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2026 Album Preview: Upcoming Releases From Olivia Rodrigo, Drake, Madonna, and More

Stay ahead of the curve with our guide to the most anticipated album releases of 2026, featuring new music from top artists across various genres. From pop sensations to indie darlings, we've got you covered.

New albums are constantly being announced and released, making it difficult to keep track of everything. That's where we come in. Pitchfork is diligently tracking notable new music releases with our comprehensive guide to upcoming albums.

In the coming months, expect big new releases from Olivia Rodrigo, The Strokes, Madonna, Fakemink, Ariana Grande, Paul McCartney, Drake, Rostam, The Field, Bloc Party, Iceage, Kurt Vile, Tyla, The Mountain Goats, Boards of Canada, Kevin Morby, Death Cab for Cutie, Vince Staples, and many more.

This guide features streaming and digital release dates and will be updated regularly. As always, see some of our favorite albums and songs in the Best New Music section. Plus, catch up every Saturday with 10 of our best-reviewed albums of the week. Sign up for the 10 to Hear newsletter here.

May 15

Dua Saleh: Of Earth & Wires [Ghostly International]
Drake: Iceman [OVO Sound/Republic]
ETA IVtet: Happy Today [International Anthem]
The Field: Now You Exist [Studio Barnhus]
Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open [Dead Oceans]
Kevin Morby Little Wide Open
Peter Frampton: Carry the Light [UME]
Rostam: American Stories [Matsor Projects]
Smerz: Easy EP [Escho]
Spencer Krug: Same Fangs [Pronounced Kroog]
Touch Girl Apple Blossom: Graceful [Perennial/K Records]

May 21

Jpegmafia: Experimental Rap [AWAL]

May 22

Aja Monet: The Color of the Rain [Drink Sum Wtr]
Bleachers: Everyone for Ten Minutes [Dirty Hit]
Duval Timothy and Carlos Niño: Rain Music [Carrying Colour/CNF]
Ecca Vandal: Looking for People to Unfollow [Loma Vista]
Ed O’Brien: Blue Morpho [Transgressive]
Fakemink: Terrified [EtnaVeraVela]
Gun Outfit: Process & Reality [Upset the Rhythm]
Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt: Almost Waking [Unheard of Hope]
Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music [Thrill Jockey]
Ted Lucas: Images of Life [Third Man]
Visible Cloaks: Paradessence [Rvng Intl.]

May 29

Boards of Canada: Inferno [Warp]
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Dogstar: All in Now [Dillon Street]
Doublespeak: Doublespeak [London Records]
Greg Mendez: Beauty Land [Dead Oceans]
Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter [Mexican Summer]
Káryyn: Physics Universal Love Language (Pull) [Mute]
Kikù Hibino / Merzbow: Rococo ∞ Echomatter [Superpang]
Kurt Vile: Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me [Verve]
Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane [MPL/Capitol]
Turnover: Down on Earth [Self-released]
Willie Nelson: Dream Chaser [Legacy]
Young M.A.: Kween [M.A. Music/3D]

June 5

Bedouine: Neon Summer Skin [Thirty Tigers]
Converge: Hum of Heart [Deathwish]
Death Cab for Cutie: I Built You a Tower [Anti-]
DJ Seinfeld: If This Is It [Ninja Tune]
Hammok: When Does This Place Become Our Scene [Sargent House]
horsegiirL: Nature Is Healing [RCA]
Lee “Scratch” Perry: Spatial, No Problem [Domino]
Lizzo: Bitch [Atlantic/Nice Life]
Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal (Resung) [Pop.Soil/7K!]
Of Montreal: Aethermead [Polyvinyl]
Pleasure Systems: Leave It in the Sand [Ending Music]
Tara Clerkin Trio: Somewhere Good [World of Echo]
Thomas Bangalter: Mirage - Ballet for 16 Dancers [Parlophone]
Vince Staples: Cry Baby [Loma Vista]

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Widowspeak: Roses [Captured Tracks]

June 12

Baauer: U [LuckyMe]
CFCF: L.U.V. [BGM Solutions]
Horse Lords: Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! [Rvng Intl.]
Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God [Dirty Hit]
Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love [Geffen]
Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Rick Ross: Set in Stone [Maybach Music Group]
Ruth Garbus: Profound [Orindal]
Sublime: Until the Sun Explodes [Atlantic]

June 19

Tucker Zimmerman: Dream Me a Dream [Big Potato]
Warning: Rituals of Shame [Relapse]

June 26

Beth Orton: The Ground Above [Partisan]
Book of Love: Book of Love (40th Anniversary Edition) [Rhino]
Chanel Beads: Your Day Will Come [Jagjaguwar]
Downtown Boys: Public Luxury [Sub Pop]
Félicia Atkinson: Sans Visage [Viernulvier]
Girl Trouble: As Is [K Records]
Madeon: Victory [Mom+Pop]
Muse: The Wow! Signal [Warner]
Pixies: Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 [4AD]
The Strokes: Reality Awaits [RCA]
Tasha: All This and So Much More [Bayonet]
Truck Violence: The Weathervane Is My Body [The Flenser]

July 3

Madonna: Confessions II [Warner]
Madonna Confessions II

July 10

Kelela: New Avatar [Warp]
Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues [Capitol]
Show Me the Body: Alone Together [Loma Vista]

July 14

Eartheater: Heavenly Body: If I’m the Bottle You’re the Message [Chemical X]

July 17

Helado Tropical: Helado Tropical [Psychic Hotline]
Tricky: Different When It’s Silent [False Idols]
Lenny Kaye: Goin’ Local [Yep Roc]
Yard Act: You’re Gonna Need a Little Music [Republic]

July 24

Alex Cameron: Late To Set [Self-released]
Flo: Therapy at the Club [Republic]
Ian Sweet: Shiverstruck [Polyvinyl]
Nia Archives: Emotional Junglist [Hijinxx/Island]
Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain [Republic]
Tyla: A-Pop [Epic]

July 31

Ariana Grande: Petal [Republic]
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Shaboozey: The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales [American Dogwood]
Shearwater: The New World [Polyborus]

August 7

The Mountain Goats: Days [Cadmean Dawn]
Overmono: Pure Devotion [XL Recordings]

August 14

Hovvdy: Big World [Arts & Crafts]

August 21

GB: Herzsprung [AD 93]

September 11

Bloc Party: Anatomy of a Brief Romance [Contagious Ltd.]

September 18

Tove Lo: Estrus [Pretty Swede]

November 13

Various Artists: 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan [Rubyworks]

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