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The music drought is finally ending! Join us as we count down the most exciting comeback albums expected to drop in 2026 after years of artistic silence. From pop royalty returning to the dance floor to boy band reunions that will break the internet, these musical comebacks are set to define the year's soundscape.
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:08for the most exciting comeback albums expected to drop in 2026.
00:18Number 10, Beautiful Madness, Agnes.
00:22Crystals and crystals and gold-plated walls
00:25See the lights and starry eyes and buzz popping up
00:29The last time Swedish pop sensation Agnes dropped a full-length album was back in 2021.
00:34Magic Still Exists, her fifth studio album,
00:37was stuffed from beginning to end with pristine disco pop bangers
00:40that should have taken over every chart on Earth.
00:49While that didn't necessarily happen,
00:51her upcoming sixth album, Beautiful Madness, might just pull it off.
00:55Due for release in January 2026,
00:58Agnes has already teased the record with three superb singles,
01:01including Balenciaga Covered Eyes and Ego.
01:11If those tracks are any hint,
01:13Beautiful Madness, which Agnes promises will be more introspective,
01:17could end up as her best album yet.
01:19Expectations are pretty high because, after all,
01:21no one cooks up dancefloor magic quite like the Swedes.
01:32Number 9, My Ego Told Me To, Leigh-Anne.
01:422022 saw Little Mix go on a hiatus
01:45to allow its members to pursue solo projects.
01:48Since then, Jade Thirlwall and Perry Edwards
01:50have both released their debut albums,
01:52which critics welcomed with open arms.
01:552026 will give us the last piece of the puzzle with Leigh-Anne's.
01:59After the group hit pause,
02:00Leigh-Anne kicked off her solo career with the EP No Hard Feelings,
02:03on which she explored her Caribbean heritage.
02:06With her upcoming debut album,
02:16My Ego Told Me To,
02:17which arrives in February,
02:19Leigh-Anne hopes to go even further
02:20by creating an immersive fusion of pop,
02:23R&B, dancehall, and reggae.
02:25Singles like Been A Minute and Dead And Gone
02:27already make it clear what lane her solo era is cruising in.
02:31She's dead and gone
02:33Oh, she's dead, she's gone
02:36Number 8, Whatever's Clever, Charlie Puth
02:39Charlie Puth seems to have figured out
02:48how to use social media to his advantage as a musician.
02:51His self-titled third album,
02:52which was released in 2022,
02:55heavily exploited the use of TikTok
02:56in turning its singles into viral tracks.
02:58Turn me on like a light switch
03:01That same play is being used
03:08for his upcoming fourth album,
03:09Whatever's Clever.
03:10Set to arrive in March,
03:12Puth has been documenting the process
03:13of creating the record on TikTok,
03:15as well as sharing multiple teasers.
03:17The album comes at a pivotal time in Puth's life,
03:20as he and his wife, Brooke Sansone,
03:21are expecting their first child,
03:23also due in March 2026.
03:25The big reveal was even dropped
03:27right in the music video
03:28for the album's lead single, Changes.
03:30Number 7, How Did I Get Here?
03:39Louis Tomlinson
03:40Louis Tomlinson's third album,
03:49How Did I Get Here?,
03:50drops in January 2026,
03:52and marks a noticeable shift
03:54from the heavier, grittier edge
03:55of his 2022 album, Faith in the Future.
03:58Influenced by a visit to Costa Rica,
04:00this album leans into a sunnier,
04:02more optimistic worldview,
04:03a creative reset that fans have already tasted
04:06through singles like Lemonade and Palaces.
04:16Tomlinson has been steadily carving out
04:18his own lane since One Direction,
04:20moving from pop-rock melancholy
04:21into a more grounded, mature sound.
04:23This new era shows him loosening up,
04:25letting some light in,
04:26and embracing songwriting that's less about survival
04:29and more about growth.
04:30According to Tomlinson,
04:32it's the kind of record he's always wanted to make.
04:34Number 6, Look, or something,
04:43Hilary Duff
04:43It's hard to believe that this will be
04:52Hilary Duff's first full studio album
04:54since 2015.
04:56In pop culture years,
04:57that's practically a generation.
05:00The lead single, Mature,
05:01which dropped in 2025,
05:02immediately signaled that this era
05:05is less about reclaiming
05:06her old teen idol energy
05:07and more about embracing adulthood
05:09with humor, nostalgia, and clarity.
05:18Duff's fans have grown up with her,
05:20and she's grown right alongside them,
05:22juggling motherhood, acting roles,
05:24and a quieter public life in recent years.
05:26That's exactly why this comeback feels significant.
05:29She's returning because she has something to say,
05:31and she's finally ready to say it with honesty
05:33and the kind of perspective you only gain
05:35after living life off the music scene
05:37for nearly a decade.
05:45Number 5, Untitled Album, Ray
05:48Ray's rise over the past few years
05:57has been nothing short of explosive,
06:00and her untitled 2026 album
06:02already feels like one of the most
06:03creatively charged projects of the year,
06:06even without an official title yet.
06:08After breaking free from her old label
06:10and independently releasing
06:11My 21st Century Blues,
06:13she proved she's not just a songwriter for hire.
06:15I don't wanna feel
06:17how I did last night
06:19anything please
06:21This upcoming album has a lot of expectations
06:24riding on it,
06:25especially considering how impressive
06:27its lead single
06:28Where Is My Husband is.
06:36It's not yet clear
06:37when exactly the record will drop,
06:39but Ray has said
06:40it will definitely arrive
06:41in the first half of 2026.
06:42Fans certainly expect
06:44even bolder storytelling,
06:46bigger experimentation,
06:47and a continuation
06:48of the raw vulnerability
06:50that has brought her this far.
06:58Number 4, Sunday Best, Nick Jonas.
07:01Ever since the Jonas Brothers
07:03reunited in 2019,
07:05Nick Jonas stepped back
07:06into his solo persona
07:07with 2021's Spaceman.
07:09Never feels like it comes through
07:11Out of my home,
07:13I'm a space fan
07:14After that,
07:16he returned to the trio
07:17to work on their sixth album
07:18and embark on a world tour.
07:20Now, in 2026,
07:22Jonas will be carving out space
07:23to flex his individual voice
07:24once again on Sunday Best.
07:26His solo work has always leaned
07:28into smoother,
07:29more sensual production,
07:30and this record seems poised
07:31to continue that pattern.
07:32This is heaven
07:34And I don't know
07:36how this could get much better
07:38Jonas announced the album
07:40during an intimate show
07:41titled Sunday Best Brunch,
07:43during which he previewed
07:44a few tracks
07:44for some of his biggest fans.
07:46From the sound of it,
07:47he might be circling back
07:48to the blues rock flavor
07:49of his Nick Jonas
07:50and the administration days.
07:52I want someone to love me
07:54For who I am
07:59Soundtrack albums
08:10rarely ever gain much traction,
08:12but when Charlie XCX is behind it,
08:14things will certainly go differently.
08:16Following the cultural phenomenon
08:17that was Brat,
08:19Charlie admitted she hit
08:20a creative slump,
08:21at least until filmmaker
08:22Emerald Fennell contacted her
08:24to record a song
08:25for her Wuthering Heights adaptation.
08:26This album will tap into
08:28a darker, more cinematic palette,
08:30with sweeping strings
08:31and atmospheric production.
08:39Two singles have been released thus far.
08:42House,
08:42a gothic industrial rock detour
08:44featuring Velvet Underground legend
08:46John Cale,
08:47which sounds like nothing
08:48Charlie has ever done,
08:49and then Chains of Love,
08:51a synth-pop song
08:52that could have easily
08:53come from True Romance.
08:58Regardless of the tonal shift,
09:02Charlie's bite
09:03is still very much intact.
09:05Number 2.
09:06Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2
09:08Madonna.
09:16This might not be
09:17the final album title,
09:18but Madonna has already confirmed
09:20that the sequel
09:21to one of her greatest projects
09:22is on the way.
09:232005's Confessions on a Dance Floor
09:26was a cultural reset,
09:27a seamless,
09:28hour-long dance odyssey
09:29that influenced
09:30an entire generation of pop.
09:32The idea of her revisiting
09:33that sound two decades later
09:35is understandably electrifying.
09:37In recent years,
09:45Madonna has been re-energized
09:47on stage,
09:48honoring her legacy
09:49with the Celebration Tour
09:50while teasing a return
09:51to the dance floor.
09:52If she truly is crafting
09:54a part two,
09:55this could be her most exciting
09:56reinvention in ages.
09:58It's a chance for her
09:59to connect her early
10:00millennium dominance
10:01with her current
10:02artistic instincts,
10:03while reminding everyone
10:04why she became
10:05the queen of pop.
10:07Before we unveil
10:15our top pick,
10:16here are some
10:16honorable mentions.
10:18Do You Still Love Me?
10:19Ella Mai.
10:20After four years,
10:21the R&B star returns
10:22with a personal exploration
10:24of love's complexities.
10:32The ghost record,
10:34Stevie Nicks.
10:35Her first album
10:35in 12 years,
10:36It was inspired
10:37by the 2024
10:38California wildfires.
10:40They'll take your soul,
10:41they'll take your power,
10:44unless you stand up.
10:46High Noon.
10:47Blondie.
10:48The legendary
10:48new wave trailblazers
10:50return with their first album
10:51since 2017's Pollinator.
10:53I might fall back
10:54when I'm down.
10:57You pick me up again.
10:59You pick me up again.
11:00Sweat.
11:01Melanie C.
11:02A high-energy album
11:04that will combine
11:0490s influences
11:05with contemporary
11:06club sounds.
11:07Get your heart
11:08pumping.
11:09I'll make you,
11:10I'll make you sweat.
11:11Physical focus.
11:13Body weight.
11:14Vacancy.
11:15Ari Lennox.
11:16Lennox's third album
11:17promises to spotlight
11:18her buttery vocals
11:19and brutally honest storytelling.
11:21Ain't trying to do nothing
11:22but look pretty and clear.
11:24Hurry up and put me
11:25in my soft girl air.
11:27T-fly fly hype.
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11:43Number 1.
11:46Untitled Album.
11:47BTS.
11:48The global phenomenon
11:50that is BTS
11:51has been on an official
11:52hiatus since 2022,
11:54allowing its members
11:55to fulfill mandatory
11:56military service
11:57and explore solo ventures.
11:59Their last album
12:07of original material,
12:09B,
12:09was released back
12:10in November 2020,
12:12so fans are certainly
12:13yearning for their return
12:14as a group
12:14after years spent
12:15honing their individual voices.
12:17Although an official title
12:18has yet to be announced,
12:20in November 2025,
12:22Jimin revealed
12:23that they had finished
12:23recording the album,
12:25which they started working on
12:26when they reunited
12:27as a group in June.
12:28Yesterday,
12:29the group announcing
12:29there's new music
12:30and a world tour
12:32coming up.
12:32You can mark your calendars
12:33for spring of 2026.
12:35Between the already
12:36confirmed world tour
12:38and the inevitable
12:39cultural earthquake
12:40this comeback will cause,
12:41BTS' 2026 album
12:43might just be
12:44the biggest pop moment
12:45of the decade.
12:54Which comeback album
12:55are you most hyped for
12:56in 2026?
12:57Let us know
12:58in the comments below.
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