Laci Kaye Booth – Love Ain't For The Faint Of Heart (Lost Highway) – Texas native Laci Kaye Booth makes her debut for Lost Highway. Booth placed fourth on season 17 of American Idol in 2019.

Jason Scott & The High Heat – Play Out (Leo33) –

Luke Bryan – Signs (Capitol Nashville) – Luke Bryan's studio album contains the single "Country And She Knows It."

Riley Green – That's Just Me (Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment) – Riley Green releases his fourth studio album.

Corey Kent – Heartland Rock and Roll (Sony Music Nashville) – Corey Kent merges country, rock and soul for what he calls "heartland rock and roll." The 16-song release is Kent's third major label release.

Lauren Watkins – If I'm Being Honest (Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters) – Nashville native Lauren Watkins releases her third record. She helped write all 12 songs. Her husband, Will Bundy, produced the set.

Max McNown – Leave On A Light (Fugitive Recordings) – Max McNown releases his third record. He already released the song "Famous To You."

Mary Gauthier – Reckoning (Soundly/Thirty Tigers) –

Brandi Carlile – Returning To Myself (Sad Gay Version) (Interscope/Lost Highway) – Brandi Carlile releases an expanded version of her "Returning To Myself" record. The new edition contains 10 different takes on the original 10 songs plus a collaboration with electronic musician Jon Hopkins on the breakout single, "Human," as well as a new version of Billy Joel's "And So It Goes."

Kenny Chesney – Silver Sands Marina (Hey Now Recods) – Kenny Chesney will have 11 songs on his new record. Megan Moroney, Colbie Caillat and Lily Meola will help out on vocals.

Miranda Lambert – Crisco (MCA Nashville) – Miranda Lambert releases her 11th studio album and first for the label. The record contains 11 songs including "A Song To Sing" with Chris Stapleton helping out. This is the follow-up to "Postcards from Texas" from 2024. Lambert co-produced with Jesse Frasure.

Wynonna – The Hard Truth (Anti-) – Wynonna releases her first studio album for ANTI-. Judd co-wrote for the first time. The record was produced by her husband, Cactus Moser.

Flatland Cavalry – Work of Heart – Heartstrings (Lost Highway) – Flatland Cavalry goes the deluxe route following their March release. The deluxe version has five new songs. Dwight A. Baker produced the set.

Sheryl Crow – Pick You Up (Old Green Barn) – Sheryl Crow releases her 12th studio album. The first single from the album, "Freedom Bus," features Jesse Welles.

Wyatt McCubbin – 650 (Lucille Records/MCA) – Long-running songwriter Wyatt McCubbin releases his debut record for Dave Cobb's label. The record contains 10 songs. Luke Combs, Zach Top, Lainey Wilson, and Cody Johnson have recorded McCubbin's songs.

Dustin Lynch – Clean Slate (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) – Dustin Lynch releases his seventh studio album. Lynch co-wrote seven of the album's 12 tracks, working alongside Nashville songwriters including Zach Crowell, Justin Ebach, Josh Thompson, Jameson Rodgers, Brent Anderson, Hunter Phelps, Ben Johnson and John Byron.

Kaitlin Butts – Hello, Honky Tonk (Republic) – Kaitlin Butts makes her debut for the label after signing in October 2025. The record also is her first since releasing "The Yeehaw Sessions" EP. This is her fourth studio record.

Hudson Wesbrook – Made You Look (River House Artists / Warner Records Nashville) –

Buddy Miller – Buddy Miller (New West Records) – Buddy Miller releases his first record in 15 years. This follows his collaboration with his wife, Julie, on 2023's "In The Throes." Emmylou Harris, The War & Treaty, Lee Ann Womack, Shawn Colvin, Ashley Monroe, Elizabeth Cook, Jim Lauderdale, Dan Penn, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams all appear on the new disc, which contains 12 songs.

Pokey LaFarge – Rent Money (Boxer Boy) – Pokey LaFarge releases an 11-song record on his own label. Elliott Bergman produced the set.

Bryan Sutton – From Roots to Branches, Vol. 1 (Mountain Home) – Bryan Sutton releases 11 songs of duets.

Carly Pearce – Honest Woman (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) – Carly Pearce releases her fifth studio effort in a record being billed as honest reflections of life in her songs. Pearce co-produced the set with Ben West. Riley Green, Dan Tyminski and Molly Tuttle all help out.

Little Big Town – It's A Dying Art (MCA Nashville) – Little Big Town releases its 12th studio album. The quartet adopts more of a folk-flavored, sometimes acoustic sound.

Riley Downing – Landfille Poetry (Oh Boy) – Riley Downing is best known as being a member of New Orleans-based Americana outfit The Deslondes. The Missouri native steps out on his own for his sophomore record and debut for John Prine's label. In fact, Downing recalls Prine vocally.

Billy Strings – So Much for Goodbyes (Reprise) – Billy Strings get personal on this release. He created the album int eh wake of the passing of his mother. She designed the cover for the project.

Zach John King – I'm What You Get (Sony Nashville) – Zach John King releases his debut album. The 20-song release was co-produced by Ryan Wilson and King. Georgia native Zach John King received help from Brent Cobb, Bayker Blankenship and Brooks & Dunn all help out.

Ian Munsick – The Mountain Goat (WEST TO THE REST RECORDS / Triple Tigers Records) – Wyoming native Ian Munsick continues the indie route with his first release on WEST TO THE REST RECORDS, the label he started after exiting Warner Records.

Waylon Payne – Wayward (Big Loud Texas) – Waylon Payne makes his debut for the label with 13 songs. Payne had a hand in writing all of them, including six of them solo.

Ashley Cooke – ashley cooke (Big Loud) – Ashley Cooke releases her sophomore effort with production by Dann Huff. Cooke offers a lot of introspection on the record.

Brian Kelley – Coral Sea (Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment) – Brian Kelley continues mining the coastal country sound with light beats and a vibey island sound. Niko Moon and ERNEST help out.

Elizabeth Cook – Great Television (Thirty Tigers) –

Bronwyn – Rattlin' Bones (Sugar Petunia) – Bronwyn is Bronwyn Keith-HGynes, who used to record under that moniker and used to be in Molly Tuttle's backing band. Darrell Scott, Jerry Douglas, Lindsay Lou, Bryan Sutton and Bronwyn's fellow fiddler and husband Jason Carter all help out.

Corb Lund – Dark Horses (New West Records) – The 11-track set is a new recording of acoustic versions of some of Lund's favorite songs across his catalog. Lund said, "I chose one track from each of my 11 albums of original material and re-performed them in my living room, unaccompanied. This presents the songs in their rawest form, boiled right down to their essence."

LOCASH – Let the Music Play (Galaxy Label Group) – The collection from singer/songwriters Preston Brust and Chris Lucas finds them co-writing with Cole Swindell, Thomas Rhett, Ashley Gorley and Ben Johnson. The EP is the follow-up to "Bet the Farm."

The Grascals – Not That Gone (Billy Blue) – The 11-track collection marks The Grascals' first release with the label and showcases the band's signature harmonies on a record produced by the band and Ben Isaacs. Dolly Parton guests on "Broken Angels," penned by Parton and The Grascals' Jamie Johnson. The album introduces new member Kyle Perkins on bass following the 2025 retirement of founding member Terry Smith, while showcasing the current lineup of Danny Roberts (mandolin), Jamie Johnson (guitar), Kristin Scott Benson (banjo), John Bryan (fiddle), Jamie Harper (guitar/vocals) and Kyle Perkins (bass).

Wyatt Flores – Scared of Heights (Island/MCA) – Wyatt Flores returns with his first alnums since "Live At Cain's Ballroom" as well as his 2024 full-length debut album, "Welcome to the Plains."Produced by Charlie Handsome (Post Malone, Morgan Wallen), Jacob "JKash" Hindlin (Dua Lipa) and Gian Stone (Maroon 5), Flores expands his sound on the 13 songs to incorporate elements of early 2000s rock.

Tucker Wetmore – Sunburn Mixtape (Back Blocks Music, MCA, and Mercury Records) –

Shaboozey – The Outlaw Cherie Lee and Other Western Tales (Empire) – Shaboozey worked on this concept record about revenge for seven years.

Carter Faith – Cherry Valley Forever (Gatsby/MCA) – Carter Faith expands on her traditional country-based "Cherry Valley" from last fall to a deluxe version with five new songs.

Charles Wesley Godwin – Christian Name (Big Loud) – Charles Wesley Godwin's latest was influence by the stillborn birth of his son. The 13 songs have a religious bent to them with songs including the closing "God's Been Good to Me." Luke Combs guests on "Better That Way."

Brantley Gilbert – Sins of the Father (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) – Brantley Gilbert releases his eighth studio album and first for the label. He had a hand in writing all 15 songs.

Punch Brothers – The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers (Nonesuch) – Punch Brothers release their seventh studio and first all-instrumental album. The set also features the debut of fiddle player Brittany Haas.

Waylon Wyatt – Dustpiles (Music Soup/Darkroom Records) – Arkansas native Waylon Wyatt, who first made a name for himself via TikTok, releases his debut full length.

Scotty McCreery – 15 (Triple Tigers) – Scotty McCreery celebrates 15 years in country music with this retrospective of 13 songs. Nine were previously released while also offering four new songs. Among them is "Your Man," which he first sang on American Idol, which he won in 2011. Josh Turner, who first had a hit with the song, helps out here. McCreery also covers Conway Twitty's "Hello Darlin'." The album also features "Been a Good Run," a new track written by McCreery, Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell and Derek George.