Top 27 Music Albums of 2026
by Exist-en-ciel 
Favorite songs of the year:
• Second Sleep - Magdalena Bay
• SIDE A - Ezeki
- Chart updated: 12 hours ago
- (Created: 01/09/2026 00:12).
- Chart size: 27 albums.
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Outsider House
[First added to this chart: 03/02/2026]
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Mande Music
[First added to this chart: 03/04/2026]
Neo-Psychedelia
[First added to this chart: 01/13/2026]
Contemporary Folk
[First added to this chart: 02/17/2026]
Synthpop
[First added to this chart: 02/26/2026]
Year of Release:
2026
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1
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Trip Hop
[First added to this chart: 03/04/2026]
Year of Release:
2026
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1
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Funk Rock
8. (7) 1
Modern Classical
[First added to this chart: 02/25/2026]
Year of Release:
2026
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1
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Experimental Hip Hop
[First added to this chart: 01/31/2026]
Ars antiqua
[First added to this chart: 01/31/2026]
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2026
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Total albums: 27. Page 1 of 3
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Top 27 Music Albums of 2026 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 2 | 7% | |
| Capella De Ministrers / Carles Magraner | 1 | 4% | |
| Martin Yates / Royal Northern Sinfonia / Simon Callaghan / Hiroaki Takenouchi | 1 | 4% | |
| Ezeki | 1 | 4% | |
| Bill Callahan | 1 | 4% | |
| Picture (DK) | 1 | 4% | |
| Iza Tkm | 1 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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11 | 41% | |
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3 | 11% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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1 | 4% | |
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1 | 4% | |
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1 | 4% | |
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Top 27 Music Albums of 2026 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 7th to 8thMorton Feldman: Complete Works For Multiple Pianos by Jovita Zähl / Philipp Kronbichler / Peter Degenhardt / John McAlpine / Friedrich Jaecker |
| Down 1 from 8th to 9thMy Ghosts Go Ghost by By Storm |
| Down 1 from 9th to 10thParis 1200: École De Notre-Dame by Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble |
| New entries |
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| Mutiny After Midnight by Johnny Blue Skies |
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