2024 has been a huge year for artists and the music industry. Ever since the beginning of this year, these releases have been so good, mind you it’s barely May; we already have many albums that will be nominated for next year’s Grammys. Not just albums but singles and many collaborations in such a short time. Yet there are more new artists brought into the spotlight getting recognition and all the attention they deserve. From underrated to “overrated” artists there’s no doubt that it will still be a big year for music and for people to dive into exploring new sounds and artists. This can mean more artists have the opportunity to get to experience new concepts in this industry or even better, to make collaborations with other artists so it helps the industry to grow more locally as internationally.
Here’s a little recap of the artists that have released already, from January to April.
Starting off with albums:
- American Dream by 21 Savage: Hip-Hop and R&B.
- Orquideas by Kali Uchis: Kalis second Latin album consisting of other genres such as R&B, Reggaeton and Synth-Pop.
- Underdressed at the Symphony by Faye Webster: Indie rock and R&B.
- Eternal Sunshine by Ariana Grande: after almost 3 years, Ariana came to deliver us a pop masterpiece.
- Coming Home by Usher: R&B and Pop.
- ¥$ by Kanye and Ty Dolla Sign: Part I of a collaborative album
- We Don’t Trust You by Metro Boomin and Future: Collaborative album
- Act II: Cowboy Carter by Beyonce: second album from the Acts trilogy, consists of Pop, R&B and Country elements.
- Guts (spilled) by Olivia Rodrigo: a deluxe album of Guts with an additional 5 new tracks
- Found Heaven by Conan Gray: his promoters did an awful job by promoting this album. Debuting with 5,366,447 streams on global Spotify.
- I’m Doing It Again Baby! by Girl In Red: Pop and R&B, with this album being a new start for the artist as she signed into columbia records for her success.
- We Still Don’t Trust You by Metro Boomin and Future: the second album or more like a diss album to Drake.
- The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift: being her 11th album containing synth-pop with rock and folk stylings.
- The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology by Taylor Swift: a double/ second album with TTPD but sadder.
Then we have the singles:
- Lana Del Rey – Blue Skies
- Dua Lipa – Training Season
- Wallows – Your Apartment
- SZA – Saturn
- Cigarettes After Sex – Tejano Blue
- Laufey – Goddess
- Luke Hemmings – Shakes
- ZAYN – What I Am
- Charli XCX – The von dutch remix with addison rae and a.g. cook
- Camila Cabello ft. Playboy Carti – I LUV IT
- twenty one pilots – Next Semester
- Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
- Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
- Dua Lipa – Illusion
- Alvaro Diaz and Rauw Alejandro – BYAK
- Rauw Alejandro – Espectacular