


As fall begins, it might feel like 2018 has already crammed in a year’s worth of album releases: By Labor Day, we’d already seen a marathon of projects from the G.O.O.D. family, a surprise joint album from Beyoncé and JAY-Z, a battle for chart-dominance between Travis Scott and Nicki Minaj LPs and enough Drake songs for not one but two albums. But the months ahead still have plenty to offer, with a slew of projects from veteran icons (including two posthumous releases), country powerhouses, pop upstarts and everything in between. Here are Billboard’s 40 most anticipated albums of fall 2018.