2026 Music Predictions
Welcome to jgtv, today to kick off
2026, I want to do something that I’ve never done before and that’s is I’m
going to make some prediction on what trends will occur in 2026. This was originally going to be in video format, however, time constraints prevented me from doing that. So I'm making this a blogger exclusive. This may or may not become a common thing for 2026, but again we have to wait and see what this year brings. There’s a lot
that could happen but I hope things go better this year than last year.
2026 Predictions
1.
R&B will continue it’s quality
2.
R&B/Hip-Hop collabs will have a resurgence
I’ll say this Rap had a good year in the underground, not much can be said about the mainstream. Rap for the first time in over 30 years did not reach the top 40 at some point. Everyone was freaking out and panicking that rap was dead, rap is done, rap is on in life support. But in my opinion, I think to help save rap, they (rappers) need to start teaming up with the R&B singers. You saw "luther" become one of the top songs of 2025 and I already mentioned that R&B is going to continue it’s momentum but they need to carry hip hop to help it 2025.
3.
KATSEYE will take the next step
We saw KATSEYE breakthrough
in 2025, whether or not made Gnarly bad on purpose to gain attention can be
debate but their next single Gabriela was a radio breakthrough giving their
first top 40, with the group being nominated for two Grammys. Because of this,
KATSEYE will take that next step to conquer the world. On what that’s tricky.
It could be that they’ll get a full length album, that’s possible. They could
go on a singles run and make waves worldwide. They could continue doing what
they were doing in 2025. KATSEYE could go in any direction, they have great
personalities. I do think the music needs to improve if they want to keep this up.
4.
An unknown girl group is going to breakthrough on the Hot 100
KATSEYE might’ve
started something with the girl groups because I feel like these girl groups
are popping up my feeds from out of nowhere. XO, XG, Siren Society, 3Quency, Girlset,
I could me missing some but Camryn did a video highlight the girl group boom, ya'll
should check it out but I think one of these groups are going to find a way and chart. I do want to
highlight GIRSET as their song “Little Miss” has been a guilty bop.
5.
Harry Styles, Bruno Mars or Jhene Aiko will make a comeback
This might be the
biggest prediction in 2026. One of these threes is going to make a comeback
because they are past due for a comeback. From Harry, the last time his name
was mentioned was the Grammy stage when he won Album of the Year for Harry’s
House (somehow). He’s been quiet ever since outside of tribute post to Liam and becoming a marathon runner.
For Bruno, there have been hints that he’s making a comeback as early as 2024.
He rode the collab train in 2024-25 with Die With a Smile and APT being global
smashes, and Fat Juicy and Wet being not. His last project was the Silk Sonic
movement that was a critical darling that had me wanting more. His comeback is
highly anticipated one and will do numbers if it occurs. Finally Jhene Aiko,
she hasn’t dropped an album since 2020 Chilombo which was a critical darling
but has been remote quiet. Granted she has been dealing with personal issues.
While she has been away, R&B has been seeing a rise in the decade thanks to
SZA. A Jhene comeback would be great for R&B. But one of these three going
to have a massive comeback and it could take over 2026.
6.
Country will have a plateau
Country has had a
run from 2021-2025. Was it healthy for mainstream? Debatable but I do think it has a
place in the mainstream. But I think we reached it’s limits with country music
in 2025. One of the biggest reasons why I think country is going to plateau
(not quite fall off a cliff) is Billboard. They are changing it’s formula that
going to emphasize streaming and country is super radio dependent. Also country
has been kind of slipping a bit. Morgan Wallen fatigue might be the main reason
for country dipping. Hell this formula might not change a thing but streaming is
going to have a bigger weight in 2026. Rap might be a benefactor but country is
the genre mostly affected by this change.
7.
Taylor will drop her thirteenth album on December 11, 2026
This originally said this was going to happen on December 13 but I thought that December 13 was on a Friday but that is on a Sunday, but what I am trying to say is that Taylor is going to drop album 13 sooner rather than later. This is a huge album for her, if you know anything the number 13 is an important number for her. Given that Showgirl album wasn’t well received despite massive sales and records being broken. I think if Taylor cares about quality, she’ll drop album 13 then go into true hiding with Kelce. All in all, Taylor needs a rebound but to everyone saying Showgirl album is a bad album, keep that same energy when the VMAs and Grammys 2027 take place. All I'll say.
That concludes my predictions that I want to see in 2026. Tell me what you think in the comments below. Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Thanks for reading and I'll see you next time.
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