May’s releases, while mostly being relatively unknown artists, are broken up with bigger acts like Real Friends, Issues, Pierce the Veil, Eric Clapton and Ariana Grande mixed in, giving May a huge variety of albums to keep an eye out for.

May 2^nd

BTS                                         Young Forever                   K-pop

May 5^th

Alex Lloyd                           Acoustica                            Acoustic

May 6^th

Anohni                                 Hopelessness                     Electronic

Beverly                                 The Blue Swell                   

Cyndi Lauper                      Detour                                  Country

Death Grips                        Bottomless Pit                   Experimental Hip-Hop

Jean Michel Jarre             Electronica 2:                     Electronic

                                                The Heart of Noise

JMSN                                    It Is

Julianna Barwick               Will

Kate Ceberano                  Anthology                           Pop, Soul, Jazz, Synthpop

Keith Urban                        Ripcord                                 Country

Rittz                                       Top of the Line                 

Thalia                                    Latina                                   Latin Pop

Vektor                                  Terminal Redux                 Thrash Metal

White Lung                         Paradise                              Punk rock

May 13^th             

American Authors           What We Live For             Indie Rock

Corinne Bailey Rae          The Heart Speaks            

                                                In Whispers

DevilDriver                          Trust No One                     Groove Metal

Hatebreed                          The Concrete                      Hardcore Punk

                                                Confessional

Jessy Lanza                         Oh No!                                

Kygo                                      Cloud Nine                          Tropical House

Meghan Trainor                                Thank You

Pierce the Veil                   Misadventures                  Post-Hardcore

May 20^th

Ana Popovic                       Trilogy                                  Blues, Jazz

Ariana Grande                   Dangerous Women        

Bob Dylan                            Fallen Angels                     Traditional pop

Boyz Noize                          Mayday                               Electro house

Eric Clapton                        I Still Do                                Rock, Blues

Highasakite                         Camp Echo                         Indie

Issues                                   Headspace

Laura Mvula                       The Dreaming Room      

Marissa Nadler                  Strangers
Pantha du Prince              the Triad                              Electronic

Yuna                                      Chapters

May 27^th

Architects                            Have Abandoned Us

Band of Skulls                    By Default

Beth Orton                         Kidsticks

Catfish and the                 The Ride

Bottlemen

Clare Maguire                    Stranger Things

                                                Have Happened

D.A.R.K.                                               Science Agrees

Death Angel                       The Evil Divide                    Thrash Metal

Fifth Harmony                   7/27                                                      

Flume                                   Skin                                        Electronic

Lacuna Coil                          Delirium                               Gothic Metal

Real Friends                       The Home Inside               Pop Punk

                                                My Head

Thrice                                    To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere