Most Anticipated Albums of 2022

In only two weeks, 2022 has seen the release of several highly anticipated albums. The Weeknd’s Dawn FM, RuPaul’s Mamaru, Elvis Costello & The Imposters’ The Boy Named If, FKA Twigs’ Caprisongs, and The Wombats Fix Yourself, Not the World are just some of the incredible masterpieces that have been released this year. But there’s still a lot more to come.

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To be released in February are Big Thief’s fifth studio album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Eddie Vedder’s Earthling, Foxes’ The Kick, Frank Turner’s FTHC, and Avril Lavigne’s Love Sux, featuring collaborations with Machine Gun Kelly, Blackbear and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182. In March, country legend Dolly Parton is set to release her forty-eighth solo studio album Run, Rose, Run. Stereophonics, Bryan Adams, Charli XCX and Weezer will also be releasing new albums that month.

To be released at some point this year is Camila Cabello’s Familia, inspired by the singer’s Cuban roots. Also without a set release date (but still highly anticipated by fans) are albums by Bleachers, Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Jesy Nelson, Kid Cudi, Ozzy Osbourne, Rosalia, and Swedish House Mafia.