AllMusic's Best Albums of 2026

Weezer

Weezer (2026)

Handel: Messiah

Edward Grint, Irish Baroque Orchestra & Peter Whelan (2026)

Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17 - Carnival Scenes from Vienna - Humoreske

Nikolai Lugansky (2026)

Caribenya

Lido Pimienta (2026)

Secret Love

Dry Cleaning (2026)

I Built You a Tower

Death Cab for Cutie (2026)

Roses

Widowspeak (2026)

Sanctuary

Evanescence (2026)

The Boys of Dungeon Lane

Paul McCartney (2026)

Dua Lipa - Live From Mexico

Dua Lipa (2026)

The Last Balloon

Tank and the Bangas (2026)

Movin’ Shoes

Emily Nenni (2026)

Box for Buddy, Box for Star

This Is Lorelei (2026)

LUX

ROSALÍA (2026)

Amplified Heart

Everything But the Girl (1994)

IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE

The Twilight Sad (2026)

the color of rain

aja monet, Meshell Ndegeocello & Georgia Anne Muldrow (2026)

Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel

Antonio Pappano & London Symphony Orchestra (2026)

Preservers Of The Pearl

Daniel Romano & The Outfit (2026)

Only You Left

The Orielles (2026)

Taracá

Jorge Drexler & Young Miko (2026)

Vila

Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra (2026)

Mozart: Sonatas for fortepiano & violin, Vol. 4

Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov (2026)

The Anthology of Unamerican Folk Music

Marisa Anderson (2026)

Filin

Melissa Aldana (2026)

Highway To Heavenly

Heavenly (2026)

The Blasters

The Blasters (2026)

Normal Isn't

Puscifer (2026)

Side-Eye III+

Pat Metheny (2026)

Empty Hands

Poppy (2026)

Music, Fashion, Film

Charli xcx (2026)

Emotional Junglist

Nia Archives (2026)

Helado Tropical

Helado Tropical, Helado Negro & Reyna Tropical (2026)

You're Gonna Need A Little Music

Yard Act (2026)

Bring On The Psychics

Quicksand (2026)

Sungazer

The Temper Trap (2026)

Foreign Tongues

The Rolling Stones (2026)

new avatar

Kelela (2026)

The Wow! Signal

Muse (2026)

You Are Spring!

Tasha (2026)

Feebles, Fables & Ferns

Mick Goodrick & Fred Hersch (2026)

Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!

Horse Lords (2026)

An Eraser And A Maze

Modest Mouse (2026)

Blow

Swallow (1992)

Slippers 08

Slippers (2026)

Lithic

Laura Misch (2026)

Inferno

Boards of Canada (2026)

Crawlspace Of The Pantheon

Guided By Voices (2026)

From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth

Future Islands (2026)

American Stories

Rostam (2026)