record

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See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2026 and List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2026

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

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Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

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Deaths

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  93. ^ Young the Giant announces new album, 'Victory Garden'
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  96. ^ THE REVIVALISTS RETURN WITH GET IT HONEST
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  116. ^ Brad Arnold, founding member and vocalist of 3 Doors Down, passes away due to cancer
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  118. ^ We The People’s Wayne Proctor Has Died
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  121. ^ Bob Power, Legendary Music Engineer And Producer, Passes Away At 74
  122. ^ St. Pete blues guitar legend Roy Book Binder dies
  123. ^ Singer David Brigati Dies at 85
  124. ^ ‘Country Joe’ McDonald, Who Urged the Crowd at the ’69 Woodstock Festival to ‘Gimme an F,’ Dies
  125. ^ Augie Meyers, Founding Member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, Dies
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