Albums releasing in May 2016

 

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
May 2	BTS	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever	Hip hop, dance-pop, R&B	Big Hit Entertainment
May 6	Anohni	Hopelessness	Electronic, experimental, synth-pop	Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade
	Beverly	The Blue Swell		Kanine Records	[256]
	Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, and Steve Swallow	Andando el Tiempo	Jazz	ECM	[257]
	Cuong Vu Trio meets Pat Metheny	Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny	Jazz	Nonesuch	[258]
	Cyndi Lauper	Detour	Country, country rock, country blues	Sire
	Death Grips	Bottomless Pit	Experimental hip hop, digital hardcore	Third Worlds	[259]
	Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison	In Movement	Jazz	ECM	[260]
	James Blake	The Colour in Anything	Electronic pop, R&B, soul	Polydor, 1–800 Dinosaur
	Jean-Michel Jarre	Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise	Electronic music	Sony Music	[261]
	Julianna Barwick	Will	Ambient, experimental	Dead Oceans	[262]
	Kate Ceberano	Anthology	Pop, soul, jazz	ABC Music	[263]
	Kaytranada	99.9%	Electronic	XL, HW&W
	Keith Urban	Ripcord	Pop, country pop	Hit Red, Capitol Nashville
	Meghan Trainor	Thank You	Dance-pop, R&B	Epic, Sony Music
	Mike Posner	At Night, Alone.	Pop	Island
	Pat Metheny	The Unity Sessions	Jazz	Nonesuch	[264]
	Rittz	Top of the Line	Hip hop	Strange Music	[265]
	Tim Garland	One	Jazz	Edition	[266]
	Vektor	Terminal Redux	Thrash metal	Earache	[267]
	White Lung	Paradise	Punk rock	Domino	[268]
May 8	Radiohead	A Moon Shaped Pool	Art rock, electronic	XL
May 13	3OH!3	Night Sports	Pop, trap, hip hop	Fueled by Ramen, Atlantic, Photo Finish	[269]
	Chance the Rapper	Coloring Book	Hip hop, gospel rap
	Corinne Bailey Rae	The Heart Speaks in Whispers	R&B	Virgin	[270]
	DevilDriver	Trust No One	Groove metal	Napalm	[271]
	Digitalism	Mirage	Electro house	Magnetism Recording Co, PIAS	[272]
	Hatebreed	The Concrete Confessional	Metalcore	Nuclear Blast	[273]
	Jessy Lanza	Oh No	Electronic, R&B, pop	Hyperdub	[274]
	Kvelertak	Nattesferd	Heavy metal	Roadrunner	[275]
	Kygo	Cloud Nine	Tropical house	Sony Music, Ultra Music, B1	[276]
	Modern Baseball	Holy Ghost	Indie rock, pop punk	Run for Cover
	Pierce the Veil	Misadventures	Post-hardcore	Fearless
May 20	Ana Popović	Trilogy	Blues rock, soul, jazz	ArtisteXclusive records	[277]
	Andy Shauf	The Party		Anti-
	Ariana Grande	Dangerous Woman	Pop, R&B	Republic
	Bob Dylan	Fallen Angels	Traditional pop	Columbia
	Boys Noize	Mayday	Electronic	Boysnoize Records	[278]
	Car Seat Headrest	Teens of Denial	Indie rock	Matador
	Eric Clapton	I Still Do	Blues, blues rock, folk	Bushbranch/Surfdog
	Highasakite	Camp Echo	Indie rock	Propeller	[279]
	Katatonia	The Fall of Hearts	Progressive rock	Peaceville
	Kent	Då som nu för alltid	Alternative rock, pop rock	RCA, Sony Music	[280]
	Lali	Soy	Pop, R&B	Sony Music Argentina	[281]
	Marissa Nadler	Strangers		Sacred Bones	[282]
	Mudcrutch	2	Southern rock, country rock	Reprise	[283]
	Pantha du Prince	The Triad	Electronic		[284]
	Richard Ashcroft	These People	Alternative rock	Cooking Vinyl	[285]
	Saosin	Along the Shadow	Post-hardcore, alternative rock	Epitaph	[286]
	Yuna	Chapters	Pop, R&B	Verve	[287]
May 27	ABC	The Lexicon of Love II		Virgin EMI
	Architects	All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us	Metalcore	Epitaph, UNFD, New Damage
	Band of Skulls	By Default	Blues rock, dance-rock	BMG	[288]
	Beth Orton	Kidsticks			[289]
	Catfish and the Bottlemen	The Ride	Alternative rock, indie rock	Capitol	[290]
	Clare Maguire	Stranger Things Have Happened	Indie pop, jazz, blues	Virgin	[291]
	Fifth Harmony	7/27	Pop, R&B, tropical house	Epic, Syco
	Flume	Skin	Electronic	Future Classic
	Gold Panda	Good Luck and Do Your Best	Electronic	City Slang	[292]
	Lacuna Coil	Delirium	Gothic metal, alternative metal	Century Media
	The Monkees	Good Times!	Rock, power pop	Rhino
	PUP	The Dream Is Over	Punk rock	SideOneDummy, Royal Mountain	[293]
	Real Friends	The Home Inside My Head	Pop punk	Fearless
	Robert Glasper & Miles Davis	Everything's Beautiful	Jazz	Blue Note, Columbia, Legacy	[294]
	Thrice	To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere	Post-hardcore	Vagrant