https://mapsofmusic.org/ Albums recently added to Maps of Music, each with the places it was recorded or performed. en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love-2026/ The title first appeared painted on a pink wall in Los Angeles on April 2, 2026, before the album was officially announced. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-romantic-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-romantic-2026/ The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 186,000 equivalent units, Mars's first number-one debut, yet it is also his shortest album to date. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/reverxe-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/reverxe-2026/ Reverxe was made by six members after SM excluded Exo-CBX, but its promotion went ahead as a five-member group. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/petal-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/petal-2026/ The title is stylized in lowercase, and the album takes its name from a metaphor about a flower pushing up through the cracks in pavement. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/live-from-mexico-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/live-from-mexico-2026/ The album was recorded over five days in December 2025, but its release followed a concert film that premiered on YouTube a day earlier. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/lemonade-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/lemonade-2026/ Star News reported that Lemonade would contain ten songs, while the Spotify version would include eleven. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-2026/ The album sold 430,000 first-week units in the US, the biggest debut of 2026, yet part of it was recorded in Berlin, where Styles had reportedly moved to work on it. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/hit-me-hard-and-soft-the-tour-live-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/hit-me-hard-and-soft-the-tour-live-2026/ The live album arrived on 1 May 2026, and the 3D concert film of the Manchester shows reached theaters a week later, on 8 May 2026. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/foreign-tongues-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/foreign-tongues-2026/ Its first single was backed by a song first issued in only 1,000 copies under a pseudonym the band had used for secret shows in the 1970s. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/confessions-ii-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/confessions-ii-2026/ The album started as a distraction: while two other projects stalled, Madonna made a dance record that became a sequel to Confessions on a Dance Floor. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/carnaval-de-luz-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/carnaval-de-luz-2026/ The title is Spanish and Portuguese for 'Carnival of Light', a name that may point to an unreleased avant-garde recording by the band, though no link has been confirmed. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/arirang-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/arirang-2026/ The album takes its title from a Korean folk song, and its first track samples that same song. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/apple-music-live-mayhem-requiem-2026/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/apple-music-live-mayhem-requiem-2026/ The concert was staged as an encore to the Mayhem Ball, with the tour's opera-house set presented as if it had been reduced to rubble. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/who-believes-in-angels-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/who-believes-in-angels-2025/ According to a press release, John and Carlile wrote and recorded this album completely from scratch in just 20 days. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/tropicoqueta-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/tropicoqueta-2025/ The title blends two Spanish words, 'tropical' and 'coqueta', and the album was released in June 2025 through Bichota Records and Interscope. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/this-is-for-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/this-is-for-2025/ The title is a play on words that marks this release as the group's fourth full album. It debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart but at number six on the US Billboard 200. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-life-of-a-showgirl-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-life-of-a-showgirl-2025/ Recorded in Sweden during the Eras Tour, this studio album's outro still carries crowd noise from a Vancouver show. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/tha-carter-vi-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/tha-carter-vi-2025/ Tha Carter VI took its name from a rival rapper's plan: Young Thug first titled his debut Tha Carter VI in honor of Wayne, then renamed it Barter 6 after threats of legal action. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/ten-the-story-goes-on-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/ten-the-story-goes-on-2025/ Released as a tenth-anniversary special album, yet nine of its ten tracks were first performed on a tour that began in July 2025. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/swag-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/swag-2025/ Swag is Bieber's first studio album whose cover does not show him, and it arrived as a surprise release with no advance singles. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/super-junior25-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/super-junior25-2025/ The album name looks back to the group's 2005 debut, and its songs were first performed in front of fans only at the Super Show 10 concerts in August 2025. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/some-sexy-songs-4-u-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/some-sexy-songs-4-u-2025/ Drake's fourteenth Billboard 200 number one came from a collaboration he announced on stage at a PartyNextDoor tour stop, and the record's title is written with dollar signs. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/rich-man-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/rich-man-2025/ Rich Man is Aespa's sixth EP, and more than 1.11 million copies were sold through pre-orders alone the day before its release. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/play-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/play-2025/ Play is the first of a planned five-album series named after media control symbols, and it gave Ed Sheeran his ninth UK number one. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/metal-forth-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/metal-forth-2025/ The title is a pun: the band counts this album as its fourth studio album, though it is listed as the fifth. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/mayhem-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/mayhem-2025/ The record was made in Rick Rubin's Shangri-La, the same Malibu studio where Gaga had earlier made Joanne and the A Star Is Born soundtrack. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/lux-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/lux-2025/ The album's title is Latin for light, yet its listening parties were held in complete darkness, with the words 'complete darkness' projected before the music began. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/love-is-like-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/love-is-like-2025/ Adam Levine wanted the songwriting done in-house, yet this became the first Maroon 5 studio album not to reach the US top ten. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/live-from-glastonbury-a-bbc-recording-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/live-from-glastonbury-a-bbc-recording-2025/ The album captures a single headline set, and the double single with Robert Smith was released to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/karma-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/karma-2025/ KBS judged the opening track 'Bleep' unsuitable for broadcast, yet the album went on to top the Billboard 200. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/hurry-up-tomorrow-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/hurry-up-tomorrow-2025/ The Weeknd's last album under that name was partly inspired by him losing his voice while on tour in 2022. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/here-for-it-all-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/here-for-it-all-2025/ The title track began at Carey's home studio, The Butterfly Lounge, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she named the whole album after it because it was her favorite song. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/enemy-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/enemy-2025/ Jihyo narrated the trailer for this sixth Japanese album and also served as its visual director. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/debi-tirar-mas-fotos-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/debi-tirar-mas-fotos-2025/ The title means "I should have taken more photos," and the artist first hated taking photos before he came to accept them. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/bully-2025/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/bully-2025/ The first version of the album used AI-generated deepfake vocals for most of West's singing, and he re-recorded the lyrics himself for the final release. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/whiplash-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/whiplash-2024/ Credits list eight different recording studios for the six tracks, and only four of them carry the SM name. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-tortured-poets-department-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-tortured-poets-department-2024/ A surprise double-album edition, The Anthology, was released two hours after the standard album. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-death-of-slim-shady-coup-de-grace-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/the-death-of-slim-shady-coup-de-grace-2024/ The album was promoted with a fake obituary for Slim Shady printed in a real newspaper, the Detroit Free Press. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/rayo-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/rayo-2024/ The title Rayo is described as an expression of an earnest need for human connection, and the album is said to feel more like a house party than a collection of songs. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/radical-optimism-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/radical-optimism-2024/ Lipa's US opening week was her biggest yet, but the album spent only fifteen weeks on the Billboard 200, her shortest run of any of her albums. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/moon-music-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/moon-music-2024/ The album reached number one in 16 countries, yet critics were split over its lyrics. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/missionary-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/missionary-2024/ Asked about the title, Snoop Dogg only said that the first album was Doggystyle. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/live-from-the-royal-albert-hall-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/live-from-the-royal-albert-hall-2024/ Dua Lipa's first live album started as a TV special: the October 2024 concert was filmed for broadcast and recorded for the album. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/las-mujeres-ya-no-lloran-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/las-mujeres-ya-no-lloran-2024/ Most of this album had already been heard before it came out, since several of its tracks were released as singles first. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/hit-me-hard-and-soft-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/hit-me-hard-and-soft-2024/ Eilish said she would not release singles before the album, yet the lead single Lunch came out together with it. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/gnx-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/gnx-2024/ The album is named after a car: the 1987 Buick Grand National Experimental that Lamar bought after his Big Steppers tour. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/from-zero-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/from-zero-2024/ The title From Zero points back to the band's original name, Xero, and also marks a new start with a new singer and drummer. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/forever-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/forever-2024/ This is the first Bon Jovi album recorded and released as a seven-piece band, and it was made after Jon Bon Jovi's vocal cord surgery. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/f-1-trillion-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/f-1-trillion-2024/ Post Malone's country album started as a question on The Howard Stern Show in 2022, and it went on to top the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mapsofmusic.org/a/eternal-sunshine-2024/ https://mapsofmusic.org/a/eternal-sunshine-2024/ The album takes its title from a 2004 film, and Grande had earlier said she would not record another album until she finished filming Wicked. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000