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The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2018 in music in the United States.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

September

  • 7 – Lenny Kravitz will release his first album in four years, Raise Vibration.

Bands formed

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

Albums released in 2018

January

Date Album Artist Genre(s)
1 POST- Jeff Rosenstock
5 Ephorize Cupcakke Hip hop
12 Wrong Creatures Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Rock
Vale[17] Black Veil Brides Rock
Blue Madonna Børns
Camila[18] Camila Cabello Pop
Encore[19] Anderson East Country
What Happens Next Joe Satriani Instrumental rock
it's not us Umphrey's McGee Rock
19 M A  N   I    A[20] Fall Out Boy Alternative rock
Let the Record Play Moon Taxi
Defy Of Mice & Men
Sweetzerland Manifesto[21] Joe Perry Rock
Collateral Phillip Phillips Pop rock
The House[22] Porches Synth-pop
I Like Fun[23] They Might Be Giants
I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life tUnE-yArDs
26 Culture II Migos
Freedom's Goblin Ty Segall
Entertainment Waterparks Rock

February

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 Here Come the Runts[24] AWOLNATION Alternative rock
Man of the Woods[4] Justin Timberlake Pop
9 Coma Noir[25] The Atlas Moth Post-metal
Crooked Shadows Dashboard Confessional
Sleepwalkers Brian Fallon
King Soon Come Foxy Brown Hip hop
Black Panther: The Album
Little Dark Age MGMT
16 By the Way, I Forgive You [26] Brandi Carlile Pop
Chromance[27] David Cook
Pop Evil Pop Evil Hard rock
If There Is Light, It Will Find You Senses Fail
What a Time to Be Alive[28] Superchunk
23 Cry No More Danielle Nicole
All at Once Screaming Females
The Lost Mile Vertical Horizon Alternative rock

March

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 You're Not Alone Andrew W.K. Hard rock
All Nerve[29] The Breeders Alternative rock
Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt Moby Electronica
A Productive Cough[30] Titus Andronicus
9 Automata I[31] Between the Buried and Me Progressive metal
Francis Trouble Albert Hammond, Jr.
Year of the Tiger[32] Myles Kennedy
Silver Lining Jake Miller Pop
Tearing at the Seams[33] Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
The Neighbourhood[34] The Neighbourhood Alternative rock
White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood of Montreal
Get Your Fight On Suicidal Tendencies Rock
16 I'll Be Your Girl[35] The Decemberists Indie rock
Seasons Change[8] Scotty McCreery Country
Bible of Love Snoop Dogg
Stone Temple Pilots[9] Stone Temple Pilots
There's A Riot Going On[36] Yo La Tengo
23 Space Gun Guided by Voices Lo-Fi
Castles Lissie Rock
Boarding House Reach Jack White Rock
30 Motel Bouquet Caitlin Canty Americana
Electric Café En Vogue
Off to the Races[37] Jukebox the Ghost
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves Country pop
Expectations Hayley Kiyoko Dream Pop

April

Date Album Artist Genre(s)
6 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Hip hop
The Deconstruction Eels Rock
Bark Your Head Off, Dog Hop Along Indie rock
Isolation Kali Uchis R&B
America Thirty Seconds to Mars Alternative
The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs Wye Oak Indie rock
13 Rearview Town Jason Aldean Country
Ember[38] Breaking Benjamin
Love Rush Rachael Cantu
Treehouse[39] Sofi Tukker
Joyride Tinashe
20 Kingdom Come Kottonmouth Kings
Vide Noir Lord Huron
Volunteer Old Crow Medicine Show Americana
Never Gonna Die Pennywise Punk rock
Eat the Elephant A Perfect Circle
The Sciences Sleep Doom metal
27 Critical Equation Dr. Dog Rock
When Legends Rise Godsmack
Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone Hip hop
Twerp Verse[40] Speedy Ortiz

May

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Dove Belly
All These Hellos Louise Goffin Pop
The Horizon Just Laughed Damien Jurado
Almost Everyday[41] Matt and Kim Indie pop
Attention Attention Shinedown Rock
The Make It All Show Skating Polly Alternative rock
11
7 Beach House Dream pop
Floating Features La Luz Surf music
Voicenotes Charlie Puth Pop
All I See Is War Sevendust Alternative metal
18 Saved[42] Now, Now
Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
Only For You Nedelle Torrisi Indie Rock
And Justice For None Five Finger Death Punch Hard Rock
25 Black Labyrinth Jonathan Davis
Weezer (Black Album) Weezer Alternative rock

June

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 God's Favorite Customer[43] Father John Misty
Cinematic Owl City
The Future And The Past Natalie Prass
Ye Kanye West Hip hop

List of albums to be released in 2018

See also: 2018 in music

June

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
8 I Hope You're Happy[44] Blue October
Come Tomorrow[45] Dave Matthews Band Rock
Kids See Ghost Kids See Ghost Hip hop
Bigger[13] Sugarland Country
15 Liberation Christina Aguilera Pop, Dance
My Bad Imagination The Band Perry Pop
TBA Nas Hip hop
Post Traumatic Mike Shinoda
22 Pray for the Wicked Panic! at the Disco Pop rock
Dan + Shay[46] Dan + Shay Country
Bad Witch Nine Inch Nails Industrial rock
Expectations Bebe Rexha
29 Wating Late Bloomer Indie Rock
Uniform Distortion Jim James Rock
The Gift of Gab E-40 Rap
TBA Fantasea II: The Second Wave Azealia Banks Hip hop

July

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
6 I'll tell You What! RP Boo Electornic
Sun on The Square The Innocence Mission
13 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Deafheaven
Lamp Lit Prose Dirty Projectors
20 Take Me To The Disco Meg Myers
27 Songs For The Saints Kenny Chesney Country

August

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 To The Sunset Amanda Shires
10 Shooter Shooter Jennings
Queen Nicki Minaj Hip hop
17 Smote Reverser Oh Sees
Be That Cowboy Mitski Indie rock
24 Sun Machine Rubblebucket Indie Pop
Performance White Denim
31 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me Darwin Deez Indie rock
TBA Sweetener Ariana Grande

September

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Raise Vibration[47]. Lenny Kravitz
14 Cry Pretty[48] Carrie Underwood Country

Unknown date

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2018

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

Billboard Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20

Deaths

See also

References

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