Albums releasing in January 2016

 

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
January 1	Rachel Platten	Wildfire	Pop, power pop, soul	Columbia	[1]
January 6	Misia	Love Bebop	Pop, soul, dance-pop	Ariola	[2]
January 8	David Bowie	Blackstar	Art rock, experimental rock, jazz	Columbia, RCA, Sony Music	[3]
	Full of Hell	Amber Mote in the Black Vault	Grindcore	Bad Teeth Recordings
	Hinds	Leave Me Alone	Garage rock, lo-fi	Mom + Pop	[4]
	Ignite	A War Against You	Melodic hardcore	Century Media	[5]
	Marshmello	Joytime	Future bass, progressive house, trap	Joytime Collective	[6]
	Villagers	Where Have You Been All My Life?	Indie folk	Domino	[7]
January 15	Anderson .Paak	Malibu	Hip hop, R&B, soul	Steel Wool, OBE, EMPIRE	[8]
	Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian	Amorphae	Jazz	ECM	[9]
	Blaze Ya Dead Homie	The Casket Factory	Gangsta rap, horrorcore	Majik Ninja Entertainment	[10]
	Brothers Osborne	Pawn Shop	Country	EMI Nashville	[11]
	Charles Lloyd & The Marvels	I Long to See You	Jazz	Blue Note	[12]
	Classified	Greatful	Hip hop	Halflife Records, Universal Music Canada	[13]
	Daughter	Not to Disappear	Alternative pop	4AD	[14]
	Daz and Snoop	Cuzznz	West Coast hip hop, G-funk	Felder Entertainment Inc.	[15]
	Hank Williams Jr.	It's About Time	Country, Southern rock	Nash Icon	[16]
	Lecrae	Church Clothes 3	Christian hip hop, conscious hip hop	Reach	[17]
	Panic! at the Disco	Death of a Bachelor	Pop rock, pop, rock	DCD2, Fueled by Ramen	[18]
	Randy Rogers Band	Nothing Shines Like Neon	Country	Tommy Jackson Records	[19]
	Show of Hands	The Long Way Home	Folk	Hands on Music	[20]
	Skunk Anansie	Anarchytecture	Alternative rock	earMUSIC, Carosello	[21]
January 21	Jesu and Sun Kil Moon	Jesu/Sun Kil Moon	Post-metal, indie folk, electronic music	Caldo Verde, Rough Trade	[22]
January 22	The Besnard Lakes	A Coliseum Complex Museum	Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, indie rock	Jagjaguwar	[23]
	Cait Brennan	Debutante	Indie rock	Alternative Distribution Alliance	[24]
	Chairlift	Moth	Synth-pop, indie pop, electropop	Columbia	[25]
	Conrad Keely	Original Machines	Rock	Superball	[26]
	Eleanor Friedberger	New View	Indie rock	Frenchkiss	[27]
	Half Japanese	Perfect	Art punk, indie rock	Joyful Noise	[28]
	John Cale	M:FANS	Experimental rock, industrial rock, electronic	Double Six	[29]
	Lionheart	Love Don't Live Here	Hardcore punk, metalcore	LHHC Records, Beatdown Hardwear Records	[30]
	Megadeth	Dystopia	Thrash metal	Tradecraft, Universal	[31]
	The Mute Gods	Do Nothing till You Hear from Me	Progressive rock, pop rock	Inside Out	[32]
	Mystery Jets	Curve of the Earth	Indie rock	Caroline	[33]
	Roam	Backbone	Pop punk	Hopeless	[34]
	Rüfüs	Bloom	Alternative dance	Sweat It Out	[35]
	Savages	Adore Life	Post-punk	Matador	[36]
	Shearwater	Jet Plane and Oxbow	Indie rock	Sub Pop	[37]
	Steve Angello	Wild Youth	Indie rock, electro house	Size Records	[38]
	Steven Wilson	4½	Progressive rock	Kscope	[39]
	Suede	Night Thoughts	Art rock	Warner Bros.	[40]
	Tank	Sex Love & Pain II	R&B	Atlantic	[41]
	Tindersticks	The Waiting Room	Indie rock	City Slang, Lucky Dog	[42]
	Tortoise	The Catastrophist	Post-rock	Thrill Jockey	[43]
	Tricky	Skilled Mechanics		False Idols	[44]
	Ty Segall	Emotional Mugger	Garage rock, hard rock, glam rock	Drag City	[45]
	Ulver	ATGCLVLSSCAP	Experimental, psychedelic rock	House of Mythology	[46]
January 27	Rihanna	Anti	Pop, R&B	Westbury Road, Roc Nation	[47]
January 28	Massive Attack	Ritual Spirit	Trip hop, electronica	Virgin	[48]
January 29	Aubrie Sellers	New City Blues	Country, country pop	Carnival	[49]
	Avantasia	Ghostlights	Symphonic metal, hard rock, power metal	Nuclear Blast	[50]
	Basement	Promise Everything	Alternative rock	Run for Cover	[51]
	Bill Frisell	When You Wish Upon a Star	Jazz	Okeh	[52]
	Bloc Party	Hymns	Indie rock, alternative dance	Infectious, BMG, Vagrant	[53]
	Bury Tomorrow	Earthbound	Metalcore	Nuclear Blast	[54]
	Charlie Puth	Nine Track Mind	Pop, R&B	Atlantic	[55]
	Dream Theater	The Astonishing	Progressive metal, progressive rock	Roadrunner	[56]
	Kevin Gates	Islah	Hip hop	Atlantic, Bread Winners' Association	[57]
	Money	Suicide Songs		Bella Union	[58]
	Sia	This Is Acting	Pop	Monkey Puzzle, RCA	[59]
	St. Lucia	Matter	Synth-pop	Columbia	[60]
	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Let Me Get By	Blues, rock, R&B	Fantasy	[61]
	Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Jarle Vespestad	What Was Said	Jazz	ECM	[62]
	Wet	Don't You	Indie pop, indie electronic, dream pop	Columbia	[63]
	Yanni	Sensuous Chill	Easy listening, new-age	Portrait, Sony Masterworks	[64]
January 31	Diane Birch	Nous	Jazz, indie pop, soul	Hymnpatia Recordings	[65]

Albums releasing in December 2015

 

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
December 4	Babyface	Return of the Tender Lover	R&B	Def Jam
	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams	Alternative rock	Parlophone, Atlantic
	Fleur East	Love, Sax and Flashbacks	R&B, pop, hip hop	Syco
	G-Eazy	When It's Dark Out	Hip hop	RCA
	Ice Nine Kills	Every Trick in the Book	Metalcore, symphonic metal	Fearless
	Jeremih	Late Nights	R&B	Def Jam
	Kid Cudi	Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven	Alternative rock, avant-garde, lo-fi	Republic, Wicked Awesome
	Rick Ross	Black Market	Hip hop	Maybach, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam
	Sarah Geronimo	The Great Unknown	Pop, R&B, dance	Viva
	Sigma	Life	Drum and bass	3Beat
	Troye Sivan	Blue Neighbourhood	Electropop, dream pop	EMI Music Australia, Capitol
December 11	Cam	Untamed	Country	Arista Nashville, RCA
	EMA	#Horror: Original Score by EMA		Matador
	jennylee	right on!	New wave	Rough Trade
	Lizzo	Big Grrrl Small World	Hip hop	BGSW
	R. Kelly	The Buffet	R&B	RCA
	Secrets	Everything That Got Us Here	Post hardcore, melodic metalcore	Rise, Velocity Records
December 12	Prince	Hit n Run Phase Two	Funk, soul, pop	NPG, Universal
December 18	Ariana Grande	Christmas & Chill	Christmas, R&B	Republic
	Baroness	Purple	Alternative rock	Abraxan Hymns
	Bloodhound Gang	Hard-Off		Jimmy Franks Recording Company	[75]
	Cage the Elephant	Tell Me I'm Pretty	Garage rock, indie rock	RCA
	Chris Brown	Royalty	R&B, alternative R&B	RCA
	JoJo	LoveJo2	Hip hop soul, R&B	Atlantic
	Monica	Code Red	R&B	RCA
	Pusha T	King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude	Hip hop	GOOD, Def Jam
	What So Not	Gemini		Owsla	[76]
December 19	Tiwa Savage	R.E.D	Pop, Afro-pop, reggae	Mavin, 323 Entertainment
December 24	iKON	Welcome Back	Dance-pop, K-pop	YG
December 25	Kid Ink	Summer in the Winter	Hip hop	RCA