There are some big albums coming in the next twelve months.
Though there’s always the odd surprise that even we couldn’t predict – who’d have had ABBA coming back the way they did in 2021? – here’s our guide to those we know about and some heavily rumored long players we suspect will be coming in 2022.
APRIL
Fontaines DC – Skinty Fia (April 22)
Bloc Party – Alpha Games (April 29)
Blossoms- Ribbon Around The Bomb (April 29)
Kehlani – Blue Water Road (April 29)
Miranda Lambert- Palomino (April 29)
Rammstein – Zeit (April 29)
Pictured: Fontaines D.C.
Rokysopp – Profound Mysteries (April 29)
Thunder – Dopamine (April 29)
Tomberlin – I Don’t Know Who Needs To Hear This (April 29)
Watain – The Agony and Ecstasy Of (April 29)
Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time (April 29)
May
Arcade Fire – We (May 6)
Ella Mai – Heart On My Sleeve (May 6)
Emeli Sande – Let’s Say For Instance (May 6)
Jack Harlow – Come Home, The Kids Miss You (May 6)
After a breakout 2021, the Kentucky MC has his sights set on the big time on his sophomore album.
Orville Peck – Bronco (May 6)
Sigrid – How To Let Go (May 6)
Soft Cell – Happiness Not Included (May 6)
Warpaint – Radiate Like This (May 6)
Black Keys – Dropout Boogie (May 13)
Craig David – 22 (May 13)
Pictured: Harry Styles
Florence + The Machine – Dance Fever (May 13)
Kendrick Lamar – Mr Morale & The Big Steppers (May 13)
It’s been a long time coming, but the Compton MC will finally be releasing the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed Damn.
Harry Styles – Harry’s House (May 20)
Harry’s upcoming third album, trailed by his second solo Number 1 single, As It Was.
Jack Savoretti – Europiana (Encore) (May 20)
Lykke Li – Eyeye (May 20)
Porridge Radio – Waterside, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky (May 20)
Alfie Templeman – Mellow Moon (May 27)
Deff Leppard – Diamond Star Halos (May 27)
Liam Gallagher – C’Mon You Know (May 27)
Liam will be looking to secure his third consecutive Number 1 solo album.
Tate McRae – I Used To Think I Could Fly (May 27)
Will Young – 20 Years: The Greatest Hits (May 27)
JUNE
Angel Olsen – Big Time (June 3)
Hudson Taylor – Searching For Answers (June 3)
Post Malone – Twelve Carat Toothache (June 3)
BTS – Proof (June 10)
The name for the newest album by the K-pop juggernaut has been revealed! Proof impacts June 10. Get ready!
Carrie Underwood – Denim & Rhinestones (June 10)
George Ezra – Gold Rush Kid (June 10)
Foals – Life Is Yours (June 17)
Pictured: George Ezra
Genius Perfume – Ugly Season (June 17)
Conan Gray – Superache (June 24)
Madonna – Finally Enough Love (June 24)
The queen of pop’s ambitious re-release of her back catalog begins with the just-announced Finally Enough Love, a bumper remix collection of some of her greatest hits, given new life by some of dance music’s most talented artists.
MUNA – MUNA (June 24)
Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (June 24)
JULY
Imagine Dragons – Mercury Acts 1 & 2 (July 1)
Rae Morris – Rachel@Fairyland (July 8)
Beabadoobe – Beatopia (July 15)
Lizzo – Special (July 15)
Lizzo’s fourth album has been in the works for three solid years. Launch single About Damn Time is a sparkly disco self-help anthem, and Max Martin is apparently heavily involved in the rest of the tracklist.
Noah Cyrus – The Hardest Part (July 15)
Superorganism – World Wide Pop (July 15)
Deaf Havana- The Present Is A Foreign Land (July 22)
Jack White – Entering Heaven Alive (July 22)
Pictured: Maggie Rogers
Odesza – The Last Goodbye (July 22)
Oh Wonder – 22 Make (July 22)
Sports Team – Gulp! (July 22)
The Kooks – 10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark (July 22)
Jamie T – The Theory of Whatever (July 29)
Maggie Rogers – Surrender (July 29)
AUGUST
Lauv – All 4 Nothing (August 5)
Muse – Will Of The People (August 26)
Release dates TBA
a-ha – True North
Altered Images – TBA
Arctic Monkeys -TBA
Beyoncé -TBA
Brockhampton – The Final Album
Cardi-B-TBA
Carly Rae Jepsen – TBA
Check out everything we know about Carly’s new Western Wind era here.
Christine & The Queens -TBA
The Cure -TBA
Depeche Mode – TBA
Dove Cameron – T.B.A.
Dua Lipa – TBA
Hard-Fi – TBA
Janet Jackson – Black Diamond
Jesy Nelson – T.B.A.
Kasabian -TBA
Kelis – TBA
LCD sound system -TBA
Lily Allen – T.B.A.
Lizzo -TBA
Mariah Carey – TBA
my bloody valentine – TBA
Neneh Cherry – TBA
Noel Gallagher -TBA
Ozzy Osbourne – TBA
Radiohead-TBA
Rihanna -TBA
Robert Williams -TBA
Sabrina Carpenter – TBA
Shania Twain – TBA
Sky Ferreira – Masochism
Sky’s mythical second album could be on the way – a new single, Don’t Forget, is incoming after nearly 4 years of silence.
Stormzy – TBA
SZA- TBA Summer
Taylor Swift – TBA
There’s likely to be more (Taylor’s Versions) coming: there’s just Taylor Swift, Speak Now, 1989 and Reputation left to go!
Tove Lo – TBA
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