Shania Twain releases Faded Blue Jeans with Josh Homme and reveals the full Little Miss Twain tracklist, featuring Tanya Tucker and The War and Treaty, ahead of the July 24, 2026 album release.
We put Banks of the Trinity on the moment it dropped on June 26, 2026, and three weeks later our team is still going back to it. Cody Johnson's tenth studio album arrives on the heels of his CMA Male Vocalist of the Year win and a Live 26 Tour that has been selling out…
We dug deep on Cassidy Daniels: The Road Top 3 finalist, Dutton Ranch star, and Crazy Love singer with a debut album on the way. Here is the full story.
Kenny Chesney announces Silver Sands Marina, his 21st studio album, on his new Hey Now Records label. Here is everything we found about this massive release.
We are making our mid-year call: Zach Bryan’s With Heaven On Top, a 25-track No. 1 Billboard 200 album, is country music’s defining release of 2026. Here is our full case.
Billy Strings announces So Much for Goodbyes, a deeply personal 16-track album arriving August 28 on Reprise Records. Produced with T Bone Burnett and dedicated to his late mother, this is the most anticipated country and roots album of late 2026.
Shaboozey drops lead single Born to Die and announces concept album The Outlaw Cherie Lee and Other Western Tales due July 31, plus 25 fall tour dates on the Outlaws Never Die Tour.
Wyatt Flores sets his highly anticipated album Scared of Heights for July 31, 2026, on Island Records/MCA, featuring 13 tracks and produced by Charlie Handsome, as his Drive All Night Tour continues.
Kenny Chesney releases his 21st studio album Silver Sands Marina on September 25, 2026, through his new independent label Hey Now Records, featuring Megan Moroney, Colbie Caillat, and Lily Meola.
Brantley Gilbert’s eighth studio album Sins of the Father drops July 24 via BBR Music Group, featuring 15 co-written tracks, a Jelly Roll duet, and lead single Good Damn already climbing country radio.
Shania Twain’s seventh studio album Little Miss Twain arrives July 24, 2026, via Republic Nashville. The 15-track project is led by lead single Dirty Rosie, out now on all platforms.
Country music has been on fire in 2026. Here are the 10 best country albums of the year so far, ranked from great to greatest, with our picks and takes.