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
http://www.youredm.com/2015/12/30/albums-cant-wait-hear-2016/