Seven albums to watch in early 2026

Lindsay Zoladz, in The New York Times newsletter The Amplifier, highlighted seven upcoming albums due between January and March 2026 that she is eager to hear.

The list includes Bruno Mars’s solo LP The Romantic, with lead single “I Just Might,” due Feb. 27; Robyn’s Sexistential, her first album in eight years, due March 27, with the single “Talk to Me”; Danny L Harle’s Cerulean, featuring PinkPantheress on the single “Starlight,” due Feb. 13; Mandy, Indiana’s follow-up Urgh, driven by the single “Magazine,” due Feb. 6; Megan Moroney’s third album Cloud 9, which features guests Ed Sheeran and Kacey Musgraves and includes the single “6 Months Later,” due Feb. 20; Ari Lennox’s Vacancy, due Jan. 23, with the single “Twin Flame”; and Bill Callahan’s My Days of 58, due Feb. 27, with the single “The Man I’m Supposed to Be.”

Zoladz’s brief notes describe each single and its context — for example, she calls Moroney the “reigning queen of sad-girl country” and quotes lyrics from several songs — and the newsletter points readers to streaming services for the singles. The piece frames the selections as a sampling of early-2026 releases and lists the known release dates; further details beyond the announced singles and dates were not provided in the newsletter.

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