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Hey! Here’s a few specially selected albums released this year in 2026, as voted by mvm editors. No other agenda, no other bias to a particular genre, this is the music that’s tickled our ears, stroked our nerves and connected the most with so far this year. Some newcomers, some old-timers – all welcome.

As always, if you wish to delve further into specific albums, those discussed at length can be viewed via their appropriate links provided. **Note: this list is updated sporadically throughout the year and is ordered by release date.

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