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The following is a list of notable events and releases that are expected to happen in 2016 in music in the United States.

Events

January

February

March

April

June

Bands reformed

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

Albums released in 2016

January

Date Album Artist Genre(s)
1 Wildfire Rachel Platten Pop
6 Miss Morgan Myles EP[5] Morgan Myles Country
8 Blackstar David Bowie Art Rock
15 Pawn Shop[5] Brothers Osborne Country
Cuzznz Daz and Snoop
Not to Disappear Daughter Indie folk
Death of a Bachelor Panic! at the Disco Alternative
Nothing Shines Like Neon [5] Randy Rogers Band Country
It's About Time[5] Hank Williams, Jr. Country
22 Debutante Cait Brennan
The Boop-A-Doo Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Dystopia Megadeth Thrash metal
Yes I'm A Witch Too Yoko Ono
99¢ Santigold Electronic pop
Night Thoughts Suede
Information Eliot Sumner Indie Rock
29 In America[5] Dianna Corcoran Country
The Astonishing Dream Theater Progressive rock
Islah Kevin Gates Hip hop
Nine Track Mind Charlie Puth
New City Blues Aubrie Sellers
Anti Rihanna R&B
This Is Acting Sia Pop

February

Date Album Artist Genre
5 Khalifa Wiz Khalifa Hip hop
Hidden City The Cult Hard rock
All I Need Foxes Pop
Wonderful Crazy Night Elton John
The Driver[6] Charles Kelley Country
The Ghost Highway 20 Lucinda Williams Alternative country
TBA The Life of Pablo Kanye West Hip hop
12 It's Not Over...The Hits So Far Daughtry
Oil & Water Lee DeWyze
Down to My Last Bad Habit[5] Vince Gill Country
Synitha The Jezabels Indie Rock
Wynonna & the Big Noise[5] Wynonna Judd Country
Letting Go...Slow Lorrie Morgan Country
Family Dinner - Volume 2 Snarky Puppy Jazz fusion

Albums set to be released in 2016

February

Date Album Artist Genre
14 Hymns That Are Important To Us[5] Joey + Rory Country
19 Victorious Wolfmother
Need Your Light[7] Ra Ra Riot Indie rock
Taking One for the Team Simple Plan Pop punk
26 I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it The 1975 Indie rock
For All Kings Anthrax[8]
Anvil is Anvil Anvil
Dig In Deep Bonnie Raitt
Turning Point Chuck Wicks Country

March

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Full Circle[5] Loretta Lynn Country
United Curshers Polica Synth pop
Remington Granger Smith Country
Limitless Tonight Alive Pop punk
iii Miike Snow Indie Rock
This Means War ZZ Ward Blues Rock
11 Us and the Night 3 Doors Down
All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend AURORA
Painkillers Brian Fallon
Fired Up Randy Houser Country
TBA X Japan Speed metal
18 Change of Fortune Soul Asylum Alternative Rock
This Is What the Truth Feels Like[9] Gwen Stefani Pop
Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future Underworld Electronic
25 XI Metal Church

April

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 Changes Charles Bradley
Big Day in a Small Town Brandy Clark[5] Country
Weezer Weezer
8 Gore Deftones
15 The Hope Six Demolition Project PJ Harvey [10] Rock
This Path Tonight Graham Nash Rock
29 Everything At Once Travis

First quarter

Second quarter

Unknown date

Top hits on record

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hits

Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Coldplay will perform at Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show". NFL. NFL Enterprises LLC. December 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/63427-guided-by-voices-are-back-in-action/
  4. ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/lady-antebellum-break/
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Dules, Billy (November 17, 2015). "New Music Releases 2016". Taste of Country. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
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  7. ↑ Geslani, Michelle (November 16, 2015). "Ra Ra Riot announce new album, share "Water" produced by Rostam Batmanglij - listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Anthrax's Charlie Benante On Upcoming Album: 'We Have A Title In Mind And We Have A Concept For It'". Blabbermouth.net. June 22, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ Kreps, Daniel (November 2, 2015). "Gwen Stefani: 'I Have Enough for Probably Two Albums'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-pj-harvey-play-snippets-of-two-moody-songs-from-upcoming-album-20160121
  11. ↑ Vain, Madison (January 11, 2016). "Dierks Bentley returns with new album Black, due out this year". Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly, Inc.
  12. ↑ "Death Angel: 'Fallen' Song From 'The Bay Calls For Blood' CD Available For Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Death Angel to make a new album for an April 2016 release". Pulp Magazine Live. May 5, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Bad Religion returning to studio!". TheBRPage.net. March 21, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
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  17. ↑ Childers, Chad (June 14, 2015). "Black Stone Cherry Eye Spring 2016 Album Release". Loudwire. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  18. ↑ "New Danzig Album Of All-Original Material Will Not Arrive Before 2016". Blabbermouth.net. June 29, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
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  21. ↑ "Hellyeah To Begin Work On Fifth Album In Early 2016". Blabbermouth.net. May 23, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Killswitch Engage's Adam Dutkiewicz Talks Next Album (Video)". Blabbermouth.net. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Everything We Know (So Far) About Lady Gaga's Upcoming Album". Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  24. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cyndi-lauper-plots-country-album-20150916
  25. ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/cyndi-lauper-planning-country-album/
  26. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/6714568/scotty-mccreery-american-idol-ending-upcoming-album-southern-belle-single
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  34. ↑ "Testament Heading In A 'More Thrashy', 'Heavier Direction' On Upcoming Album". Blabbermouth.net. June 24, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
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