Need something to look forward to? Browse our calendar of album release dates and get excited about the records due to drop in 2021. With the worst year in living memory out the way, we can hopefully look forward to at least half a year which is back to normal in 2021. With a lot of record release dates moving back due to COVID, it’s hard to be absolute about anything, but to the best of our knowledge these are the albums that will be released in 2021. Will we finally get a new Cardi B album? Will Rihanna stop making bras long enough to drop R9? Did Lorde make the follow-up to Melodrama on the plains of Antarctica? Here’s what we know so far about the year’s upcoming releases.
| 08 January 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Viagra Boys | Welfare Jazz |
| 15 January 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Shame | Drunk Tank Pink |
| Sleaford Mods | Spare Ribs |
| You Me At Six | Suckapunch |
| Ashnikko | Demidevil |
| 22 January 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Bugzy Malone | The Resurrection |
| Rhye | Home |
| 29 January 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Ani DiFranco | Revolutionary Love |
| Arlo Parks | Collapsed In Sunbeams |
| Goat Girl | On All Fours |
| Puma Blue | In Praise Of Shadows |
| FREDO | Money Can’t Buy Happiness |
| Celeste | Not Your Muse |
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | New Fragility |
| 05 February 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Black Country, New Road | For The First Time |
| Femi Kuti and Made Kuti | Legacy+ |
| Foo Fighters | Medicine At Midnight |
| Slowthai | Tyron |
| The Staves | Good Woman |
| 12 February 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Aerial East | Try Harder |
| Claud | Super Monster |
| Pale Waves | Who Am I? |
| The Pretty Reckless | Death By Rock And Roll |
| Django Django | Glowing in the Dark |
| 19 February 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Ghetts | Conflict Of Interest |
| Julia Stone | Sixty Summers |
| SG Lewis | Times |
| 26 February 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Julien Baker | Little Oblivions |
| Madison Beer | Life Support |
| Willie Nelson | That’s Life |
| Danny L Harle | Harlecore |
| Architects | For Those That Wish To Exist |
| 05 March 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| A Day To Remember | You’re Welcome |
| Kings of Leon | When You See Yourself |
| Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade |
| Zara Larsson | Poster Girl |
| Genesis Owusu | Smiling With No Teeth |
| 12 March 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| The Anchoress | The Art Of Losing |
| Tiggs Da Author | Blame It On The Youts |
| 19 March 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Loretta Lynn | Still Woman Enough |
| Black Honey | Written & Directed |
| Justin Bieber | Justice |
| Lana Del Rey | Chemtrails Over The Country Club |
| 26 March 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Evanescence | The Bitter Truth |
| Death From Above 1979 | Is 4 Lovers |
| First Aid Kit | Who By Fire |
| tUnE-yArDs | Sketchy |
| Serpentwithfeet | DEACON |
| For Those I Love | For Those I Love |
| 02 April 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Demi Lovato | Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over |
| Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg |
| 09 April 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| London Grammar | Californian Soil |
| Taylor Swift | Fearless (Taylor’s Version) |
| 16 April 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Greta Van Fleet | The Battle At Garden’s Gate |
| The Offspring | Let The Bad Times Roll |
| Tom Jones | Surrounded By Time |
| 23 April 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Porter Robinson | Nurture |
| Dinosaur Jnr | Sweep It Into Space |
| 30 April 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Birdy | Young Heart |
| Julia Michaels | Not In Chronological Order |
| Royal Blood | Typhoons |
| Girl In Red | If I Could Make It Go Quiet |
| 7 May 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Squid | Bright Green Field |
| Weezer | Van Weezer |
| dodie | Build A Problem |
| 14 May 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| St Vincent | Daddy’s Home |
| Babe Rainbow | Changing Colours |
| 21 May 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| CHAI | Wink |
| Billie Marten | Flora, Fauna |
| 28 May 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Kele Okereke | The Waves Pt. 1 |
| 4 June 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee |
| 11 June 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Maroon 5 | Jordi |
| Wolf Alice | Blue Weekend |
| 18 June 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 25 June 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Pom Pom Squad | Death Of A Cheerleader |
| 02 July 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Lana Del Rey | Blue Bannisters |
| 09 July 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 16 July 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 23 July 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 30 July 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| Yola | Stand For Myself |
| Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever |
| 06 August 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 13 August 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 13 August 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 20 August 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 27 August 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 3 September 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
| 10 September 2021 | |
| Artist | Album |
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