The predictions have come in, and we can see that the year 2023 is definitely going to be a musical year, and people who enjoy their music are going to love it thoroughly. We are awaiting some amazing albums. Be it upcoming rap albums or pop albums, we are waiting with open arms for all!
The most anticipated albums this year will undoubtedly be upcoming rap albums, as well-known rap artists such as Snoop Dogg are expected to release music. Let’s have a look at what you can expect this new year!
This Is Me…Now
This Is Me…Now is the ninth album by American singer Jennifer Lopez. The singer has withheld the exact date but hinted at the fact that the album will be released in 2023. She released the teaser on November 25th and has also talked about her new album in her interviews. The song list, which she revealed in an Instagram post, goes like this:
- Hearts and Flowers
- The Greatest Love Story Never Told
- Mad In Love
- Dear Ben Pt. II
- Broken Like Me
- Rebound
- Can’t Get Enough
- not. going. anywhere
- Midnight trip to Vegas
- This is me…Now
- This Time Around
- To Be Yours
- Hummingbird
Is it just us, or are the names extremely catchy? Her song, “Dear Ben pt.II” is dedicated to her dear husband Ben Affleck. She released the first part of it when they were just dating, and she is going to release the second now that they are married. Well, well, well, more reason to wait for JLo magic.
Endless Summer Vacation
Endless Summer Vacation by our own Hannah Montana star, Miley Cyrus, is awaited by fans in the year 2023. The album might be exactly what we need to add to our vacations. It is all set to be released on March 10. Miley has released the song and the official music video for the first track of her album, Flowers. Fans believe that the lyrics “I can buy myself flowers, I can hold my own hand” are a response to her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth. It is also rumored that the black suit Miley wears in one of the scenes of the music video belongs to Liam and was worn by him during a clip of the couple that went viral. The album is believed to have 12 tracks, and we can’t wait!
Gloria
Gloria by Sam Smith was groundbreaking! Released on January 27th, it has received a lot of plays from fans on different platforms and YouTube as well! The songs are:
- Perfect
- Gimme
- Who we love
- Unholy
- Six shots
- I’m not here to make friends
- Hurting Interlude
- Gloria
- Dorothy’s Interlude
- Love me more
- How to cry
- Lose you
- No god
The songs “Love me more,” “Unholy,” and “I’m not here to make friends” have official music videos, and they broke the internet. It is rightly said that if a song trends on reels, it is going to be a super hit! So was the case with “Unholy,” which featured Kim Petras. It received enormous love.
All Smiles (or maybe not)
The new album by A$AP ROCKY is set to be released in 2023. The rapper used the phrase “all smiles” in the context of his new album, and fans thought that it was the name. But A$AP Rocky confirmed in an interview that it was not the name, and he has not actually released the title as of now. It is definitely going to be one of the top upcoming rap albums, and we can see the gist of it already. Sittin’ me, a song from the album was released in 2022 along with a music video, and fans went crazy. His second song from the album D.M.B. also got a lot of attention. One of the reasons was that it featured his girlfriend, Rihanna, or Riri, as her fans call her. He has hinted at the fact that we can expect the song around the months of July or August. He assured his fans that they would not have to wait a long time for his album.
Higher Than Heaven
Higher Than heaven is so heavenly! It is an album by the English singer, Ellie Goulding. The ‘Hello’ star will release her fifth album on March 23, 2023. After a long, three-year break after her last album in 2020, this was much-awaited. The song list is as follows:
- Easy lover
- All by myself
- Waiting for it
- Like a savior
- Let it die
- Intuition
- Higher than Heaven
- Just for you
- Temptation
- Cure for love
- How long
- Midnight dreams
- Tastes like you
- Love goes on
- By the end of the night
- Better Man
The official music video for “Like a Savior” was released on February 1st, 2023. It was a magical view and gave off a majestic vibe to the audience. We would not expect anything less from Ellie Goulding anyway.
Finally, this was a bucket of water from the sea in terms of the anticipated music albums released in 2023. It is slightly plausible that 2023 is going to see new forms of rap and that the upcoming rap albums are going to take the music industry by storm. We are yet to get over the amazing releases of 2022, and already 2023 is here with its share of amazing music. And we are definitely not complaining. As the phrase goes, “The more the merrier.”
