List of 2016 albums

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The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2016. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2016 in music.

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List of albums released in January 2016 · First quarter › January

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

January1

January1

Rachel Platten

Wildfire

Pop, power pop, soul

Columbia

January6

January6

Misia

Love Bebop

Pop, soul, dance-pop

Ariola

January8

January8

David Bowie

Blackstar

Art rock, experimental rock, jazz

Columbia, RCA, Sony Music

Full of Hell

Full of Hell

Amber Mote in the Black Vault

Grindcore

Bad Teeth Recordings

Hinds

Hinds

Leave Me Alone

Garage rock, lo-fi

Mom + Pop

Ignite

Ignite

A War Against You

Melodic hardcore

Century Media

Marshmello

Marshmello

Joytime

Future bass, progressive house, trap

Joytime Collective

Villagers

Villagers

Where Have You Been All My Life?

Indie folk

Domino

January15

January15

Anderson .Paak

Malibu

Hip-hop, R&B, soul

Steel Wool, OBE, EMPIRE

Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian

Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian

Amorphae

Jazz

ECM

Blaze Ya Dead Homie

Blaze Ya Dead Homie

The Casket Factory

Gangsta rap, horrorcore

Majik Ninja Entertainment

Brothers Osborne

Brothers Osborne

Pawn Shop

Country

EMI Nashville

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels

I Long to See You

Jazz

Blue Note

Classified

Classified

Greatful

Hip-hop

Halflife Records, Universal Music Canada

Daughter

Daughter

Not to Disappear

Alternative pop

4AD

Daz and Snoop

Daz and Snoop

Cuzznz

West Coast hip-hop, G-funk

Felder Entertainment Inc.

Hank Williams Jr.

Hank Williams Jr.

It's About Time

Country, Southern rock

Nash Icon

Lecrae

Lecrae

Church Clothes 3

Christian hip-hop, conscious hip-hop

Reach

Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco

Death of a Bachelor

Pop rock, pop, rock

DCD2, Fueled by Ramen

Randy Rogers Band

Randy Rogers Band

Nothing Shines Like Neon

Country

Tommy Jackson Records

Show of Hands

Show of Hands

The Long Way Home

Folk

Hands on Music

Skunk Anansie

Skunk Anansie

Anarchytecture

Alternative rock

earMUSIC, Carosello

January21

January21

Jesu and Sun Kil Moon

Jesu/Sun Kil Moon

Post-metal, indie folk, electronic music

Caldo Verde, Rough Trade

January22

January22

The Besnard Lakes

A Coliseum Complex Museum

Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, indie rock

Jagjaguwar

Cait Brennan

Cait Brennan

Debutante

Indie rock

Alternative Distribution Alliance

Chairlift

Chairlift

Moth

Synth-pop, indie pop, electropop

Columbia

Conrad Keely

Conrad Keely

Original Machines

Rock

Superball

Eleanor Friedberger

Eleanor Friedberger

New View

Indie rock

Frenchkiss

Half Japanese

Half Japanese

Perfect

Art punk, indie rock

Joyful Noise

John Cale

John Cale

M:FANS

Experimental rock, industrial rock, electronic

Double Six

Lionheart

Lionheart

Love Don't Live Here

Hardcore punk, metalcore

LHHC Records, Beatdown Hardwear Records

Megadeth

Megadeth

Dystopia

Thrash metal

Tradecraft, Universal

The Mute Gods

The Mute Gods

Do Nothing till You Hear from Me

Progressive rock, pop rock

Inside Out

Mystery Jets

Mystery Jets

Curve of the Earth

Indie rock

Caroline

Roam

Roam

Backbone

Pop punk

Hopeless

Rüfüs

Rüfüs

Bloom

Alternative dance

Sweat It Out

Savages

Savages

Adore Life

Post-punk

Matador

Shearwater

Shearwater

Jet Plane and Oxbow

Indie rock

Sub Pop

Steve Angello

Steve Angello

Wild Youth

Indie rock, electro house

Size Records

Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson

4½

Progressive rock

Kscope

Suede

Suede

Night Thoughts

Art rock

Warner Bros.

Tank

Tank

Sex Love & Pain II

R&B

Atlantic

Tindersticks

Tindersticks

The Waiting Room

Indie rock

City Slang, Lucky Dog

Tortoise

Tortoise

The Catastrophist

Post-rock

Thrill Jockey

Tricky

Tricky

Skilled Mechanics

Trip hop

False Idols, !K7 Records

Ty Segall

Ty Segall

Emotional Mugger

Garage rock, hard rock, glam rock

Drag City

January28

January28

Massive Attack

Ritual Spirit

Trip hop, electronica

Virgin

Rihanna

Rihanna

Anti

Pop, dancehall, alternative R&B

Westbury Road, Roc Nation

January29

January29

Aubrie Sellers

New City Blues

Country, country pop

Carnival

Avantasia

Avantasia

Ghostlights

Symphonic metal, hard rock, power metal

Nuclear Blast

Basement

Basement

Promise Everything

Alternative rock

Run for Cover

Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

When You Wish Upon a Star

Jazz

Okeh

Bloc Party

Bloc Party

Hymns

Indie rock, alternative dance

Infectious, BMG, Vagrant

Bury Tomorrow

Bury Tomorrow

Earthbound

Metalcore

Nuclear Blast

Charlie Puth

Charlie Puth

Nine Track Mind

Pop, R&B

Atlantic

Dream Theater

Dream Theater

The Astonishing

Progressive metal, progressive rock

Roadrunner

Kevin Gates

Kevin Gates

Islah

Hip-hop

Atlantic, Bread Winners' Association

Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith

Hymns II

The MWS Group

Money

Money

Suicide Songs

Bella Union

Sia

Sia

This Is Acting

Pop

Monkey Puzzle, RCA

St. Lucia

St. Lucia

Matter

Synth-pop

Columbia

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Let Me Get By

Blues, rock, R&B

Fantasy

Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Jarle Vespestad

Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Jarle Vespestad

What Was Said

Jazz

ECM

Wet

Wet

Don't You

Indie pop, indie electronic, dream pop

Columbia

Yanni

Yanni

Sensuous Chill

Easy listening, new-age

Portrait, Sony Masterworks

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
January1	Rachel Platten	Wildfire	Pop, power pop, soul	Columbia
January6	Misia	Love Bebop	Pop, soul, dance-pop	Ariola
January8	David Bowie	Blackstar	Art rock, experimental rock, jazz	Columbia, RCA, Sony Music
	Full of Hell	Amber Mote in the Black Vault	Grindcore	Bad Teeth Recordings
	Hinds	Leave Me Alone	Garage rock, lo-fi	Mom + Pop
	Ignite	A War Against You	Melodic hardcore	Century Media
	Marshmello	Joytime	Future bass, progressive house, trap	Joytime Collective
	Villagers	Where Have You Been All My Life?	Indie folk	Domino
January15	Anderson	Malibu	Hip-hop, R&B, soul	Steel Wool, OBE, EMPIRE
	Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian	Amorphae	Jazz	ECM
	Blaze Ya Dead Homie	The Casket Factory	Gangsta rap, horrorcore	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Brothers Osborne	Pawn Shop	Country	EMI Nashville
	Charles Lloyd & The Marvels	I Long to See You	Jazz	Blue Note
	Classified	Greatful	Hip-hop	Halflife Records, Universal Music Canada
	Daughter	Not to Disappear	Alternative pop	4AD
	Daz and Snoop	Cuzznz	West Coast hip-hop, G-funk	Felder Entertainment Inc.
	Hank Williams Jr.	It's About Time	Country, Southern rock	Nash Icon
	Lecrae	Church Clothes 3	Christian hip-hop, conscious hip-hop	Reach
	Panic! at the Disco	Death of a Bachelor	Pop rock, pop, rock	DCD2, Fueled by Ramen
	Randy Rogers Band	Nothing Shines Like Neon	Country	Tommy Jackson Records
	Show of Hands	The Long Way Home	Folk	Hands on Music
	Skunk Anansie	Anarchytecture	Alternative rock	earMUSIC, Carosello
January21	Jesu and Sun Kil Moon	Jesu/Sun Kil Moon	Post-metal, indie folk, electronic music	Caldo Verde, Rough Trade
January22	The Besnard Lakes	A Coliseum Complex Museum	Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, indie rock	Jagjaguwar
	Cait Brennan	Debutante	Indie rock	Alternative Distribution Alliance
	Chairlift	Moth	Synth-pop, indie pop, electropop	Columbia
	Conrad Keely	Original Machines	Rock	Superball
	Eleanor Friedberger	New View	Indie rock	Frenchkiss
	Half Japanese	Perfect	Art punk, indie rock	Joyful Noise
	John Cale	M:FANS	Experimental rock, industrial rock, electronic	Double Six
	Lionheart	Love Don't Live Here	Hardcore punk, metalcore	LHHC Records, Beatdown Hardwear Records
	Megadeth	Dystopia	Thrash metal	Tradecraft, Universal
	The Mute Gods	Do Nothing till You Hear from Me	Progressive rock, pop rock	Inside Out
	Mystery Jets	Curve of the Earth	Indie rock	Caroline
	Roam	Backbone	Pop punk	Hopeless
	Rüfüs	Bloom	Alternative dance	Sweat It Out
	Savages	Adore Life	Post-punk	Matador
	Shearwater	Jet Plane and Oxbow	Indie rock	Sub Pop
	Steve Angello	Wild Youth	Indie rock, electro house	Size Records
	Steven Wilson	4½	Progressive rock	Kscope
	Suede	Night Thoughts	Art rock	Warner Bros.
	Tank	Sex Love & Pain II	R&B	Atlantic
	Tindersticks	The Waiting Room	Indie rock	City Slang, Lucky Dog
	Tortoise	The Catastrophist	Post-rock	Thrill Jockey
	Tricky	Skilled Mechanics	Trip hop	False Idols, !K7 Records
	Ty Segall	Emotional Mugger	Garage rock, hard rock, glam rock	Drag City
	Ulver	ATGCLVLSSCAP	Experimental, psychedelic rock	House of Mythology
January28	Massive Attack	Ritual Spirit	Trip hop, electronica	Virgin

List of albums released in February 2016 · First quarter › February

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

February3

February3

BIGBANG

Made Series

Dance-pop, PBR&B, hip-hop

YG Entertainment, Avex Trax

Magnum

Magnum

Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies

Rock

SPV/Steamhammer

February5

February5

Anchor & Braille

Songs for the Late Night Drive Home

Alternative rock, electronic rock, shoegaze

Tooth & Nail

Charles Kelley

Charles Kelley

The Driver

Country

Capitol Nashville

The Cult

The Cult

Hidden City

Hard rock

Cooking Vinyl

DIIV

DIIV

Is the Is Are

Indie rock, shoegaze, krautrock

Captured Tracks

Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog

The Psychedelic Swamp

Indie rock, blues rock, neo-psychedelia

Anti-

Elton John

Elton John

Wonderful Crazy Night

Rock, soft rock, vocal jazz

Capitol, Mercury

Eric Prydz

Eric Prydz

Opus

House, progressive house, electro house

Virgin

Field Music

Field Music

Commontime

Indie pop, funk

Memphis Industries

Fleshgod Apocalypse

Fleshgod Apocalypse

King

Symphonic metal

Nuclear Blast

Foxes

Foxes

All I Need

Synth-pop

Sign of the Times, Epic, RCA

Junior Boys

Junior Boys

Big Black Coat

Electronic, technopop, EDM

City Slang

Lion Babe

Lion Babe

Begin

R&B, neo soul, electronica

Interscope, Polydor

Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams

The Ghosts of Highway 20

Country

Highway 20 Records

Majid Jordan

Majid Jordan

Majid Jordan

R&B, PBR&B, synth-pop

OVO Sound, Warner Bros.

Obscura

Obscura

Akrøasis

Progressive metal, technical death metal

Relapse

Textures

Textures

Phenotype

Progressive metal, metalcore

Nuclear Blast

Trixie Whitley

Trixie Whitley

Porta Bohemica

Wiz Khalifa

Wiz Khalifa

Khalifa

Hip-hop

Taylor Gang, Rostrum, Atlantic

February8

February8

Haywyre

Two Fold Pt. 2

Future bass, house

Monstercat

February12

February12

Basia Bulat

Good Advice

Indie pop, folk

Secret City

Daughtry

Daughtry

It's Not Over...The Hits So Far

Alternative rock, hard rock, pop rock

RCA, 19

El Guincho

El Guincho

Hiperasia

R&B, Latin

Everlasting Records, Canada

The Jezabels

The Jezabels

Synthia

Indie rock, alternative rock

Dine Alone

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker

K2.0

Rock, psychedelic rock, raga rock

StrangeF.O.L.K.

Lacey Sturm

Lacey Sturm

Life Screams

Hard rock, Christian rock

Followspot Records

Lissie

Lissie

My Wild West

Folk, rock

Lionboy, Thirty Tigers

Pinegrove

Pinegrove

Cardinal

Americana

Run for Cover

That Poppy

That Poppy

Bubblebath

Pop

Island

Radiation City

Radiation City

Synesthetica

Alternative rock, dream pop

Polyvinyl

Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating

Time of My Life

Pop

Decca

Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ

Rituals

Black metal, dark metal

Season of Mist

The Suffers

The Suffers

The Suffers

Soul

Rhyme & Reason Records

Wynonna & the Big Noise

Wynonna & the Big Noise

Wynonna & the Big Noise

Country

Curb

February14

February14

Kanye West

The Life of Pablo

Hip-hop

GOOD Music, Def Jam

Mýa

Mýa

Smoove Jones

R&B, soul, hip-hop

Planet 9

February15

February15

Illenium

Ashes

Electronic, progressive house, dubstep

Kasaya, Seeking Blue

February19

February19

After the Burial

Dig Deep

Progressive metal, djent

Sumerian

Animal Collective

Animal Collective

Painting With

Psychedelic pop

Domino

BJ the Chicago Kid

BJ the Chicago Kid

In My Mind

R&B

Motown

Creeper

Creeper

The Stranger

Horror punk, punk rock

Roadrunner

Jack Garratt

Jack Garratt

Phase

Indie pop, PBR&B

Island

Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive

Side Pony

Pop, indie pop

Nonesuch

Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples

Livin' on a High Note

R&B, soul, roots rock

Anti-, Epitaph

Myrath

Myrath

Legacy

Progressive metal, Oriental metal, Arabic music

Groove Master Records, King

Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot

Need Your Light

Indie rock

Barsuk

Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits

Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits

Quiver

Jazz

Simple Plan

Simple Plan

Taking One for the Team

Pop punk, punk rock, power pop

Atlantic

Wolfmother

Wolfmother

Victorious

Hard rock, heavy metal, stoner rock

Universal

Yo Gotti

Yo Gotti

The Art of Hustle

Hip-hop

Epic, CMG

Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

Yes, I'm a Witch Too

Manimal

February26

February26

The 1975

I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It

Indie rock, new wave, synth-pop

Interscope, Dirty Hit, Polydor

Anthrax

Anthrax

For All Kings

Thrash metal

Megaforce, Nuclear Blast

Anvil

Anvil

Anvil Is Anvil

Heavy metal, speed metal

SPV/Steamhammer

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Dig In Deep

Rock, blues, Americana

Redwing Records

Charli XCX

Charli XCX

Vroom Vroom

Experimental pop, wonky pop, electronic

Vroom Vroom Recordings

The Dirty Nil

The Dirty Nil

Higher Power

Punk rock, rock and roll

Dine Alone

The Gloaming

The Gloaming

Folk

Brassland

Hands Like Houses

Hands Like Houses

Dissonants

Post-hardcore, alternative rock

Rise

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

This Unruly Mess I've Made

Hip-hop

Macklemore LLC

Quilt

Quilt

Plaza

Indie folk, psychedelic folk

Mexican Summer

Santigold

Santigold

99¢

Art pop, alternative dance, new wave

Atlantic

School of Seven Bells

School of Seven Bells

SVIIB

Indie rock, dream pop, shoegaze

Vagrant, Full Time Hobby

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Kim Myhr and Jenny Hval

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Kim Myhr and Jenny Hval

In the End His Voice Will Be the Sound of Paper

Jazz

Hubro Music

TV Girl

TV Girl

Who Really Cares

Indie pop

Charlene

R&B, soul, neo soul

eOne

Voivod

Voivod

Post Society

Progressive metal

Century Media

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Country

Legacy

Yuck

Yuck

Stranger Things

Indie rock, alternative rock

Mamé Records

February29

February29

Lemon Demon

Spirit Phone

Pop

Needlejuice

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
February3	BIGBANG	Made Series	Dance-pop, PBR&B, hip-hop	YG Entertainment, Avex Trax
February3	Magnum	Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies	Rock	SPV/Steamhammer
February5	Anchor & Braille	Songs for the Late Night Drive Home	Alternative rock, electronic rock, shoegaze	Tooth & Nail
	Charles Kelley	The Driver	Country	Capitol Nashville
	The Cult	Hidden City	Hard rock	Cooking Vinyl
	DIIV	Is the Is Are	Indie rock, shoegaze, krautrock	Captured Tracks
	Dr. Dog	The Psychedelic Swamp	Indie rock, blues rock, neo-psychedelia	Anti-
	Elton John	Wonderful Crazy Night	Rock, soft rock, vocal jazz	Capitol, Mercury
	Eric Prydz	Opus	House, progressive house, electro house	Virgin
	Field Music	Commontime	Indie pop, funk	Memphis Industries
	Fleshgod Apocalypse	King	Symphonic metal	Nuclear Blast
	Foxes	All I Need	Synth-pop	Sign of the Times, Epic, RCA
	Junior Boys	Big Black Coat	Electronic, technopop, EDM	City Slang
	Lion Babe	Begin	R&B, neo soul, electronica	Interscope, Polydor
	Lucinda Williams	The Ghosts of Highway 20	Country	Highway 20 Records
	Majid Jordan	Majid Jordan	R&B, PBR&B, synth-pop	OVO Sound, Warner Bros.
	Obscura	Akrøasis	Progressive metal, technical death metal	Relapse
	Textures	Phenotype	Progressive metal, metalcore	Nuclear Blast
	Trixie Whitley	Porta Bohemica
	Wiz Khalifa	Khalifa	Hip-hop	Taylor Gang, Rostrum, Atlantic
February8	Haywyre	Two Fold Pt. 2	Future bass, house	Monstercat
February12	Basia Bulat	Good Advice	Indie pop, folk	Secret City
	Daughtry	It's Not Over...The Hits So Far	Alternative rock, hard rock, pop rock	RCA, 19
	El Guincho	Hiperasia	R&B, Latin	Everlasting Records, Canada
	The Jezabels	Synthia	Indie rock, alternative rock	Dine Alone
	Kula Shaker	K2.0	Rock, psychedelic rock, raga rock	StrangeF.O.L.K.
	Lacey Sturm	Life Screams	Hard rock, Christian rock	Followspot Records
	Lissie	My Wild West	Folk, rock	Lionboy, Thirty Tigers
	Pinegrove	Cardinal	Americana	Run for Cover
	That Poppy	Bubblebath	Pop	Island
	Radiation City	Synesthetica	Alternative rock, dream pop	Polyvinyl
	Ronan Keating	Time of My Life	Pop	Decca
	Rotting Christ	Rituals	Black metal, dark metal	Season of Mist
	The Suffers	The Suffers	Soul	Rhyme & Reason Records
	Wynonna & the Big Noise	Wynonna & the Big Noise	Country	Curb
February14	Kanye West	The Life of Pablo	Hip-hop	GOOD Music, Def Jam
February14	Mýa	Smoove Jones	R&B, soul, hip-hop	Planet 9
February15	Illenium	Ashes	Electronic, progressive house, dubstep	Kasaya, Seeking Blue
February19	After the Burial	Dig Deep	Progressive metal, djent	Sumerian
	Animal Collective	Painting With	Psychedelic pop	Domino
	BJ the Chicago Kid	In My Mind	R&B	Motown
	Creeper	The Stranger	Horror punk, punk rock	Roadrunner
	Jack Garratt	Phase	Indie pop, PBR&B	Island
	Lake Street Dive	Side Pony	Pop, indie pop	Nonesuch
	Mavis Staples	Livin' on a High Note	R&B, soul, roots rock	Anti-, Epitaph
	Myrath	Legacy	Progressive metal, Oriental metal, Arabic music	Groove Master Records, King
	Ra Ra Riot	Need Your Light	Indie rock	Barsuk
	Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits	Quiver	Jazz

List of albums released in March 2016 · First quarter › March

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

March4

March4

2 Chainz

ColleGrove

Hip-hop, trap

Def Jam

Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding

Emily's D+Evolution

Jazz, jazz fusion, funk

Concord

Face to Face

Face to Face

Protection

Punk

Fat Wreck Chords

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar

Untitled Unmastered

Hip-hop, jazz rap

Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope

The Knocks

The Knocks

EDM

Big Beat, Neon Gold

Låpsley

Låpsley

Long Way Home

Electronic, ambient, alternative R&B

Miike Snow

Miike Snow

iii

Indie rock, electropop

Downtown

Ninja Sex Party

Ninja Sex Party

Under the Covers

Rock, synth-pop, pop rock

Poliça

Poliça

United Crushers

Synth-pop, indie electronic

Mom + Pop

The Qemists

The Qemists

Warrior Sound

Drum and bass

Amazing Record

Ray LaMontagne

Ray LaMontagne

Ouroboros

Psychedelic rock

RCA

Reckless Love

Reckless Love

InVader

Glam metal, hard rock

Spinefarm

RuPaul

RuPaul

Butch Queen

Dance

RuCo Inc.

La Sera

La Sera

Music for Listening to Music To

Indie pop

Polyvinyl

Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds

Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds

Fowl Play

Rock, alternative

Party Fowl Records, Thirty Tigers

Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman

Worship and Believe

Worship, Christian pop

Essential Worship, Reunion

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

A Man Alive

Alternative folk

Ribbon Music

Tonight Alive

Tonight Alive

Limitless

Pop rock

Sony Music Australia, Fearless

Urthboy

Urthboy

The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat

Australian hip-hop

Elefant Traks

Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes

We Can Do Anything

Rock

PIAS

March8

March8

They Might Be Giants

Phone Power

Alternative rock

Idlewild Recordings, Lojinx

March9

March9

Alexandra Stan

Alesta

Dance

Victor, Roton, Global, Warner Bros., Vae Victis, Ego

March11

March11

3 Doors Down

Us and the Night

Post-grunge, pop rock, alternative rock

Republic

Adore Delano

Adore Delano

After Party

Dance, electronic, pop

Producer Entertainment Group

Aurora

Aurora

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend

Art pop, electropop

Decca, Glassnote

Bethel Music

Bethel Music

Have It All

Contemporary Christian music, worship

Bethel Music

Brian Fallon

Brian Fallon

Painkillers

Rock, alternative rock, heartland rock

Island

Citizen Way

Citizen Way

2.0

Christian music, Christian rock, Christian EDM

Fair Trade

Emmy the Great

Emmy the Great

Second Love

Bella Union

Julian Lage

Julian Lage

Arclight

Jazz, jazz blues

Mack Avenue

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage

Incarnate

Metalcore

Roadrunner

Matt Corby

Matt Corby

Telluric

Alternative R&B, dream pop

Mercury, Universal Music Australia

Nine Lashes

Nine Lashes

Ascend

Christian rock, electronic rock, pop rock

BEC

Van Canto

Van Canto

Voices of Fire

A cappella, power metal

earMUSIC

March18

March18

Dustin Kensrue

Thoughts That Float on a Different Blood

Contemporary folk music, alternative rock, indie rock

Vagrant

The Falcon

The Falcon

Gather Up the Chaps

Punk rock

Red Scare Industries

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani

This Is What the Truth Feels Like

Pop

Interscope

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

Post Pop Depression

Art rock, garage rock, hard rock

Loma Vista

James

James

Girl at the End of the World

Alternative rock

BMG

Primal Scream

Primal Scream

Chaosmosis

First International, Ignition

Redfoo

Redfoo

Party Rock Mansion

Pop

Rykodisc, Party Rock

Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum

Change of Fortune

Alternative rock

Entertainment One

Underworld

Underworld

Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future

Electronic

Universal

Violent Soho

Violent Soho

Waco

Grunge, alternative

SideOneDummy

March25

March25

Amon Amarth

Jomsviking

Melodic death metal

Metal Blade

Anthony Hamilton

Anthony Hamilton

What I'm Feelin'

R&B

RCA

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria

The Black

Metalcore

Sumerian

Birdy

Birdy

Beautiful Lies

Indie folk, indie pop

Atlantic

Bob Mould

Bob Mould

Patch the Sky

Alternative rock

Merge

The Body and Full of Hell

The Body and Full of Hell

One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache

Sludge metal, grindcore, noise

Neurot

Elisa

Elisa

Pop, dance, pop rock

Sugar Music

Hana Pestle

Hana Pestle

Hana

Synth-pop

The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable

Hitch

Alternative rock

C'mon Let's Drift, Caroline

K. Michelle

K. Michelle

More Issues Than Vogue

R&B, soul, pop

Atlantic

Lincoln Durham

Lincoln Durham

Revelations of a Mind Unraveling

Rock, alternative folk, Southern gothic

Droog Records

Metal Church

Metal Church

Heavy metal

Rat Pak

White Denim

White Denim

Stiff

Indie rock, garage rock, progressive rock

Downtown

Young Thug

Young Thug

Slime Season 3

Hip-hop

300, Atlantic

Zayn

Zayn

Mind of Mine

Alternative R&B, R&B

RCA

March27

March27

dvsn

Sept. 5th

R&B

OVO Sound, Warner Bros.

March28

March28

Oh My Girl

Pink Ocean

K-pop

March29

March29

Babymetal

Metal Resistance

J-pop, heavy metal

BMD Fox, Toy's Factory

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
March4	2 Chainz	ColleGrove	Hip-hop, trap	Def Jam
	Esperanza Spalding	Emily's D+Evolution	Jazz, jazz fusion, funk	Concord
	Face to Face	Protection	Punk	Fat Wreck Chords
	Kendrick Lamar	Untitled Unmastered	Hip-hop, jazz rap	Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope
	The Knocks	55	EDM	Big Beat, Neon Gold
	Låpsley	Long Way Home	Electronic, ambient, alternative R&B	XL
	Miike Snow	iii	Indie rock, electropop	Downtown
	Ninja Sex Party	Under the Covers	Rock, synth-pop, pop rock
	Poliça	United Crushers	Synth-pop, indie electronic	Mom + Pop
	The Qemists	Warrior Sound	Drum and bass	Amazing Record
	Ray LaMontagne	Ouroboros	Psychedelic rock	RCA
	Reckless Love	InVader	Glam metal, hard rock	Spinefarm
	RuPaul	Butch Queen	Dance	RuCo Inc.
	La Sera	Music for Listening to Music To	Indie pop	Polyvinyl
	Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds	Fowl Play	Rock, alternative	Party Fowl Records, Thirty Tigers
	Steven Curtis Chapman	Worship and Believe	Worship, Christian pop	Essential Worship, Reunion
	Thao & the Get Down Stay Down	A Man Alive	Alternative folk	Ribbon Music
	Tonight Alive	Limitless	Pop rock	Sony Music Australia, Fearless
	Urthboy	The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat	Australian hip-hop	Elefant Traks
	Violent Femmes	We Can Do Anything	Rock	PIAS
March8	They Might Be Giants	Phone Power	Alternative rock	Idlewild Recordings, Lojinx
March9	Alexandra Stan	Alesta	Dance	Victor, Roton, Global, Warner Bros., Vae Victis, Ego
March11	3 Doors Down	Us and the Night	Post-grunge, pop rock, alternative rock	Republic
	Adore Delano	After Party	Dance, electronic, pop	Producer Entertainment Group
	Aurora	All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend	Art pop, electropop	Decca, Glassnote
	Bethel Music	Have It All	Contemporary Christian music, worship	Bethel Music
	Brian Fallon	Painkillers	Rock, alternative rock, heartland rock	Island
	Citizen Way	2.0	Christian music, Christian rock, Christian EDM	Fair Trade
	Emmy the Great	Second Love		Bella Union
	Julian Lage	Arclight	Jazz, jazz blues	Mack Avenue
	Killswitch Engage	Incarnate	Metalcore	Roadrunner
	Matt Corby	Telluric	Alternative R&B, dream pop	Mercury, Universal Music Australia
	Nine Lashes	Ascend	Christian rock, electronic rock, pop rock	BEC
	Van Canto	Voices of Fire	A cappella, power metal	earMUSIC
March18	Dustin Kensrue	Thoughts That Float on a Different Blood	Contemporary folk music, alternative rock, indie rock	Vagrant
	The Falcon	Gather Up the Chaps	Punk rock	Red Scare Industries
	Gwen Stefani	This Is What the Truth Feels Like	Pop	Interscope
	Iggy Pop	Post Pop Depression	Art rock, garage rock, hard rock	Loma Vista
	James	Girl at the End of the World	Alternative rock	BMG
	Primal Scream	Chaosmosis		First International, Ignition
	Redfoo	Party Rock Mansion	Pop	Rykodisc, Party Rock
	Soul Asylum	Change of Fortune	Alternative rock	Entertainment One
	Underworld	Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future	Electronic	Universal
	Violent Soho	Waco	Grunge, alternative	SideOneDummy
March25	Amon Amarth	Jomsviking	Melodic death metal	Metal Blade
	Anthony Hamilton	What I'm Feelin'	R&B	RCA
	Asking Alexandria	The Black	Metalcore	Sumerian
	Birdy	Beautiful Lies	Indie folk, indie pop	Atlantic

List of albums released in April 2016 · Second quarter › April

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

April1

April1

Andrew Bird

Are You Serious

Indie folk

Loma Vista

Autolux

Autolux

Pussy's Dead

Experimental rock, electronic

30th Century Records, Columbia

Black Stone Cherry

Black Stone Cherry

Kentucky

Hard rock, Southern rock, alternative metal

Mascot

Bombino

Bombino

Azel

Blues, folk

Partisan

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick

Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello

Rock

Big Machine

Explosions in the Sky

Explosions in the Sky

The Wilderness

Post-rock

Temporary Residence Limited

The Field

The Field

The Follower

Ambient techno, techno

Kompakt

Gareth Emery

Gareth Emery

100 Reasons to Live

EDM

Garuda, Armada

Hammock

Hammock

Everything and Nothing

Ambient

Hammock Music

The Heavy

The Heavy

Hurt & the Merciless

Indie rock, funk rock, blues rock

Counter Records, Bad Son Recording Company

Kaada/Patton

Kaada/Patton

Bacteria Cult

Experimental

Ipecac

The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets

Everything You've Come to Expect

Indie rock

Domino

Laura Gibson

Laura Gibson

Empire Builder

Rock

City Slang

Melvins

Melvins

Three Men and a Baby

Sludge metal, noise rock, powerviolence

Sub Pop

Moderat

Moderat

III

Electronic

Monkeytown

Mogwai

Mogwai

Atomic

Post-rock

Rock Action

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys

Super

Synth-pop

Terrace Martin

Terrace Martin

Velvet Portraits

R&B, jazz fusion, G-funk

Sounds of Crenshaw, Ropeadope

Weezer

Weezer

Weezer (White Album)

Alternative rock, power pop, pop punk

Atlantic, Crush

Yeasayer

Yeasayer

Amen & Goodbye

Experimental rock

Mute

April6

April6

Gallant

Ology

Alternative R&B

Mind of a Genius

April8

April8

Álex Anwandter

Amiga

Latin alternative, pop rock

Nacional

All Saints

All Saints

Red Flag

Pop, R&B

London

Art Bergmann

Art Bergmann

The Apostate

Alternative rock

weewerk

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Call It What It Is

Rock, blues rock, pop rock

Stax

Black Peaks

Black Peaks

Statues

Easy Life, RED Music

Deftones

Deftones

Gore

Alternative metal, post-metal, experimental rock

Reprise

Frightened Rabbit

Frightened Rabbit

Painting of a Panic Attack

Indie rock

Atlantic

Future of the Left

Future of the Left

The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left

Noise rock

Prescriptions

Ihsahn

Ihsahn

Arktis

Progressive metal, black metal, experimental metal

Candlelight

JJ Weeks Band

JJ Weeks Band

As Long as We Can Breathe

Worship, Christian pop, Christian rock

Centricity

The Lumineers

The Lumineers

Cleopatra

Americana, folk rock, indie folk

Dualtone

M83

M83

Junk

Synth-pop

Naïve, Mute

Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne

Man About Town

Vagrant

Niki and the Dove

Niki and the Dove

Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now

Pop

TEN Music Group

Parquet Courts

Parquet Courts

Human Performance

Indie rock, art punk, experimental rock

Rough Trade

Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector

English Heart

Pop rock

429

Teleman

Teleman

Brilliant Sanity

Indie pop

Moshi Moshi

Tim Hecker

Tim Hecker

Love Streams

Experimental

4AD, Paper Bag

April13

April13

Ace Frehley

Origins Vol. 1

Hard rock

Entertainment One

April15

April15

Bear Hands

You'll Pay for This

Experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk

Spensive Records

Blaqk Audio

Blaqk Audio

Material

Electronic, new wave

Blaqknoise, Kobalt

Cate Le Bon

Cate Le Bon

Crab Day

Neo-psychedelia, indie pop, art pop

Drag City, Turnstile, Caroline International

Del Barber & the No Regretzkys

Del Barber & the No Regretzkys

The Puck Drops Here

True North

Fanfare Ciocărlia

Fanfare Ciocărlia

Onwards to Mars!

Balkan brass

J Dilla

J Dilla

The Diary

Hip-hop

Pay Jay Productions, Mass Appeal

Keb' Mo'

Keb' Mo'

Keb' Mo' Live – That Hot Pink Blues Album

Kind of Blue Music, RED Distribution

Lush

Lush

Blind Spot

Indie pop, dream pop, shoegaze

Edamame

Otep

Otep

Generation Doom

Nu metal

Napalm

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

The Hope Six Demolition Project

Indie rock

Island

Santana

Santana

Santana IV

Latin rock

Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill Simpson

A Sailor's Guide to Earth

Country soul, alternative country

Atlantic

Suuns

Suuns

Hold/Still

Secretly Canadian

Wild Belle

Wild Belle

Dreamland

Psychedelic pop, alternative rock, indie pop

Columbia

April16

April16

Xiu Xiu

Plays the Music of Twin Peaks

Experimental rock, dark ambient

Polyvinyl

April18

April18

Up10tion

Spotlight

K-pop

TOP Media

April20

April20

The Fall of Troy

Mathcore, post-hardcore, progressive rock

The Fall of Troy

April22

April22

The 69 Eyes

Universal Monsters

Gothic rock

Nuclear Blast

ASAP Ferg

ASAP Ferg

Always Strive and Prosper

Hip-hop

ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA

Bankroll Mafia

Bankroll Mafia

Bankroll Mafia

Hip-hop

Grand Hustle, EMPIRE

Blue October

Blue October

Home

Alternative rock

Up/Down Records

Dälek

Dälek

Asphalt for Eden

Experimental hip-hop, industrial hip-hop, shoegaze

Profound Lore

Katy B

Katy B

Honey

EDM, dubstep, electronica

Rinse, Virgin EMI

Therapy Session

Hip-hop, Christian hip-hop

Capitol CMG

April23

April23

Beyoncé

Lemonade

R&B

Parkwood, Columbia

April25

April25

Twice

Page Two

K-pop, dance

JYP

April29

April29

Brian Eno

The Ship

Ambient

Warp

The Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion

Ocean by Ocean

Indie rock

Amplify Music

Discharge

Discharge

End of Days

Hardcore punk

Nuclear Blast

Drake

Drake

Views

Hip-hop, dancehall, R&B

OVO Sound, Cash Money, Young Money

Fallujah

Fallujah

Dreamless

Technical death metal, progressive metal

Nuclear Blast

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Nonagon Infinity

Psychedelic rock, garage rock, heavy metal

ATO, Flightless

Martina Stoessel

Martina Stoessel

Tini

Pop

Hollywood

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie

The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser

Industrial metal

Zodiac Swan Records, T-Boy Records, Universal

Sixx:A.M.

Sixx:A.M.

Prayers for the Damned: Vol. 1

Hard rock

Eleven Seven

Travis

Travis

Everything at Once

Post-Britpop, alternative rock, indie rock

Red Telephone Box

Zucchero

Zucchero

Black Cat

Blues rock

Universal

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
April1	Andrew Bird	Are You Serious	Indie folk	Loma Vista
	Autolux	Pussy's Dead	Experimental rock, electronic	30th Century Records, Columbia
	Black Stone Cherry	Kentucky	Hard rock, Southern rock, alternative metal	Mascot
	Bombino	Azel	Blues, folk	Partisan
	Cheap Trick	Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello	Rock	Big Machine
	Explosions in the Sky	The Wilderness	Post-rock	Temporary Residence Limited
	The Field	The Follower	Ambient techno, techno	Kompakt
	Gareth Emery	100 Reasons to Live	EDM	Garuda, Armada
	Hammock	Everything and Nothing	Ambient	Hammock Music
	The Heavy	Hurt & the Merciless	Indie rock, funk rock, blues rock	Counter Records, Bad Son Recording Company
	Kaada/Patton	Bacteria Cult	Experimental	Ipecac
	The Last Shadow Puppets	Everything You've Come to Expect	Indie rock	Domino
	Laura Gibson	Empire Builder	Rock	City Slang
	Melvins	Three Men and a Baby	Sludge metal, noise rock, powerviolence	Sub Pop
	Moderat	III	Electronic	Monkeytown
	Mogwai	Atomic	Post-rock	Rock Action
	Pet Shop Boys	Super	Synth-pop	x2
	Terrace Martin	Velvet Portraits	R&B, jazz fusion, G-funk	Sounds of Crenshaw, Ropeadope
	Weezer	Weezer (White Album)	Alternative rock, power pop, pop punk	Atlantic, Crush
	Yeasayer	Amen & Goodbye	Experimental rock	Mute
April6	Gallant	Ology	Alternative R&B	Mind of a Genius
April8	Álex Anwandter	Amiga	Latin alternative, pop rock	Nacional
	All Saints	Red Flag	Pop, R&B	London
	Art Bergmann	The Apostate	Alternative rock	weewerk
	Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals	Call It What It Is	Rock, blues rock, pop rock	Stax
	Black Peaks	Statues		Easy Life, RED Music
	Deftones	Gore	Alternative metal, post-metal, experimental rock	Reprise
	Frightened Rabbit	Painting of a Panic Attack	Indie rock	Atlantic
	Future of the Left	The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left	Noise rock	Prescriptions
	Ihsahn	Arktis	Progressive metal, black metal, experimental metal	Candlelight
	JJ Weeks Band	As Long as We Can Breathe	Worship, Christian pop, Christian rock	Centricity
	The Lumineers	Cleopatra	Americana, folk rock, indie folk	Dualtone
	M83	Junk	Synth-pop	Naïve, Mute
	Mayer Hawthorne	Man About Town		Vagrant
	Niki and the Dove	Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now	Pop	TEN Music Group
	Parquet Courts	Human Performance	Indie rock, art punk, experimental rock	Rough Trade
	Ronnie Spector	English Heart	Pop rock	429
	Teleman	Brilliant Sanity	Indie pop	Moshi Moshi
	Tim Hecker	Love Streams	Experimental	4AD, Paper Bag
April13	Ace Frehley	Origins Vol. 1	Hard rock	Entertainment One
April15	Bear Hands	You'll Pay for This	Experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk	Spensive Records
	Blaqk Audio	Material	Electronic, new wave	Blaqknoise, Kobalt
	Cate Le Bon	Crab Day	Neo-psychedelia, indie pop, art pop	Drag City, Turnstile, Caroline International
	Del Barber & the No Regretzkys	The Puck Drops Here		True North
	Fanfare Ciocărlia	Onwards to Mars!	Balkan brass
	J Dilla	The Diary	Hip-hop	Pay Jay Productions, Mass Appeal
	Keb' Mo'	Keb' Mo' Live – That Hot Pink Blues Album		Kind of Blue Music, RED Distribution
	Lush	Blind Spot	Indie pop, dream pop, shoegaze	Edamame

List of albums released in May 2016 · Second quarter › May

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

May2

May2

BTS

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever

Hip-hop, dance-pop, R&B

Big Hit Entertainment

May6

May6

Anohni

Hopelessness

Electronic, experimental, synth-pop

Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade

Beverly

Beverly

The Blue Swell

Kanine Records

Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, and Steve Swallow

Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, and Steve Swallow

Andando el Tiempo

Jazz

ECM

Cuong Vu Trio meets Pat Metheny

Cuong Vu Trio meets Pat Metheny

Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny

Jazz

Nonesuch

Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Detour

Country, country rock, country blues

Sire

Death Grips

Death Grips

Bottomless Pit

Experimental hip-hop, digital hardcore

Third Worlds

Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison

Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison

In Movement

Jazz

ECM

James Blake

James Blake

The Colour in Anything

Electronic pop, R&B, soul

Polydor, 1–800 Dinosaur

Jean-Michel Jarre

Jean-Michel Jarre

Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise

Electronic music

Sony Music

Julianna Barwick

Julianna Barwick

Will

Ambient, experimental

Dead Oceans

Kate Ceberano

Kate Ceberano

Anthology

Pop, soul, jazz

ABC Music

Kaytranada

Kaytranada

99.9%

Electronic

XL, HW&W

Keith Urban

Keith Urban

Ripcord

Pop, country pop

Hit Red, Capitol Nashville

Meghan Trainor

Meghan Trainor

Thank You

Dance-pop, R&B

Epic, Sony Music

Mike Posner

Mike Posner

At Night, Alone.

Pop

Island

Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny

The Unity Sessions

Jazz

Nonesuch

Rittz

Rittz

Top of the Line

Hip-hop

Strange Music

Tim Garland

Tim Garland

One

Jazz

Edition

Vektor

Vektor

Terminal Redux

Thrash metal

Earache

White Lung

White Lung

Paradise

Punk rock

Domino

Yoni Wolf and Serengeti

Yoni Wolf and Serengeti

Testarossa

Hip-hop, indie pop

Joyful Noise

May8

May8

Radiohead

A Moon Shaped Pool

Art rock, electronic

May13

May13

3OH!3

Night Sports

Pop, trap, hip-hop

Fueled by Ramen, Atlantic, Photo Finish

Chance the Rapper

Chance the Rapper

Coloring Book

Hip-hop, gospel rap

Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae

The Heart Speaks in Whispers

R&B

Virgin

DevilDriver

DevilDriver

Trust No One

Groove metal

Napalm

Digitalism

Digitalism

Mirage

Electro house

Magnetism Recording Co, PIAS

Hatebreed

Hatebreed

The Concrete Confessional

Metalcore

Nuclear Blast

Jessy Lanza

Jessy Lanza

Oh No

Electronic, R&B, pop

Hyperdub

Kvelertak

Kvelertak

Nattesferd

Heavy metal

Roadrunner

Kygo

Kygo

Cloud Nine

Tropical house

Sony Music, Ultra Music, B1

Modern Baseball

Modern Baseball

Holy Ghost

Indie rock, pop punk

Run for Cover

Pierce the Veil

Pierce the Veil

Misadventures

Post-hardcore

Fearless

May20

May20

Ana Popović

Trilogy

Blues rock, soul, jazz

ArtisteXclusive records

Andy Shauf

Andy Shauf

The Party

Anti-

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande

Dangerous Woman

Pop, R&B

Republic

Bent Knee

Bent Knee

Say So

Art rock, progressive rock, baroque pop

Cuneiform

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Fallen Angels

Traditional pop

Columbia

Boys Noize

Boys Noize

Mayday

Electronic

Boysnoize Records

Car Seat Headrest

Car Seat Headrest

Teens of Denial

Indie rock

Matador

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

I Still Do

Blues, blues rock, folk

Bushbranch/Surfdog

Highasakite

Highasakite

Camp Echo

Indie rock

Propeller

Katatonia

Katatonia

The Fall of Hearts

Progressive rock

Peaceville

Kent

Kent

Då som nu för alltid

Alternative rock, pop rock

RCA, Sony Music

Lali

Lali

Soy

Pop, R&B

Sony Music Argentina

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Strangers

Sacred Bones

Mudcrutch

Mudcrutch

Southern rock, country rock

Reprise

Pantha du Prince

Pantha du Prince

The Triad

Electronic

Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft

These People

Alternative rock

Cooking Vinyl

Saosin

Saosin

Along the Shadow

Post-hardcore, alternative rock

Epitaph

Yuna

Yuna

Chapters

Pop, R&B

Verve

May27

May27

ABC

The Lexicon of Love II

Virgin EMI

Architects

Architects

All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

Metalcore

Epitaph, UNFD, New Damage

Band of Skulls

Band of Skulls

By Default

Blues rock, dance-rock

BMG

Beth Orton

Beth Orton

Kidsticks

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Catfish and the Bottlemen

The Ride

Alternative rock, indie rock

Capitol

Clare Maguire

Clare Maguire

Stranger Things Have Happened

Indie pop, jazz, blues

Virgin

Dierks Bentley

Dierks Bentley

Black

Country

Capitol Nashville

Fifth Harmony

Fifth Harmony

7/27

Pop, R&B, tropical house

Epic, Syco

Flume

Flume

Skin

Electronic

Future Classic

Gold Panda

Gold Panda

Good Luck and Do Your Best

Electronic

City Slang

Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil

Delirium

Gothic metal, alternative metal

Century Media

The Monkees

The Monkees

Good Times!

Rock, power pop

Rhino

PUP

PUP

The Dream Is Over

Punk rock

SideOneDummy, Royal Mountain

Real Friends

Real Friends

The Home Inside My Head

Pop punk

Fearless

Robert Glasper & Miles Davis

Robert Glasper & Miles Davis

Everything's Beautiful

Jazz

Blue Note, Columbia, Legacy

Thrice

Thrice

To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere

Post-hardcore

Vagrant

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
May2	BTS	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever	Hip-hop, dance-pop, R&B	Big Hit Entertainment
May6	Anohni	Hopelessness	Electronic, experimental, synth-pop	Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade
	Beverly	The Blue Swell		Kanine Records
	Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, and Steve Swallow	Andando el Tiempo	Jazz	ECM
	Cuong Vu Trio meets Pat Metheny	Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny	Jazz	Nonesuch
	Cyndi Lauper	Detour	Country, country rock, country blues	Sire
	Death Grips	Bottomless Pit	Experimental hip-hop, digital hardcore	Third Worlds
	Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison	In Movement	Jazz	ECM
	James Blake	The Colour in Anything	Electronic pop, R&B, soul	Polydor, 1–800 Dinosaur
	Jean-Michel Jarre	Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise	Electronic music	Sony Music
	Julianna Barwick	Will	Ambient, experimental	Dead Oceans
	Kate Ceberano	Anthology	Pop, soul, jazz	ABC Music
	Kaytranada	99.9%	Electronic	XL, HW&W
	Keith Urban	Ripcord	Pop, country pop	Hit Red, Capitol Nashville
	Meghan Trainor	Thank You	Dance-pop, R&B	Epic, Sony Music
	Mike Posner	At Night, Alone.	Pop	Island
	Pat Metheny	The Unity Sessions	Jazz	Nonesuch
	Rittz	Top of the Line	Hip-hop	Strange Music
	Tim Garland	One	Jazz	Edition
	Vektor	Terminal Redux	Thrash metal	Earache
	White Lung	Paradise	Punk rock	Domino
	Yoni Wolf and Serengeti	Testarossa	Hip-hop, indie pop	Joyful Noise
May8	Radiohead	A Moon Shaped Pool	Art rock, electronic	XL
May13	3OH!3	Night Sports	Pop, trap, hip-hop	Fueled by Ramen, Atlantic, Photo Finish
	Chance the Rapper	Coloring Book	Hip-hop, gospel rap
	Corinne Bailey Rae	The Heart Speaks in Whispers	R&B	Virgin
	DevilDriver	Trust No One	Groove metal	Napalm
	Digitalism	Mirage	Electro house	Magnetism Recording Co, PIAS
	Hatebreed	The Concrete Confessional	Metalcore	Nuclear Blast
	Jessy Lanza	Oh No	Electronic, R&B, pop	Hyperdub
	Kvelertak	Nattesferd	Heavy metal	Roadrunner
	Kygo	Cloud Nine	Tropical house	Sony Music, Ultra Music, B1
	Modern Baseball	Holy Ghost	Indie rock, pop punk	Run for Cover
	Pierce the Veil	Misadventures	Post-hardcore	Fearless
May20	Ana Popović	Trilogy	Blues rock, soul, jazz	ArtisteXclusive records
	Andy Shauf	The Party		Anti-
	Ariana Grande	Dangerous Woman	Pop, R&B	Republic
	Bent Knee	Say So	Art rock, progressive rock, baroque pop	Cuneiform
	Bob Dylan	Fallen Angels	Traditional pop	Columbia
	Boys Noize	Mayday	Electronic	Boysnoize Records
	Car Seat Headrest	Teens of Denial	Indie rock	Matador
	Eric Clapton	I Still Do	Blues, blues rock, folk	Bushbranch/Surfdog
	Highasakite	Camp Echo	Indie rock	Propeller
	Katatonia	The Fall of Hearts	Progressive rock	Peaceville
	Kent	Då som nu för alltid	Alternative rock, pop rock	RCA, Sony Music
	Lali	Soy	Pop, R&B	Sony Music Argentina
	Marissa Nadler	Strangers		Sacred Bones
	Mudcrutch	2	Southern rock, country rock	Reprise

List of albums released in June 2016 · Second quarter › June

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

June3

June3

Beartooth

Aggressive

Metalcore, hardcore punk

Red Bull, UNFD

Cat's Eyes

Cat's Eyes

Treasure House

Alternative rock

Kobalt Label Services

Classixx

Classixx

Faraway Reach

Electronic

Innovative Leisure

The Claypool Lennon Delirium

The Claypool Lennon Delirium

Monolith of Phobos

Psychedelic rock, art rock, experimental rock

ATO

Craig Morgan

Craig Morgan

A Whole Lot More to Me

Country

Black River

Dan + Shay

Dan + Shay

Obsessed

Country

Warner Bros. Nashville

Dark Funeral

Dark Funeral

Where Shadows Forever Reign

Black metal

Century Media

Hellyeah

Hellyeah

Unden!able

Heavy metal, groove metal

Eleven Seven

Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes

Soul Searchin'

Rock, soul

Liberation Music

The Kills

The Kills

Ash & Ice

Indie rock

Domino

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke

Wild Things

Indie electronic, alternative dance, synth-pop

Polyvinyl

The Lonely Island

The Lonely Island

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Comedy hip-hop

Republic

Maren Morris

Maren Morris

Hero

Country, pop

Columbia Nashville

Melvins

Melvins

Basses Loaded

Sludge metal, stoner rock

Ipecac

Netsky

Netsky

Drum & bass, dance-pop, electropop

Sony Music, Hospital, Epic

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

Stranger to Stranger

Folk rock, worldbeat

Concord

Psychic Ills

Psychic Ills

Inner Journey Out

Sacred Bones

Roxette

Roxette

Good Karma

Pop

Parlophone

Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara

Love You to Death

Synth-pop

Vapor, Warner Bros.

Volbeat

Volbeat

Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie

Heavy metal, groove metal, rockabilly

Republic, Universal

Yanni

Yanni

The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt

Contemporary instrumental

Portrait, Sony Masterworks

June10

June10

Band of Horses

Why Are You OK

Indie rock, Southern rock

Interscope

Brandy Clark

Brandy Clark

Big Day in a Small Town

Country

Warner Bros.

Fitz and the Tantrums

Fitz and the Tantrums

Fitz and the Tantrums

Indie pop, neo soul

Elektra

Garbage

Garbage

Strange Little Birds

Alternative rock, electronic rock, industrial rock

Stunvolume

Jon Bellion

Jon Bellion

The Human Condition

Hip-hop, PBR&B, pop rock

Visionary, Capitol

Kaleo

Kaleo

A/B

Blues rock, garage rock

Elektra

letlive.

letlive.

If I'm the Devil...

Post-hardcore, progressive rock, jazz fusion

Epitaph

Nick Jonas

Nick Jonas

Last Year Was Complicated

Pop, R&B

Island, Safehouse

Peter Bjorn and John

Peter Bjorn and John

Breakin' Point

Indie pop, indie rock

Ingrid

Rick Astley

Rick Astley

Pop

BMG

Rival Sons

Rival Sons

Hollow Bones

Blues rock, hard rock

Earache

Saliva

Saliva

Love, Lies & Therapy

Universal

The Temper Trap

The Temper Trap

Thick as Thieves

Indie rock

Liberation, Glassnote, Infectious

Tom Odell

Tom Odell

Wrong Crowd

Indie pop, indie electronic

RCA

June13

June13

G.L.O.S.S.

Trans Day of Revenge

D-beat, hardcore punk

Total Negativity, Nervous Nelly, Sabotage

June15

June15

Disclosure

Moog for Love

Electronic

Island, PMR

June17

June17

The Game

Streets of Compton

West Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap

eOne

Gojira

Gojira

Magma

Technical death metal, progressive metal, groove metal

Roadrunner

Jake Bugg

Jake Bugg

On My One

Indie rock

Virgin EMI, Island

Jon Pardi

Jon Pardi

California Sunrise

Country

Capitol Nashville

Laura Mvula

Laura Mvula

The Dreaming Room

Soul, R&B

RCA, Columbia

Let's Eat Grandma

Let's Eat Grandma

I, Gemini

Pop

Transgressive

Mitski

Mitski

Puberty 2

Indie rock

Dead Oceans

Neil Young & Promise of the Real

Neil Young & Promise of the Real

Earth

Rock

Reprise

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Getaway

Funk rock, alternative rock, pop rock

Warner Bros.

Reik

Reik

Des/Amor

Latin pop

Sony Music Latin

Swans

Swans

The Glowing Man

Experimental music

Young God, Mute

Thousand Foot Krutch

Thousand Foot Krutch

Exhale

Christian rock, hard rock

TFK Music, The Fuel Music

The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip

Man Machine Poem

Rock

Universal Music Canada

Will Butler

Will Butler

Friday Night

Indie rock

Merge

June22

June22

Delorean

Muzik

PHLEX

June24

June24

Alice Bag

Alice Bag

Punk rock, rock

Don Giovanni

Broods

Broods

Conscious

Electropop, synth-pop, dance

Island, Capitol, Universal Music Australia

Cash Cash

Cash Cash

Blood, Sweat & 3 Years

Electro house, progressive house

Big Beat, Atlantic

Dorothy

Dorothy

Rockisdead

Rock

Roc Nation

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow

The Mountain Will Fall

Hip-hop, instrumental hip-hop, electronic

Mass Appeal

Drowners

Drowners

On Desire

Indie rock

Frenchkiss

Jay Chou

Jay Chou

Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories

Mandopop

Sony Music Taiwan

Kayo Dot

Kayo Dot

Plastic House on Base of Sky

Avant-rock, electronic rock, progressive rock

The Flenser

Marisa Anderson

Marisa Anderson

Into the Light

American folk, Americana

Chaos Kitchen Music

Nice As Fuck

Nice As Fuck

Nice As Fuck

Punk, funk, pop

Love's Way Records

Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Modern Primitive

Epic

Whitechapel

Whitechapel

Mark of the Blade

Deathcore, groove metal

Metal Blade

June27

June27

Marsheaux

Ath.Lon

Synth-pop, electronica

Undo

June28

June28

Blood Orange

Freetown Sound

R&B, funk, jazz

Domino

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
June3	Beartooth	Aggressive	Metalcore, hardcore punk	Red Bull, UNFD
	Cat's Eyes	Treasure House	Alternative rock	Kobalt Label Services
	Classixx	Faraway Reach	Electronic	Innovative Leisure
	The Claypool Lennon Delirium	Monolith of Phobos	Psychedelic rock, art rock, experimental rock	ATO
	Craig Morgan	A Whole Lot More to Me	Country	Black River
	Dan + Shay	Obsessed	Country	Warner Bros. Nashville
	Dark Funeral	Where Shadows Forever Reign	Black metal	Century Media
	Hellyeah	Unden!able	Heavy metal, groove metal	Eleven Seven
	Jimmy Barnes	Soul Searchin'	Rock, soul	Liberation Music
	The Kills	Ash & Ice	Indie rock	Domino
	Ladyhawke	Wild Things	Indie electronic, alternative dance, synth-pop	Polyvinyl
	The Lonely Island	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Comedy hip-hop	Republic
	Maren Morris	Hero	Country, pop	Columbia Nashville
	Melvins	Basses Loaded	Sludge metal, stoner rock	Ipecac
	Netsky	3	Drum & bass, dance-pop, electropop	Sony Music, Hospital, Epic
	Paul Simon	Stranger to Stranger	Folk rock, worldbeat	Concord
	Psychic Ills	Inner Journey Out		Sacred Bones
	Roxette	Good Karma	Pop	Parlophone
	Tegan and Sara	Love You to Death	Synth-pop	Vapor, Warner Bros.
	Volbeat	Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie	Heavy metal, groove metal, rockabilly	Republic, Universal
	Yanni	The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt	Contemporary instrumental	Portrait, Sony Masterworks
June10	Band of Horses	Why Are You OK	Indie rock, Southern rock	Interscope
	Brandy Clark	Big Day in a Small Town	Country	Warner Bros.
	Fitz and the Tantrums	Fitz and the Tantrums	Indie pop, neo soul	Elektra
	Garbage	Strange Little Birds	Alternative rock, electronic rock, industrial rock	Stunvolume
	Jon Bellion	The Human Condition	Hip-hop, PBR&B, pop rock	Visionary, Capitol
	Kaleo	A/B	Blues rock, garage rock	Elektra
	letlive.	If I'm the Devil...	Post-hardcore, progressive rock, jazz fusion	Epitaph
	Nick Jonas	Last Year Was Complicated	Pop, R&B	Island, Safehouse
	Peter Bjorn and John	Breakin' Point	Indie pop, indie rock	Ingrid
	Rick Astley	50	Pop	BMG
	Rival Sons	Hollow Bones	Blues rock, hard rock	Earache
	Saliva	Love, Lies & Therapy		Universal
	The Temper Trap	Thick as Thieves	Indie rock	Liberation, Glassnote, Infectious
	Tom Odell	Wrong Crowd	Indie pop, indie electronic	RCA
June13	G.L.O.S.S.	Trans Day of Revenge	D-beat, hardcore punk	Total Negativity, Nervous Nelly, Sabotage
June15	Disclosure	Moog for Love	Electronic	Island, PMR
June17	The Game	Streets of Compton	West Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap	eOne
	Gojira	Magma	Technical death metal, progressive metal, groove metal	Roadrunner
	Jake Bugg	On My One	Indie rock	Virgin EMI, Island
	Jon Pardi	California Sunrise	Country	Capitol Nashville
	Laura Mvula	The Dreaming Room	Soul, R&B	RCA, Columbia
	Let's Eat Grandma	I, Gemini	Pop	Transgressive
	Mitski	Puberty 2	Indie rock	Dead Oceans
	Neil Young & Promise of the Real	Earth	Rock	Reprise
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	The Getaway	Funk rock, alternative rock, pop rock	Warner Bros.
	Reik	Des/Amor	Latin pop	Sony Music Latin
	Swans	The Glowing Man	Experimental music	Young God, Mute

List of albums released in July 2016 · Third quarter › July

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

July1

July1

American Authors

What We Live For

Indie rock, alternative rock

Island

Area 11

Area 11

Modern Synthesis

Alternative rock

Cooking Vinyl

The Avalanches

The Avalanches

Wildflower

Plunderphonics, electronic, neo-psychedelia

Astralwerks, Modular, EMI

Bat for Lashes

Bat for Lashes

The Bride

Baroque pop, rock

Parlophone

Blink-182

Blink-182

California

Pop punk, alternative rock

BMG

Delta Goodrem

Delta Goodrem

Wings of the Wild

Pop

Sony Music Australia

Diesel

Diesel

Americana

Rock

Liberation

Fates Warning

Fates Warning

Theories of Flight

Progressive metal

Inside Out

Grace

Grace

FMA

hip-hop soul

RCA

Magic!

Magic!

Primary Colours

Pop, reggae fusion, reggae

Latium, RCA, Sony Music

Maxwell

Maxwell

blackSUMMERS'night

Soul, neo soul

Columbia

Metronomy

Metronomy

Summer 08

Indie electronic

Because Music

Sara Watkins

Sara Watkins

Young in All the Wrong Ways

Americana, country

New West

Silent Planet

Silent Planet

Everything Was Sound

Metalcore, post-hardcore, post-metal

Solid State

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

Coolaid

West Coast hip-hop

Doggystyle, eOne Music

July5

July5

Lindsey Abudei

and the Bass Is Queen

Neo soul, blues, jazz

Stealth

July8

July8

Biffy Clyro

Ellipsis

Alternative rock, electronic rock

14th Floor

Boys Night Out

Boys Night Out

Black Dogs

Post-hardcore, alternative rock, rock

Good Fight

Chevelle

Chevelle

The North Corridor

Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge

Epic

Damien Done

Damien Done

Stay Black

Post-punk, gothic rock

Demons Run Amok

Emarosa

Emarosa

131

Alternative rock

Hopeless

Heart

Heart

Beautiful Broken

Hard rock, folk rock

Concord Bicycle Music

Nonpoint

Nonpoint

The Poison Red

Alternative metal

Spinefarm

Róisín Murphy

Róisín Murphy

Take Her Up to Monto

Electropop, art pop

PIAS

Schoolboy Q

Schoolboy Q

Blank Face LP

West Coast hip-hop, hip-hop, gangsta rap

Top Dawg, Interscope

Show Me the Body

Show Me the Body

Body War

Shura

Shura

Nothing's Real

Electropop

Polydor

Switchfoot

Switchfoot

Where the Light Shines Through

Alternative rock, pop rock

Vanguard

Tanzwut

Tanzwut

Schreib es mit Blut

AFM

Vanna

Vanna

All Hell

Hardcore punk

Pure Noise

July10

July10

Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle

Colvin & Earle

Americana, folk

Fantasy

July11

July11

GFriend

LOL

K-pop

Source Music

July15

July15

Benny Benassi

Danceaholic

Progressive house

Ultra

Cane Hill

Cane Hill

Smile

Nu metal

Rise

David Nail

David Nail

Fighter

Country

MCA Nashville

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Youth Authority

Pop punk

MDDN

Kel Valhaal

Kel Valhaal

New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala

Electronic, experimental music

YLYLCYN

Michael Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka

Love & Hate

Indie rock, folk rock

Polydor

Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler

We're All Somebody from Somewhere

Country rock

Dot

July17

July17

Logic

Bobby Tarantino

Hip-hop

Visionary, Def Jam

July18

July18

F.T. Island

Where's the Truth?

Rock

FNC

July22

July22

Crown the Empire

Retrograde

Rise

Despised Icon

Despised Icon

Beast

Deathcore

Nuclear Blast

Gucci Mane

Gucci Mane

Everybody Looking

Hip-hop, trap

1017, Atlantic

Lil Durk

Lil Durk

Lil Durk 2X

Drill, trap

Only the Family, Def Jam

Periphery

Periphery

Periphery III: Select Difficulty

Progressive metal, djent

Sumerian, Century Media, Roadrunner

Karmakanic

Karmakanic

DOT

Inside Out

Relient K

Relient K

Air for Free

Pop rock, alternative rock

Mono vs Stereo

July29

July29

Anarbor

Anarbor

Alternative rock, pop rock

Billy Talent

Billy Talent

Afraid of Heights

Alternative rock, punk rock, post-hardcore

Warner Music Canada, The End

The Bouncing Souls

The Bouncing Souls

Simplicity

Punk rock

Rise, Chunksaah

Descendents

Descendents

Hypercaffium Spazzinate

Punk rock

Epitaph

DJ Khaled

DJ Khaled

Major Key

Hip-hop, trap, R&B

Epic, We the Best

Fantasia

Fantasia

The Definition Of...

R&B

19, RCA

Jake Owen

Jake Owen

American Love

Country

RCA Nashville

Jinjer

Jinjer

King of Everything

Metalcore, post-metal

Napalm

Nao

Nao

For All We Know

Alternative R&B

RCA, Little Tokyo Recordings

Sinsaenum

Sinsaenum

Echoes of the Tortured

Blackened death metal

earMUSIC

Thank You Scientist

Thank You Scientist

Stranger Heads Prevail

Progressive rock

Evil Ink Records

Viola Beach

Viola Beach

Viola Beach

Indie rock, indie pop

Fuller Beans Records

Zhu

Zhu

Generationwhy

Electronic

Mind of a Genius, Columbia

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
July1	American Authors	What We Live For	Indie rock, alternative rock	Island
	Area 11	Modern Synthesis	Alternative rock	Cooking Vinyl
	The Avalanches	Wildflower	Plunderphonics, electronic, neo-psychedelia	Astralwerks, Modular, EMI
	Bat for Lashes	The Bride	Baroque pop, rock	Parlophone
	Blink-182	California	Pop punk, alternative rock	BMG
	Delta Goodrem	Wings of the Wild	Pop	Sony Music Australia
	Diesel	Americana	Rock	Liberation
	Fates Warning	Theories of Flight	Progressive metal	Inside Out
	Grace	FMA	hip-hop soul	RCA
	Magic!	Primary Colours	Pop, reggae fusion, reggae	Latium, RCA, Sony Music
	Maxwell	blackSUMMERS'night	Soul, neo soul	Columbia
	Metronomy	Summer 08	Indie electronic	Because Music
	Sara Watkins	Young in All the Wrong Ways	Americana, country	New West
	Silent Planet	Everything Was Sound	Metalcore, post-hardcore, post-metal	Solid State
	Snoop Dogg	Coolaid	West Coast hip-hop	Doggystyle, eOne Music
July5	Lindsey Abudei	and the Bass Is Queen	Neo soul, blues, jazz	Stealth
July8	Biffy Clyro	Ellipsis	Alternative rock, electronic rock	14th Floor
	Boys Night Out	Black Dogs	Post-hardcore, alternative rock, rock	Good Fight
	Chevelle	The North Corridor	Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge	Epic
	Damien Done	Stay Black	Post-punk, gothic rock	Demons Run Amok
	Emarosa	131	Alternative rock	Hopeless
	Heart	Beautiful Broken	Hard rock, folk rock	Concord Bicycle Music
	Nonpoint	The Poison Red	Alternative metal	Spinefarm
	Róisín Murphy	Take Her Up to Monto	Electropop, art pop	PIAS
	Schoolboy Q	Blank Face LP	West Coast hip-hop, hip-hop, gangsta rap	Top Dawg, Interscope
	Show Me the Body	Body War
	Shura	Nothing's Real	Electropop	Polydor
	Switchfoot	Where the Light Shines Through	Alternative rock, pop rock	Vanguard
	Tanzwut	Schreib es mit Blut		AFM
	Vanna	All Hell	Hardcore punk	Pure Noise
July10	Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle	Colvin & Earle	Americana, folk	Fantasy
July11	GFriend	LOL	K-pop	Source Music
July15	Benny Benassi	Danceaholic	Progressive house	Ultra
	Cane Hill	Smile	Nu metal	Rise
	David Nail	Fighter	Country	MCA Nashville
	Good Charlotte	Youth Authority	Pop punk	MDDN
	Kel Valhaal	New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala	Electronic, experimental music	YLYLCYN
	Michael Kiwanuka	Love & Hate	Indie rock, folk rock	Polydor
	Steven Tyler	We're All Somebody from Somewhere	Country rock	Dot
July17	Logic	Bobby Tarantino	Hip-hop	Visionary, Def Jam
July18	Island	Where's the Truth?	Rock	FNC
July22	Crown the Empire	Retrograde		Rise
	Despised Icon	Beast	Deathcore	Nuclear Blast
	Gucci Mane	Everybody Looking	Hip-hop, trap	1017, Atlantic
	Lil Durk	Lil Durk 2X	Drill, trap	Only the Family, Def Jam
	Periphery	Periphery III: Select Difficulty	Progressive metal, djent	Sumerian, Century Media, Roadrunner
	Karmakanic	DOT		Inside Out
	Relient K	Air for Free	Pop rock, alternative rock	Mono vs Stereo

List of albums released in August 2016 · Third quarter › August

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

August5

August5

Blossoms

Blossoms

Indie rock, indie pop

Virgin EMI

Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr.

Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

Alternative rock, indie rock

Jagjaguwar

DJ Snake

DJ Snake

Encore

EDM, trap

Interscope

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Way Down in the Jungle Room

RCA, Legacy

Giggs

Giggs

Landlord

British hip hop

SN1 Records

Russian Circles

Russian Circles

Guidance

Instrumental rock, post-metal, post-rock

Sargent House

Skillet

Skillet

Unleashed

Christian metal, hard rock

Atlantic

Tarja

Tarja

The Shadow Self

Symphonic metal

earMUSIC

Wild Beasts

Wild Beasts

Boy King

Synth-pop

Domino

August12

August12

The Amity Affliction

This Could Be Heartbreak

Metalcore, post-hardcore

UNFD, Roadrunner

of Montreal

of Montreal

Innocence Reaches

Electronic, synth-pop, psychedelic

Polyvinyl

PartyNextDoor

PartyNextDoor

PartyNextDoor 3

OVO

The Pineapple Thief

The Pineapple Thief

Your Wilderness

Kscope

Rome

Rome

The Hyperion Machine

Neofolk

Trisol

Young the Giant

Young the Giant

Home of the Strange

Indie rock, alternative rock

Fueled by Ramen

August18

August18

AJJ

The Bible 2

Folk punk

SideOneDummy

August19

August19

Crystal Castles

Amnesty (I)

Electropunk, witch house

Fiction, Casablanca

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Pure & Simple

Country

Dolly Records, RCA Nashville

Ed Harcourt

Ed Harcourt

Furnaces

Polydor

Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean

Endless

Ambient pop, R&B

Def Jam

John Williamson

John Williamson

His Favourite Collection

Country

Warner Music Australasia

Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Stirling

Brave Enough

EDM, classical crossover, electro house

Lindseystomp

Lisa Hannigan

Lisa Hannigan

At Swim

Folk, indie

Hoop Recordings, PIAS

Myrkur

Myrkur

Mausoleum

Relapse

Sabaton

Sabaton

The Last Stand

Power metal

Nuclear Blast

Soilwork

Soilwork

Death Resonance

Melodic death metal

Nuclear Blast

Tory Lanez

Tory Lanez

I Told You

PBR&B, hip-hop, dancehall

Mad Love, Interscope

Trapt

Trapt

DNA

Hard rock, alternative metal, post-grunge

The End

August20

August20

Frank Ocean

Blonde

R&B

Def Jam, Boys Don't Cry

August23

August23

Will Wood and the Tapeworms

Self-ish

Dark cabaret, punk jazz

August24

August24

Radwimps

Your Name

Rock

August26

August26

The Album Leaf

Between Waves

Relapse

The Bad Plus

The Bad Plus

It's Hard

Jazz

Okeh

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway

Traditional pop

Columbia

Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Glory

Pop

RCA

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen

Emotion: Side B

Pop

604, School Boy, Interscope

Celine Dion

Celine Dion

Encore un soir

Pop

Columbia

De La Soul

De La Soul

and the Anonymous Nobody...

Hip-hop

A.O.I. Records

Florida Georgia Line

Florida Georgia Line

Dig Your Roots

Country

Big Machine

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

How to Be a Human Being

Indie pop, art pop, alternative R&B

Wolf Tone, Caroline International, Harvest

Marius Neset

Marius Neset

Snowmelt

Jazz

ACT Music

Omar Rodríguez-López

Omar Rodríguez-López

Arañas en la Sombra

Experimental rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock

Ipecac

Sodom

Sodom

Decision Day

Thrash metal

SPV/Steamhammer

Trygve Seim

Trygve Seim

Rumi Songs

Jazz

ECM

Young Thug

Young Thug

Jeffery

Trap, psychedelic rap

300, Atlantic

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
August5	Blossoms	Blossoms	Indie rock, indie pop	Virgin EMI
	Dinosaur Jr.	Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not	Alternative rock, indie rock	Jagjaguwar
	DJ Snake	Encore	EDM, trap	Interscope
	Elvis Presley	Way Down in the Jungle Room		RCA, Legacy
	Giggs	Landlord	British hip hop	SN1 Records
	Russian Circles	Guidance	Instrumental rock, post-metal, post-rock	Sargent House
	Skillet	Unleashed	Christian metal, hard rock	Atlantic
	Tarja	The Shadow Self	Symphonic metal	earMUSIC
	Wild Beasts	Boy King	Synth-pop	Domino
August12	The Amity Affliction	This Could Be Heartbreak	Metalcore, post-hardcore	UNFD, Roadrunner
	of Montreal	Innocence Reaches	Electronic, synth-pop, psychedelic	Polyvinyl
	PartyNextDoor	PartyNextDoor 3		OVO
	The Pineapple Thief	Your Wilderness		Kscope
	Rome	The Hyperion Machine	Neofolk	Trisol
	Young the Giant	Home of the Strange	Indie rock, alternative rock	Fueled by Ramen
August18	AJJ	The Bible 2	Folk punk	SideOneDummy
August19	Crystal Castles	Amnesty (I)	Electropunk, witch house	Fiction, Casablanca
	Dolly Parton	Pure & Simple	Country	Dolly Records, RCA Nashville
	Ed Harcourt	Furnaces		Polydor
	Frank Ocean	Endless	Ambient pop, R&B	Def Jam
	John Williamson	His Favourite Collection	Country	Warner Music Australasia
	Lindsey Stirling	Brave Enough	EDM, classical crossover, electro house	Lindseystomp
	Lisa Hannigan	At Swim	Folk, indie	Hoop Recordings, PIAS
	Myrkur	Mausoleum		Relapse
	Sabaton	The Last Stand	Power metal	Nuclear Blast
	Soilwork	Death Resonance	Melodic death metal	Nuclear Blast
	Tobacco	Sweatbox Dynasty		Ghostly International
	Tory Lanez	I Told You	PBR&B, hip-hop, dancehall	Mad Love, Interscope
	Trapt	DNA	Hard rock, alternative metal, post-grunge	The End
August20	Frank Ocean	Blonde	R&B	Def Jam, Boys Don't Cry
August23	Will Wood and the Tapeworms	Self-ish	Dark cabaret, punk jazz
August24	Radwimps	Your Name	Rock
August26	The Album Leaf	Between Waves		Relapse
	The Bad Plus	It's Hard	Jazz	Okeh
	Barbra Streisand	Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway	Traditional pop	Columbia
	Britney Spears	Glory	Pop	RCA
	Carly Rae Jepsen	Emotion: Side B	Pop	604, School Boy, Interscope
	Celine Dion	Encore un soir	Pop	Columbia
	De La Soul	and the Anonymous Nobody...	Hip-hop	Records
	Florida Georgia Line	Dig Your Roots	Country	Big Machine
	Glass Animals	How to Be a Human Being	Indie pop, art pop, alternative R&B	Wolf Tone, Caroline International, Harvest
	Marius Neset	Snowmelt	Jazz	ACT Music
	Omar Rodríguez-López	Arañas en la Sombra	Experimental rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock	Ipecac
	Sodom	Decision Day	Thrash metal	SPV/Steamhammer
	Trygve Seim	Rumi Songs	Jazz	ECM
	Young Thug	Jeffery	Trap, psychedelic rap	300, Atlantic

List of albums released in September 2016 · Third quarter › September

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

September2

September2

Angel Olsen

My Woman

Indie rock

Jagjaguwar

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

Bad Vibrations

Metalcore, pop punk

ADTR, Epitaph

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

Foreverland

Orchestral pop

Divine Comedy

Eluvium

Eluvium

False Readings On

Temporary Residence

La Femme

La Femme

Mystère

Psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock

Born Bad Records

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

Messenger of the Gods: The Singles

Rock, pop rock, opera

Mercury, Hollywood, Universal Music

Isaiah Rashad

Isaiah Rashad

The Sun's Tirade

Hip-hop

Top Dawg

James Vincent McMorrow

James Vincent McMorrow

We Move

Alternative R&B

Faction Records, Believe Recordings, Mahogany Books

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Familia

Indie pop, folk, disco

EBGB's, Red Essential

Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, and Jan Bang

Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, and Jan Bang

Atmosphères

Ambient music, jazz, chamber music

ECM

Travis Scott

Travis Scott

Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

Hip-hop

Grand Hustle, Epic

Zomby

Zomby

Ultra

Hyperdub

September9

September9

Bastille

Wild World

Indie rock

Virgin EMI, Virgin, Universal Music Group

clipping.

clipping.

Splendor & Misery

Experimental hip-hop

Sub Pop

The Dear Hunter

The Dear Hunter

Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional

Progressive rock, indie rock

Equal Vision

Devin Townsend Project

Devin Townsend Project

Transcendence

Progressive metal, symphonic metal

HevyDevy Records

Gavin DeGraw

Gavin DeGraw

Something Worth Saving

Pop

RCA

Grouplove

Grouplove

Big Mess

Alternative rock, indie rock

Canvasback, Atlantic

The Head and the Heart

The Head and the Heart

Signs of Light

Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock

Warner Bros.

Jack White

Jack White

Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016

Acoustic, blues

Third Man, Columbia

Jason Aldean

Jason Aldean

They Don't Know

Country, country rock

Broken Bow, Macon Music

Jennifer Rostock

Jennifer Rostock

Genau in diesem Ton

Rock, punk, pop rock

Four Music

KT Tunstall

KT Tunstall

Kin

Pop rock, indie rock

Caroline, Sony/ATV Music

Leagues

Leagues

Alone Together

Bufalotone Records

Local Natives

Local Natives

Sunlit Youth

Indie rock

Loma Vista, Infectious

M.I.A.

M.I.A.

AIM

Hip-hop

Interscope, Polydor

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Skeleton Tree

Alternative rock, electronica, ambient

Bad Seed Ltd.

Norma Jean

Norma Jean

Polar Similar

Metalcore, post-hardcore

Solid State

Of Mice & Men

Of Mice & Men

Cold World

Nu metal, alternative metal, post-hardcore

Rise

Okkervil River

Okkervil River

Away

Indie rock

ATO

Pansy Division

Pansy Division

Quite Contrary

Queercore

Safia

Safia

Internal

Electronic, indie pop

Parlophone, Warner Music Australasia

St. Paul and The Broken Bones

St. Paul and The Broken Bones

Sea of Noise

Records

Scott Tixier

Scott Tixier

Cosmic Adventure

Jazz

Sunnyside

Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub

Here

Alternative rock

September16

September16

Aaron Lewis

Sinner

Country

Dot, Big Machine

Against Me!

Against Me!

Shape Shift with Me

Punk rock

Total Treble Music

AJR

AJR

What Everyone's Thinking

AJR Productions

AlunaGeorge

AlunaGeorge

I Remember

Electronic

Island

The Black Sorrows

The Black Sorrows

Faithful Satellite

Blues, rock, soul

Head Records

Beware of Darkness

Beware of Darkness

Are You Real?

Alternative rock

Bright Antenna

Bobby Rush

Bobby Rush

Porcupine Meat

Blues

Rounder

Die Antwoord

Die Antwoord

Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid

Alternative hip-hop, rave

Dinosaur

Dinosaur

Together, As One

Jazz

Edition

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Orphée

Modern classical

Deutsche Grammophon

Lordi

Lordi

Monstereophonic (Theaterror vs. Demonarchy)

Hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock

AFM

Mac Miller

Mac Miller

The Divine Feminine

Alternative hip-hop, jazz rap

REMember Music, Warner Bros.

Moor Mother

Moor Mother

Fetish Bones

Experimental

Don Giovanni

The Shondes

The Shondes

Brighton

Taking Back Sunday

Taking Back Sunday

Tidal Wave

Alternative rock, hard rock

Hopeless

Touché Amoré

Touché Amoré

Stage Four

Post-hardcore, screamo, melodic hardcore

Epitaph

Usher

Usher

Hard II Love

R&B

RCA

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price

Country

Legacy

Young Guns

Young Guns

Echoes

Alternative rock

Windup

September21

September21

Feeder

All Bright Electric

Alternative rock, post-grunge, art rock

Cooking Vinyl

September22

September22

The Caretaker

Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 1

History Always Favours The Winners

September23

September23

Airbourne

Breakin' Outta Hell

Hard rock

Spinefarm

Beach Slang

Beach Slang

A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings

Punk rock

Polyvinyl, Big Scary Monsters

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry

Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad

Folk

Cooking Vinyl

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Chapter and Verse

Rock

Columbia

Crowder

Crowder

American Prodigal

CCM, worship

Sparrow, sixsteps, Capitol CMG

David Bowie

David Bowie

Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)

Parlophone

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart

Ape in Pink Marble

Indie folk, indie, alternative

Nonesuch

Every Time I Die

Every Time I Die

Low Teens

Metalcore, hardcore punk, Southern rock

Epitaph

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam

I Had a Dream That You Were Mine

Indie rock

Glassnote

How to Dress Well

How to Dress Well

Care

Art pop

Domino, Weird World

Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel

Idina

Pop

Warner Bros.

Marillion

Marillion

Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)

Neo-prog

earMUSIC

Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata

Tightrope Walker

Frankenfish, Thirty Tigers

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes

Illuminate

Pop

Island, Universal

Skylar Grey

Skylar Grey

Natural Causes

Alternative pop

KidinaKorner, Interscope

Vangelis

Vangelis

Rosetta

Electronic, ambient, classical

Decca

Various artists

Various artists

Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

RCA

Warpaint

Warpaint

Heads Up

Indie rock

Rough Trade

September27

September27

Danny Brown

Atrocity Exhibition

Experimental hip-hop

Warp

September29

September29

Lori McKenna

The Bird and the Rifle

Country

CN Records

September30

September30

Banks

The Altar

Alternative R&B

Harvest

Bob Weir

Bob Weir

Blue Mountain

Rock, folk, country

Legacy, Columbia

Bon Iver

Bon Iver

22, A Million

Indie folk, folktronica

Jagjaguwar

Craig David

Craig David

Following My Intuition

UK Garage, dance, tropical house

Sony Music, Insanity

Drive-By Truckers

Drive-By Truckers

American Band

Country rock, alternative rock, alternative country

ATO

Epica

Epica

The Holographic Principle

Symphonic metal

Nuclear Blast

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

Live in San Diego

Reprise

Gruff Rhys

Gruff Rhys

Set Fire to the Stars

Jazz, lounge pop, rock 'n' roll

Twisted Nerve

Jenny Hval

Jenny Hval

Blood Bitch

Experimental pop

Sacred Bones

Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo

All Wet

Electronic music, techno

Ed Banger

Opeth

Opeth

Sorceress

Progressive rock

Nuclear Blast, Moderbolaget

Pixies

Pixies

Head Carrier

Alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock

Pixiesmusic, PIAS

Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor

Remember Us to Life

Pop, alternative

Warner Bros., Sire

Slaves

Slaves

Take Control

Punk rock

Virgin EMI

Solange

Solange

A Seat at the Table

Neo soul, R&B

Saint, Columbia

Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies

World Gone Mad

Crossover thrash

Suicidal Records

Tycho

Tycho

Epoch

Ambient, electronic, post-rock

Ghostly International

Van Morrison

Van Morrison

Keep Me Singing

Rock

Caroline

William Michael Morgan

William Michael Morgan

Vinyl

Country

Warner Bros. Nashville

Yello

Yello

Toy

Electronic dance music

Universal

Yellowcard

Yellowcard

Yellowcard

Alternative rock, pop punk

Hopeless

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
September2	Angel Olsen	My Woman	Indie rock	Jagjaguwar
	A Day to Remember	Bad Vibrations	Metalcore, pop punk	ADTR, Epitaph
	The Divine Comedy	Foreverland	Orchestral pop	Divine Comedy
	Eluvium	False Readings On		Temporary Residence
	La Femme	Mystère	Psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock	Born Bad Records
	Freddie Mercury	Messenger of the Gods: The Singles	Rock, pop rock, opera	Mercury, Hollywood, Universal Music
	Isaiah Rashad	The Sun's Tirade	Hip-hop	Top Dawg
	James Vincent McMorrow	We Move	Alternative R&B	Faction Records, Believe Recordings, Mahogany Books
	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Familia	Indie pop, folk, disco	EBGB's, Red Essential
	Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, and Jan Bang	Atmosphères	Ambient music, jazz, chamber music	ECM
	Travis Scott	Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	Hip-hop	Grand Hustle, Epic
	Zomby	Ultra		Hyperdub
September9	Bastille	Wild World	Indie rock	Virgin EMI, Virgin, Universal Music Group
	clipping.	Splendor & Misery	Experimental hip-hop	Sub Pop
	The Dear Hunter	Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional	Progressive rock, indie rock	Equal Vision
	Devin Townsend Project	Transcendence	Progressive metal, symphonic metal	HevyDevy Records
	Gavin DeGraw	Something Worth Saving	Pop	RCA
	Grouplove	Big Mess	Alternative rock, indie rock	Canvasback, Atlantic
	The Head and the Heart	Signs of Light	Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock	Warner Bros.
	Jack White	Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016	Acoustic, blues	Third Man, Columbia
	Jason Aldean	They Don't Know	Country, country rock	Broken Bow, Macon Music
	Jennifer Rostock	Genau in diesem Ton	Rock, punk, pop rock	Four Music
	KT Tunstall	Kin	Pop rock, indie rock	Caroline, Sony/ATV Music
	Leagues	Alone Together		Bufalotone Records
	Local Natives	Sunlit Youth	Indie rock	Loma Vista, Infectious
	M.I.A.	AIM	Hip-hop	Interscope, Polydor
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Skeleton Tree	Alternative rock, electronica, ambient	Bad Seed Ltd.
	Norma Jean	Polar Similar	Metalcore, post-hardcore	Solid State
	Of Mice & Men	Cold World	Nu metal, alternative metal, post-hardcore	Rise
	Okkervil River	Away	Indie rock	ATO
	Pansy Division	Quite Contrary	Queercore
	Safia	Internal	Electronic, indie pop	Parlophone, Warner Music Australasia
	St. Paul and The Broken Bones	Sea of Noise		Records
	Scott Tixier	Cosmic Adventure	Jazz	Sunnyside
	Teenage Fanclub	Here	Alternative rock
September16	Aaron Lewis	Sinner	Country	Dot, Big Machine
	Against Me!	Shape Shift with Me	Punk rock	Total Treble Music
	AJR	What Everyone's Thinking		AJR Productions
	AlunaGeorge	I Remember	Electronic	Island
	The Black Sorrows	Faithful Satellite	Blues, rock, soul	Head Records
	Beware of Darkness	Are You Real?	Alternative rock	Bright Antenna
	Bobby Rush	Porcupine Meat	Blues	Rounder
	Die Antwoord	Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid	Alternative hip-hop, rave
	Dinosaur	Together, As One	Jazz	Edition
	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Orphée	Modern classical	Deutsche Grammophon
	Lordi	Monstereophonic (Theaterror vs. Demonarchy)	Hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock	AFM
	Mac Miller	The Divine Feminine	Alternative hip-hop, jazz rap	REMember Music, Warner Bros.
	Moor Mother	Fetish Bones	Experimental	Don Giovanni

List of albums released in October 2016 · Fourth quarter › October

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

October5

October5

Shinee

1 of 1

K-pop

SM, KT Music

October7

October7

Alter Bridge

The Last Hero

Alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal

Caroline, Napalm

Barry Gibb

Barry Gibb

In the Now

Rock, country

Columbia

Colbie Caillat

Colbie Caillat

The Malibu Sessions

Pop

PlummyLou Records

Dance Gavin Dance

Dance Gavin Dance

Mothership

Post-hardcore, experimental rock

Rise

Daya

Daya

Sit Still, Look Pretty

Electropop, dance-pop, synth-pop

Z Entertainment, Artbeatz, RED Distribution

The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada

Transit Blues

Metalcore

Rise

Goat

Goat

Requiem

Alternative rock, psychedelic

Sub Pop, Rocket Recordings

Green Day

Green Day

Revolution Radio

Punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock

Reprise

Joyce Manor

Joyce Manor

Cody

Emo, pop punk, indie rock

Epitaph

Kaiser Chiefs

Kaiser Chiefs

Stay Together

Pop rock

Fiction

Lizzo

Lizzo

Coconut Oil

R&B

Atlantic

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn

White Christmas Blue

Country

Legacy

Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Etheridge

MEmphis Rock and Soul

Rock, soul

Stax

Meshuggah

Meshuggah

The Violent Sleep of Reason

Extreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal

Nuclear Blast

Mo Pitney

Mo Pitney

Behind This Guitar

Country

Curb

NOFX

NOFX

First Ditch Effort

Punk rock

Fat Wreck Chords

Norah Jones

Norah Jones

Day Breaks

Jazz, pop rock

Blue Note

Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky

Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky

Liv On

Sony Music Australia

OneRepublic

OneRepublic

Oh My My

Pop, pop rock

Mosley, Interscope

Phantogram

Phantogram

Three

Republic

Placebo

Placebo

Life's What You Make It

Alternative rock

Placebo

Placebo

A Place for Us to Dream

Alternative rock

Rise

Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica

The Ninth Hour

Symphonic metal, power metal

Nuclear Blast

Sum 41

Sum 41

13 Voices

Alternative metal, alternative rock, punk rock

Hopeless

White Lies

White Lies

Friends

Indie rock

BMG

October10

October10

BTS

Wings

Hip-hop, EDM, R&B

Big Hit

October14

October14

Beth Hart

Fire on the Floor

Blues rock

Provogue

Chris Young

Chris Young

It Must Be Christmas

Country, Christmas

RCA Nashville

Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst

Ruminations

Nonesuch

Crying

Crying

Beyond the Fleeting Gales

Run for Cover

Darkthrone

Darkthrone

Arctic Thunder

Black metal

Peaceville

Dave Holland

Dave Holland

Aziza

Jazz

Dare2 Records

David Bromberg Band

David Bromberg Band

The Blues, the Whole Blues, and Nothing But the Blues

Blues

Red House

The Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Dissociation

Mathcore, progressive metal

Party Smasher, Cooking Vinyl

The Game

The Game

1992

West Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap

Blood Money Entertainment, eOne

Hillsong Worship

Hillsong Worship

Let There Be Light

Worship

Hillsong, Sparrow, Capitol

Jeff Rosenstock

Jeff Rosenstock

Worry.

Punk rock, indie rock

SideOneDummy

Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Mauboy

The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series

Pop

Sony Music Australia

JoJo

JoJo

Mad Love

R&B

Atlantic

Katie Melua

Katie Melua

In Winter

BMG

Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon

Walls

Rock

RCA

Lisa Mitchell

Lisa Mitchell

Warriors

Pop

Warner Music Australia

The Naked and Famous

The Naked and Famous

Simple Forms

Somewhat Damaged, Kobalt Label Services

The Orb

The Orb

COW / Chill Out, World!

Electronica, dub, IDM

Kompakt

Phil Collins

Phil Collins

The Singles

Rhino

Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson

Superwoman

Syco, Sony Music

Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter

Evolution

Electropop

Hollywood

Tom Chaplin

Tom Chaplin

The Wave

Pop

Island

Two Door Cinema Club

Two Door Cinema Club

Gameshow

Indie rock

Parlophone

October21

October21

Agnes Obel

Citizen of Glass

PIAS

Amaranthe

Amaranthe

Maximalism

Metalcore, power metal

Spinefarm

American Football

American Football

American Football

Rock

Polyvinyl

Cakes da Killa

Cakes da Killa

Hedonism

Ruffians, Thirty Tigers

David Crosby

David Crosby

Lighthouse

Folk

GroundUP Music

The Dean Ween Group

The Dean Ween Group

The Deaner Album

ATO

DRAM

DRAM

Big Baby DRAM

Hip-hop

Atlantic, Empire

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

The Wonder of You

Orchestral pop

RCA, Legacy

Far East Movement

Far East Movement

Identity

EDM, pop

Transparent Agency, Spinnin', eOne

Hooton Tennis Club

Hooton Tennis Club

Big Box of Chocolates

I Prevail

I Prevail

Lifelines

Post-hardcore, metalcore, alternative rock

Fearless

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World

Integrity Blues

Alternative rock

RCA

Joe Budden

Joe Budden

Rage & The Machine

Hip-hop

Mood Muzik Entertainment, Empire

Kevin Devine

Kevin Devine

Instigator

Procrastinate! Music Traitors

Kero Kero Bonito

Kero Kero Bonito

Bonito Generation

Electropop

Double Denim, Sony Music Japan

Korn

Korn

The Serenity of Suffering

Nu metal

Roadrunner

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

Joanne

Soft rock, dance-pop

Interscope

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

You Want It Darker

Folk rock

Columbia

Melanie C

Melanie C

Version of Me

Pop

Red Girl, RCA

Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Nobody but Me

Reprise

Pentatonix

Pentatonix

A Pentatonix Christmas

A cappella, Christmas

RCA

The Pretenders

The Pretenders

Alone

Rock

BMG

The Pretty Reckless

The Pretty Reckless

Who You Selling For

Rock

Razor & Tie

R. Kelly

R. Kelly

12 Nights of Christmas

R&B, soul

RCA

The Radio Dept.

The Radio Dept.

Running Out of Love

Dream pop, indie pop, electronic

Labrador

Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts

The Greatest Gift of All

Country, Christmas

Big Machine

Saint Motel

Saint Motel

saintmotelevision

Indie pop

Elektra, On The Records, Parlophone

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan

Wonderland

Christmas

Verve

Tanya Tagaq

Tanya Tagaq

Retribution

Inuit throat singing

Six Shooter

October24

October24

Twice

Twicecoaster: Lane 1

K-pop, dance

JYP

October26

October26

Arashi

Are You Happy?

Pop, R&B

J Storm

October28

October28

Avenged Sevenfold

The Stage

Thrash metal, progressive metal

Capitol

Black M

Black M

Éternel insatisfait

French hip-hop, French pop

Wati B, Sony Music, Jive

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

1000 Arms

Country rock

Warner Music Canada

Courteeners

Courteeners

Mapping the Rendezvous

Indie rock

Ignition Records

CRX

CRX

New Skin

Hard rock, stoner rock, industrial rock

Columbia

Dope

Dope

Blood Money Part 1

Industrial metal, metalcore, alternative metal

eOne

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

Two Vines

Virgin EMI

Helmet

Helmet

Dead to the World

Alternative metal

earMUSIC

James Arthur

James Arthur

Back from the Edge

Pop

Columbia

Jeezy

Jeezy

Trap or Die 3

Hip-hop

Def Jam, CTE World

Jennifer Nettles

Jennifer Nettles

To Celebrate Christmas

Country, Christmas

Big Machine

Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves

A Very Kacey Christmas

Country, Christmas

Mercury Nashville

Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney

Cosmic Hallelujah

Country

Blue Chair, Columbia Nashville

LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes

Remnants

Country, rock, country pop

Sony Music

Madness

Madness

Can't Touch Us Now

Ska, pop, reggae

Lucky 7

Memphis May Fire

Memphis May Fire

This Light I Hold

Metalcore, post-hardcore, hard rock

Rise

Testament

Testament

Brotherhood of the Snake

Thrash metal

Nuclear Blast

Tkay Maidza

Tkay Maidza

Tkay

Synth-pop, hip-hop

Downtown, Interscope

Tove Lo

Tove Lo

Lady Wood

Electropop, synth-pop, dance-pop

Island

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
October5	Shinee	1 of 1	K-pop	SM, KT Music
October7	Alter Bridge	The Last Hero	Alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal	Caroline, Napalm
	Barry Gibb	In the Now	Rock, country	Columbia
	Colbie Caillat	The Malibu Sessions	Pop	PlummyLou Records
	Dance Gavin Dance	Mothership	Post-hardcore, experimental rock	Rise
	Daya	Sit Still, Look Pretty	Electropop, dance-pop, synth-pop	Z Entertainment, Artbeatz, RED Distribution
	The Devil Wears Prada	Transit Blues	Metalcore	Rise
	Goat	Requiem	Alternative rock, psychedelic	Sub Pop, Rocket Recordings
	Green Day	Revolution Radio	Punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock	Reprise
	Joyce Manor	Cody	Emo, pop punk, indie rock	Epitaph
	Kaiser Chiefs	Stay Together	Pop rock	Fiction
	Lizzo	Coconut Oil	R&B	Atlantic
	Loretta Lynn	White Christmas Blue	Country	Legacy
	Melissa Etheridge	MEmphis Rock and Soul	Rock, soul	Stax
	Meshuggah	The Violent Sleep of Reason	Extreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal	Nuclear Blast
	Mo Pitney	Behind This Guitar	Country	Curb
	NOFX	First Ditch Effort	Punk rock	Fat Wreck Chords
	Norah Jones	Day Breaks	Jazz, pop rock	Blue Note
	Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky	Liv On		Sony Music Australia
	OneRepublic	Oh My My	Pop, pop rock	Mosley, Interscope
	Phantogram	Three		Republic
	Placebo	Life's What You Make It	Alternative rock
	Placebo	A Place for Us to Dream	Alternative rock	Rise
	Sonata Arctica	The Ninth Hour	Symphonic metal, power metal	Nuclear Blast
	Sum 41	13 Voices	Alternative metal, alternative rock, punk rock	Hopeless
	White Lies	Friends	Indie rock	BMG
October10	BTS	Wings	Hip-hop, EDM, R&B	Big Hit
October14	Beth Hart	Fire on the Floor	Blues rock	Provogue
	Chris Young	It Must Be Christmas	Country, Christmas	RCA Nashville
	Conor Oberst	Ruminations		Nonesuch
	Crying	Beyond the Fleeting Gales		Run for Cover
	Darkthrone	Arctic Thunder	Black metal	Peaceville
	Dave Holland	Aziza	Jazz	Dare2 Records
	David Bromberg Band	The Blues, the Whole Blues, and Nothing But the Blues	Blues	Red House
	The Dillinger Escape Plan	Dissociation	Mathcore, progressive metal	Party Smasher, Cooking Vinyl
	The Game	1992	West Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap	Blood Money Entertainment, eOne
	Hillsong Worship	Let There Be Light	Worship	Hillsong, Sparrow, Capitol
	Jeff Rosenstock	Worry.	Punk rock, indie rock	SideOneDummy
	Jessica Mauboy	The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series	Pop	Sony Music Australia
	JoJo	Mad Love	R&B	Atlantic
	Katie Melua	In Winter		BMG
	Kings of Leon	Walls	Rock	RCA
	Lisa Mitchell	Warriors	Pop	Warner Music Australia
	The Naked and Famous	Simple Forms		Somewhat Damaged, Kobalt Label Services
	The Orb	COW / Chill Out, World!	Electronica, dub, IDM	Kompakt
	Phil Collins	The Singles		Rhino
	Rebecca Ferguson	Superwoman		Syco, Sony Music
	Sabrina Carpenter	Evolution	Electropop	Hollywood

List of albums released in November 2016 · Fourth quarter › November

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

November4

November4

Alicia Keys

Here

R&B, soul

RCA

B.o.B.

B.o.B.

Elements

Conscious hip-hop, political hip-hop

Label No Genre

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

This House Is Not for Sale

Arena rock, pop rock

Island

The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers

Collage

Disruptor, Columbia

Client Liaison

Client Liaison

Diplomatic Immunity

Electropop, indie pop, new wave

Dot Dash Recordings, Remote Control, Inertia

Common

Common

Black America Again

Hip-hop

ARTium, Def Jam

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions

Until the Hunter

Alternative rock

Tendril Tales

Jaws

Jaws

Simplicity

Post-punk

Jim James

Jim James

Eternally Even

Indie rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock

ATO, Capitol

Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

Lauren

R&B

Island

Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini

Laura Xmas

Christmas music, jazz, swing

Warner

Marcus & Martinus

Marcus & Martinus

Together

Pop

Sony Music Entertainment Norway

Queen

Queen

On Air

Rock, hard rock

Virgin EMI, Hollywood

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

The Heavy Entertainment Show

Pop

Columbia

Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins

Lodestar

Folk

Domino

Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle

A Wonderful World

Operatic pop, crossover, easy listening

Syco, Columbia, Sony Music

Tinashe

Tinashe

Nightride

Alternative R&B

RCA

Waterparks

Waterparks

Double Dare

Pop punk

Equal Vision

November5

November5

French Montana

MC4

Hip-hop

Bad Boy, Maybach Music Group, Epic

November8

November8

Wakrat

Wakrat

Alternative rock

Earache

November9

November9

Bad Gyal

Slow Wine Mixtape

Bad Gyal

November11

November11

Bob Dylan

The 1966 Live Recordings

Folk

Columbia

Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll

Rock and roll

Sony Music

David Bowie

David Bowie

Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie)

Rock

Sony Music

Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé

Long Live the Angels

R&B, soul

Virgin

Enigma

Enigma

The Fall of a Rebel Angel

New-age, pop, electronica

Baloo Music S.A.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood

Christmas Together

Christmas, country

Pearl, Gwendolyn

In Flames

In Flames

Battles

Alternative metal

Eleven Seven, Nuclear Blast

John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John

John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John

Friends for Christmas

Pop, Christmas music

Sony Music Australia

Lorenzo Senni

Lorenzo Senni

Persona

Hard trance, intelligent dance music

Warp

Mina & Celentano

Mina & Celentano

Le migliori

Pop

Clan, PDU

Nathan Sykes

Nathan Sykes

Unfinished Business

Pop, R&B, EDM

Global Entertainment

Olly Murs

Olly Murs

24 Hrs

Pop

Epic

Ronnie Dunn

Ronnie Dunn

Tattooed Heart

Country

Nash Icon

Simple Minds

Simple Minds

Acoustic

Acoustic

Caroline International

Sirenia

Sirenia

Dim Days of Dolor

Gothic metal, symphonic metal, doom metal

Napalm

Sleigh Bells

Sleigh Bells

Jessica Rabbit

Indie pop

Torn Clean

Sting

Sting

57th & 9th

Pop rock

Cherrytree, Interscope, A&M

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

East Coast hip-hop, jazz rap

Epic

You Blew It!

You Blew It!

Abendrot

Indie rock

Triple Crown

November18

November18

6lack

Free 6lack

Hip-hop, R&B

LoveRenaissance, Interscope

Bic Runga

Bic Runga

Close Your Eyes

Sony Music New Zealand

Bridgit Mendler

Bridgit Mendler

Nemesis

Soul, indie, R&B

Black Box

Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars

24K Magic

Funk

Atlantic

DNCE

DNCE

DNCE

Pop

Republic

Dragonette

Dragonette

Royal Blues

E-40

E-40

The D-Boy Diary: Book 1

Hip-hop

Heavy on the Grind Entertainment

E-40

E-40

The D-Boy Diary: Book 2

Hip-hop

Heavy on the Grind Entertainment

High Valley

High Valley

Dear Life

Country

Atlantic, Warner Nashville

Highly Suspect

Highly Suspect

The Boy Who Died Wolf

Alternative rock

300 Entertainment

Ion Dissonance

Ion Dissonance

Cast the First Stone

Deathcore, mathcore

Good Fight

Justice

Justice

Woman

Disco, funk

Because, Ed Banger

Kerser

Kerser

Tradition

Warner Australia

Kevin Abstract

Kevin Abstract

American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story

Indie pop, alternative hip-hop, alternative R&B

Brockhampton Records

Little Mix

Little Mix

Glory Days

Dance-pop, R&B

Syco, Columbia

Metallica

Metallica

Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

Thrash metal

Blackened Recordings

Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert

The Weight of These Wings

Country

RCA Nashville

Pink Martini

Pink Martini

Je dis oui!

Heinz Records

Sixx:A.M.

Sixx:A.M.

Prayers for the Blessed

Alternative metal, hard rock

Eleven Seven

Thee Oh Sees

Thee Oh Sees

An Odd Entrances

Garage rock, psychedelic rock

Castle Face

November21

November21

Up10tion

Burst

K-pop

TOP Media

November22

November22

Prince

4Ever

Pop, rock, funk

NPG, Warner Bros.

November23

November23

Lil Uzi Vert and Gucci Mane

1017 vs. The World

Hip-hop, trap

Generation Now, GUWOP

November25

November25

Flume

Skin Companion EP 1

Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

Gunslinger

Country

Pearl

Kate Bush

Kate Bush

Before the Dawn

Progressive pop, art pop, art rock

Concord, Fish People

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition

Christmas, traditional pop

Parlophone, Warner Bros.

Rumer

Rumer

This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook

Pop

East West, Warner Bros.

The Weeknd

The Weeknd

Starboy

Alternative R&B

XO, Republic

November29

November29

Dr. Dog

Abandoned Mansion

Indie rock, blues rock, neo-psychedelia

Anti-

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
November4	Alicia Keys	Here	R&B, soul	RCA
	B.o.B.	Elements	Conscious hip-hop, political hip-hop	Label No Genre
	Bon Jovi	This House Is Not for Sale	Arena rock, pop rock	Island
	The Chainsmokers	Collage		Disruptor, Columbia
	Client Liaison	Diplomatic Immunity	Electropop, indie pop, new wave	Dot Dash Recordings, Remote Control, Inertia
	Common	Black America Again	Hip-hop	ARTium, Def Jam
	Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions	Until the Hunter	Alternative rock	Tendril Tales
	Jaws	Simplicity	Post-punk
	Jim James	Eternally Even	Indie rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock	ATO, Capitol
	Keke Palmer	Lauren	R&B	Island
	Kungs	Layers	Deep house, tropical house	House of Barclay
	Laura Pausini	Laura Xmas	Christmas music, jazz, swing	Warner
	Marcus & Martinus	Together	Pop	Sony Music Entertainment Norway
	Queen	On Air	Rock, hard rock	Virgin EMI, Hollywood
	Robbie Williams	The Heavy Entertainment Show	Pop	Columbia
	Shirley Collins	Lodestar	Folk	Domino
	Susan Boyle	A Wonderful World	Operatic pop, crossover, easy listening	Syco, Columbia, Sony Music
	Tinashe	Nightride	Alternative R&B	RCA
	Waterparks	Double Dare	Pop punk	Equal Vision
November5	French Montana	MC4	Hip-hop	Bad Boy, Maybach Music Group, Epic
November8	Wakrat	Wakrat	Alternative rock	Earache
November9	Bad Gyal	Slow Wine Mixtape		Bad Gyal
November11	Bob Dylan	The 1966 Live Recordings	Folk	Columbia
	Cliff Richard	Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll	Rock and roll	Sony Music
	David Bowie	Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie)	Rock	Sony Music
	Emeli Sandé	Long Live the Angels	R&B, soul	Virgin
	Enigma	The Fall of a Rebel Angel	New-age, pop, electronica	Baloo Music S.A.
	Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood	Christmas Together	Christmas, country	Pearl, Gwendolyn
	In Flames	Battles	Alternative metal	Eleven Seven, Nuclear Blast
	John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John	Friends for Christmas	Pop, Christmas music	Sony Music Australia
	Lorenzo Senni	Persona	Hard trance, intelligent dance music	Warp
	Mina & Celentano	Le migliori	Pop	Clan, PDU
	Nathan Sykes	Unfinished Business	Pop, R&B, EDM	Global Entertainment
	Olly Murs	24 Hrs	Pop	Epic
	Ronnie Dunn	Tattooed Heart	Country	Nash Icon
	Simple Minds	Acoustic	Acoustic	Caroline International
	Sirenia	Dim Days of Dolor	Gothic metal, symphonic metal, doom metal	Napalm
	Sleigh Bells	Jessica Rabbit	Indie pop	Torn Clean
	Sting	57th & 9th	Pop rock	Cherrytree, Interscope, A&M
	A Tribe Called Quest	We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	East Coast hip-hop, jazz rap	Epic
	You Blew It!	Abendrot	Indie rock	Triple Crown
November18	6lack	Free 6lack	Hip-hop, R&B	LoveRenaissance, Interscope
	Bic Runga	Close Your Eyes		Sony Music New Zealand
	Bridgit Mendler	Nemesis	Soul, indie, R&B	Black Box
	Bruno Mars	24K Magic	Funk	Atlantic
	DNCE	DNCE	Pop	Republic
	Dragonette	Royal Blues
	E-40	The D-Boy Diary: Book 1	Hip-hop	Heavy on the Grind Entertainment

List of albums released in December 2016 · Fourth quarter › December

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

December2

December2

Animotion

Raise Your Expectations

Invisible Hands Music

Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino

"Awaken, My Love!"

R&B, soul, funk

Glassnote

deadmau5

deadmau5

W:/2016Album/

Electronic dance music

mau5trap

Grace VanderWaal

Grace VanderWaal

Perfectly Imperfect

Pop

Columbia

Jean-Michel Jarre

Jean-Michel Jarre

Oxygène 3

Electronic

John Legend

John Legend

Darkness and Light

R&B

Columbia, GOOD

Nails / Full of Hell

Nails / Full of Hell

Nails / Full of Hell

Grindcore

Closed Casket Activities

The Narrative

The Narrative

Golden Silence

Indie rock, synth-pop

Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty

Hamburg Demonstrations

Cloud Hill

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

Blue & Lonesome

Blues rock

Polydor

Tiziano Ferro

Tiziano Ferro

Il mestiere della vita

Pop

Universal

Various artists

Various artists

The Hamilton Mixtape

Hip-hop, R&B, pop

Atlantic

December9

December9

Ab-Soul

Do What Thou Wilt.

Hip-hop

Top Dawg

Hodgy

Hodgy

Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide

Hip-hop

Odd Future, Columbia

J. Cole

J. Cole

4 Your Eyez Only

Conscious hip-hop

Dreamville, Roc Nation

Lost on You

Indie rock

Vagrant

Maria Taylor

Maria Taylor

In the Next Life

Indie folk

Flower Moon Records

Neil Young

Neil Young

Peace Trail

Rock

Reprise

Post Malone

Post Malone

Stoney

Country, R&B

Republic

Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne

The Storm

Hip-hop

Strange

Various artists

Various artists

Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria

Pop, disco, afro-pop

Soundway

December 12

December 12

Big Bang

Made

Dance-pop, R&B, hip-hop

December15

December15

Injury Reserve

Floss

December16

December16

Gabrielle Aplin

Miss You

Never Fade

Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi

Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'

Hip-hop

Wicked Awesome, Republic

T.I.

T.I.

Us or Else: Letter to the System

Political hip-hop

Grand Hustle, Roc Nation

December 21

December 21

Dec 99th

Dec 99th

December 22

December 22

Nine Inch Nails

Not the Actual Events

Industrial rock

The Null Corporation

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
December2	Animotion	Raise Your Expectations		Invisible Hands Music
	Childish Gambino	"Awaken, My Love!"	R&B, soul, funk	Glassnote
	deadmau5	W:/2016Album/	Electronic dance music	mau5trap
	Grace VanderWaal	Perfectly Imperfect	Pop	Columbia
	Jean-Michel Jarre	Oxygène 3	Electronic
	John Legend	Darkness and Light	R&B	Columbia, GOOD
	Nails / Full of Hell	Nails / Full of Hell	Grindcore	Closed Casket Activities
	The Narrative	Golden Silence	Indie rock, synth-pop
	Pete Doherty	Hamburg Demonstrations		Cloud Hill
	The Rolling Stones	Blue & Lonesome	Blues rock	Polydor
	Tiziano Ferro	Il mestiere della vita	Pop	Universal
	Various artists	The Hamilton Mixtape	Hip-hop, R&B, pop	Atlantic
December9	Ab-Soul	Do What Thou Wilt.	Hip-hop	Top Dawg
	Hodgy	Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide	Hip-hop	Odd Future, Columbia
	J. Cole	4 Your Eyez Only	Conscious hip-hop	Dreamville, Roc Nation
	LP	Lost on You	Indie rock	Vagrant
	Maria Taylor	In the Next Life	Indie folk	Flower Moon Records
	Neil Young	Peace Trail	Rock	Reprise
	Post Malone	Stoney	Country, R&B	Republic
	Tech N9ne	The Storm	Hip-hop	Strange
	Various artists	Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria	Pop, disco, afro-pop	Soundway
December 12	Big Bang	Made	Dance-pop, R&B, hip-hop	YG
December15	Injury Reserve	Floss
December16	Gabrielle Aplin	Miss You		Never Fade
	Kid Cudi	Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'	Hip-hop	Wicked Awesome, Republic
	T.I.	Us or Else: Letter to the System	Political hip-hop	Grand Hustle, Roc Nation
December 21	Dec 99th	Dec 99th
December 22	Nine Inch Nails	Not the Actual Events	Industrial rock	The Null Corporation

List of 2016 albums

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