The new country music album calendar for 2024 is filling up. Hardy and Sheryl Crow are two well-known stars who have put a date on new projects. Newcomers including Conner Smith and Hannah Ellis will beat them to it.

The first three months of any year typically bring fewer new country albums to stores and digital streaming platforms. Often these projects are very satisfying, however, so we have high hopes for Gabby Barrett, Brittney Spencer and Blackberry Smoke.

Could George Strait drop a new album in 2024? What about Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson or Eric Church?

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We've heard rumors that all are working on new music, but the following albums are all confirmed for release. Scroll down to see if your favorite artist has plans for the year.

New albums and EPs get added to this list almost weekly, so bookmark the page and come back to find out if this is going to be the year for Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton or Carly Pearce.

New Country Albums Releases in 2024:

January, 2024

Jan. 12: Hannah Ellis, That Girl
Jan. 19: Brittney Spencer, My Stupid Life
Jan. 19: Nico Moon, Better Days
Jan. 26: Charles Esten, Love Ain't Pretty
Jan. 26: Conner Smith, Smoky Mountains
Jan. 26: Josh Abbott Band, Somewhere Down the Road
Jan. 26: Randall King, Into the Neon

February, 2024

Feb. 2: Gabby Barrett, Chapter & Verse
Feb. 9: The Castellows, A Little Goes a Long Way EP 
Feb. 16: Blackberry Smoke, Be Right Here
Feb. 16: Drake Milligan, Jukebox Songs EP

March, 2024

March 8: Luke Grimes, Luke Grimes
March 8: Sawyer Brown, Desperado Troubadours
March 15: Luke Dick, Lockeland
March 22: Brothers Osborne, Break Mine EP
March 22: Chris Young, Young Love and Saturday Night
March 22: Cody Jinks, Change the Game
March 29: Aaron Lewis, The Hill
March 29: Hardy, Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape
March 29: Josh Ross, Complicated
March 29: Kenny Chesney, Born
March 29: Sheryl Crow, Evolution

April, 2024

April 5: Chayce Beckham, Bad for Me
April 5: Maggie Rose, No One Gets Out Alive
April 12: Ernest, Nashville, Tennessee
April 12: Tyler Hubbard, Strong
April 19: Anne Wilson, Rebel
April 19: Elvie Shane, Damascus

May, 2024

May 10: Brian Kelley, Tennessee Truth
May 10: Scotty McCreery, Rise and Fall
May 31: Kameron Marlowe, Keepin' the Lights On

June, 2024

June 14: Carly Pearce, Hummingbird

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