List of 2018 albums

Updated: 11/6/2025, 2:22:02 AM Wikipedia source

The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2018. 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 2018 in music.

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List of albums released in January 2018 · First quarter › January

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

January1

January1

Jeff Rosenstock

Post-

Punk rock, indie rock, power pop

Quote Unquote Records, Polyvinyl

January5

January5

Cupcakke

Ephorize

Hip-hop

January12

January12

Avatar

Avatar Country

Groove metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal

eOne, Century Media

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Wrong Creatures

Alternative rock

Abstract Dragon, Vagrant, PIAS Cooperative

Black Veil Brides

Black Veil Brides

Vale

Glam metal, hard rock, nu metal

Lava, Republic

Børns

Børns

Blue Madonna

Pop

Interscope

Camila Cabello

Camila Cabello

Camila

Pop

Epic, Syco Music, Sony Music

Corrosion of Conformity

Corrosion of Conformity

No Cross No Crown

Stoner rock, sludge metal, Southern metal

Nuclear Blast

Francesca Michielin

Francesca Michielin

2640

Pop, indie pop

Sony Music Italy

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

What Happens Next

Instrumental rock

Sony Music

Meghan Patrick

Meghan Patrick

Country Music Made Me Do It

Country

Warner Music Canada

Tonight Alive

Tonight Alive

Underworld

Alternative rock, pop rock, pop punk

Hopeless, UNFD

January19

January19

Anvil

Pounding the Pavement

Heavy metal

Steamhammer

Black Label Society

Black Label Society

Grimmest Hits

Heavy metal, hard rock

Entertainment One

Eden

Eden

Vertigo

Alternative rock, indie pop, Electronic

MCMXCV, Astralwerks

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy

Mania

Pop rock, electronic rock, electropop

Island, DCD2

First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit

Ruins

Folk, indie folk

Columbia

The Go! Team

The Go! Team

Semicircle

Indie pop

Memphis Industries

Joe Perry

Joe Perry

Sweetzerland Manifesto

Hard rock, blues rock

Roman Records

JPEGMafia

JPEGMafia

Veteran

Experimental hip-hop, industrial hip-hop, avant-garde

Deathbomb Arc

Magnum

Magnum

Lost on the Road to Eternity

Rock

Steamhammer Records/SPV

Mudhoney

Mudhoney

LiE

Sub Pop

Of Mice & Men

Of Mice & Men

Defy

Metalcore, nu metal

Rise

Starcrawler

Starcrawler

Starcrawler

Garage rock, punk rock

Rough Trade

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

I Like Fun

Alternative rock

Idlewild

Tune-Yards

Tune-Yards

I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life

Indie pop, alternative dance, art pop

4AD

January26

January26

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa

Black Coffee

Soul, blues

J&R Adventures

Craig David

Craig David

The Time Is Now

R&B, tropical house

Speakerbox, Insanity, Sony Music

The Dangerous Summer

The Dangerous Summer

The Dangerous Summer

Hopeless

Loudness

Loudness

Rise to Glory

Ward Records, earMUSIC

Marmozets

Marmozets

Knowing What You Know Now

Alternative rock, post-hardcore, math rock

Roadrunner

Migos

Migos

Culture II

Hip-hop, trap

Quality Control, Motown, Capitol

Nils Frahm

Nils Frahm

All Melody

Erased Tapes

Orphaned Land

Orphaned Land

Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

Century

Pestilence

Pestilence

Hadeon

Technical death metal

Hammerheart

Therion

Therion

Beloved Antichrist

Symphonic metal

Nuclear Blast

Tiny Moving Parts

Tiny Moving Parts

Swell

Triple Crown, Big Scary Monsters

Ty Segall

Ty Segall

Freedom's Goblin

Drag City

Waterparks

Waterparks

Entertainment

Pop punk, rock, pop rock

Equal Vision

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
January1	Jeff Rosenstock	Post-	Punk rock, indie rock, power pop	Quote Unquote Records, Polyvinyl
January5	Cupcakke	Ephorize	Hip-hop
January12	Avatar	Avatar Country	Groove metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal	eOne, Century Media
	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Wrong Creatures	Alternative rock	Abstract Dragon, Vagrant, PIAS Cooperative
	Black Veil Brides	Vale	Glam metal, hard rock, nu metal	Lava, Republic
	Børns	Blue Madonna	Pop	Interscope
	Camila Cabello	Camila	Pop	Epic, Syco Music, Sony Music
	Corrosion of Conformity	No Cross No Crown	Stoner rock, sludge metal, Southern metal	Nuclear Blast
	Francesca Michielin	2640	Pop, indie pop	Sony Music Italy
	Joe Satriani	What Happens Next	Instrumental rock	Sony Music
	Meghan Patrick	Country Music Made Me Do It	Country	Warner Music Canada
	Tonight Alive	Underworld	Alternative rock, pop rock, pop punk	Hopeless, UNFD
January19	Anvil	Pounding the Pavement	Heavy metal	Steamhammer
	Black Label Society	Grimmest Hits	Heavy metal, hard rock	Entertainment One
	Eden	Vertigo	Alternative rock, indie pop, Electronic	MCMXCV, Astralwerks
	Fall Out Boy	Mania	Pop rock, electronic rock, electropop	Island, DCD2
	First Aid Kit	Ruins	Folk, indie folk	Columbia
	The Go! Team	Semicircle	Indie pop	Memphis Industries
	Joe Perry	Sweetzerland Manifesto	Hard rock, blues rock	Roman Records
	JPEGMafia	Veteran	Experimental hip-hop, industrial hip-hop, avant-garde	Deathbomb Arc
	Magnum	Lost on the Road to Eternity	Rock	Steamhammer Records/SPV
	Mudhoney	LiE		Sub Pop
	Of Mice & Men	Defy	Metalcore, nu metal	Rise
	Starcrawler	Starcrawler	Garage rock, punk rock	Rough Trade
	They Might Be Giants	I Like Fun	Alternative rock	Idlewild
	Tune-Yards	I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life	Indie pop, alternative dance, art pop	4AD
January26	Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa	Black Coffee	Soul, blues	J&R Adventures
	Craig David	The Time Is Now	R&B, tropical house	Speakerbox, Insanity, Sony Music
	The Dangerous Summer	The Dangerous Summer		Hopeless
	Loudness	Rise to Glory		Ward Records, earMUSIC
	Marmozets	Knowing What You Know Now	Alternative rock, post-hardcore, math rock	Roadrunner
	Migos	Culture II	Hip-hop, trap	Quality Control, Motown, Capitol
	Nils Frahm	All Melody		Erased Tapes
	Orphaned Land	Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs		Century
	Pestilence	Hadeon	Technical death metal	Hammerheart
	Therion	Beloved Antichrist	Symphonic metal	Nuclear Blast
	Tiny Moving Parts	Swell		Triple Crown, Big Scary Monsters
	Ty Segall	Freedom's Goblin		Drag City
	Waterparks	Entertainment	Pop punk, rock, pop rock	Equal Vision

List of albums released in February 2018 · First quarter › February

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

February1

February1

Yung Beef

ADROMICFMS 4

La Vendición Records

February2

February2

Awolnation

Here Come the Runts

Alternative rock, pop rock, indie rock

Red Bull

Don Broco

Don Broco

Technology

Hard rock, electronic rock

SharpTone

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Man of the Woods

Pop, R&B

RCA

Rhye

Rhye

Blood

R&B

Loma Vista

Rich Brian

Rich Brian

Amen

Hip-hop

Empire, 88 Rising

Saxon

Saxon

Thunderbolt

Heavy metal

Silver Lining Music

Shannon Noll

Shannon Noll

Unbroken

Pop rock

Warner Music Australia

February9

February9

The Atlas Moth

Coma Noir

Prosthetic

Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional

Crooked Shadows

Pop, alternative rock

Fueled by Ramen

Don Diablo

Don Diablo

Future

Future house

Hexagon

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

Always Ascending

Indie rock, dance-punk, new wave

Domino

Kendrick Lamar and various artists

Kendrick Lamar and various artists

Black Panther: The Album

Hip-hop, gqom, trap

TDE, Aftermath, Interscope

MGMT

MGMT

Little Dark Age

Synth-pop, psychedelic pop

Columbia

Ravyn Lenae

Ravyn Lenae

Crush

R&B, neo soul

Atlantic, Three Twenty Three

The Wombats

The Wombats

Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Indie pop, indie rock, synth-pop

14th Floor, Bright Antenna

February14

February14

Band-Maid

World Domination

Hard rock, heavy metal

Crown Stones, JPU

Kodak Black

Kodak Black

Heart Break Kodak

R&B

Atlantic

Riri

Riri

Riri

R&B, EDM

Sony Music Associated Records

February16

February16

Brandi Carlile

By the Way, I Forgive You

Americana

Low Country Sound, Elektra

Car Seat Headrest

Car Seat Headrest

Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)

Indie rock

Matador

Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese

Synth-pop

Record Makers

Felix Jaehn

Felix Jaehn

Dance, tropical house, EDM

L'Agentur

For the Fallen Dreams

For the Fallen Dreams

Six

Metalcore

Rise

ionnalee

ionnalee

Everyone Afraid to Be Forgotten

Synth-pop, dance-pop, electropop

To whom it may concern.

Ought

Ought

Room Inside the World

Post-punk, art punk, punk rock

Merge

Poliça and s t a r g a z e

Poliça and s t a r g a z e

Music for the Long Emergency

Transgressive

Pop Evil

Pop Evil

Pop Evil

Rock

eOne

Senses Fail

Senses Fail

If There Is Light, It Will Find You

Screamo, pop punk

Pure Noise

Superchunk

Superchunk

What a Time to Be Alive

Indie rock, punk rock

Merge

February17

February17

Against All Logic

2012–2017

Electronic, deep house, house

Other People

February23

February23

6ix9ine

Day69

Trap

ScumGang, TenThousand Projects, Interscope

Bad Gyal

Bad Gyal

Worldwide Angel

Dancehall, reggaeton, trap

Puro Records, Canada

Caroline Rose

Caroline Rose

Loner

Indie rock, indie pop

New West

Danielle Nicole

Danielle Nicole

Cry No More

Concord

Screaming Females

Screaming Females

All at Once

Rock, punk rock

Don Giovanni

Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin

The Starlighter

Children's music, folk

SLC Recordings

Vance Joy

Vance Joy

Nation of Two

Indie folk, indie pop

Liberation Music

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
February1	Yung Beef	ADROMICFMS 4		La Vendición Records
February2	Awolnation	Here Come the Runts	Alternative rock, pop rock, indie rock	Red Bull
	Don Broco	Technology	Hard rock, electronic rock	SharpTone
	Justin Timberlake	Man of the Woods	Pop, R&B	RCA
	Rhye	Blood	R&B	Loma Vista
	Rich Brian	Amen	Hip-hop	Empire, 88 Rising
	Saxon	Thunderbolt	Heavy metal	Silver Lining Music
	Shannon Noll	Unbroken	Pop rock	Warner Music Australia
February9	The Atlas Moth	Coma Noir		Prosthetic
	Dashboard Confessional	Crooked Shadows	Pop, alternative rock	Fueled by Ramen
	Don Diablo	Future	Future house	Hexagon
	Franz Ferdinand	Always Ascending	Indie rock, dance-punk, new wave	Domino
	Kendrick Lamar and various artists	Black Panther: The Album	Hip-hop, gqom, trap	TDE, Aftermath, Interscope
	MGMT	Little Dark Age	Synth-pop, psychedelic pop	Columbia
	Ravyn Lenae	Crush	R&B, neo soul	Atlantic, Three Twenty Three
	The Wombats	Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life	Indie pop, indie rock, synth-pop	14th Floor, Bright Antenna
February14	Band-Maid	World Domination	Hard rock, heavy metal	Crown Stones, JPU
	Kodak Black	Heart Break Kodak	R&B	Atlantic
	Riri	Riri	R&B, EDM	Sony Music Associated Records
February16	Brandi Carlile	By the Way, I Forgive You	Americana	Low Country Sound, Elektra
	Car Seat Headrest	Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)	Indie rock	Matador
	Dita Von Teese	Dita Von Teese	Synth-pop	Record Makers
	Felix Jaehn	I	Dance, tropical house, EDM	L'Agentur
	For the Fallen Dreams	Six	Metalcore	Rise
	ionnalee	Everyone Afraid to Be Forgotten	Synth-pop, dance-pop, electropop	To whom it may concern.
	Ought	Room Inside the World	Post-punk, art punk, punk rock	Merge
	Poliça and s t a r g a z e	Music for the Long Emergency		Transgressive
	Pop Evil	Pop Evil	Rock	eOne
	Senses Fail	If There Is Light, It Will Find You	Screamo, pop punk	Pure Noise
	Superchunk	What a Time to Be Alive	Indie rock, punk rock	Merge
February17	Against All Logic	2012–2017	Electronic, deep house, house	Other People
February23	6ix9ine	Day69	Trap	ScumGang, TenThousand Projects, Interscope
	Bad Gyal	Worldwide Angel	Dancehall, reggaeton, trap	Puro Records, Canada
	Caroline Rose	Loner	Indie rock, indie pop	New West
	Danielle Nicole	Cry No More		Concord
	Screaming Females	All at Once	Rock, punk rock	Don Giovanni
	Shawn Colvin	The Starlighter	Children's music, folk	SLC Recordings
	Vance Joy	Nation of Two	Indie folk, indie pop	Liberation Music

List of albums released in March 2018 · First quarter › March

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

March1

March1

Ruby Fields

Your Dad's Opinion for Dinner

Ruby Fields

March2

March2

Alma

Heavy Rules Mixtape

PME

Andrew W.K.

Andrew W.K.

You're Not Alone

Hard rock

RED, Sony Music

Damien Done

Damien Done

Charm Offensive

Gothic rock, post-punk

Mind Over Matter

Moby

Moby

Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt

Electronica, trip hop

Little Idiot, Mute

Superorganism

Superorganism

Superorganism

Art pop, indie pop, psychedelic pop

Domino

Suuns

Suuns

Felt

Secretly Canadian

Tory Lanez

Tory Lanez

Memories Don't Die

Hip-hop, R&B, dancehall

Mad Love Records, Interscope

Tracey Thorn

Tracey Thorn

Record

Synth-pop

Merge

March9

March9

Between the Buried and Me

Automata I

Progressive metal, technical death metal

Sumerian

Calum Scott

Calum Scott

Only Human

Capitol

Datarock

Datarock

Face the Brutality

Young Aspiring Professionals

David Byrne

David Byrne

American Utopia

Art pop, art rock

Todo Mundo, Nonesuch

Editors

Editors

Violence

Alternative rock, electronic rock, new wave

PIAS

Judas Priest

Judas Priest

Firepower

Heavy metal

Epic

Kraus

Kraus

Path

Shoegaze

Terrible

Lil Yachty

Lil Yachty

Lil Boat 2

Hip-hop

Quality Control, Capitol, Motown

Logic

Logic

Bobby Tarantino II

Hip-hop

Def Jam

Myles Kennedy

Myles Kennedy

Year of the Tiger

Napalm

Ocean Alley

Ocean Alley

Chiaroscuro

Reggae rock

UNFD, Sony Music Australia

Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies

Get Your Fight On!

Suicidal Records

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace

Outsider

Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative metal

RCA

March14

March14

Shonen Knife

Alive! In Osaka

Pop-punk

Good Charamel, P-Vine

March16

March16

Fickle Friends

You Are Someone Else

Polydor

The Fratellis

The Fratellis

In Your Own Sweet Time

Alternative rock

Cooking Vinyl

Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini

Fatti sentire

Pop

Warner Music

Mount Eerie

Mount Eerie

Now Only

P.W. Elverum & Sun Ltd.

Scotty McCreery

Scotty McCreery

Seasons Change

Country

Triple Tigers

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

Hard rock, post-grunge, psychedelic rock

Rhino

XXXTentacion

XXXTentacion

Hip-hop, alternative rock, emo

Bad Vibes Forever, Caroline, Capitol

March23

March23

Dami Im

I Hear a Song

Sony Music Australia

George Ezra

George Ezra

Staying at Tamara's

Folk pop

Columbia

Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices

Space Gun

Indie rock

Rockathon Records

Jack White

Jack White

Boarding House Reach

Blues rock

Third Man, Columbia, XL

Preoccupations

Preoccupations

New Material

Jagjaguwar, Flemish Eye

Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

Sex & Cigarettes

R&B, soul

Def Jam

March30

March30

deadmau5

Where's the Drop?

Classical, electronica, ambient

mau5trap

Doja Cat

Doja Cat

Amala

Hip-hop, dancehall, R&B

Kemosabe, RCA

Escape the Fate

Escape the Fate

I Am Human

Eleven Seven

Hayley Kiyoko

Hayley Kiyoko

Expectations

Pop, synth-pop

Empire, Atlantic

Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves

Golden Hour

Country

MCA Nashville

Kate Nash

Kate Nash

Yesterday Was Forever

Indie rock, garage punk, punk rock

Girl Gang

Red Sun Rising

Red Sun Rising

Thread

Alternative rock, hard rock

Razor & Tie

Rich the Kid

Rich the Kid

The World Is Yours

Hip-hop

Interscope, Rich Forever

Steffany Gretzinger

Steffany Gretzinger

Blackout

Worship, pop

Bethel Music

The Vaccines

The Vaccines

Combat Sports

Indie rock, garage rock

Columbia

The Voidz

The Voidz

Virtue

Neo-psychedelia, new wave, psychedelic pop

Cult, RCA

The Weeknd

The Weeknd

My Dear Melancholy

Alternative R&B, R&B, electropop

XO, Republic

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
March1	Ruby Fields	Your Dad's Opinion for Dinner		Ruby Fields
March2	Alma	Heavy Rules Mixtape		PME
	Andrew W.K.	You're Not Alone	Hard rock	RED, Sony Music
	Damien Done	Charm Offensive	Gothic rock, post-punk	Mind Over Matter
	Moby	Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt	Electronica, trip hop	Little Idiot, Mute
	Superorganism	Superorganism	Art pop, indie pop, psychedelic pop	Domino
	Suuns	Felt		Secretly Canadian
	Tory Lanez	Memories Don't Die	Hip-hop, R&B, dancehall	Mad Love Records, Interscope
	Tracey Thorn	Record	Synth-pop	Merge
March9	Between the Buried and Me	Automata I	Progressive metal, technical death metal	Sumerian
	Calum Scott	Only Human		Capitol
	Datarock	Face the Brutality		Young Aspiring Professionals
	David Byrne	American Utopia	Art pop, art rock	Todo Mundo, Nonesuch
	Editors	Violence	Alternative rock, electronic rock, new wave	PIAS
	Judas Priest	Firepower	Heavy metal	Epic
	Kraus	Path	Shoegaze	Terrible
	Lil Yachty	Lil Boat 2	Hip-hop	Quality Control, Capitol, Motown
	Logic	Bobby Tarantino II	Hip-hop	Def Jam
	Myles Kennedy	Year of the Tiger		Napalm
	Ocean Alley	Chiaroscuro	Reggae rock	UNFD, Sony Music Australia
	Suicidal Tendencies	Get Your Fight On!		Suicidal Records
	Three Days Grace	Outsider	Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative metal	RCA
March14	Shonen Knife	Alive! In Osaka	Pop-punk	Good Charamel, P-Vine
March16	Fickle Friends	You Are Someone Else		Polydor
	The Fratellis	In Your Own Sweet Time	Alternative rock	Cooking Vinyl
	Laura Pausini	Fatti sentire	Pop	Warner Music
	Mount Eerie	Now Only		Elverum & Sun Ltd.
	Scotty McCreery	Seasons Change	Country	Triple Tigers
	Stone Temple Pilots	Stone Temple Pilots	Hard rock, post-grunge, psychedelic rock	Rhino
	XXXTentacion	?	Hip-hop, alternative rock, emo	Bad Vibes Forever, Caroline, Capitol
March23	Dami Im	I Hear a Song		Sony Music Australia
	George Ezra	Staying at Tamara's	Folk pop	Columbia
	Guided by Voices	Space Gun	Indie rock	Rockathon Records
	Jack White	Boarding House Reach	Blues rock	Third Man, Columbia, XL
	Preoccupations	New Material		Jagjaguwar, Flemish Eye
	Toni Braxton	Sex & Cigarettes	R&B, soul	Def Jam
March30	deadmau5	Where's the Drop?	Classical, electronica, ambient	mau5trap
	Doja Cat	Amala	Hip-hop, dancehall, R&B	Kemosabe, RCA
	Escape the Fate	I Am Human		Eleven Seven
	Hayley Kiyoko	Expectations	Pop, synth-pop	Empire, Atlantic
	Kacey Musgraves	Golden Hour	Country	MCA Nashville
	Kate Nash	Yesterday Was Forever	Indie rock, garage punk, punk rock	Girl Gang
	Red Sun Rising	Thread	Alternative rock, hard rock	Razor & Tie
	Rich the Kid	The World Is Yours	Hip-hop	Interscope, Rich Forever
	Steffany Gretzinger	Blackout	Worship, pop	Bethel Music
	The Vaccines	Combat Sports	Indie rock, garage rock	Columbia
	The Voidz	Virtue	Neo-psychedelia, new wave, psychedelic pop	Cult, RCA
	The Weeknd	My Dear Melancholy	Alternative R&B, R&B, electropop	XO, Republic

List of albums released in April 2018 · Second quarter › April

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

April5

April5

The Caretaker

Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 4

Ambient, dark ambient, drone

History Always Favours the Winners

April6

April6

Alina Baraz

The Color of You

Mom + Pop

Cardi B

Cardi B

Invasion of Privacy

Hip-hop

Atlantic

CNCO

CNCO

CNCO

Latin pop, reggaeton

Sony Latin

E-40 and B-Legit

E-40 and B-Legit

Connected and Respected

Hip-hop

Heavy on the Grind

Eels

Eels

The Deconstruction

Indie rock

E Works, PIAS

En Vogue

En Vogue

Electric Café

R&B

eOne

Gin Wigmore

Gin Wigmore

Ivory

Alternative rock, blues, blue-eyed soul

Island Records Australia

Kali Uchis

Kali Uchis

Isolation

R&B, neo soul, bossa nova

Rinse, Virgin, Universal

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Golden

Country pop

Darenote, BMG

Mastersystem

Mastersystem

Dance Music

Physical Education Recordings

Panopticon

Panopticon

The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness

Black metal, Americana

Thirty Seconds to Mars

Thirty Seconds to Mars

America

Electronica, art pop

Interscope

Tina Arena

Tina Arena

Quand tout Recommence

Pop

Play Two

Underoath

Underoath

Erase Me

Alternative rock, post-hardcore

Fearless

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Sex & Food

Funk, rock, folk

Jagjaguwar

Various artists

Various artists

Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Island

Various artists

Various artists

Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Universal Nashville

April9

April9

Twice

What Is Love?

K-pop, bubblegum pop, dance

JYP, Republic

April13

April13

Beth Hart

Front and Center – Live from New York

Jazz, soul blues, piano blues

Provogue

Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin

Ember

Post-grunge, nu metal, hard rock

Hollywood

Confidence Man

Confidence Man

Confident Music for Confident People

Dance-pop

Heavenly

Gurrumul

Gurrumul

Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)

World, classical crossover

SkinnyFish Music

King Tuff

King Tuff

The Other

Rock

Sub Pop

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Resistance Is Futile

Alternative rock

Columbia, Sony Music

Mr. Fingers

Mr. Fingers

Cerebral Hemispheres

Electronic

Alleviated Records

Sofi Tukker

Sofi Tukker

Treehouse

House

Ultra Music

Tinashe

Tinashe

Joyride

Alternative R&B

RCA

April20

April20

Bishop Briggs

Church of Scars

Indie pop

Island, Teleport Records

Brothers Osborne

Brothers Osborne

Port Saint Joe

Country

EMI Nashville

J. Cole

J. Cole

KOD

Conscious hip-hop, jazz rap

Dreamville, Roc Nation, Interscope

Kimbra

Kimbra

Primal Heart

Pop

Warner Bros.

Melvins

Melvins

Pinkus Abortion Technician

Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock

Ipecac

My Indigo

My Indigo

My Indigo

Indie pop

BMG

Mýa

Mýa

T.K.O. (The Knock Out)

R&B

Planet 9, MGM, The Orchard

Pennywise

Pennywise

Never Gonna Die

Epitaph

A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle

Eat the Elephant

Progressive rock, hard rock

BMG

Samantha Jade

Samantha Jade

Best of My Love

Pop, dance-pop, disco

Sony Music Australia

Sleep

Sleep

The Sciences

Doom metal, stoner metal, space rock

Third Man

Sting and Shaggy

Sting and Shaggy

44/876

Reggae

A&M, Interscope, Cherrytree Records

Stryper

Stryper

God Damn Evil

Christian metal

Frontiers

April21

April21

Raury

The Woods

Raury

April26

April26

Autechre

NTS Sessions 1–4

Electronic

Warp

April27

April27

Anne-Marie

Speak Your Mind

Pop, EDM

Major Tom's, Asylum

Blossoms

Blossoms

Cool Like You

Indie pop, pop rock

Virgin EMI

Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog

Critical Equation

Indie rock, blues rock

Thirty Tigers

Elohim

Elohim

Elohim

Electropop

BMG

Hawthorne Heights

Hawthorne Heights

Bad Frequencies

Post-hardcore, emo, pop-punk

Pure Noise

Godsmack

Godsmack

When Legends Rise

Hard rock

BMG

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe

Dirty Computer

Pop, funk, hip-hop

Wondaland, Bad Boy, Atlantic

Kasey Chambers and the Fireside Disciples

Kasey Chambers and the Fireside Disciples

Campfire

Country

Warner Music Australasia

Keith Urban

Keith Urban

Graffiti U

Country pop

Capitol Nashville

Matt Cardle

Matt Cardle

Time to Be Alive

Sony Music

Missy Higgins

Missy Higgins

Solastalgia

Pop

Eleven: A Music Company

Okkervil River

Okkervil River

In the Rainbow Rain

Indie pop, art rock

ATO

Poo Bear

Poo Bear

Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music

Capitol

Post Malone

Post Malone

Beerbongs & Bentleys

Pop, hip-hop, R&B

Republic

Saara Aalto

Saara Aalto

Wild Wild Wonderland

Pop

Warner Music

Steve Angello

Steve Angello

Human

Progressive house, electro, synthwave

Size Records

Titãs

Titãs

Doze Flores Amarelas: Act I

Rock

Universal Music Brasil

YoungBoy Never Broke Again

YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Until Death Call My Name

Gangsta rap, trap

Never Broke Again, Atlantic

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
April5	The Caretaker	Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 4	Ambient, dark ambient, drone	History Always Favours the Winners
April6	Alina Baraz	The Color of You		Mom + Pop
	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy	Hip-hop	Atlantic
	CNCO	CNCO	Latin pop, reggaeton	Sony Latin
	E-40 and B-Legit	Connected and Respected	Hip-hop	Heavy on the Grind
	Eels	The Deconstruction	Indie rock	E Works, PIAS
	En Vogue	Electric Café	R&B	eOne
	Gin Wigmore	Ivory	Alternative rock, blues, blue-eyed soul	Island Records Australia
	Kali Uchis	Isolation	R&B, neo soul, bossa nova	Rinse, Virgin, Universal
	Kylie Minogue	Golden	Country pop	Darenote, BMG
	Mastersystem	Dance Music		Physical Education Recordings
	Panopticon	The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness	Black metal, Americana
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	America	Electronica, art pop	Interscope
	Tina Arena	Quand tout Recommence	Pop	Play Two
	Underoath	Erase Me	Alternative rock, post-hardcore	Fearless
	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Sex & Food	Funk, rock, folk	Jagjaguwar
	Various artists	Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin		Island
	Various artists	Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin		Universal Nashville
April9	Twice	What Is Love?	K-pop, bubblegum pop, dance	JYP, Republic
April13	Beth Hart	Front and Center – Live from New York	Jazz, soul blues, piano blues	Provogue
	Breaking Benjamin	Ember	Post-grunge, nu metal, hard rock	Hollywood
	Confidence Man	Confident Music for Confident People	Dance-pop	Heavenly
	Gurrumul	Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)	World, classical crossover	SkinnyFish Music
	King Tuff	The Other	Rock	Sub Pop
	Manic Street Preachers	Resistance Is Futile	Alternative rock	Columbia, Sony Music
	Mr. Fingers	Cerebral Hemispheres	Electronic	Alleviated Records
	Sofi Tukker	Treehouse	House	Ultra Music
	Tinashe	Joyride	Alternative R&B	RCA
April20	Bishop Briggs	Church of Scars	Indie pop	Island, Teleport Records
	Brothers Osborne	Port Saint Joe	Country	EMI Nashville
	J. Cole	KOD	Conscious hip-hop, jazz rap	Dreamville, Roc Nation, Interscope
	Kimbra	Primal Heart	Pop	Warner Bros.
	Melvins	Pinkus Abortion Technician	Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock	Ipecac
	My Indigo	My Indigo	Indie pop	BMG
	Mýa	The Knock Out)	R&B	Planet 9, MGM, The Orchard
	Pennywise	Never Gonna Die		Epitaph
	A Perfect Circle	Eat the Elephant	Progressive rock, hard rock	BMG
	Samantha Jade	Best of My Love	Pop, dance-pop, disco	Sony Music Australia
	Sleep	The Sciences	Doom metal, stoner metal, space rock	Third Man
	Sting and Shaggy	44/876	Reggae	A&M, Interscope, Cherrytree Records
	Stryper	God Damn Evil	Christian metal	Frontiers
April21	Raury	The Woods		Raury
April26	Autechre	NTS Sessions 1–4	Electronic	Warp
April27	Anne-Marie	Speak Your Mind	Pop, EDM	Major Tom's, Asylum
	Blossoms	Cool Like You	Indie pop, pop rock	Virgin EMI
	Dr. Dog	Critical Equation	Indie rock, blues rock	Thirty Tigers
	Elohim	Elohim	Electropop	BMG
	Hawthorne Heights	Bad Frequencies	Post-hardcore, emo, pop-punk	Pure Noise

List of albums released in May 2018 · Second quarter › May

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

May4

May4

Belly

Dove

Alternative rock

Belly Touring

DJ Koze

DJ Koze

Knock Knock

House, deep house, techno

Pampa Records

Frank Turner

Frank Turner

Be More Kind

Indie rock, indie folk

Xtra Mile, Polydor

Gaz Coombes

Gaz Coombes

World's Strongest Man

Rock

Caroline International, Hot Fruit Records

Ghastly

Ghastly

The Mystifying Oracle

Dubstep, bass

Jon Hopkins

Jon Hopkins

Singularity

Electronic, ambient

Domino

Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive

Free Yourself Up

Pop, indie pop

Nonesuch

Leon Bridges

Leon Bridges

Good Thing

Columbia

Plan B

Plan B

Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose

Soul, R&B, hip-hop

Atlantic

Rae Sremmurd

Rae Sremmurd

SR3MM

Hip-hop

Ear Drummer, Interscope

Royce da 5'9"

Royce da 5'9"

Book of Ryan

Hip-hop

Heaven Studios, eOne

Shinedown

Shinedown

Attention Attention

Hard rock, pop rock, alternative rock

Atlantic

Skating Polly

Skating Polly

The Make It All Show

Punk rock, indie pop

El Camino

Titãs

Titãs

Doze Flores Amarelas: Act II

Rock

Universal Music Brasil

May11

May11

Arctic Monkeys

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Psychedelic pop, lounge, space rock

Domino

Bad Wolves

Bad Wolves

Disobey

Groove metal, heavy metal, hard rock

Eleven Seven

Beach House

Beach House

Dream pop, shoegaze, psychedelic pop

Sub Pop, Bella Union, Mistletone

The Body

The Body

I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.

Noise, power electronics

Thrill Jockey

Charlie Puth

Charlie Puth

Voicenotes

Pop, R&B

Atlantic

Illuminati Hotties

Illuminati Hotties

Kiss Yr Frenemies

Tiny Engines

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt

Lost Souls

Folk, world, Celtic

Quinlan Road

Playboi Carti

Playboi Carti

Die Lit

Hip-hop, trap

AWGE, Interscope

Sevendust

Sevendust

All I See Is War

Alternative metal, hard rock

Rise

Titãs

Titãs

Doze Flores Amarelas: Act III

Rock

Universal Music Brasil

May18

May18

BTS

Love Yourself: Tear

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

Big Hit, iriver

Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Tell Me How You Really Feel

Indie rock, alternative rock

Milk!, Mom + Pop, Marathon Artists

Five Finger Death Punch

Five Finger Death Punch

And Justice for None

Heavy metal, hard rock, nu metal

Prospect Park

Half Man Half Biscuit

Half Man Half Biscuit

No-One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut

Post punk

Probe Plus

James Bay

James Bay

Electric Light

Rock, pop, R&B

Virgin EMI

Maluma

Maluma

F.A.M.E.

Latin pop

Sony Music Latin

Nav

Nav

Reckless

Hip-hop, trap

XO, Republic

Now, Now

Now, Now

Saved

Indie pop

Trans- Records

Parquet Courts

Parquet Courts

Wide Awake!

Indie rock, punk rock, dance-punk

Rough Trade

May23

May23

Juice Wrld

Goodbye & Good Riddance

Emo rap

Grade A, Interscope

May25

May25

ASAP Rocky

Testing

Experimental hip-hop, psychedelic

ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds, RCA

Chvrches

Chvrches

Love Is Dead

Synth-pop

Goodbye, Virgin

Dear Nora

Dear Nora

Skulls Example

Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock

Orindal Records

J Balvin

J Balvin

Vibras

Pop, reggaeton

Universal Latin

Jessie J

Jessie J

R.O.S.E.

Republic

Lordi

Lordi

Sexorcism

AFM

Prefuse 73

Prefuse 73

Sacrifices

Lex

Pusha T

Pusha T

Daytona

Hip-hop

GOOD, Def Jam

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes

Pop

Island

Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol

Wildness

Alternative rock, indie pop, pop rock

Polydor

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
May4	Belly	Dove	Alternative rock	Belly Touring
	DJ Koze	Knock Knock	House, deep house, techno	Pampa Records
	Frank Turner	Be More Kind	Indie rock, indie folk	Xtra Mile, Polydor
	Gaz Coombes	World's Strongest Man	Rock	Caroline International, Hot Fruit Records
	Ghastly	The Mystifying Oracle	Dubstep, bass
	Jon Hopkins	Singularity	Electronic, ambient	Domino
	Lake Street Dive	Free Yourself Up	Pop, indie pop	Nonesuch
	Leon Bridges	Good Thing		Columbia
	Plan B	Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose	Soul, R&B, hip-hop	Atlantic
	Rae Sremmurd	SR3MM	Hip-hop	Ear Drummer, Interscope
	Royce da 5'9"	Book of Ryan	Hip-hop	Heaven Studios, eOne
	Shinedown	Attention Attention	Hard rock, pop rock, alternative rock	Atlantic
	Skating Polly	The Make It All Show	Punk rock, indie pop	El Camino
	Titãs	Doze Flores Amarelas: Act II	Rock	Universal Music Brasil
May11	Arctic Monkeys	Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	Psychedelic pop, lounge, space rock	Domino
	Bad Wolves	Disobey	Groove metal, heavy metal, hard rock	Eleven Seven
	Beach House	7	Dream pop, shoegaze, psychedelic pop	Sub Pop, Bella Union, Mistletone
	The Body	I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.	Noise, power electronics	Thrill Jockey
	Charlie Puth	Voicenotes	Pop, R&B	Atlantic
	Illuminati Hotties	Kiss Yr Frenemies		Tiny Engines
	Loreena McKennitt	Lost Souls	Folk, world, Celtic	Quinlan Road
	Playboi Carti	Die Lit	Hip-hop, trap	AWGE, Interscope
	Sevendust	All I See Is War	Alternative metal, hard rock	Rise
	Titãs	Doze Flores Amarelas: Act III	Rock	Universal Music Brasil
May18	BTS	Love Yourself: Tear	K-pop, hip-hop, alternative R&B	Big Hit, iriver
	Courtney Barnett	Tell Me How You Really Feel	Indie rock, alternative rock	Milk!, Mom + Pop, Marathon Artists
	Five Finger Death Punch	And Justice for None	Heavy metal, hard rock, nu metal	Prospect Park
	Half Man Half Biscuit	No-One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut	Post punk	Probe Plus
	James Bay	Electric Light	Rock, pop, R&B	Virgin EMI
	Maluma	F.A.M.E.	Latin pop	Sony Music Latin
	Nav	Reckless	Hip-hop, trap	XO, Republic
	Now, Now	Saved	Indie pop	Trans- Records
	Parquet Courts	Wide Awake!	Indie rock, punk rock, dance-punk	Rough Trade
May23	Juice Wrld	Goodbye & Good Riddance	Emo rap	Grade A, Interscope
May25	ASAP Rocky	Testing	Experimental hip-hop, psychedelic	ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds, RCA
	Chvrches	Love Is Dead	Synth-pop	Goodbye, Virgin
	Dear Nora	Skulls Example	Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock	Orindal Records
	J Balvin	Vibras	Pop, reggaeton	Universal Latin
	Jessie J	R.O.S.E.		Republic
	Lordi	Sexorcism		AFM
	Prefuse 73	Sacrifices		Lex
	Pusha T	Daytona	Hip-hop	GOOD, Def Jam
	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	Pop	Island
	Snow Patrol	Wildness	Alternative rock, indie pop, pop rock	Polydor

List of albums released in June 2018 · Second quarter › June

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

June1

June1

Ben Howard

Noonday Dream

Indie folk, psychedelic folk

Island

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Something Else

A Records

Father John Misty

Father John Misty

God's Favorite Customer

Soft rock, folk rock, baroque pop

Sub Pop, Bella Union

Ghost

Ghost

Prequelle

Hard rock, arena rock, heavy metal

Loma Vista

Jamie Isaac

Jamie Isaac

(04:30) Idler

Bossa nova, electronic, jazz

Marathon Artists

Kanye West

Kanye West

Hip-hop

GOOD, Def Jam

Kara Grainger

Kara Grainger

Living with Your Ghost

Roots, blues, soul

Station House Records

Natalie Prass

Natalie Prass

The Future and the Past

ATO

Owl City

Owl City

Cinematic

Synth-pop, dream pop

Sky Harbor Records

The Presets

The Presets

Hi Viz

Electronic

Modular, EMI

Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey

As Long as I Have You

Polydor

June8

June8

Dave Matthews Band

Come Tomorrow

Rock

RCA

Dierks Bentley

Dierks Bentley

The Mountain

Country

Capitol Nashville

Joana Marte

Joana Marte

De Outro Lugar

Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock

Urtiga

Jorja Smith

Jorja Smith

Lost & Found

R&B, soul, trip hop

FAMM

Kids See Ghosts

Kids See Ghosts

Kids See Ghosts

Hip-hop

GOOD, Def Jam

Lily Allen

Lily Allen

No Shame

Electropop

Parlophone, Regal

Lykke Li

Lykke Li

So Sad So Sexy

Pop, R&B

RCA

Matt Maltese

Matt Maltese

Bad Contestant

Atlantic Records UK

Sheppard

Sheppard

Watching the Sky

Indie pop, indie rock

Empire of Song

Sugarland

Sugarland

Bigger

Country

Big Machine

June15

June15

5 Seconds of Summer

Youngblood

Pop

Capitol, Hi or Hey

Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy

The Blues Is Alive and Well

Blues

RCA, Silvertone

Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

Liberation

Hip-hop, R&B

RCA

Chromeo

Chromeo

Head over Heels

Funk

Big Beat, Atlantic

Gin Blossoms

Gin Blossoms

Mixed Reality

Alternative rock

Cleopatra

Jay Rock

Jay Rock

Redemption

West Coast hip-hop

Top Dawg, Interscope

Jess & Matt

Jess & Matt

Songs from the Village

Pop

Sony Music Australia

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

Call the Comet

Indie rock

New Voodoo, Warner Bros.

Marisa Anderson

Marisa Anderson

Cloud Corner

Ambient, American folk, Tuareg music

Thrill Jockey

Mike Shinoda

Mike Shinoda

Post Traumatic

Hip-hop, rock, electropop

Warner Bros., Machine Shop

Nas

Nas

Nasir

Hip-hop

Mass Appeal, Def Jam

Rico Nasty

Rico Nasty

Nasty

Trap

Atlantic, Sugar Trap

Sophie

Sophie

Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

Avant-pop, hyperpop, experimental pop

MSMSMSM, Future Classic, Transgressive

June16

June16

The Carters

Everything Is Love

Hip-hop

Parkwood, Roc Nation

June20

June20

Pasocom Music Club

Dream Walk

June22

June22

Bebe Rexha

Expectations

Pop, electropop

Warner Bros.

Dan + Shay

Dan + Shay

Dan + Shay

Country pop

Warner Nashville

Dawes

Dawes

Passwords

Folk rock, pop rock

Hub Records

Death Grips

Death Grips

Year of the Snitch

Punk rap, noise rock

Third Worlds, Harvest

Gang Gang Dance

Gang Gang Dance

Kazuashita

4AD

Jack River

Jack River

Sugar Mountain

I Oh You

Marshmello

Marshmello

Joytime II

Future bass, trap

Joytime Collective

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Bad Witch

Industrial rock

The Null Corporation, Capitol

Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco

Pray for the Wicked

Pop

Fueled by Ramen, DCD2

Teyana Taylor

Teyana Taylor

K.T.S.E.

R&B

GOOD Music

June29

June29

Bullet for My Valentine

Gravity

Alternative metal, nu metal, post-hardcore

Spinefarm

Drake

Drake

Scorpion

Hip-hop, R&B, pop

OVO Sound, Young Money, Cash Money

Florence and the Machine

Florence and the Machine

High as Hope

Indie pop, art pop, orchestral rock

Virgin EMI, Republic

Gorillaz

Gorillaz

The Now Now

Funk, synth-pop, new wave

Parlophone, Warner Bros.

Let's Eat Grandma

Let's Eat Grandma

I'm All Ears

Avant-pop, synth-pop

Transgressive

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
June1	Ben Howard	Noonday Dream	Indie folk, psychedelic folk	Island
	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Something Else		A Records
	Father John Misty	God's Favorite Customer	Soft rock, folk rock, baroque pop	Sub Pop, Bella Union
	Ghost	Prequelle	Hard rock, arena rock, heavy metal	Loma Vista
	Jamie Isaac	(04:30) Idler	Bossa nova, electronic, jazz	Marathon Artists
	Kanye West	Ye	Hip-hop	GOOD, Def Jam
	Kara Grainger	Living with Your Ghost	Roots, blues, soul	Station House Records
	Natalie Prass	The Future and the Past		ATO
	Owl City	Cinematic	Synth-pop, dream pop	Sky Harbor Records
	The Presets	Hi Viz	Electronic	Modular, EMI
	Roger Daltrey	As Long as I Have You		Polydor
June8	Dave Matthews Band	Come Tomorrow	Rock	RCA
	Dierks Bentley	The Mountain	Country	Capitol Nashville
	Joana Marte	De Outro Lugar	Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock	Urtiga
	Jorja Smith	Lost & Found	R&B, soul, trip hop	FAMM
	Kids See Ghosts	Kids See Ghosts	Hip-hop	GOOD, Def Jam
	Lily Allen	No Shame	Electropop	Parlophone, Regal
	Lykke Li	So Sad So Sexy	Pop, R&B	RCA
	Matt Maltese	Bad Contestant		Atlantic Records UK
	Sheppard	Watching the Sky	Indie pop, indie rock	Empire of Song
	Sugarland	Bigger	Country	Big Machine
June15	5 Seconds of Summer	Youngblood	Pop	Capitol, Hi or Hey
	Buddy Guy	The Blues Is Alive and Well	Blues	RCA, Silvertone
	Christina Aguilera	Liberation	Hip-hop, R&B	RCA
	Chromeo	Head over Heels	Funk	Big Beat, Atlantic
	Gin Blossoms	Mixed Reality	Alternative rock	Cleopatra
	Jay Rock	Redemption	West Coast hip-hop	Top Dawg, Interscope
	Jess & Matt	Songs from the Village	Pop	Sony Music Australia
	Johnny Marr	Call the Comet	Indie rock	New Voodoo, Warner Bros.
	Marisa Anderson	Cloud Corner	Ambient, American folk, Tuareg music	Thrill Jockey
	Mike Shinoda	Post Traumatic	Hip-hop, rock, electropop	Warner Bros., Machine Shop
	Nas	Nasir	Hip-hop	Mass Appeal, Def Jam
	Rico Nasty	Nasty	Trap	Atlantic, Sugar Trap
	Sophie	Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides	Avant-pop, hyperpop, experimental pop	MSMSMSM, Future Classic, Transgressive
June16	The Carters	Everything Is Love	Hip-hop	Parkwood, Roc Nation
June20	Pasocom Music Club	Dream Walk
June22	Bebe Rexha	Expectations	Pop, electropop	Warner Bros.
	Dan + Shay	Dan + Shay	Country pop	Warner Nashville
	Dawes	Passwords	Folk rock, pop rock	Hub Records
	Death Grips	Year of the Snitch	Punk rap, noise rock	Third Worlds, Harvest
	Gang Gang Dance	Kazuashita		4AD
	Jack River	Sugar Mountain		I Oh You
	Marshmello	Joytime II	Future bass, trap	Joytime Collective
	Nine Inch Nails	Bad Witch	Industrial rock	The Null Corporation, Capitol
	Panic! at the Disco	Pray for the Wicked	Pop	Fueled by Ramen, DCD2
	Teyana Taylor	K.T.S.E.	R&B	GOOD Music
June29	Bullet for My Valentine	Gravity	Alternative metal, nu metal, post-hardcore	Spinefarm
	Drake	Scorpion	Hip-hop, R&B, pop	OVO Sound, Young Money, Cash Money

List of albums released in July 2018 · Third quarter › July

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

July3

July3

Mom Jeans

Puppy Love

Counter Intuitive, Big Scary Monsters

July4

July4

Red Velvet

Cookie Jar

K-pop, electropop, synth-pop

Avex Trax

July6

July6

DevilDriver

Outlaws 'til the End: Vol. 1

Groove metal, melodic death metal

Napalm

Years & Years

Years & Years

Palo Santo

Dance-pop, electropop

Polydor

July9

July9

Twice

Summer Nights

K-pop, dance

JYP Entertainment, iriver

July13

July13

Amy Shark

Love Monster

Indie pop, alternative

Wonderlick Entertainment, Sony Music Australia

Armand Hammer

Armand Hammer

Paraffin

Hip-hop

Backwoodz Studioz

Between the Buried and Me

Between the Buried and Me

Automata II

Progressive metal, technical death metal

Sumerian

Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies

All That Reckoning

Alternative country, rock

Latent, Proper

Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors

Lamp Lit Prose

Progressive pop

Domino

DonChristian

DonChristian

Where There's Smoke

Rick Astley

Rick Astley

Beautiful Life

Pop, soul

BMG

Body/Head

Body/Head

The Switch

Matador

The Vamps

The Vamps

Night & Day (Day Edition)

Pop

Mercury, Virgin EMI

Various artists

Various artists

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Capitol, Polydor

Wet

Wet

Still Run

Indie pop

Columbia

July20

July20

88rising

Head in the Clouds

R&B

88rising Records, 12Tone Music

Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway

Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway

Dictator

Hard rock, punk metal

Scarred for Life

The Internet

The Internet

Hive Mind

R&B, funk, hip-hop

Columbia

Lori McKenna

Lori McKenna

The Tree

Americana, country folk

CN Records

Meg Myers

Meg Myers

Take Me to the Disco

Alternative rock, pop rock

300 Entertainment

Ty Segall and White Fence

Ty Segall and White Fence

Joy

Drag City

July27

July27

Denzel Curry

Ta13oo

Hip-hop

PH, Loma Vista

Halestorm

Halestorm

Vicious

Hard rock, alternative metal, glam metal

Atlantic

Jarren Benton

Jarren Benton

Yuck Fou

Roc Nation

Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney

Songs for the Saints

Country

Blue Chair Records, Warner Bros. Nashville

The Screaming Jets

The Screaming Jets

Gotcha Covered

Dinner for Wolves

Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell

Electrifying 80s

Pop, pop rock

Encore Records

Willie Nile

Willie Nile

Children of Paradise

Indie rock

River House Records

July31

July31

Mid-Air Thief

Crumbling

Folktronica

Mid-Air Thief

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
July3	Mom Jeans	Puppy Love		Counter Intuitive, Big Scary Monsters
July4	Red Velvet	Cookie Jar	K-pop, electropop, synth-pop	Avex Trax
July6	DevilDriver	Outlaws 'til the End: Vol. 1	Groove metal, melodic death metal	Napalm
July6	Years & Years	Palo Santo	Dance-pop, electropop	Polydor
July9	Twice	Summer Nights	K-pop, dance	JYP Entertainment, iriver
July13	Amy Shark	Love Monster	Indie pop, alternative	Wonderlick Entertainment, Sony Music Australia
	Armand Hammer	Paraffin	Hip-hop	Backwoodz Studioz
	Between the Buried and Me	Automata II	Progressive metal, technical death metal	Sumerian
	Cowboy Junkies	All That Reckoning	Alternative country, rock	Latent, Proper
	Dirty Projectors	Lamp Lit Prose	Progressive pop	Domino
	DonChristian	Where There's Smoke
	Rick Astley	Beautiful Life	Pop, soul	BMG
	Body/Head	The Switch		Matador
	The Vamps	Night & Day (Day Edition)	Pop	Mercury, Virgin EMI
	Various artists	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again		Capitol, Polydor
	Wet	Still Run	Indie pop	Columbia
July20	88rising	Head in the Clouds	R&B	88rising Records, 12Tone Music
	Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway	Dictator	Hard rock, punk metal	Scarred for Life
	The Internet	Hive Mind	R&B, funk, hip-hop	Columbia
	Lori McKenna	The Tree	Americana, country folk	CN Records
	Meg Myers	Take Me to the Disco	Alternative rock, pop rock	300 Entertainment
	Ty Segall and White Fence	Joy		Drag City
July27	Denzel Curry	Ta13oo	Hip-hop	PH, Loma Vista
	Halestorm	Vicious	Hard rock, alternative metal, glam metal	Atlantic
	Jarren Benton	Yuck Fou		Roc Nation
	Kenny Chesney	Songs for the Saints	Country	Blue Chair Records, Warner Bros. Nashville
	The Screaming Jets	Gotcha Covered		Dinner for Wolves
	Tim Campbell	Electrifying 80s	Pop, pop rock	Encore Records
	Willie Nile	Children of Paradise	Indie rock	River House Records
July31	Mid-Air Thief	Crumbling	Folktronica	Mid-Air Thief

List of albums released in August 2018 · Third quarter › August

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

August3

August3

Anavitória

O Tempo É Agora

Forasteiro, Universal

Diesel

Diesel

30: The Greatest Hits

Bloodlines, Universal Music Australia

Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea

Survive the Summer

Hip-hop

Island

James

James

Living in Extraordinary Times

Indie rock

Infectious Music

Lovelytheband

Lovelytheband

Finding It Hard to Smile

Indie pop, pop rock

Another Century

Mac Miller

Mac Miller

Swimming

Hip-hop, jazz rap

REMember Music, Warner Bros.

Travis Scott

Travis Scott

Astroworld

Hip-hop, psychedelic rap

Grand Hustle, Epic, Cactus Jack

Stay Dangerous

Gangsta rap

4Hunnid, CTE, Def Jam

YNW Melly

YNW Melly

I Am You

Hip-hop

300

August10

August10

As It Is

The Great Depression

Fearless

Foxing

Foxing

Nearer My God

Indie rock, ambient, electronic

Triple Crown

Jake Shears

Jake Shears

Jake Shears

Pop, rock, funk

Freida Jean Records

Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz

Know

Pop rock

Atlantic

Lali

Lali

Brava

Latin pop

Sony Argentina

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj

Queen

Hip-hop

Young Money, Cash Money

Trippie Redd

Trippie Redd

Life's a Trip

Emo rap, pop-punk

TenThousand Projects, Caroline

August15

August15

Aminé

OnePointFive

Hip-hop, trap

Republic, CBLN

Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki

Trouble

J-pop, rock

Avex Trax, Avex Music Creative Inc.

August17

August17

Animal Collective

Tangerine Reef

Ambient

Domino

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande

Sweetener

Pop, R&B, trap

Republic

Blue October

Blue October

I Hope You're Happy

Rock

Up/Down Records, Brando Records

Cory Wong

Cory Wong

The Optimist

Cory Wong

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Thank You for Today

Alternative rock, indie pop

Atlantic

Gabrielle

Gabrielle

Under My Skin

Pop, R&B

BMG

Miles Kane

Miles Kane

Coup de Grâce

Indie rock, alternative rock

Virgin EMI

Mitski

Mitski

Be the Cowboy

Pop, art pop, indie rock

Dead Oceans

Ninja Sex Party

Ninja Sex Party

Cool Patrol

Comedy rock

Stefflon Don

Stefflon Don

Secure

Hip-hop

54 London, Quality Control Music

Young Thug

Young Thug

Slime Language

YSL, 300

August 23

August 23

Fall Out Boy

Lake Effect Kid

Pop rock, pop punk

Island, Decaydance

August 24

August 24

Alice in Chains

Rainier Fog

Doom metal, sludge metal, hard rock

BMG

The Amity Affliction

The Amity Affliction

Misery

Metalcore, electronicore

UNFD, Roadrunner

Beccy Cole

Beccy Cole

Lioness

Country

Beccy Cole Music, ABC Music

Honne

Honne

Love Me / Love Me Not

Atlantic

Interpol

Interpol

Marauder

Indie rock

Matador

Jain

Jain

Souldier

Pop

Spookland, Columbia, Sony Music

Liam Payne

Liam Payne

First Time

Capitol

Ozuna

Ozuna

Aura

Reggaeton

VP, Dimelo VI, Sony Latin

Steady Holiday

Steady Holiday

Nobody's Watching

Barsuk

White Denim

White Denim

Performance

City Slang

August31

August31

Anna Calvi

Hunter

Domino

Eminem

Eminem

Kamikaze

Hip-hop

Aftermath, Interscope, Shady

Emma Blackery

Emma Blackery

Villains

Pop

RWG Records

Idles

Idles

Joy as an Act of Resistance

Punk rock

Partisan

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan

Bloom

Pop, dance-pop, synth-pop

EMI Australia, Capitol

Wild Nothing

Wild Nothing

Indigo

Dream pop, indie pop, space rock

Captured Tracks

Why Don't We

Why Don't We

8 Letters

Pop

Atlantic, Warner

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
August3	Anavitória	O Tempo É Agora		Forasteiro, Universal
	Diesel	30: The Greatest Hits		Bloodlines, Universal Music Australia
	Iggy Azalea	Survive the Summer	Hip-hop	Island
	James	Living in Extraordinary Times	Indie rock	Infectious Music
	Lovelytheband	Finding It Hard to Smile	Indie pop, pop rock	Another Century
	Mac Miller	Swimming	Hip-hop, jazz rap	REMember Music, Warner Bros.
	Travis Scott	Astroworld	Hip-hop, psychedelic rap	Grand Hustle, Epic, Cactus Jack
	YG	Stay Dangerous	Gangsta rap	4Hunnid, CTE, Def Jam
	YNW Melly	I Am You	Hip-hop	300
August10	As It Is	The Great Depression		Fearless
	Foxing	Nearer My God	Indie rock, ambient, electronic	Triple Crown
	Jake Shears	Jake Shears	Pop, rock, funk	Freida Jean Records
	Jason Mraz	Know	Pop rock	Atlantic
	Lali	Brava	Latin pop	Sony Argentina
	Nicki Minaj	Queen	Hip-hop	Young Money, Cash Money
	Trippie Redd	Life's a Trip	Emo rap, pop-punk	TenThousand Projects, Caroline
August15	Aminé	OnePointFive	Hip-hop, trap	Republic, CBLN
August15	Ayumi Hamasaki	Trouble	J-pop, rock	Avex Trax, Avex Music Creative Inc.
August17	Animal Collective	Tangerine Reef	Ambient	Domino
	Ariana Grande	Sweetener	Pop, R&B, trap	Republic
	Blue October	I Hope You're Happy	Rock	Up/Down Records, Brando Records
	Cory Wong	The Optimist		Cory Wong
	Death Cab for Cutie	Thank You for Today	Alternative rock, indie pop	Atlantic
	Gabrielle	Under My Skin	Pop, R&B	BMG
	Miles Kane	Coup de Grâce	Indie rock, alternative rock	Virgin EMI
	Mitski	Be the Cowboy	Pop, art pop, indie rock	Dead Oceans
	Ninja Sex Party	Cool Patrol	Comedy rock
	Stefflon Don	Secure	Hip-hop	54 London, Quality Control Music
	Young Thug	Slime Language		YSL, 300
August 23	Fall Out Boy	Lake Effect Kid	Pop rock, pop punk	Island, Decaydance
August 24	Alice in Chains	Rainier Fog	Doom metal, sludge metal, hard rock	BMG
	The Amity Affliction	Misery	Metalcore, electronicore	UNFD, Roadrunner
	Beccy Cole	Lioness	Country	Beccy Cole Music, ABC Music
	Honne	Love Me / Love Me Not		Atlantic
	Interpol	Marauder	Indie rock	Matador
	Jain	Souldier	Pop	Spookland, Columbia, Sony Music
	Liam Payne	First Time		Capitol
	Ozuna	Aura	Reggaeton	VP, Dimelo VI, Sony Latin
	Steady Holiday	Nobody's Watching		Barsuk
	White Denim	Performance		City Slang
August31	Anna Calvi	Hunter		Domino
	Eminem	Kamikaze	Hip-hop	Aftermath, Interscope, Shady
	Emma Blackery	Villains	Pop	RWG Records
	Idles	Joy as an Act of Resistance	Punk rock	Partisan
	Troye Sivan	Bloom	Pop, dance-pop, synth-pop	EMI Australia, Capitol
	Wild Nothing	Indigo	Dream pop, indie pop, space rock	Captured Tracks
	Why Don't We	8 Letters	Pop	Atlantic, Warner

List of albums released in September 2018 · Third quarter › September

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

September7

September7

Clutch

Book of Bad Decisions

Stoner rock, blues rock

Weathermaker Music

Estelle

Estelle

Lovers Rock

Reggae

VP Records, Established 1980 Records

Hozier

Hozier

Nina Cried Power EP

Columbia

Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Raise Vibration

Rock

Roxie, BMG

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Egypt Station

Rock

Capitol

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

In the Blue Light

Pop

Legacy

Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies

Still Cyco Punk After All These Years

Hardcore punk

Suicidal Records

September14

September14

Ana Popović

Like It on Top

ArtisteXclusive Records

Ann Wilson

Ann Wilson

Immortal

BMG

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

Cry Pretty

Country pop, R&B

Capitol Records Nashville

David Guetta

David Guetta

Dance, house, pop

Parlophone, Big Beat, Atlantic

The Dirty Nil

The Dirty Nil

Master Volume

Punk rock, rock and roll

Dine Alone

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

Generation Rx

Pop-punk, alternative rock

MDDN, BMG

Orbital

Orbital

Monsters Exist

ACP Recordings

Pale Waves

Pale Waves

My Mind Makes Noises

Indie pop, synth-pop, pop

Dirty Hit, Interscope

Sleaford Mods

Sleaford Mods

Sleaford Mods

Rough Trade

Slothrust

Slothrust

The Pact

Dangerbird

Tony Bennett and Diana Krall

Tony Bennett and Diana Krall

Love Is Here to Stay

Jazz

Verve, Columbia

Tori Kelly

Tori Kelly

Hiding Place

Gospel, R&B

Capitol, Schoolboy

September20

September20

The Caretaker

Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 5

Ambient, dark ambient, drone

History Always Favours the Winners

September21

September21

Brockhampton

Iridescence

Hip-hop

Question Everything, RCA

Josh Groban

Josh Groban

Bridges

Operatic pop, classical, classical crossover

Reprise

Macy Gray

Macy Gray

Ruby

R&B

Mack Avenue

Metric

Metric

Art of Doubt

Indie rock, new wave, synth-pop

Metric Music International

Mount Eerie

Mount Eerie

After

Indie folk

P.W. Elverum & Sun

Noah Cyrus

Noah Cyrus

Good Cry

R&B, pop soul, electropop

RECORDS, Columbia

Prince

Prince

Piano and a Microphone 1983

Warner Bros.

St. Lucia

St. Lucia

Hyperion

Columbia

The Story So Far

The Story So Far

Proper Dose

Pop-punk

Pure Noise

Suede

Suede

The Blue Hour

Alternative rock, art rock

Warner Music UK

Therapy?

Therapy?

Cleave

Alternative metal

Marshall Records

Voivod

Voivod

The Wake

Thrash metal, progressive metal

Century Media

September28

September28

Beartooth

Disease

Hardcore punk, metalcore, pop-punk

Red Bull, UNFD

Cher

Cher

Dancing Queen

Pop

Warner Bros.

Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill

Elephants on Acid

Alternative hip-hop, hardcore hip-hop

BMG

Eves Karydas

Eves Karydas

Summerskin

Pop rock, alternative

Dew Process, Universal Music Australia

Getter

Getter

Visceral

Experimental, bass, hip-hop

Mau5trap

Kodaline

Kodaline

Politics of Living

B-Unique, Sony Music

Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne

Tha Carter V

Hip-hop

Young Money, Republic, Universal

Logic

Logic

YSIV

Hip-hop

Visionary, Def Jam

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Wouldn't It Be Great

Country, Americana

Sony Legacy

Nile Rodgers and Chic

Nile Rodgers and Chic

It's About Time

R&B, disco

Virgin EMI

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

King of Cowards

Doom metal, sludge metal

Rocket Recordings

Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart

Blood Red Roses

Republic, Decca

Sigala

Sigala

Brighter Days

Ministry of Sound, Columbia

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
September7	Clutch	Book of Bad Decisions	Stoner rock, blues rock	Weathermaker Music
	Estelle	Lovers Rock	Reggae	VP Records, Established 1980 Records
	Hozier	Nina Cried Power EP		Columbia
	Lenny Kravitz	Raise Vibration	Rock	Roxie, BMG
	Paul McCartney	Egypt Station	Rock	Capitol
	Paul Simon	In the Blue Light	Pop	Legacy
	Suicidal Tendencies	Still Cyco Punk After All These Years	Hardcore punk	Suicidal Records
September14	Ana Popović	Like It on Top		ArtisteXclusive Records
	Ann Wilson	Immortal		BMG
	Carrie Underwood	Cry Pretty	Country pop, R&B	Capitol Records Nashville
	David Guetta	7	Dance, house, pop	Parlophone, Big Beat, Atlantic
	The Dirty Nil	Master Volume	Punk rock, rock and roll	Dine Alone
	Good Charlotte	Generation Rx	Pop-punk, alternative rock	MDDN, BMG
	Orbital	Monsters Exist		ACP Recordings
	Pale Waves	My Mind Makes Noises	Indie pop, synth-pop, pop	Dirty Hit, Interscope
	Sleaford Mods	Sleaford Mods		Rough Trade
	Slothrust	The Pact		Dangerbird
	Tony Bennett and Diana Krall	Love Is Here to Stay	Jazz	Verve, Columbia
	Tori Kelly	Hiding Place	Gospel, R&B	Capitol, Schoolboy
September20	The Caretaker	Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 5	Ambient, dark ambient, drone	History Always Favours the Winners
September21	Brockhampton	Iridescence	Hip-hop	Question Everything, RCA
	Josh Groban	Bridges	Operatic pop, classical, classical crossover	Reprise
	Macy Gray	Ruby	R&B	Mack Avenue
	Metric	Art of Doubt	Indie rock, new wave, synth-pop	Metric Music International
	Mount Eerie	After	Indie folk	Elverum & Sun
	Noah Cyrus	Good Cry	R&B, pop soul, electropop	RECORDS, Columbia
	Prince	Piano and a Microphone 1983		Warner Bros.
	St. Lucia	Hyperion		Columbia
	The Story So Far	Proper Dose	Pop-punk	Pure Noise
	Suede	The Blue Hour	Alternative rock, art rock	Warner Music UK
	Therapy?	Cleave	Alternative metal	Marshall Records
	Voivod	The Wake	Thrash metal, progressive metal	Century Media
September28	Beartooth	Disease	Hardcore punk, metalcore, pop-punk	Red Bull, UNFD
	Cher	Dancing Queen	Pop	Warner Bros.
	Cypress Hill	Elephants on Acid	Alternative hip-hop, hardcore hip-hop	BMG
	Eves Karydas	Summerskin	Pop rock, alternative	Dew Process, Universal Music Australia
	Getter	Visceral	Experimental, bass, hip-hop	Mau5trap
	Kodaline	Politics of Living		B-Unique, Sony Music
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter V	Hip-hop	Young Money, Republic, Universal
	Logic	YSIV	Hip-hop	Visionary, Def Jam
	Loretta Lynn	Wouldn't It Be Great	Country, Americana	Sony Legacy
	Nile Rodgers and Chic	It's About Time	R&B, disco	Virgin EMI
	Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs	King of Cowards	Doom metal, sludge metal	Rocket Recordings
	Rod Stewart	Blood Red Roses		Republic, Decca
	Sigala	Brighter Days		Ministry of Sound, Columbia

List of albums released in October 2018 · Fourth quarter › October

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

October3

October3

Tofubeats

Run

Unborde

October4

October4

Pabllo Vittar

Não Para Não

Pop, axé, forró

Sony Music, Matadeiros

October5

October5

Black Peaks

All That Divides

Rise

Coheed and Cambria

Coheed and Cambria

Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures

Progressive rock

Roadrunner

Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen

The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon

BMG

Eric Church

Eric Church

Desperate Man

Outlaw country

EMI Nashville, Snakefarm

For King & Country

For King & Country

Burn the Ships

Contemporary Christian

Word

Ice Nine Kills

Ice Nine Kills

The Silver Scream

Fearless

KT Tunstall

KT Tunstall

Wax

Pop rock, indie rock

Virgin, Rostrum

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

A Star Is Born

Country, rock, pop

Interscope

LANY

LANY

Malibu Nights

Pop, soft rock, R&B

Side Street, Polydor

Last Dinosaurs

Last Dinosaurs

Yumeno Garden

Indie rock, dance-punk, synth-pop

Dew Process, Universal Music Australia

Lil Baby and Gunna

Lil Baby and Gunna

Drip Harder

Hip-hop, trap

YSL, Quality Control, Motown

Mario

Mario

Dancing Shadows

New Citizen, Empire

Shaboozey

Shaboozey

Lady Wrangler

Republic

Tokyo Police Club

Tokyo Police Club

TPC

Dine Alone

Twenty One Pilots

Twenty One Pilots

Trench

Alternative hip-hop, alternative rock, electronic rock

Fueled by Ramen

We Are the City

We Are the City

At Night

Light Organ

October10

October10

Ghostemane

N/O/I/S/E

October11

October11

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Rocket

Rock

Verve Forecast

October12

October12

Atreyu

In Our Wake

Spinefarm

Carmouflage Rose

Carmouflage Rose

Taste

Carmouflage Rose, Sony Music Australia

Ella Mai

Ella Mai

Ella Mai

R&B

10 Summers, Interscope

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

Happy Xmas

Christmas

Brushbranch/Surfdog

Jess Glynne

Jess Glynne

Always In Between

Pop, soul, house

Atlantic

Morgan Evans

Morgan Evans

Things That We Drink To

Country

Warner Music Nashville

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Nature

EMI Music Australia

Quavo

Quavo

Quavo Huncho

Trap

Capitol, Motown, Quality Control

Sister Sparrow

Sister Sparrow

Gold

Soul, rock

Thirty Tigers

Yowler

Yowler

Black Dog in My Path

Double Double Whammy

October19

October19

Ace Frehley

Spaceman

Hard rock

Entertainment One Music

Disturbed

Disturbed

Evolution

Hard rock, alternative metal

Reprise

Elle King

Elle King

Shake the Spirit

Blues rock, Americana, alternative country

RCA

Greta Van Fleet

Greta Van Fleet

Anthem of the Peaceful Army

Hard rock, blues rock

Republic

How to Dress Well

How to Dress Well

The Anteroom

Experimental pop, Electronic, R&B

Domino

Juice Wrld and Future

Juice Wrld and Future

Wrld on Drugs

Epic

MØ

MØ

Forever Neverland

Pop

Columbia

Novo Amor

Novo Amor

Birthplace

All Points

Rüfüs Du Sol

Rüfüs Du Sol

Solace

Alternative dance

Rüfüs Du Sol

Saliva

Saliva

10 Lives

Megaforce

Soulfly

Soulfly

Ritual

Thrash metal, groove metal, death metal

Nuclear Blast

October22

October22

Normani and Calvin Harris

Normani x Calvin Harris

R&B, club

RCA

October26

October26

Allie X

Super Sunset

Synthwave, dance-pop, electropop

Twin Music

Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli

Sì

Sugar

The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas

Masters of the Sun Vol. 1

Political hip-hop

Interscope

Daughters

Daughters

You Won't Get What You Want

Noise rock, no wave, industrial rock

Ipecac

Elisa

Elisa

Diari aperti

Pop

Universal Music Italia

Gang of Youths

Gang of Youths

MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)

Mosy Recordings, Sony Music Australia

Haken

Haken

Vector

Progressive metal, progressive rock

Inside Out

Jessie J

Jessie J

This Christmas Day

Christmas

Republic

John Legend

John Legend

A Legendary Christmas

Christmas

Columbia

Joji

Joji

Ballads 1

Pop, R&B

88rising, 12Tone

Julia Holter

Julia Holter

Aviary

Experimental pop

Domino

Lukas Graham

Lukas Graham

3 (The Purple Album)

Copenhagen, Then We Take the World, Warner Bros.

Måneskin

Måneskin

Il ballo della vita

Alternative rock

Sony Music, RCA

Mark Vincent

Mark Vincent

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Christmas

Sony Music Australia

Nao

Nao

Saturn

R&B, jazz

Little Tokyo, Sony Music, RCA

Pentatonix

Pentatonix

Christmas Is Here!

Christmas, A cappella

RCA

Robyn

Robyn

Honey

Electropop, post-disco, dance-pop

Konichiwa, Interscope

Say Lou Lou

Say Lou Lou

Immortelle

á Deux, Cosmos Music

SRSQ

SRSQ

Unreality

Ethereal dark wave

Dais

The Struts

The Struts

Young & Dangerous

Glam rock, hard rock

Interscope

Tory Lanez

Tory Lanez

Love Me Now?

R&B, trap

Mad Love, Interscope

Vera Blue

Vera Blue

Lady Powers Live at the Forum

Universal Music Australia

October31

October31

Poppy

Am I a Girl?

Synth-pop, dance-pop, electropop

I'm Poppy, Mad Decent

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
October3	Tofubeats	Run		Unborde
October4	Pabllo Vittar	Não Para Não	Pop, axé, forró	Sony Music, Matadeiros
October5	Black Peaks	All That Divides		Rise
	Coheed and Cambria	Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures	Progressive rock	Roadrunner
	Echo & the Bunnymen	The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon		BMG
	Eric Church	Desperate Man	Outlaw country	EMI Nashville, Snakefarm
	For King & Country	Burn the Ships	Contemporary Christian	Word
	Ice Nine Kills	The Silver Scream		Fearless
	KT Tunstall	Wax	Pop rock, indie rock	Virgin, Rostrum
	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper	A Star Is Born	Country, rock, pop	Interscope
	LANY	Malibu Nights	Pop, soft rock, R&B	Side Street, Polydor
	Last Dinosaurs	Yumeno Garden	Indie rock, dance-punk, synth-pop	Dew Process, Universal Music Australia
	Lil Baby and Gunna	Drip Harder	Hip-hop, trap	YSL, Quality Control, Motown
	Mario	Dancing Shadows		New Citizen, Empire
	Shaboozey	Lady Wrangler		Republic
	Tokyo Police Club	TPC		Dine Alone
	Twenty One Pilots	Trench	Alternative hip-hop, alternative rock, electronic rock	Fueled by Ramen
	We Are the City	At Night		Light Organ
October10	Ghostemane	N/O/I/S/E
October11	Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	Rocket	Rock	Verve Forecast
October12	Atreyu	In Our Wake		Spinefarm
	Carmouflage Rose	Taste		Carmouflage Rose, Sony Music Australia
	Ella Mai	Ella Mai	R&B	10 Summers, Interscope
	Eric Clapton	Happy Xmas	Christmas	Brushbranch/Surfdog
	Jess Glynne	Always In Between	Pop, soul, house	Atlantic
	Morgan Evans	Things That We Drink To	Country	Warner Music Nashville
	Paul Kelly	Nature		EMI Music Australia
	Quavo	Quavo Huncho	Trap	Capitol, Motown, Quality Control
	Sister Sparrow	Gold	Soul, rock	Thirty Tigers
	Yowler	Black Dog in My Path		Double Double Whammy
October19	Ace Frehley	Spaceman	Hard rock	Entertainment One Music
	Disturbed	Evolution	Hard rock, alternative metal	Reprise
	Elle King	Shake the Spirit	Blues rock, Americana, alternative country	RCA
	Greta Van Fleet	Anthem of the Peaceful Army	Hard rock, blues rock	Republic
	How to Dress Well	The Anteroom	Experimental pop, Electronic, R&B	Domino
	Juice Wrld and Future	Wrld on Drugs		Epic
	MØ	Forever Neverland	Pop	Columbia
	Novo Amor	Birthplace		All Points
	Rüfüs Du Sol	Solace	Alternative dance	Rüfüs Du Sol
	Saliva	10 Lives		Megaforce
	Soulfly	Ritual	Thrash metal, groove metal, death metal	Nuclear Blast
October22	Normani and Calvin Harris	Normani x Calvin Harris	R&B, club	RCA
October26	Allie X	Super Sunset	Synthwave, dance-pop, electropop	Twin Music
	Andrea Bocelli	Sì		Sugar
	The Black Eyed Peas	Masters of the Sun Vol. 1	Political hip-hop	Interscope
	Daughters	You Won't Get What You Want	Noise rock, no wave, industrial rock	Ipecac
	Elisa	Diari aperti	Pop	Universal Music Italia
	Gang of Youths	MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)		Mosy Recordings, Sony Music Australia

List of albums released in November 2018 · Fourth quarter › November

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

November2

November2

Arsis

Visitant

Nuclear Blast, Agonia

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Walls

Pop

Columbia

David Archuleta

David Archuleta

Winter in the Air

Christmas

Shadow Mountain

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance

Dionysus

World music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave

PIAS

H.E.R.

H.E.R.

I Used to Know Her: Part 2

RCA

Kelly Moran

Kelly Moran

Ultraviolet

Contemporary classical, electronic, experimental

Warp

Mulamba

Mulamba

Mulamba

Rock music, MPB

Máquina Discos

The Ocean

The Ocean

Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

Progressive metal, post-metal, sludge metal

Metal Blade

Pistol Annies

Pistol Annies

Interstate Gospel

Country, Americana

RCA Nashville

The Prodigy

The Prodigy

No Tourists

Big beat

Take Me to the Hospital, BMG

Rosalía

Rosalía

El mal querer

New flamenco, experimental pop, Latin R&B

Columbia

Samantha Jade

Samantha Jade

The Magic of Christmas

Christmas

Sony Music Australia

Takeoff

Takeoff

The Last Rocket

Trap

Capitol, Motown, Quality Control

November5

November5

Twice

Yes or Yes

K-pop, dance-pop

JYP, Republic

November9

November9

Crowder

I Know a Ghost

Contemporary Christian music

Sixstepsrecords, Sparrow

Cupcakke

Cupcakke

Eden

Hip-hop

Gabe Lopez

Gabe Lopez

God Bless the Queens

Spectra Music Group

Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons

Origins

Pop, pop rock

Kidinakorner, Polydor, Interscope

Jon Bellion

Jon Bellion

Glory Sound Prep

Pop, R&B

Visionary, Capitol

Jonas Blue

Jonas Blue

Blue

Dance

Positiva, Virgin EMI

Larkin Poe

Larkin Poe

Venom & Faith

Lil Peep

Lil Peep

Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2

Emo rap, pop-punk

AUTNMY, Columbia

Muse

Muse

Simulation Theory

Electronic rock, pop rock, synth-pop

Warner Bros.

Olly Murs

Olly Murs

You Know I Know

RCA, Sony Music

Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter

Singular: Act I

Dance-pop

Hollywood

Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman

Hymn

Decca

Steven Lee Olsen

Steven Lee Olsen

Timing Is Everything

Country

SLO Circus

Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

The Music Made Me Do It

Rhythm and blues, rock and roll

Round Hill 19

Ziggy Alberts

Ziggy Alberts

Laps Around the Sun

CommonFolk Records

November16

November16

Anderson Paak

Oxnard

Funk, soul, hip-hop

Aftermath, 12Tone, ADA

Boyzone

Boyzone

Thank You & Goodnight

Pop

Warner Music

Conan Gray

Conan Gray

Sunset Season

Indie pop, indie rock, synth-pop

Republic

Giorgia

Giorgia

Pop Heart

Microphonica, Sony Music

The Good, the Bad & the Queen

The Good, the Bad & the Queen

Merrie Land

Folk, rock, dub

Studio 13

Karise Eden

Karise Eden

Born to Fight

Island Australia, Universal

Lil Gotit

Lil Gotit

Hood Baby

Hip-hop

Alamo Records

Little Mix

Little Mix

LM5

Pop, hip-hop, R&B

RCA UK, Columbia

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Caution

Pop, R&B, hip-hop

Epic

Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler

Down the Road Wherever

British Grove, Universal, Virgin EMI

Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Love

Vocal jazz, traditional pop

Reprise

Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons

Delta

Folk rock, electronic rock, alternative rock

Gentlemen of the Road, Island, Glassnote

P.O.D.

P.O.D.

Circles

Hard rock, nu metal

Mascot

The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins

Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.

Hard rock

Napalm

November23

November23

Eros Ramazzotti

Vita ce n'è

Polydor

Rita Ora

Rita Ora

Phoenix

Dance-pop, pop, R&B

Atlantic

November26

November26

JID

DiCaprio 2

Hip-hop

Dreamville, Interscope, Spillage Village

November30

November30

The 1975

A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

Pop, rock, electropop

Dirty Hit, Polydor

Alessia Cara

Alessia Cara

The Pains of Growing

Pop, R&B

Def Jam

Beth Hart

Beth Hart

Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Rock, jazz, blues

Provogue

Clean Bandit

Clean Bandit

What Is Love?

EDM, pop, R&B

Atlantic

Ho99o9

Ho99o9

Cyber Cop [Unauthorized MP3.]

Marco Mengoni

Marco Mengoni

Atlantico

Sony Music Italy

Meek Mill

Meek Mill

Championships

Hip-hop

Atlantic, Maybach Music

Mel Parsons

Mel Parsons

Glass Heart

Indie folk, Americana

Cape Road Recordings, Native Tongue Music

Tommy Cash

Tommy Cash

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
November2	Arsis	Visitant		Nuclear Blast, Agonia
	Barbra Streisand	Walls	Pop	Columbia
	David Archuleta	Winter in the Air	Christmas	Shadow Mountain
	Dead Can Dance	Dionysus	World music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave	PIAS
	H.E.R.	I Used to Know Her: Part 2		RCA
	Kelly Moran	Ultraviolet	Contemporary classical, electronic, experimental	Warp
	Mulamba	Mulamba	Rock music, MPB	Máquina Discos
	The Ocean	Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic	Progressive metal, post-metal, sludge metal	Metal Blade
	Pistol Annies	Interstate Gospel	Country, Americana	RCA Nashville
	The Prodigy	No Tourists	Big beat	Take Me to the Hospital, BMG
	Rosalía	El mal querer	New flamenco, experimental pop, Latin R&B	Columbia
	Samantha Jade	The Magic of Christmas	Christmas	Sony Music Australia
	Takeoff	The Last Rocket	Trap	Capitol, Motown, Quality Control
November5	Twice	Yes or Yes	K-pop, dance-pop	JYP, Republic
November9	Crowder	I Know a Ghost	Contemporary Christian music	Sixstepsrecords, Sparrow
	Cupcakke	Eden	Hip-hop
	Gabe Lopez	God Bless the Queens		Spectra Music Group
	Imagine Dragons	Origins	Pop, pop rock	Kidinakorner, Polydor, Interscope
	Jon Bellion	Glory Sound Prep	Pop, R&B	Visionary, Capitol
	Jonas Blue	Blue	Dance	Positiva, Virgin EMI
	Larkin Poe	Venom & Faith
	Lil Peep	Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2	Emo rap, pop-punk	AUTNMY, Columbia
	Muse	Simulation Theory	Electronic rock, pop rock, synth-pop	Warner Bros.
	Olly Murs	You Know I Know		RCA, Sony Music
	Sabrina Carpenter	Singular: Act I	Dance-pop	Hollywood
	Sarah Brightman	Hymn		Decca
	Steven Lee Olsen	Timing Is Everything	Country	SLO Circus
	Ted Nugent	The Music Made Me Do It	Rhythm and blues, rock and roll	Round Hill 19
	Ziggy Alberts	Laps Around the Sun		CommonFolk Records
November16	Anderson Paak	Oxnard	Funk, soul, hip-hop	Aftermath, 12Tone, ADA
	Boyzone	Thank You & Goodnight	Pop	Warner Music
	Conan Gray	Sunset Season	Indie pop, indie rock, synth-pop	Republic
	Giorgia	Pop Heart		Microphonica, Sony Music
	The Good, the Bad & the Queen	Merrie Land	Folk, rock, dub	Studio 13
	Karise Eden	Born to Fight		Island Australia, Universal
	Lil Gotit	Hood Baby	Hip-hop	Alamo Records
	Little Mix	LM5	Pop, hip-hop, R&B	RCA UK, Columbia
	Mariah Carey	Caution	Pop, R&B, hip-hop	Epic
	Mark Knopfler	Down the Road Wherever		British Grove, Universal, Virgin EMI
	Michael Bublé	Love	Vocal jazz, traditional pop	Reprise
	Mumford & Sons	Delta	Folk rock, electronic rock, alternative rock	Gentlemen of the Road, Island, Glassnote
	P.O.D.	Circles	Hard rock, nu metal	Mascot
	The Smashing Pumpkins	Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.	Hard rock	Napalm
November23	Eros Ramazzotti	Vita ce n'è		Polydor
November23	Rita Ora	Phoenix	Dance-pop, pop, R&B	Atlantic
November26	JID	DiCaprio 2	Hip-hop	Dreamville, Interscope, Spillage Village
November30	The 1975	A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships	Pop, rock, electropop	Dirty Hit, Polydor
	Alessia Cara	The Pains of Growing	Pop, R&B	Def Jam

List of albums released in December 2018 · Fourth quarter › December

Release date

Release date

Artist

Album

Genre

Label

Ref.

December7

December7

Metal Church

Damned If You Do

Heavy metal, thrash metal

Rat Pak Records, Nuclear Blast, King

XXXTentacion

XXXTentacion

Skins

Hip-hop, trap, emo rap

Bad Vibes Forever, Empire

December12

December12

Infected Mushroom

Head of NASA and the 2 Amish Boys

Psychedelic trance

Monstercat

December14

December14

Alan Walker

Different World

Electro house, progressive house

MER, Sony Music

The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers

Sick Boy

EDM, future bass, trap

Disruptor, Columbia

Kodak Black

Kodak Black

Dying to Live

Atlantic

Sjava

Sjava

Umqhele

Afro-pop, trap, R&B

Ambitiouz Entertainment

Zayn

Zayn

Icarus Falls

Pop, R&B

RCA

December20

December20

Trisha Yearwood

Let's Be Frank

Jazz

Gwendolyn Records

December21

December21

21 Savage

I Am > I Was

Hip-hop

Epic, Slaughter Gang

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Hoodie SZN

Trap

High Bridge, Atlantic

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish

Life Sucks...Let's Dance!

Ska punk

Rock Ridge

December26

December26

Jolin Tsai

Ugly Beauty

Pop

Sony Music

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Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
December7	Metal Church	Damned If You Do	Heavy metal, thrash metal	Rat Pak Records, Nuclear Blast, King
December7	XXXTentacion	Skins	Hip-hop, trap, emo rap	Bad Vibes Forever, Empire
December12	Infected Mushroom	Head of NASA and the 2 Amish Boys	Psychedelic trance	Monstercat
December14	Alan Walker	Different World	Electro house, progressive house	MER, Sony Music
	The Chainsmokers	Sick Boy	EDM, future bass, trap	Disruptor, Columbia
	Kodak Black	Dying to Live		Atlantic
	Sjava	Umqhele	Afro-pop, trap, R&B	Ambitiouz Entertainment
	Zayn	Icarus Falls	Pop, R&B	RCA
December20	Trisha Yearwood	Let's Be Frank	Jazz	Gwendolyn Records
December21	21 Savage	I Am > I Was	Hip-hop	Epic, Slaughter Gang
	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Hoodie SZN	Trap	High Bridge, Atlantic
	Reel Big Fish	Life Sucks...Let's Dance!	Ska punk	Rock Ridge
December26	Jolin Tsai	Ugly Beauty	Pop	Sony Music

List of 2018 albums

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References