New & Upcoming Country Albums In 2026: Release Dates

Welcome to 2026, where everyone suddenly owns a pair of boots they swear they’ve “always had”.

Country music is gearing up for another year of big feelings, with albums that promise to make you laugh, cry, or text your ex at 2 a.m. (sometimes all in the same track).

From break-up ballads written on the back of gas-station receipts to stadium bangers fueled by questionable life choices, this year’s lineup of new country albums is shaping up to be as unpredictable—and entertaining—as a mechanical bull after midnight. Dare we even whisper it, there's even potentially a "happy" Megan Moroney album coming.

Here are the new and upcoming country albums riding into 2026.

Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top (Warner Records Nashville)

Meghan Patrick - Golden Child (The Final Chapter) (Riser House)

Langhorne Slim - The Dreamin' Kind (Dualtone)

Courtney Marie Andrews - Valentine (Thirty Tigers)

Elles Bailey - Can't Take My Story Away (Cooking Vinyl)

Memphis Kee - Dark Skies (Edgewater)

Hudson Westbrook - Exclusive (Warner Records Nashville / River House)

Kashus Culpepper - Act 1 (Big Loud)

Julian Taylor - Anthology II (Howling Turtle)

Jamie O'Neal - Gypsum (JOG / AUDIUM Nashville)

Emily Scott Robinson - Appalachia (Oh Boy)

Natalie Del Carmen - Pastures (Torrez)

Cordovas - Back to Life (Yep Roc / Redeye)

Eric Church - Evangeline vs. The Machine: Comes Alive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Big EC / MCA)

Clay Street Unit - Sin & Squalor (Leo33)

Mumford & Sons - Prizefighter (MCA)

Caroline Jones - Good Omen (True To The Songs / BMLG)

Tyler Halverson - In Defence of Drinking (CMDSHFT / Big Hit Herefords)

Megan Moroney - Cloud 9 (Sony Music Entertainment)

The Band of Heathens - Country Sides (BOH)

Travis Bolt - Burning Bridges (Gravel Road)

Austin Michael - Lonestar (Self-Released)

The Brook & The Bluff - Werewolf (Dualtone)

Morgan Evans - Steel Town (Virgin)

Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support - The Hope That Kills You (Lookout Mountain)

Whey Jennings - Baptized By Fire (Dirt Rock Empire)

Jason Aldean - Songs About Us (BBR / BMG)

- With his huge world tour announced for next year and three recent singles in the cycle, Luke Combs confirmed his sixth studio album will be released in "early 2026".

- Ella Langley had everyone in hot sweats at the end of November, after she posted a video from the studio of her working on new music with guitar maestro Charlie Worsham.

- The talk of the town after the CMA Awards, Stephen Wilson Jr. cleverly dropped his brilliant new song, 'Gary' that same week in November. According to sources, we can potentially look forward to something new from SWJ in "Q1".

- Red Clay Strays confirmed on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that their third album would be released in Summer of 2026. Rogan went as far as revealing it was pencilled for July.

- Shooter Jennings confirmed that there are two more Waylon Jennings records to come, following the success of Holler's 2025 Album of the Year release, Songbird.

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