Albums releasing in May 2018

 

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
May 4	Belly	Dove	Alternative rock	Belly Touring	[168]
	DJ Koze	Knock Knock	House, deep house, techno	Pampa Records	[169]
	Frank Turner	Be More Kind	Indie rock, indie folk	Xtra Mile, Polydor	[170]
	Gaz Coombes	World's Strongest Man	Rock	Caroline International, Hot Fruit Records	[171]
	Ghastly	The Mystifying Oracle	Dubstep, bass		[172]
	Jon Hopkins	Singularity	Electronic, ambient	Domino	[173]
	Lake Street Dive	Free Yourself Up	Pop, indie pop	Nonesuch	[174]
	Leon Bridges	Good Thing		Columbia	[175]
	Plan B	Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose	Soul, R&B, hip hop	Atlantic	[176]
	Rae Sremmurd	SR3MM	Hip hop	Ear Drummer, Interscope	[177]
	Royce da 5'9"	Book of Ryan	Hip hop	Heaven Studios, eOne
	Shinedown	Attention Attention	Hard rock, pop rock, alternative rock	Atlantic	[178]
	Titãs	Doze Flores Amarelas: Act II	Rock	Universal Music Brasil	[166]
May 11	Arctic Monkeys	Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	Psychedelic pop, lounge, space rock	Domino	[179]
	Bad Wolves	Disobey	Groove metal, heavy metal, hard rock	Eleven Seven Music	[180]
	Beach House	7	Dream pop, psychedelic pop	Sub Pop, Bella Union, Mistletone	[181]
	The Body	I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.	Noise, power electronics	Thrill Jockey
	Charlie Puth	Voicenotes	Pop, R&B	Atlantic	[182]
	Illuminati Hotties	Kiss Yr Frenemies		Tiny Engines	[183]
	Loreena McKennitt	Lost Souls	Folk, world, Celtic	Quinlan Road	[184]
	Sevendust	All I See Is War	Alternative metal, hard rock	Rise	[185]
	Titãs	Doze Flores Amarelas: Act III	Rock	Universal Music Brasil	[166]
May 18	BTS	Love Yourself: Tear	K-pop, hip hop, alternative R&B	Big Hit, iriver	[186]
	Courtney Barnett	Tell Me How You Really Feel	Indie rock, alternative rock	Milk!, Mom + Pop, Marathon Artists	[187]
	Five Finger Death Punch	And Justice for None	Heavy metal, hard rock, nu metal	Prospect Park, Eleven Seven Music	[188]
	James Bay	Electric Light	Rock, pop, R&B	Virgin EMI	[189]
	Maluma	F.A.M.E.	Latin pop	Sony Music Latin	[190]
	Nav	Reckless	Hip hop, trap	XO, Republic
	Now, Now	Saved	Indie pop	Trans- Records	[191]
	Parquet Courts	Wide Awake!	Indie rock, post-punk revival, dance-punk	Rough Trade	[192]
May 23	Juice Wrld	Goodbye & Good Riddance	Emo rap	Grade A, Interscope	[193]
May 25	ASAP Rocky	Testing	Experimental hip hop, psychedelic	ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds, RCA	[194]
	Chvrches	Love Is Dead	Synth-pop	Goodbye, Virgin	[195]
	Dear Nora	Skulls Example	Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock	Orindal Records	[196]
	J Balvin	Vibras	Pop, reggaeton	Universal Latin	[197]
	Jessie J	R.O.S.E.		Republic	[198]
	Lordi	Sexorcism		AFM	[199]
	Prefuse 73	Sacrifices		Lex	[200]
	Pusha T	Daytona	Hip hop	GOOD, Def Jam	[201]
	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	Pop	Island	[202]
	Snow Patrol	Wildness	Alternative rock, indie pop, pop rock	Polydor	[203]

Albums releasing in April 2018

 

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
April 5	The Caretaker	Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 4	Ambient, dark ambient, drone	History Always Favours the Winners
April 6	Alina Baraz	The Color of You		Mom + Pop	[118]
	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy	Hip hop	Atlantic	[119]
	CNCO	CNCO	Latin pop, reggaeton	Sony Latin	[120]
	E-40 and B-Legit	Connected and Respected	Hip hop	Heavy on the Grind	[121]
	Eels	The Deconstruction	Indie rock	E Works, PIAS	[122]
	Gin Wigmore	Ivory	Alternative rock, blues, blue-eyed soul	Island Records Australia	[123]
	Kali Uchis	Isolation	R&B, neo soul, bossa nova	Rinse, Virgin, Universal	[124]
	Kylie Minogue	Golden	Country pop	Darenote, BMG	[125]
	Mastersystem	Dance Music		Physical Education Recordings	[126]
	Panopticon	The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness	Black metal, Americana		[127]
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	America	Electronica, art pop	Interscope	[128]
	Tina Arena	Quand tout Recommence	Pop	Play Two	[129]
	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Sex & Food	Funk, rock, folk	Jagjaguwar	[130]
	Various artists	Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin		Island	[131]
	Various artists	Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin		Universal Nashville	[131]
April 9	Twice	What Is Love?	K-pop, bubblegum pop, dance	JYP, Republic
April 13	Beth Hart	Front and Center – Live from New York	Jazz, soul blues, piano blues	Provogue	[132]
	Breaking Benjamin	Ember	Post-grunge, nu metal, hard rock	Hollywood	[133]
	Confidence Man	Confident Music for Confident People	Dance-pop	Heavenly
	Gurrumul	Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)	World, classical crossover	SkinnyFish Music	[134]
	King Tuff	The Other	Rock	Sub Pop	[135]
	Manic Street Preachers	Resistance Is Futile	Alternative rock	Columbia, Sony Music	[136]
	Sofi Tukker	Treehouse	House	Ultra Music	[137]
	Tinashe	Joyride	Alternative R&B	RCA	[138]
April 20	Bishop Briggs	Church of Scars	Indie pop	Island, Teleport Records	[139][140]
	J. Cole	KOD	Conscious hip hop, jazz rap	Dreamville, Roc Nation, Interscope	[141]
	Kimbra	Primal Heart	Pop	Warner Bros.	[142]
	My Indigo	My Indigo	Indie pop	BMG	[143]
	Mýa	TKO (The Knock Out)	R&B	Planet 9, MGM, The Orchard	[144]
	Pennywise	Never Gonna Die		Epitaph	[145]
	A Perfect Circle	Eat the Elephant	Progressive rock, hard rock	BMG	[146]
	Samantha Jade	Best of My Love	Pop, dance-pop, disco	Sony Music Australia	[147]
	Sting and Shaggy	44/876	Reggae	A&M, Interscope, Cherrytree Records	[148]
	Stryper	God Damn Evil	Christian metal	Frontiers	[149]
April 21	Raury	The Woods		Raury	[150]
April 26	Autechre	NTS Sessions 1–4	Electronic	Warp
April 27	Anne-Marie	Speak Your Mind	Pop, EDM	Major Tom's, Asylum	[151]
	Blossoms	Cool Like You	Indie pop, pop rock	Virgin EMI	[152]
	Dr. Dog	Critical Equation	Indie rock, blues rock	Thirty Tigers	[153]
	Elohim	Elohim	Electropop	BMG	[154]
	Godsmack	When Legends Rise	Hard rock	BMG	[155]
	Janelle Monáe	Dirty Computer	Pop, funk, hip hop	Wondaland, Bad Boy, Atlantic	[156]
	Kasey Chambers and the Fireside Disciples	Campfire	Country	Warner Music Australasia	[157]
	Keith Urban	Graffiti U	Country pop	Capitol Nashville	[158]
	Matt Cardle	Time to Be Alive		Sony Music	[159]
	Missy Higgins	Solastalgia	Pop	Eleven: A Music Company	[160]
	Okkervil River	In the Rainbow Rain	Indie pop, art rock	ATO	[161]
	Poo Bear	Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music		Capitol	[162]
	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Pop, hip hop, R&B	Republic	[163]
	Saara Aalto	Wild Wild Wonderland	Pop	Warner Music	[164]
	Steve Angello	Human	Progressive house, electro, synthwave	Size Records	[165]
	Titãs	Doze Flores Amarelas: Act I	Rock	Universal Music Brasil	[166]
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Until Death Call My Name	Gangsta rap, trap	Never Broke Again, Atlantic	[167]