Spring isn’t necessarily known as a big time for new album releases — but it will be in 2024.
After women took home all of the Big Four Grammy Awards in February (Taylor Swift won album of the year, a record-breaking fourth win, for Midnights; Billie Eilish won song of the year with the Barbie soundtrack song “What Was I Made For?”; Miley Cyrus won record of the year with her Billboard Hot 100 topper “Flowers”; and Victoria Monét won best new artist), they will continue to dominate the release calendar in March and beyond.
Across a six-week span, a coterie of music’s A-listers will deliver new — and highly anticipated — albums. Starting with Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine and on through to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, the flurry will keep listeners busy. And with impending releases from Dua Lipa, Normani and Billie Eilish — and potentially SZA’s Lana, a deluxe version of her Billboard 200-topping SOS album — still on the way, this succession is showing no sign of slowing down.
Surely, so much new music from major stars signals a packed touring season ahead. And though Grande told The Zach Sang Show in a recent interview she is “unsure” about hitting the road to support Eternal Sunshine, she will make a grand return to Saturday Night Live as the show’s musical guest on March 9. Meanwhile, Swift’s monumental The Eras Tour is set to continue through this December.
Below, Billboard breaks down the confirmed upcoming albums that will help us ease into the warmer months ahead.
