et’s predict the future by analyzing culture and trends today. Last year has been the year for the solo female pop vocalists like Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, etc. Solo male vocals were also hit last year like Psy, Eminen, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, etc. These guys churning out all Top 20 hits all over the world. There has been much collaboration with featured singers, with all the rapping, dub step and dance music. But what genre or style of music will be dominant this 2013.
If 2012 meant to the dub step it is not the case this year because 2013 cannot come quick enough. Although it will just be a passing phase this year because the lasting strong points of the year seem to be turning to the indie alternative gone pop. It seems that 2013 will focus more on the artist which made 2012 only its transition.
Some made the prediction that guitar music may return to radio playlist in the near future. It is expected that new guitar music is to be a fusion of something that will be playing in the radio stations this year. This is actually already been starting. More attention seems to be leaning towards the young singer-songwriter who plays the instrument and the hot tween pre-made dance talent is slowly vanishing.
This could mean Justin Bieber may be on his way out sooner than expected. May this be a warning for him so that he can mature in terms of his music. Songs like his built trend for the next wave and pop music could use some wake-up call wit more artist that could make a mainstream impact.
90’s R&B will go even more mainstream, this is due to almost every artist feels compelled to reel off their R&B influences. When you go night out, you will never fail to endure repeated plays of R Kelly’s She’s Got That Vibe. With many artists sprouting in every corner, attention span grows short regarding the choice or artist that listeners will listen to. Those who cannot reinvent themselves will be quick to fall of the radar.
The charts below are the albums that are to be released this year.
January
Release date
Artist
Album
Genre
Label
Producer
Notes
Ref.
January
8
Hollywood Undead
Notes from the Underground
Rap Rock,Rap Metal,Alternative Rock
A&M/Octone/Polydor/Universal Music Australia/Universal Music Group
Griffin Boice, Danny Lohner,S*A*M & Sluggo
Third studio Album
Black Veil Brides
Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones
Glam Metal,Hard Rock,Heavy metal
Lava/Universal Republic
John Feldmann
January
13
To be announced
January
14
Everything Everything
Arc
Art rock,indie pop,indie rock
Sony RCA
David Kosten
Second studio album
[citation needed]
January
14
Modestep
Evolution Theory (album)
debut album
January
15
Free Energy
Love Sign
indie rock,rock,alternative rock
Free People
A$AP ROCKY
Long. Live. A$AP
hip hop/rap
Debut album
Second studio album
[citation needed]
January
21
The Joy Formidable
Wolf’s Law
alternative rock, indie rock
Atlantic Records
The Joy Formidable
Second Studio Album
Adam Ant
Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter
Rock, pop rock, post-punk
Blueblack Hussar
Adam Ant, Boz Boorer
January
22
To be announced
Pop rock,pop punk
Goomba Music
John Fields
Follow up album afterFight the Frequency, Fifth studio album
[citation needed]
Foxygen
We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic
Psychedelic rock,Experimental rock, Indie rock
Jagjaguwar
Second studio album
Bad Religion
True North
Punk rock,melodic hardcore,hardcore punk
Epitaph
Joe Barresi
Sixteenth studio album; might be their last one[2]
[3]
Ra Ra Riot
Beta Love
indie pop
Barsuk Records
Third studio album
[citation needed]
Darius Rucker
True Believers
Country
Capitol Nashville
Frank Rogers
Fourth studio album, third country album
[citation needed]
Voivod
Target Earth
Heavy metal,progressive metal,thrash metal,speed metal
First studio album since 2009′sInfini; first release with Daniel Mongrainon guitar and Blackyon bass since 1991′sAngel Rat
[4]
Gary Allan
Set You Free
Country
MCA Nashville
Gary Allan, Greg Droman,Jay Joyce, Mark Wright
Ninth studio album
[5]
January
28
Biffy Clyro
Opposites
Alternative rock
14th Floor
Garth “GGGarth” Richardson
Sixth studio album; Double album.
[citation needed]
Delphic
Collections
Alternative dance
Polydor
Second studio album.
[6]
The Mavericks
In Time
Country
Valory Records
First studio album since splitting in 2003.
[citation needed]
January
29
Tegan and Sara
Heartthrob
Indie rock,Indie pop
Sire
Greg Kurstin, Mike Elizondo
Seventh studio album.
[citation needed]
Local Natives
Hummingbird
Indie rock,Indie folk,Psychedelic folk
Frenchkiss Records
Second studio album
Colton Dixon
A Messenger
Alternative rock,Christian rock, CCM
19/EMI CMG/Sparrow
TBA
Debut studio album
[7]
February
Release date
Artist
Album
Genre
Label
Producer
Notes
Ref.
February
4
Pure Love
Anthems
Alternative rock,garage rock, punk rock, hard rock
Vertigo, Mercury
Gil Norton
Debut studio album
February
5
Red
Release the Panic
Rock, Christian Rock
Essential / Sony
Howard Benson
Fourth studio album
Coheed and Cambria
The Afterman: Descension
Progressive rock,Alternative rock
Hundred Handed/Everything Evil
Coheed and Cambria, Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner
Seventh studio album
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
II
Indie Rock,psychedelic rock,lo-fi
Jagjaguwar
Second studio album
Silverstein
This is How the Wind Shifts
Post-hardcore,hardcore punk
Hopeless Records
Shane Told
Seventh studio album
Tim McGraw
Two Lanes of Freedom
Country Music
Big Machine Records
Twelfth studio album
February
11
Darwin Deez
Songs For Imaginary People
Indie, Indie Rock
Self-recorded
Second studio album
February
12
Azealia Banks
Broke With Expensive Taste
Electro house, dirty rap, hip hop
Polydor/Interscope
Various
Debut studio album, follow up to 1991 andFantasea
[8]
Bullet For My Valentine
Temper Temper
Metalcore, Heavy Metal
RCA Records
Don Gilmore
Fourth studio album
February
19
Starfucker
Miracle Mile
Indie, Indie pop
Polyvinyl Records
Third studio album
Beach Fossils
Clash the Truth
Dream pop, Surf pop, New wave,lo-fi
Captured Tracks
Second Studio album
Buckcherry
Confessions
Sixth Studio Album
February
25
Johnny Marr
The Messenger
Alternative Rock,Rock
Guitarist for The Smiths, The The, Electronic, The Healers, Modest Mouse, The Cribs, Debut studio album
February
25
Atoms for Peace
Amok
Experimental Rock, Electronica
XL Recordings
Debut studio album
February
25
Steven Wilson
The Raven that Refused to Sing (and other stories)
Progressive Rock
KScope
Third solo album
February
26
50 Cent
Street King Immortal
Hip hop
Aftermath, Shady,Interscope
Dr. Dre, Hit-Boy,Boi-1da, Alex da Kid, Havoc, Just Blaze, Jim Jonsin,Symbolyc One,AraabMuzik,J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Drumma Boy, Swizz Beatz, Scoop DeVille, Jake One, Cardiak, Sap Da Beat Man
Fifth studio album
[9]
To be announced
To be announced
Goth pop, Dark pop, Electronic
IAMSOUND Records/This Is Music
Ariel Rechtshaid
Debut studio album, follow up to You’re the One
[10]
March
Release date
Artist
Album
Genre
Label
Producer
Notes
Ref.
March 26
Bon Jovi
What About Now12th studio album
To be announced
Akon
Stadium
R&B, Euro Dance
Konvict Muzik, Universal Republic
Akon (exec.),David Guetta,RedOne, Happy Perez, Antonio Dixon, Babyface,DJ Frank E, Shea Taylor, Caleb McCampbell,will.i.am, DJ Ammo Chuck Harmony, Salaam Remi, Arden Altino, Calvin Harris, Jerry Duplessis, Sandy Vee, Kelvin Wooten, JR Hutson (also exec.),Dr. Luke, Dre & Vidal, The-Dream(also exec.),Christopher “Deep” Henderson, Tricky Stewart (also exec.), Afrojack, Alle Benassi,Benny Benassi
Fourth studio album
To be announced
To be announced
Pop, dance
Warner Bros. Records
Twenty-sixth studio album
[11]
To be announced
To be announced
Pop, dance,R&B, Soul
Island Records
Jermaine Dupri, L. A. Reid, Bryan-Michael Cox,Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker, Greg Kurstin, Fraser T Smith, Walter Afanasieff, Noel Zancanella, Jim Abbiss, Benny Blanco,Christopher Breaux, Savan Kotecha, Rick Nowels
Fourteenth studio album
To be announced
To be announced
Fourth studio album, announced by Ryan Seacrest via Twitter on 14 November 2012
To be announced
Smashing Pumpkins
Adore
Pop, Rock,Alternative
EMI
Billy Corgan,Flood
Reissue of the platinum album “Adore” (1998).
To be announced
Debut studio album
[12]
To be announced
Kid Cudi
Indicud
Alternative hip hop, Rap
Universal Republic Records, GOOD Music
Third studio album
To be announced
The Wanted
Third Strike
Pop
Island Records
Third studio album
April
Release date
Artist
Album
Genre
Label
Producer
Notes
Ref.
April 8
The Knife
Shaking the Habitual
Synthpop,Synthpop,Minimal techno
Rabid Records
Fifth studio album
“[13]“
April 9
Paramore
Paramore
Rock, Punk
Fueled By Ramen
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Fourth studio album
“[14]“
April 15
Killing Joke
The Singles Collection 1979-2012
Rock, Punk
Universal/Spinefarm
Killing Joke
Compilation album
“[15]“
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
Pop Rock ,Dubstep ,Electronica
Unscheduled and TBA
Artist
Album
Genre
Label
Producer
Notes
Ref.
To be announced
To be announced
Pop, Hip Hop,Country
Sony Records
To be announced
Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll
Columbia
16th Australian and 15th international studio album; first studio album since 2008′s Black Ice
[17]
To be announced
Alternative metal,grunge, hard rock,heavy metal
Virgin/EMI
Fifth studio album; first studio album since 2009′s Black Gives Way to Blue
[18]
Alizée
Link
Variété française
Jive Epic/Sony Music
Jacotey’s fifth studio album.
To be announced
Heavy metal, thrash metal, crossover thrash, speed metal, groove metal
Megaforce/Nuclear Blast
Eleventh studio album
[19]
To be announced
To be announced
Epic Records
Raseck Kiel
Fifth studio album
Little black star
Backstreet Boys
Link
Pop dance R&B
Martin Terefe
7th US and 8th international studio album, first album since Kevin Richardson‘s return to the group.
[20]
To be announced
Fifth studio album
[21]
To be announced
Eighth studio album
[22]
To be announced
Heavy metal
Vertigo/Universal
Rick Rubin
Nineteenth studio album; first studio album since 1995′sForbidden, first recording with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals since 1978′s Never Say Die! and first recording withGeezer Butler on bass since 1994′sCross Purposes
[23]
To be announced
Heavy metal
Warner Bros. Records
Eighth studio album; second album without former drummerJimmy “The Rev Sullivan” and first album with new drummer Arin Ilejay
Bring Me the Horizon
Sempiternal
Metalcore, post-rock
RCA
Terry Date
Fourth studio album
To be announced
Post-hardcore,alternative rock
Uprising Records
Third studio album
To be announced
Hard rock, heavy metal, psychedelic rock, blues rock
Bob Ezrin
Nineteenth studio album; first studio album since 2005′sRapture of the Deep
[24]
To be announced
Progressive metal,progressive rock
Roadrunner
Twelfth studio album
[25]
Dido
Girl Who Got Away
Pop
Sony Music
Fourth studio album
[26]
To be announced
Hip-hop,rap
Aftermath records, Shady Records
To be announced
Thrash metal, speed metal, groove metal
Tenth studio album
[27]
To be announced
Post-Hardcore, Pop Rock
Second Studio Album
Flotsam and Jetsam
Ugly Noise
Thrash metal, power metal, speed metal
Pledge Music
Eleventh studio album
[28]
Ghost
“Infestissumam”
Heavy Metal
Loma Vista Records
Nick Raskulinecz
To be announced
Electronica, Glitch,Techno
Glass Air Records
Second studio album
To be announced
Post-industrial,Experimental,Electronica
Columbia Records,The Null Corporation
First full-length studio album
To be announced
Heavy metal
EMI
Sixteenth studio album
[29]
Katy Perry
Rock music, Pop,Techno, Blues
Capitol Records
Greg Wells, Zedd,M83
Fourth studio album
[30]
Kerli
Utopia
Synthpop, rave
The Island Def Jam Music Group
Second studio album
[31]
To be announced
Heavy metal
Thirteenth studio album; first studio album since 2007′sGive Me Your Soul…Please
[32]
Kylie Minogue
Dance-pop ,Electronica , Jazz Music
Twelfth studio album
Jessie J
pop music,dubstep, techno
Lava Records
Second studio album
[33]
To be announced
To be announced
Alain Johannes
Eighth studio album
[34]
Justin Bieber
Believe 2.0
R&B, Pop
The Island Def Jam Music Group
Fourth studio album
Lady Gaga
ARTPOP
Streamline,KonLive, Interscope
DJ White Shadow,Fernando Garibay, Lady Gaga, Madeon, RedOne,Zedd
Third studio album
[35]
To be announced
Electropop,synthpop, nu-disco,electro house
IAMSOUND, 679,Atlantic, Elektra
Hesketh, Butler, Ellis James
Second studio album
[36]
To be announced
Heavy metal, thrash metal, speed metal, hard rock
Roadrunner
Fourteenth studio album
[37]
To be announced
Heavy metal, hard rock, speed metal
Future PLC/Motörhead Music
Twenty-first studio album
[38]
To be announced
Indie rock, Post-rock, Post-hardcore, Emo
Triple Crown Records
Third studio album
Natalia Kills
Trouble
Pop, dark pop
Interscope,Cherrytree Records
Second studio album
Nicki Minaj
Pink Friday: The Pinkprint
Rap music, hip-hop,R&B
Cash Money Records, Universal Motown,
Third studio album
To be announced
Alternative rock, grunge, hard rock
Geffen Records
20th Anniversary reissue; reissue of 1993′s In Utero
Third Studio album
Palms
To be announced
Debut album
[39]
To be announced
Alternative rock, grunge, hard rock
Monkeywrench
Tenth studio album; first studio album since 2009′sBackspacer
[40]
Pestilence
Obsideo
Death metal, thrash metal, technical death metal, jazz fusion
Mascot
Seventh studio album
[37]
To be announced
Hip-Hop,Rap
Def-Jam / G.O.O.D Music
To be announced
R&B, dance, jazz music
Polydor Records
Third studio album
Stereophonics
Graffiti on the Train
Alternative rock,Indie rock, Post Britpop
V2 Records
Eighth studio album
To be announced
Alternative rock,Indie rock, Garage rock
Fifth studio album
[41]
To be announced
Hardcore punk, crossover thrash, funk metal
According to frontman Mike Muir, there will be three new studio albums (ninth, tenth and eleven studio albums).[42] This will be their first set of new material since 2000′s Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
[43]
To be announced
Indie rock,Alternative rock
Island Records
Third studio album
To be announced
Rock, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal, celtic rock
Thirteenth studio album; first studio album since 1983′sThunder and Lightning and first recording without original bassist and vocalist Phil Lynott, who died in 1986
[44]
To be announced
Pop rock,alternative rock,glam rock,electronic rock
Universal Music
5th studio album
To be announced
Alternative metal,Art rock,Progressive metal,Progressive rock
Volcano, Tool Dissectional
Fifth studio album
To be announced
Indie rock, post-punk revival,alternative rock
Mom + Pop Music
Fourth studio album
To be announced
Dance-pop , world music , Techno
Fourth studio album
To be announced
Dance-pop , jazz music , Swing ,Electronica music
first studio album
*above charts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albums_scheduled_for_release_in_2013
Warning: do not buy pirated CDs. This will affect the music industry. How we listen and how we purchase will affect these artists and the future trends.
