Looking Ahead: Albums set to release in 2016
February 1, 2016
As the first month of 2016 concludes, there’s a lot on all of our minds. For some, it’s those New Year’s resolutions we haven’t quite gotten to, that make us believe we have a long year ahead of us. But a new year means lots of new music, and that’s all that matters. From albums that have just been announced to albums we’ve been waiting on for two years (yes, I’m talking about Frank Ocean); 2016 is an exciting time for every genre of music.
First, we’ll start off with the albums/lp’s/ep’s/mixtapes already released this month:
January
- David Bowie: “Blackstar”
- Panic! at the Disco: “Death of a Bachelor”
- Daughter: “Not to Disappear”
- Tyga: “Rawwest Nigga Alive
- Keys N Krates: “Midnite Mass”
- Meek Mill: “4/4”
- Future: “Purple Reign”
- Migos: “Young Rich Ni$$a$ 2”
- Black Sabbath: “The End”
- Ty Segall: “Emotional Mugger”
- Steve Angello: “Wild Youth”
- Hoodie Allen: “Happy Camper”
- Megadeth: “Dystopia”
- Rihanna: “ANTI”
- SIA: “This is Acting”
- Snoop Dogg & Daz Dillinger: “Cuzznz
And now the albums to look forward to for the rest of 2016:
February
- Elton John: “Wonderful Crazy Night”
- Eric Prydz: “Opus”
- Wiz Khalifa: “Khalifa”
- Kanye West: “Waves”
- Kygo: “Cloud Nine”
- Yoko Ono: “Yes, I’m A Witch Too
- Animal Collective: “Painting With”
- The 1975: “I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It”
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: “The Unruly Mess I’ve Made”
March
- Miike Snow: “iii”
- ZZ Ward: “This Means War”
- Violent Femmes: “We Can Do Anything”
- Jeff Buckley: “You & I”
- 3 Doors Down: “Us and the Night”
- Iggy Pop: “Post Pop Depression”
- Celine Dion
April
- Explosions in the Sky: “The Wilderness”
- Weezer: “Weezer”
- Deftones: “Gore”
No Date Announced
- 50 Cent: “Street King Immortal”
- Adventure Club
- Alice Glass
- AlunaGeorge
- Ariana Grande: “Moonlight”
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Bad Religion
- Band of Horses
- Baauer
- Beck
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Blink-182
- Brand New
- Britney Spears
- Bruno Mars
- Charlie XCX
- Chance the Rapper
- Christina Aguilera
- Crystal Castles
- Deadmau5
- Drake: “Views From the 6”
- Ed Sheeran
- Frank Ocean: “Boys DOn’t Cry” (Maybe, he’s bailed twice)
- Fifth Harmony
- Flume
- Gorillaz
- Guns N’ Roses
- Gwen Stefani
- Haywyre
- Jennifer Lopez
- Katy Perry
- The Killers
- Kings of Leon
- Lady Gaga
- The Last Shadow Puppets
- Lido
- Linkin Park
- M83
- Major Lazer: “Music Is the Weapon”
- Metallica
- Missy Elliot
- Modest Mouse
- Nine Inch Nails
- The Offspring
- One Republic
- Pearl Jam
- Radiohead
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Saosin
- Sky Ferreira: “Masochism”
- Smashing Pumpkins
- The Strokes
- Tool
- Usher
- U2: “Songs of Experience”
- Wiz Khalifa: “Rolling Papers 2”
- The xx
- Zeds Dead
It seems as though everyone’s been waiting for 2016 to release music, but I’m not complaining. It should be quite a year for the industry!
Sources:
http://www.albumoftheyear.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2016_albums
http://diffuser.fm/100-most-anticipated-albums-2016/
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/45-most-anticipated-albums-of-2016-20160106/savages-20160106