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Albums to look forward to in 2022
Some of the albums confirmed for this year, plus a little detective work into what to expect in 2022.
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There are some big album releases coming in 2022.
Though there’s always the odd surprise that even we couldn't predict – who’d have had ABBA coming back the way they did in 2021? – here’s our guide to those we know about and some heavily rumoured long players we suspect will be coming this year.
Album release dates 2022
Cliff Richard - Christmas with Cliff (November 25)
Stormzy - This Is What I Mean (November 25)
Announcing his new studio album, Stormzy said: "When you hear about music camps, they always sound intense and somber. People saying, “We need to make an album.” “We need to make some hit records.”
"But this felt beautifully free. We’re all musicians, but we weren’t always doing music. Some days we played football or walked around taking pictures. And the byproduct to that was very beautiful music.
"Because when you marry that ethos with world-class musicians and the best producers, writers, and artists in the world, and we’re in one space, that’s a recipe for something that no one can really imagine. You can’t even calculate what that’s going to come up with. And it came up with a big chunk of this album."
Stormzy's This Is What I Mean tracklisting in full:
1. Fire + Water
2. This Is What I Mean
3. FireBabe
4. Please
5. Need You
6. Hide & Seek
7. My Presidents Are Black
8. Sampha’s Plea
9. Holy Spirit
10. Bad Blood
11. I Got My Smile Back
12. Give It to the Water
Sam Ryder - There's Nothing But Space, Man! (December 9)
Fresh off his record-setting finish at this year's Eurovision, national hero Sam Ryder will issue his own debut album this December, very handy since he is one of the ambassadors for National Album Day 2022, the theme of which is Debut Albums.
Release dates TBA
Cardi B- TBA
Chloe Bailey - Chloe
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
Depeche Mode - TBA
Dove Cameron - TBA
Dua Lipa - TBA
Grimes - Book 1
Hard-Fi - TBA
Janet Jackson – Black Diamond
Kelis - TBA
LCD Soundsystem - TBA
Lily Allen - TBA
Mariah Carey - TBA
My Bloody Valentine - TBA
Noel Gallagher - TBA
Ozzy Osbourne - TBA
Radiohead - TBA
Rihanna - TBA
Rita Ora - TBA
Fresh from signing a new deal with BMG that allows her to own her masters, four-time Number 1 pop icon Rita should be returning soon with her first new full-length LP since 2018's streaming smash Phoenix, which contained no less than four UK Top 10 singles!
Shania Twain - TBA
Sky Ferreira - Masochism
Sky's mythical second album could be on the way, after Don't Forget resurrected the alt-pop idol from the doldrums.
SZA- TBA
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Alexander
looking forward to hearing dove cameron and shania, also a new janet lp will be nice. also jean michel jarre. good year 22 new lp wise and spiceworld getting a big reissue on various formats will be well it's obvious what i really really want.
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
i’m hoping travis scott can drop utopia and lil uzi can drop the pink tape towards the end of the year
Blank
No Ava Max? Due out 21/10 apparently.
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
pushed back to january 2023
thierry henon
You forgot again (twice in a month!!!)to mention the critical and acclaimed singer DERMOT KENNEDY on the 4th November!!
thierry henon
You forgot to mention the critical and acclaimed singer DERMOT KENNEDY in November!!
Bengy
And also the remixed version of the Beatles Revolver on 28th October.
Rob Parkinson
Wow 90s female rapper Betty Boo is releasing an album! Interesting now that female rappers are pretty popular, back then was only Monie Love, Betty Boo and the Wee Papa Girl Rappers with Neneh Cherry becoming famous for raps but wanting to go down the singing path
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Rolli
How about the new one from SUEDE out September 16th??
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Anthony Rogers
No mention of OneRepublic's new album
daniellesa
Oh Wonder also pushed back their album to 7th October
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Philip King
Nice to see Madonna - Finally Enough Love coming out, good to see more from Altered Images amd Depeche Mode and interesting to see The Cure, Janet Jackson, Lily Allen and Shania Twain with new stuff too.
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LucyP
What about 5sos5 by 5 seconds of summer??
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LucyP
Btw it out on September 23rd
Marko
Hard-Fi are back!
Killer Sounds is a fantastic album.
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Tony Stratton
The Dualers - Voices from the sun August 12th is the album of the summer
Dayv Morris
rihanna retired guys. selling
Damián
At last!
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Pekka Sahlberg
I am SOOOOO waiting for the new DEPECHE MODE album and a new tour, hope they come to Finland too!!!!
Aqua
reputation can't be rerecorded until 2023 and Shake It Off Lawsuit Was Pushed Back Again, So Speak Now Or Self-Titled Could Be Next
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mehaan
Rihanna probs gonna dominate 2022 with her comeback lol
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Nu No
It looks like Madonna have been teasing a REMIX compilation of her 50 songs that were #01 on Billboard Dance Charts ((with new remixes she is now on studio recording) but you only talk about deluxe re-issues of her albums so I'm confused now. Will there be a compilation or are these to be included in all Madonna past albums new deluxe editions?
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Quest
I'm missing a mention of the next Marillion album, "An Hour Before It's Dark", out in March. Their last record was a big success, so I assume that they will repeat this feat. I have already pre-ordered.
Tak Opidisc
Ellie Goulding has also said that her fifth album should be out this year. She's also spoken a bit about the sound.
Blank
The Shania wait is down from 15 years to 5!
Terry Corby
Also Scarlet Rebels,Inglorious,The jokers,Nitroville,joanovarc,Space Elevator,Fallen Mafia. All heavy Rock artists.
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
i’m dying for a new kendrick album. 😫
he’s teased the title as “oklama” and there’s a countdown website at oklama2022*com (replace the asterisk with a dot) which may be a countdown for the upcoming album.