2026 in American music

See also: Timeline of musical events

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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

January

• 9 – The Protomen released their first studio album in nearly seventeen years, Act III: This City Made Us, which serves as the conclusion to their three-act rock opera inspired by the story of the Mega Man video game franchise.
• 16 – ASAP Rocky released his first studio album in eight years, Don't Be Dumb, over three years after its original announcement in December 2022.
  • Nicholas Galanin released his first album in five years, Stand on My Shoulders.
• 19 – Jamal Roberts sings the national anthem at the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship.
• 23 – Megadeth release their self-titled final album, their first in four years.
  • Lina releases her first album in over ten years, Melodrama.
  • Goldfinger release their first studio album in nearly six years, Nine Lives.
  • The Format released their first album in nearly twenty years, Boycott Heaven. It is also vocalist Nate Ruess' first album on which he is credited as a primary member in eleven years.
  • Alec Duckart, under his alias Searows, released his first studio album in four years, Death in the Business of Whaling.
• 30 – Joyce Manor released their first album in nearly four years, I Used to Go to This Bar.
  • By Storm, formed from surviving members of Injury Reserve, released their debut studio album, My Ghosts Go Ghost. It is the first album in nearly five years for members RiTchie with a T and Parker Corey.

February

• 1 – The 68th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Kendrick Lamar won the most awards with five including Record of the Year, shared with SZA for "Luther". Bad Bunny won Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell won their third Song of the Year award for "Wildflower" and English singer-songwriter Olivia Dean won Best New Artist. This is last year it will air on CBS, after making a ten year deal with ABC.
• 5 – Twisted Sister cancel their upcoming 50th Anniversary tour after lead singer Dee Snider resigned due to health issues.
• 6 – Puscifer released their first studio album in nearly six years, Normal Isn't.
  • J. Cole released his first studio album in five years, The Fall-Off.
  • Silversun Pickups released their first studio album in four years, Tenterhooks.
  • Robert Deeble released his first album in eight years, The Space Between Us.
• 8 – Charlie Puth performed the national anthem and Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, and Ricky Martin performed the halftime show during Super Bowl LX at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Green Day performed pre-game.
• 13 – Converge released their first studio album in nearly five years, Love Is Not Enough. It is scheduled to be followed in June, four months later, by their next album, Hum of Hurt.
  • The Bronx, under their moniker Mariachi El Bronx, released their first studio album in five years, Mariachi El Bronx IV.
  • The Lone Bellow released their first studio album in nearly four years, What a Time to Be Alive.
• 20 – New Found Glory released their first studio album in nearly six years, Listen Up!.
  • Hilary Duff released her first studio album in eleven years, Luck... or Something.
  • Exhumed released their first studio album in four years, Red Asphalt.
• 27 – Bruno Mars released his first solo studio album in nearly ten years and his first overall in nearly five years, The Romantic.
  • Rob Zombie released his first studio album in five years, The Great Satan.
  • Bill Callahan released his first studio album in four years, My Days of 58.
  • Ritt Momney released his first studio album in five years, Base.
  • A Wilhelm Scream released their first studio album in four years, Cheap Heat.
  • Voxtrot released their first studio album in nineteen years, Dreamers in Exile.

March

• 6 – Surfbort released their first studio album in five years, Reality Star.
  • Vial release their first studio album in five years, Hellhound.
  • Whiplash release their first studio album in seventeen years, Thrashquake.
• 13 – Lamb of God released their first studio album in four years, Into Oblivion.
  • The Fray release their first studio album in twelve years, A Light That Waits.
  • Sweet Pill release their first studio album in four years, Still There's a Glow.
• 20 – Exodus release their first studio album in five years, Goliath. It is the band's first album in sixteen years to feature returning vocalist Rob Dukes, following Steve Souza's second departure in 2025.
  • Neurosis release their first studio album in ten years, An Undying Love for a Burning World. It is the band's first album to feature new vocalist/guitarist Aaron Turner, following former frontman Scott Kelly's firing in 2019 and subsequent retirement in 2022, their first since drummer Jason Roeder's touring retirement in 2025 and their first in thirty years to not be produced by Steve Albini following his death in 2024.
  • Tyketto release their first album in ten years, Closer to the Sun.
  • Gladie release their first studio album in four years, No Need to Be Lonely.
  • Poison the Well release their first studio album in seventeen years, Peace in Place.
• 27 – Black Label Society released their first studio album in five years, Engines of Demolition.
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea released his debut solo studio album, Honora.
  • The Academy Is... released their first studio album in nearly eighteen years, Almost There.
  • Melissa Etheridge releases her first studio album in five years, Rise.
  • Good Riddance release their first studio album in seven years, Before the World Caves In.
  • Snail Mail releases her first studio album in nearly five years, Ricochet.
  • Paula Kelley releases her first solo studio album in twenty-three years, Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out.
  • Tigers Jaw release their first studio album in five years, Lost on You.

April

• 3 – Corrosion of Conformity released their first studio album in eight years, Good God / Baad Man. It is their first album in more than three decades without original bassist Mike Dean, who was replaced by Bobby Landgraf, and their first in more than two decades with drummer Stanton Moore, who replaced Reed Mullin after his death in 2020.
  • Sunn O))) released their self-titled studio album, their first in seven years.
• 11 – No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease but confirmed he would continue to perform.
• 12 – Australian actress Ruby Rose alleged in a Threads post that Katy Perry sexually assaulted her at Spice Market Nightclub in Melbourne, Australia in 2010. A representative for Perry responded with a statement to Variety that stated the allegations between Rose and Perry were both false and lies, and also stated that Rose "has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, claims that have repeatedly been denied by those named." The Victoria Police began investigating the allegations.
• 14 – Alexia Jayy won the twenty-ninth season of The Voice. Liv Ciara was named runner-up.
• 17 – Vanessa Carlton released her first studio album in six years, Veils.
  • Nine Inch Noize, consisting of Nine Inch Nails and German electronic producer and DJ Boys Noize, released their collaborative self-titled studio album. It is Nine Inch Nails' first album not related to members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' film score work in six years.
  • Crimson Glory released their first studio album in twenty-seven years, Chasing the Hydra.
• 21 – Azealia Banks released her first studio album in twelve years, Zenzealia.
• 24 – Akon released his first studio album in seven years, Beautiful Day.
  • Failure released their first studio album in nearly five years, Location Lost.
  • Noah Kahan released his first studio album in almost four years, The Great Divide.
  • Terror released their first studio album in four years, Still Suffer.

May

• 1 – Isaiah Rashad released his first studio album in five years, It's Been Awful.
  • American Football released their fourth self-titled studio album, their first in seven years.
  • Toadies released their first studio album in nine years, The Charmer.
  • Rita Wilson released her first studio album in four years and her first of original material in seven years, Sound of a Woman.
  • Young the Giant released their first studio album in four years, Victory Garden.
• 8 – Muna released their first studio album in four years, Dancing on the Wall.
  • Social Distortion released their first studio album in fifteen years, Born to Kill.
• 15 – The All-American Rejects will release their first studio album in fourteen years, Sandbox.
  • Kevin Morby will release his first studio album in four years, Little Wide Open.
  • Pro-Pain will release their first studio album in eleven years, Stone Cold Anger.
• 22 – Armored Saint will release their first studio album in six years, Emotion Factory Reset.
  • Lowertown will release their first studio album in four years, Ugly Duckling Union.
• 25 – The American Music Awards will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
• 29 – Kurt Vile will release his first studio album in four years, Philadelphia's Been Good to Me.
  • Shinedown will release their first studio album in four years, Eight.

June

• 5 – Bedouine will release her first studio album in five years, Neon Summer Skin.
  • Lee Brice will release his first studio album in six years, Sunriser.
  • Death Cab for Cutie will release their first studio album in four years, I Built You a Tower.
  • Evanescence will release their first studio album in five years, Sanctuary.
  • Lizzo will release her first studio album in four years, Bitch.
  • Barry Manilow will release his first studio album in six years, What a Time.
  • Modest Mouse will release their first studio album in five years, An Eraser and a Maze. It is their first album to feature guitarist Simon O'Connor following the departures of Jim Fairchild and Lisa Molinaro in 2021 and their first with drummer Damon Cox following the death of Jeremiah Green in 2022.
  • Widowspeak will release their first studio album in four years, Roses.
• 10 – Baauer will release his first studio album in six years, U.
• 12 – Dirty Heads will release their first studio album in four years, 7 Seas.
  • Sublime will release their first studio album in thirty years, Until the Sun Explodes. It will be their first album released since the death of original frontman Bradley Nowell in 1996, with his son, Jakob, providing lead vocals for this album.
  • Sleeping with Sirens will release their first studio album in four years, An Ending in Itself.
  • Khemmis will release their self-titled studio album, their first in five years.
  • Kelsey Lu will release her first studio album in seven years, So Help Me God.
  • Genghis Tron will release their first studio album in five years, Signal Fire.
• 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 in due to record label politics.
  • The Strokes will release their first studio album in six years, Reality Awaits.
  • 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

• 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.
  • Eva Under Fire will release their first studio album in four years, Villainous.
• 17 – 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.
  • 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.

August

• 28 – Everlast will release his first studio album in eight years, Embers to Ashes.

Second quarter

• The Ataris will release their first studio album in nineteen years.
• 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.
• D12 will release their first studio album in twenty-two years, D12 Forever. 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.
• Meliah Rage will release their first studio album in eight years, Slaves in the Afterlife.

Unknown date

• 4 Non Blondes will release their first studio album in thirty-four years. Vocalist Linda Perry will also release her first solo studio album in eleven years, Let It Die Here.
• Abysmal Dawn will release their first studio album in six years.
• Adema will release their first studio album in nineteen years, Cruel Machine.
• American Hi-Fi will release their first studio album in twelve years.
• Anthrax will release their first studio album in ten years.
• Bad Religion will release their first studio album in seven years.
• Lindsey Buckingham will release his first solo studio album in five years.
• Cake will release their first studio album in fifteen years.
• Cartel will release their first studio album in thirteen years.
• Chiodos will release their first studio album in twelve years.
• Clutch will release their first studio album in four years.
• Cold will release their first studio album in seven years.
• Cro-Mags will release their first studio album in six years.
• Dangerous Toys will release their first studio album in thirty-one years.
• Death Angel will release their first studio album in seven years.
• Down will release their first studio album in nineteen years.
• 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.
• Everclear will release their first studio album in eleven years.
• Excel will release their first studio album in thirty-one years.
• 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.
• Five Finger Death Punch will release their first studio album in four years.
• 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.
• Lita Ford will release her first studio album in ten years and her first of all-new material in fourteen years.
• 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.
• Hatebreed will release their first studio album in six years.
• Heathen will release their first studio album in six years.
• Icon will release their first studio album in thirty-seven years.
• Incubus will release their first studio album in nine years, Something in the Water. 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.
• Korn will release their first studio album in four years.
• 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.
• Living Colour will release their first studio album in nine years.
• Motionless in White will release their first studio album in four years.
• Mudvayne will release their first studio album in seventeen years.
• Murphy's Law will release their first studio album in twenty-five years.
• Stevie Nicks will release her first solo studio album in twelve years, and her first of all-new material in fifteen years.
• Papa Roach will release their first studio album in four years.
• 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.
• Queensrÿche will release their first studio album in four years.
• 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.
• Russian Circles will release their first studio album in four years.
• Sacred Reich will release their first studio album in seven years, Into the Abyss.
• Savatage will release their first studio album in twenty-five years, Curtain Call.
• 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.
• Soil will release their first studio album in thirteen years.
• 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.
• Spineshank will release their first studio album in fourteen years.
• Bruce Springsteen will release his first studio album in four years and his first non-archival album of original material in six years.
• 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).
• Symphony X will release their first studio album in eleven years.
• Trivium will release their first studio album in five years.
• Ugly Kid Joe will release their first studio album in four years.
• Vinnie Vincent Invasion will release their first studio album in thirty-eight years, Judgment Day Guitarmageddon.
• Vio-lence will release their first studio album in thirty-three years.
• Joe Walsh will release his first solo studio album in fourteen years.
• ZZ Top will release their first studio album in fourteen years. It will be their first since the 2021 death of original bassist Dusty Hill, and will include unreleased tracks recorded with him.

Bands disbanded

• Maddie & Tae

List of albums released

See also: List of 2026 albums

January

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
9	Alter Bridge	Alter Bridge	Alternative rock hard rock
	With Heaven on Top	Zach Bryan	Country alternative country
	Act III: This City Made Us	The Protomen	Hard rock indie rock rock opera
	III	Pullman	Acoustic rock folk alternative folk
16	Don't Be Dumb	ASAP Rocky	Experimental hip hop trap psychedelic
	Locket	Madison Beer	Pop R&B
	Stand on My Shoulders	Nicholas Galanin	Electronic
	The Dreamin' Kind	Langhorne Slim	Alternative rock indie rock
	Eat Yourself	Together Pangea	Surf rock garage rock indie rock
23	Everywhere You Look	Currensy	Southern hip-hop
	Boycott Heaven	The Format	Indie rock
	20/20	The Infamous Stringdusters	Progressive bluegrass country folk
	Melodrama	Lina	R&B soul jazz
	Megadeth	Megadeth	Thrash metal
30	My Ghosts Go Ghost	By Storm	Experimental hip-hop
	Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?	Geologist	Electronic
	Closer to Happy	Joseph	Pop folk rock
	I Used to Go to This Bar	Joyce Manor	Pop-punk indie pop punk rock power pop
	Octane	Don Toliver	Trap alternative hip-hop
	Backward	Jordan Ward	R&B hip-hop

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
2	Lost in the Wonder	Cory Wong	Funk pop
6	The Space Between Us	Robert Deeble	Folk
	Odyssey	Illenium	Electro house pop-punk
	Under the Streetlights	Michael Marcagi	Americana indie pop pop rock
	Normal Isn't	Puscifer	Art rock alternative rock
	Tenterhooks	Silversun Pickups	Alternative rock indie rock
13	Cold 2 The Touch	Angel Dust	Pop rock hardcore punk
	Love Is Not Enough	Converge	Metalcore hardcore punk
	What a Time to Be Alive	The Lone Bellow	Americana alternative country indie folk
	Mariachi El Bronx IV	Mariachi El Bronx	Mariachi punk rock alternative rock
	A.R.S.O.N.	Story of the Year	Alternative rock post-hardcore melodic hardcore
	Up Above	Wrabel	Indie rock alternative rock pop
20	Luck... or Something	Hilary Duff	Pop dance-pop
	Dedication	Mirah	Indie rock indie pop
	Cloud 9	Megan Moroney	Country pop
	Somewhere In Between	Mothica	Pop-punk alternative rock
	Listen Up!	New Found Glory	Pop-punk punk rock emo
27	My Days of 58	Bill Callahan	Indie folk alternative country
	Heaven 2	Lala Lala	Indie rock
	The Romantic	Bruno Mars	Soft soul retro-soul disco funk
	Glass Minds	A Thousand Horses	Country rock Southern rock
	The Great Satan	Rob Zombie	Hard rock alternative rock

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
6	Hoppers	Mark Mothersbaugh	Post-punk art punk film score
	Reality Star	Surfbort	Punk rock
	Hellhound	Vial	Pop-punk punk rock
	Thrashquake	Whiplash	Thrash metal speed metal
13	A Pound of Feathers	The Black Crowes	Southern rock blues rock hard rock roots rock jam band
	A Light That Waits	The Fray	Pop rock rock
	Into Oblivion	Lamb of God	Groove metal metalcore thrash metal
	Still There's a Glow	Sweet Pill	Midwest emo punk rock pop-punk
20	The Way I Am	Luke Combs	Country
	Goliath	Exodus	Thrash metal
	Peace in Place	Poison the Well	Metalcore post-hardcore experimental hardcore
	Closer to the Sun	Tyketto	Hard rock glam metal
27	Almost There	The Academy Is...	Pop-punk indie pop emo
	Engines of Demolition	Black Label Society	Heavy metal Southern metal hard rock groove metal biker metal
	Everything Glows	Cannons	Indie pop electropop indie rock
	Rise	Melissa Etheridge	Folk rock roots rock blues rock
	Moo	King Tuff	Garage rock indie rock power pop
	Ricochet	Snail Mail	Indie rock

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	Good, Like It Should Be	Ber	Indie pop
	Good God / Baad Man	Corrosion of Conformity	Stoner metal Southern metal sludge metal hardcore punk
	Sunn O)))	Sunn O)))	Drone metal doom metal experimental metal black metal noise rock dark ambient
	The Master Plan	Michael Sweet	Hard rock heavy metal
10	Nowhere at Last	Broadside	Pop rock pop-punk emo indie pop
	Joy Next Door	The Maine	Alternative rock pop rock
	Dead to Rights	Metal Church	Heavy metal power metal thrash metal speed metal
14	The World Is to Dig	They Might Be Giants	Alternative rock power pop
17	Veils	Vanessa Carlton	Pop
	Chasing the Hydra	Crimson Glory	Heavy metal progressive metal power metal
	Reflections	From Ashes to New	Rap rock rap metal alternative metal
	Something Is a Shell	Sofia Isella	Pop rock indie pop dark pop
	Sanctions	Souled American	Alternative country Americana
24	Beautiful Day	Akon	Afrobeats R&B reggae
	Songs About Us	Jason Aldean	Country country rock
	The End Is Not the End	Atreyu	Metalcore post-hardcore hard rock
	Chasing Crowns	The Cab	Alternative rock pop rock power pop
	New Day	John Corabi	Hard rock heavy metal
	Graceland Way	Mikaela Davis	Alternative rock
	Location Lost	Failure	Alternative rock post-grunge space rock
	Your Favorite Toy	Foo Fighters	Alternative rock post-grunge hard rock
	Something Worth Waiting For	Friko	Indie rock
	Kehlani	Kehlani	R&B
	The Great Divide	Noah Kahan	Americana folk folk rock
	Still Suffer	Terror	Hardcore punk
	Toy with Me	Meghan Trainor	Pop dance-pop

May

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
1	American Football	American Football	Midwest emo indie rock indie pop
	In Times of Dragons	Tori Amos	Alternative rock pop rock
	Long Wave Home	Jesca Hoop	Folk jazz pop
	Middle of Nowhere	Kacey Musgraves	Country
	The Charmer	Toadies	Grunge alternative rock hard rock punk rock
	Victory Garden	Young the Giant	Alternative rock indie rock

List of albums set to be released

May

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
8	The Me That Remains	Amy Grant	Christian pop
	Barely Here	Koyo	Pop-punk melodic hardcore
	Dancing on the Wall	Muna	Indie pop synth-pop electropop
	Arcade	Deb Never	Indie pop emo pop
	Born to Kill	Social Distortion	Punk rock
15	Change of Plains	49 Winchester	Alternative country Southern rock
	Sandbox	The All-American Rejects	Alternative rock power pop pop rock pop-punk
	Livin Proof	Robin Beck	Pop rock pop rock
	Little Wide Open	Kevin Morby	Indie rock folk rock
	American Stories	Rostam	Art pop indie pop indie rock
	Of Earth & Fires	Dua Saleh	Pop hip-hop R&B soul
22	The Anthology of Unamerican Folk Music	Marisa Anderson	Americana
	Everyone for Ten Minutes	Bleachers	Alternative rock indie pop rock
	Who's Keeping Time?	Alela Diane	Indie rock Americana
	Ugly Duckling Union	Lowerton	Indie rock
	Wasted Potential	Skylar Grey	Self Released
	Paradessence	Visible Cloaks	Electronic new age
29	Undead Melody	Dark Divine	Metalcore post-hardcore
	All In Now	Dogstar	Alternative rock grunge
	Eight	Shinedown	Hard rock alternative rock rock

June

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
5	Sunriser	Lee Brice	Country
	I Built You a Tower	Death Cab for Cutie	Rock
	Sanctuary	Evanescence	Rock
	Bitch	Lizzo	Pop R&B
	An Eraser and a Maze	Modest Mouse	Indie rock
	Louder Than Fate	Jared James Nichols	Hard rock blues rock
12	7 Seas	Dirty Heads	Rap rock reggae rock alternative hip-hop alternative rock
	Dirty Blonde	Bebe Rexha	Dance-pop pop
	Medusa	Stitched Up Heart	Hard rock alternative metal
19	Dream Me A Dream	Tucker Zimmerman	Blues folk
26	After the Astronaut	Butthole Surfers	Noise rock experimental rock alternative rock psychedelic rock art punk
	Time Will Tell	Devon Gilfillian	Hip-hop R&B soul
	Dear God	The Pretty Reckless	Alternative rock blues rock hard rock
	Reality Awaits	The Strokes	Indie rock garage rock revival post-punk revival new wave synth-pop

July

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	Livin' in the USA	Low Cut Connie	Rock and roll
17	Bring on the Physics	Quicksand	Post-hardcore alternative metal
31	Grits and Glory	Albert Castiglia	Electric blues

Unknown date

First quarter

• TBA by Armored Saint
• TBA by Kerry King

Second quarter

• TBA by The Ataris
• High Noon by Blondie
• Slaves in the Afterlife by Meliah Rage

TBA

• Cruel Machine by Adema
• TBA by American Hi-Fi
• TBA by Anthrax
• TBA by Bad Religion
• TBA by Lindsey Buckingham
• TBA by Cake
• TBA by Cartel
• TBA by Chiodos
• TBA by Cold
• TBA by Cro-Mags
• TBA by Dangerous Toys
• TBA by Death Angel
• TBA by Drowning Pool
• TBA by Everclear
• TBA by Excel
• TBA by Five Finger Death Punch
• TBA by Flotsam and Jetsam
• TBA by Forbidden
• TBA by Guns N' Roses
• TBA by Hatebreed
• TBA by Heathen
• TBA by Icon
• Something in the Water by Incubus
• TBA by Korn
• TBA by Limp Bizkit
• TBA by Living Colour
• Orphan Train by John Mellencamp
• TBA by Ministry
• TBA by Motionless in White
• TBA by Movements
• TBA by Mudvayne
• TBA by Murphy's Law
• TBA by Stevie Nicks
• TBA by Obituary
• TBA by Overkill
• TBA by Papa Roach
• TBA by Power Trip
• TBA by Queensrÿche
• TBA by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Into the Abyss by Sacred Reich
• Curtain Call by Savatage
• TBA by Snot
• TBA by Soil
• TBA by Soundgarden
• TBA by Spineshank
• TBA by Bruce Springsteen
• TBA by Billy Strings
• TBA by The Strokes
• TBA by Suicidal Tendencies
• TBA by Symphony X
• TBA by Trivium
• Judgment Day Guitarmageddon by Vinnie Vincent Invasion
• TBA by Vio-lence
• TBA by Joe Walsh
• TBA by Waterparks
• TBA by ZZ Top

Top songs on record

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

• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021, 5 weeks in 2022, 3 weeks in 2023, 3 weeks in 2024, 4 weeks in 2025, 1 week in 2026)
• "Aperture" – Harry Styles (1 week)
• "Choosin' Texas" – Ella Langley (8 weeks so far)
• "DTMF" – Bad Bunny (1 week)
• "I Just Might" – Bruno Mars (3 weeks)
• "Opalite" – Taylor Swift (1 week)
• "The Fate of Ophelia" – Taylor Swift (8 weeks in 2025, 2 weeks in 2026)
• "Swim" – BTS (1 week)
• "Drop Dead" – Olivia Rodrigo (1 week)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

• "20 Cigarettes" – Morgan Wallen (#15)
• "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#4 in 2020, #12 in 2026)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#1)
• ”American Cars” – Noah Kahan (#16)
• "American Girls" – Harry Styles (#4)
• "Aperture" – Harry Styles (#1)
• "Babydoll" – Dominic Fike (#16)
• "Back to Friends" – Sombr (#7)
• "Baile Inolvidable" – Bad Bunny (#2)
• "Be By You" – Luke Combs (#12)
• "Be Her" – Ella Langley (#8)
• "Body" – Don Toliver (#14)
• ”Bottom of Your Boots” – Ella Langley (#20)
• "Choosin' Texas" – Ella Langley (#1)
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" – Darlene Love (#14)
• "Coming Up Roses" – Harry Styles (#18)
• "Daisies" – Justin Bieber (#2 in 2025, #10 in 2026)
• ”Dashboard” – Noah Kahan (#19)
• "Deck the Halls" – Nat King Cole (#16 in 2022, #20 in 2026)
• "Die on This Hill" – Sienna Spiro (#19)
• ”Doors” – Noah Kahan (#9)
• "Dracula" – Tame Impala and Jennie (#15)
• "Drop Dead" – Olivia Rodrigo (#1)
• "DTMF" – Bad Bunny (#1)
• "E85" – Don Toliver (#15)
• ”End of August” – Noah Kahan (#14)
• "End of Beginning" – Djo (#6)
• "Eoo" – Bad Bunny (#11)
• "FDO" – Pooh Shiesty (#12)
• "Feliz Navidad" – José Feliciano (#6 in 2021, #11 in 2026)
• "Folded" – Kehlani (#6)
• "Golden" – Huntrix (#1 in 2025, #2 in 2026)
• ”I Can't Love You Anymore” – Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen (#7)
• "I Got Better" – Morgan Wallen (#7 in 2025, #11 in 2026)
• "I Just Might" – Bruno Mars (#1)
• "Iloveitiloveitiloveit" – Bella Kay (#17)
• "It Depends" – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (#16 in 2025, #17 in 2026)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Michael Bublé (#12 in 2025, #13 in 2026)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12 in 2020, #18 in 2026)
• "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#5 in 2021, #9 in 2026)
• "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#2 in 2025, #3 in 2026)
• "Jingle Bells" – Frank Sinatra (#16 in 2023, #17 in 2026)
• "Last Christmas" – Wham! (#2 in 2025, #4 in 2026)
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" – Dean Martin (#7)
• "Man I Need" – Olivia Dean (#2)
• "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter (#1 in 2025, #18 in 2026)
• "Mutt" – Leon Thomas (#6 in 2025, #9 in 2026)
• "Nuevayol" – Bad Bunny (#5)
• "Opalite" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "Ordinary" – Alex Warren (#1 in 2025, #2 in 2026)
• "Plastic Cigarette" – Zach Bryan (#13)
• "Porch Light" – Noah Kahan (#20)
• "Ready, Steady, Go!" – Harry Styles (#15)
• "Risk It All" – Bruno Mars (#4)
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#1 in 2023, #2 in 2026)
• "Run Rudolph Run" – Chuck Berry (#10 in 2021, #15 in 2026)
• "Santa Baby" – Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra (#19)
• "Santa Tell Me" – Ariana Grande (#5)
• "Sleepless in a Hotel Room" – Luke Combs (#11)
• "Sleigh Ride" – The Ronettes (#8 in 2023, #10 in 2026)
• "So Easy (To Fall in Love)" – Olivia Dean (#6)
• "Stateside" – PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson (#6)
• "Swim" – BTS (#1)
• "Taste Back" – Harry Styles (#17)
• "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#6)
• "The Fate of Ophelia" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "The Great Divide" – Noah Kahan (#6)
• "Tit for Tat" – Tate McRae (#3 in 2025, #20 in 2026)
• "Tití Me Preguntó" – Bad Bunny (#5 in 2022, #7 in 2026)
• "Two Six" – J. Cole (#16)
• "Underneath the Tree" – Kelly Clarkson (#7 in 2025, #8 in 2026)
• "Voy a Llevarte Pa' PR" – Bad Bunny (#14)
• "WGFT" – Gunna feat. Burna Boy (#16)
• "What I Want" – Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae (#1 in 2025, #19 in 2026)
• "What You Saying" – Lil Uzi Vert (#12)
• "Where Is My Husband!" – Raye (#11)
• "White Christmas" – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #16 in 2026)
• "Yukon" – Justin Bieber (#12)

Deaths

• January 2 – Johnny Legend, 77, rockabilly musician
• January 6 – Jim McBride, 78, country music songwriter
• January 8 – Guy Moon, 63, television composer (scooter accident)
• January 10 – Bob Weir, 78, rock singer and guitarist (Grateful Dead)
• January 17 – Tucker Zimmerman, 84, singer-songwriter
• January 18 – Ralph Towner, 85, jazz multi-instrumentalist
• January 19 – Billy Parker, 88 country music singer and DJ, guitarist
• January 23 – Guy Hovis, 84, country, jazz, and gospel singer
• January 25 – Gabe Lopez, 43, singer, songwriter, producer
• January 26 – Richie Beirach, 78, jazz pianist and composer
• January 28 – Bryan Loren, 59, songwriter and producer
• January 30 – Parthenon Huxley, 70, singer, songwriter, producer (ELO Part II, The Or Orchestra)
• January 31 – Mingo Lewis, 72, percussionist and drummer (Santana, The Tubes)
  • Billy Bass Nelson, 75, bass guitarist (Funkadelic, Parliament Funkadelic)
• February 1 – Steve Washington, 67, trumpeter (Slave, Aurra)
• February 2 –
  • Chuck Negron, 83, singer (Three Dog Night
  • Ken Peplowski, 66, jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
• February 3 –
  • Ron Kenoly, 81, Christian singer and songwriter
  • Lamonte McLemore, 90, pop singer (The 5th Dimension)
• February 4 – Tommy Crook, 81, blue grass, country and jazz guitarist
• February 5 – Fred Smith, 77, funk and soul bassist (Television, Blondie)
• February 6 – Lynn Blakey, singer (Tres Chicas, Let's Active)
• February 7 –
  • Brad Arnold, 47, rock singer (3 Doors Down)
  • Greg Brown, 56, guitarist (Cake)
• February 9 – Garland Green, 83, soul singer and pianist
• February 11 – Jerry Kennedy, 85, producer, songwriter, guitarist
• February 14 – Manchester Orchestra, Tim Very, 42, rock drummer (Manchester Orchestra)
• February 15 – Wayne Proctor (We the People)
• February 16 – Billy Steinberg, 75, songwriter
• February 18 – Lil Poppa, 25, rapper
• February 21 – Willie Colón, 75, salsa musician
• February 22 – Luci4, 23, rapper, songwriter, producer
• February 23 –
  • Sondra Lee, 97, musical actress and dancer
  • Monti Rock III, 86, singer (Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes)
• February 24 – Oliver "Power" Grant, 55, producer
• February 27 –
  • Neil Sedaka, 86, pop singer and songwriter
  • Travis Wammack, 81, rock and roll guitarist
• February 28 – John P. Hammond, 83, blues singer and guitarist
• March 1 –
  • Bob Power, 74, record producer and audio engineer
• Gary Walker, 83, singer and percussionist (The Standells, The Walker Brothers)
• March 3 – Roy Book Binder, 82, blues musician
• March 5 – Lee Turner, 89, musician, (The Dream Weavers)
• March 7 -
  • David Brigati, 85, singer (Joey Dee and the Starliters, The Rascals).
  • Country Joe McDonald, 84, singer (Country Joe and the Fish) and songwriter
• March 9 – Tommy DeCarlo, 60, singer (Boston, DECARLO)
  • Augie Meyers, 85, musician (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados)
• March 10 – Willie Anthony Waters, 74, opera conductor
• March 14 – Paul Geremia, 81, blues singer and acoustic guitarist
• March 16 – Wayne Perkins, 74, rock and R&B guitarist, singer, songwriter, session musician
• March 18 – Robert White, 89, tenor
• March 20 – Louie Louie, 63, singer and producer
• March 22 – Ronnie Bowman, 64, bluegrass singer, guitarist, and songwriter
• March 23 –
  • Jerry Dee Lewis, rapper (The Cold Crush Brothers)
  • Chip Taylor, 86, singer and songwriter
• March 25 – Dash Crofts, 87, soft-rock singer and songwriter (Seals & Crofts)
• March 26 – Ross the Boss, 72, guitarist (The Dictators, Manowar)
• March 27 – Jon Dee Graham, 67, musician, guitarist, singer (The Skunks, True Believers)
• March 28 –
  • DJ Dan, 57, house music DJ and producer
  • Matt Krupanski, drummer (BoySetsFire)
• March 29 –
  • Greg Elmore, 79, drummer (The Brogues, Quicksilver Messenger Service)
  • Williametta Spencer, 86, composer
• March 30 –
  • Carl Bonafede, 85, musician and band manager (The Buckinghams, Daughters of Eve)
  • Walt Maddox, 88, singer (The Marcels)
  • Christopher North, 75, keyboardist and session musician (Ambrosia)
• April 2 –
  • James Gadson, 86, drummer (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band)
  • Bo Lueders, 38, guitarist (Harm's Way)
• April 3 – Fred Lite, 74, singer (The Chi-Lites, The Lost Generation)
• April 5 – Donn Landee, 79, producer and recording engineer
• April 6 – Blondy, 66, rapper (The Sequence)
• April 9 – Afrika Bambaataa, 68, DJ, rapper, record producer
• April 10 – Harry Kim, 74, trumpeter (The Phenix Horns)
• April 14 – Dan Wall, 72, jazz organist and pianist
• April 16 – Don Schlitz, 73, songwriter and musician
• April 20 – Alan Osmond, 76, pop and country singer (The Osmonds)