NME's Best Albums of 2026

LUX

ROSALÍA (2026)

My New Band Believe

My New Band Believe (2026)

THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

RAYE (2026)

Weezer

Weezer (2026)

A Stranger To You

Loathe (2026)

Dustpiles

Waylon Wyatt (2026)

You're Gonna Need A Little Music

Yard Act (2026)

Secret Love

Dry Cleaning (2026)

new avatar

Kelela (2026)

CONFESSIONS II

Madonna (2026)

Reality Awaits

The Strokes (2026)

The Wow! Signal

Muse (2026)

So Help Me God

Kelsey Lu (2026)

you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

Olivia Rodrigo (2026)

Cry Baby

Vince Staples (2026)

Big Mama

Latto (2026)

The Boys of Dungeon Lane

Paul McCartney (2026)

Oh yeah?

Steve Lacy (2026)

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW

Ecca Vandal (2026)

Train on the Island

Aldous Harding (2026)

Theft World

Lip Critic (2026)

IT'S BEEN AWFUL

Isaiah Rashad (2026)

Midnight Sun: Girls Trip

Zara Larsson (2026)

Kehlani

Kehlani (2026)

NATURE IS HEALING

horsegiirL (2026)

Terrified .

fakemink (2026)

Dandelion

Ella Langley (2026)

Age of the Ram

Charley Crockett (2026)

Loveland

Suki Waterhouse (2026)

Memory Be a Blade

waterbaby (2026)

Ruby

JENNIE (2025)

COME CLOSER

TOMORA (2026)

Something Worth Waiting For

Friko (2026)

The Romantic

Bruno Mars (2026)

Ca$ino

Baby Keem (2026)

Masquerade

Cardinals (2026)

the apple tree under the sea

hemlocke springs (2026)

Xavier

xaviersobased (2026)

This Is Acting

Sia (2016)

FENIAN

Kneecap (2026)

Dead Dads Club

Dead Dads Club (2026)

Vacancy

Ari Lennox (2026)

Maybe Not Tonight

Lime Garden (2026)

viagr aboys

Viagra Boys (2026)

Frozen Charlatan

Jack White (2026)

Foreign Tongues

The Rolling Stones (2026)

Foreign Tongues

ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ (2026)

Zero

Alewya (2026)

INFINITY SONG

Infinity Song (2026)

LEMONADE - The 2nd Album

aespa (2026)