Dan Martensen

Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar for Upcoming Albums

With more and more music released each year, it’s a near-impossible task to keep track of everything that’s coming. From pop to hip-hop to alternative to K-pop to country, the choices made available feel endless — not to mention vinyl, re-releases and collectible editions.

Below, check out Billboard‘s running calendar of upcoming releases to make sure you’re in the know; check back often for updates to our schedule of albums to look forward to each week.


Oct. 15
Coldplay, Music of the Spheres
Finneas, Optimist
Toby Keith, Peso in My Pocket
Young Thug, Punk
Dos Santos, City of Mirrors
Zac Brown Band, The Comeback
Kelly Clarkson, When Christmas Comes Around…
PinkPantheress, To Hell With It
Remi Wolf, Juno
Santana, Blessings and Miracles
Tom Morello, The Atlas Underground Fire

Oct. 22
Duran Duran, Future Past
Elton John, The Lockdown Sessions
Honne, Let’s just Say the World Ended a Week From Now, What Would You Do?
Lana Del Rey, Blue Banisters
My Morning Jacket, My Morning Jacket
Rufus Du Sol, Surrender
Seventeen, Attacca
Wale, Folarin 2

Oct. 29
Ed Sheeran, =
The War on Drugs, I Don’t Live Here Anymore
Sam Evian, Time to Melt
Bad Wolves, Dear Monsters
Black Veil Brides, The Phantom Tomorrow
Mastodon, Hushed and Grim
They Might Be Giants, Book
Tori Amos, Ocean to Ocean

Nov. 5
ABBA, Voyage
Aimee Mann, Queens of the Summer Hotel
Bullet for My Valentine, Bullet for My Valentine
Diana Ross, Thank You
James Arthur, It’ll All Make Sense in the End
Radiohead, Kid Amnesia
Snail Mail, Valentine
Steve Perry, The Season
Summer Walker, Still Over It

Nov. 10
Tomorrow x Together, Chaotic Wonderland

Nov. 12
Courtney Barnett, Things Take Time, Take Time
Little Mix, Between Us
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)
Silk Sonic, An Evening With Silk Sonic
Aesop Rock & Blockhead, Garbology
Damon Albarn, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Eric Clapton, The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions
Gov’t Mule, Heavy Load Blues
Idles, Crawler
Jason Aldean, Macon
Little Mix, Between Us
Rod Stewart, The Tears of Hercules
Twice, Formula of Love: O+T=<3

Nov. 19
Adele, 30
Angel Haze, Girl With a Gun
Brian Wilson, At My Piano
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raise the Roof

[Billboard]