1. Lorde
從2013之後便沒有發行新專輯的Lorde，雖然期間都有推出新作品於飢餓遊戲原聲帶以及與電子團體Disclosure合作的 ”Magnets”，而最近Lorde在個人Instagram頁面上傳了一張在Jack
Antonoff(Bleachers)錄音室的照片，看起來兩人正在合作她的新專輯。
Since her first album in 2013, Lorde has
released her new works every year, such as featured in The hunger Games
soundtrack (2013/2014) and “Magnets” with Disclosure. And recently, This singer
posted a photo on her Instagram page at Jack Antonoff’s studio, it seems like
they are working on her new album.
2. Lana Del Rey
從2012年開始發行個人第一張專輯的Lana Del
Rey，因為第一年就發行”Born To Die”與”Paradise”兩張唱片的她，除了2013年之外，之後的每一年都固定推出新的作品。今年發行的”Honeymoon”，Lana形容風格是與第一張最接近的專輯(但其實沒有)，而此張專輯也被許多網站評為2015年年度專輯，這也讓人相當期待明年的作品以及巡演。
Since her first debut album “Born To Die”,
she releases albums every year. Lana Del Rey described her latest album “Honeymoon”
was very different from the last one and similar to the first two, “Born to Die”
and “Paradise” (*Not Really*), this album was ranked as best albums of 2015 on
chart.
3. Katy Perry
今年對於凱蒂佩芮是個安靜的一年，其實不然，她除了忙於自己的演唱會”超炫光”，她還與DJ玩童Diplo還有皇后碧昂絲以及歌手Rita Ora等為瑪丹娜的音樂錄影帶 ”Bitch, I’m Madonna”助陣。在今年十月更是宣布她將推出全新的手機音樂應用程式Katy Perry Pop。根據報導指出，凱蒂佩芮與小天后泰勒絲之間的嫌隙越來越大了，由於1989的成功，讓泰勒絲佔據2014以及2015排行榜以及音樂獎項，而凱蒂佩芮不是很開心並揚言要讓全世界在2016忘記泰勒絲。目前新專輯名稱以及發行日期尚未公布。
This year seemed a quiet year for Katy
Perry, but actually she was busy on her Prismatic World Tour. And she also
appeared in Madonna’s music video “Bitch, I’m Madonna” with Beyonce, Diplo ,
Rita Ora, etc. In October, the singer announced she was working on developing a
music mobile app named Katy Perry Pop. According to a report from Hollywood Life,
Katy was unhappy about Taylor Swift’s success of 1989, and planed to make the
world forget about Taylor in 2016. The title of new album and date is still
TBA.
4. Sia
在上一張專輯”1000 forms of Fear”的成功後，希雅在今年宣布2016新專輯”This Is Acting”，Sia表示這張專輯是從被退回的Demo由她重新詮釋，包含了愛黛兒、蕾哈娜等歌手。目前釋出的單曲有”Alive”(原本是寫給愛黛兒)、”Bird Set
Free”(原本是要由蕾哈娜演唱給歌喉讚2的原聲帶，但後來決議是”Flashlight”，這首歌最後也調整交由愛黛兒錄製)、”One Million Bullets”(是這張專輯中唯一不是為了別人寫的歌)、近期釋出的”Cheap Thrills”(是蕾哈娜退回的兩首歌之中一首，另外一首為”Reaper”)。底下為Cheap Thrills的試聽檔。
After her success of “1000 Forms of Fear”,
Sia announced her new album next year “This Is Acting”, said this is a
play-acting album that singing demos rejected by singers like Adele, and
Rihanna, etc. Released singles from “This Is Acting” including “Alive”(Originally
written for Adele.), “Bird Set Free”(Originally written for Pitch Perfect 2 but
was rejected in favor of "Flashlight". The song was then pitched to
Rihanna. After being rejected, it was then recorded by Adele but did not make it
for 25.), “One Million Bullets” (Only one song from this album was not written
for other artists.), and “Cheap Thrills”(This is one of two songs rejected by
Rihanna, another is “Reaper” written by Kayne West and Sia.)
“This Is Acting” is scheduled to release on
Jan. 29, 2016.
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5. Ariana Grande
在美好的聖誕前夕，亞莉安娜釋出今年的聖誕專輯 ”Christmas &
Chill”，今年在全美音樂獎的得到最佳女歌手的她，宣布明年新專輯的名稱為”Moonlight”(月色)，目前已知的曲目只有首支與個人香水品牌結合的 ”Focus”(單曲)，但發行日期尚未公布。
Having a nice Christmas, Ariana Grande
released EP “Christmas & Chill” on Dec. 18. Awarded by AMAs as Best Pop
Rock Female Artist, Ariana Grande announced her new album “Moonlight” with lead
single “Focus”, but the date is still unscheduled.
6. Yoko Ono
專業樂評對於她2013年的專輯”帶我到煉獄”得到一致性好評，小野洋子宣布明年將發行她的下一張混音專輯。而約翰藍儂的唱片公司也重新在2015年發行1973年”思想遊戲”的改版。今年小野洋子終於對於她丈夫長久以來的”雙性戀傾向”謠傳發言，她表示藍儂想和男性交往但從未實踐過，而經過這麼多年後，小野洋子仍對於殺害藍儂的兇手感到害怕。
她明年的混音專輯”Yes, I’m Witch Too”將在一月22日發行。
Professional ratings on her album Take Me
To The Land of Hell, Yoko Ono announced her remix album will come out next
year. Speaking of her husband John Lennon, his label released his palisades
album Mind Games(1973) this year. And she spoke about her late husband’s
long-rumoured bisexuality : He had a desire to be with men but never was. And
after all these years, she is still afraid of Lennon’s killer.
Her remix album “Yes, I’m Witch Too” is set
to release on Jan. 22.
7. Lady Gaga
榮獲告示牌年度女歌手的女神卡卡，在2015年雖然沒有發行專輯，但在她的演員事業中發光發熱，年前發行的流行藝術中的單曲
”Aura”為電影罪惡城市2的原聲帶之一，而她本人也在電影中演了一角；今年在影集：美國恐怖故事-旅館中擔任主要演員，而在開拍前就令人相當期待卡卡會在當中展現歌喉，但根據影集製作人Ryan
Murphy表示Gaga將不會有任何音樂性的演出。但為了電影”The Hunting Ground”(獵場)，這部敘述校園性侵害的紀錄片，Gaga將自身的經歷寫成歌，而這首歌同時被第五十八屆葛萊美獎提名為年度最佳電影原創歌曲獎。
明年新專輯尚未名命名以及日期未知。
Feted Woman of The Year by Billboard, Lady
Gaga was busy on her actress career this year. In 2014, one of her single from
Artpop, “Aura” was featured in movie Sin City 2, and Gaga was also starring as
Bertha in it, this year in 2015, she was lead actress with Sarah Paulson, Kathy
Bates and Matt Bomer in American Horror Story : Hotel. It was expect some
musical performance in this TV series as Jessica Lange did, like “The Name Game”
and the cover of Lana Del Rey’s “God and Monster”, but according to the
creator, Ryan Murphy that Lady Gaga would not contribute any musical work in
this season. But Lady Gaga wrote a song called “Til It Happens To You” for film
“The Hunting Ground”, and it is nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy
Awards for Best Song Written for Visual Media. And her upcoming album is not
titled and unscheduled.
8. Cheek To Cheek squad
在葛萊美得到最佳傳統流行演唱專輯的東尼班奈特以及女神卡卡，自從他們第一次合作的”The
Lady Is A Tramp”，而現在已從官方證實他們已經在進行第二張爵士專輯，東尼班奈特的演唱實力更是不用說明，但女神卡卡在爵士專輯發行後便已向大眾證實她的演唱實力。
明年的爵士專輯仍未定名，發行日也尚未公布。
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Cheek To
Cheek, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga since their first collab. single “The Lady Is
A Tramp” and now confirmed they are working on second album based on Jazz
standard. Not to mention Tony Bennett’s performance on albums (*classic*), but
Lady Gaga really shows her talent on live performance, such as “Sound of Music
medley” on Oscars, how could anyone call her a flop?
Their second album is still untitled and
TBA.
9. Iggy Azalea
「我是誰？哀居居歪。」(故意的) 以”Fancy”在2014年夏天稱霸的Iggy Azalea，在今年宣布明年新專輯以及新巡演名稱，她更是在推特上搶先釋出兩首單曲的片段，”Zillion”以及”Team”，。
新專輯”Digital Distortion”(數位失真)的發行日期尚未定。
You’ve already know her, Iggy Azalea,
announced her new tour named The Great Escape Tour and new album along with
singles “Zillion” and “Team”, these two singles teasing via Iggy’s Twitter
Account.
Her new album called “Digital Distortion” and
date TBA.
@TaylorDTTT i dunno T, this outro is speaking to me and the answer sounds like a yaaaaaassssss. pic.twitter.com/NjvnSQp2Zn
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 28, 2015
10. Kayne West
正在準備總統大選的肯伊威斯特(他自己講的)，本來謠傳在2015年就會釋出新專輯的他，由於著手在時尚界與愛迪達推出聯名鞋款Yeezy，專輯因此延期。但好消息是，他與Sia合作的單曲 ”Wolves”將會收錄其中。
新專輯”Swish”的發行日尚未定期。
Prepare for his campaign for Presidential
election, Kayne West was rumored that will release his new album in 2015, but due
to his collaboration with Adidas for new shoes series Yeezy Boost, his album
was delayed. But one thing is for sure, song he wrote with Sia “Wolves” will
include in Swish.
The date is still TBA.
11. Christina Aguilera
已經證實她正在與歌手Pharrell Williams合作新專輯的克莉絲汀，她也表示明年將會發行另一張西班牙語專輯。而在今年，她也在影集”Nashville”客串一角。
新專輯消息都尚未公布。
Confirmed that she’s working with The Voice
co-star Pharrell Williams on her upcoming album, Christina Aguilera reveals
that she will also release a Spanish album in 2016. But this year, Aguilera had
a recurring role as singer in ABC’s musical drama series Nashville.
And Still TBA.
12. Beyoncé (with Jay Z)
毫無預期發行上一張專輯的碧昂絲，今年又在聖誕前夕傳出秘密拍攝音樂錄影帶，而這是真的(畫底線)。在上一張專輯製作期，她邀請歌手和她住在一起一個月，而當時只在iTunes上發行，但在她和老公Jay Z的音樂串流平台Tidal推出後，這張專輯很有可能將會在上面搶先推出。
With Surprising release her last same titled
album, the rumors that Beyoncé was filming new music video before Christmas,
and that is TRUE. On her last album, She invited artist to live with her for a
month making that album, and exclusively released on iTunes, but since her and
her husband’s music stream service “Tidal” is available world-wide, maybe the
next album will first come out via Tidal.
13. Kygo
自從發行第一支單曲”Fire Stone”的Kygo，從挑選合作對象看來，他真的擁有天分，例如合作”Stole the Show”的Parson James，在聲線以及穩定度都展現高度的才華，新專輯的發行日期已經確定將在二月12日，但名稱尚未公布。
With his single “Firestone” in 2014, Kygo
has gained reputation on his talent of picking good vocals for his electronic
singles, such as Parson James for “Stole the Show ” this year, and now the
arriving date is set on Feb. 12, but the title is TBA.
14. Woodkid
本名為Yoann Lemonine的木童近期相當活躍，首先是他在臉書上貼出單曲”Volcano”錄音室版本的免費載點，而近期又為蕾哈娜新專輯的宣傳拍攝短片。在這個月上傳了一張在巴黎錄音室裡的照片，看起來這位才子正在準備他的下一張專輯，但尚未定案。
Recently Yoann Lemoine as stage name
Woodkid has been very active these days, first of all, he released “Volcano”
studio version via a link on Facebook, and he also directed Rihanna’s promo
videos for her upcoming album “ANTI”. And on Dec. 12, he post a photo on Facebook
in a studio at Paris. Seemed like he’s been working on his next album, but
still TBA.
15. David Bowie
時代雜誌描述這是大衛鮑伊最奇怪的專輯，”Balckstar”新專輯將在一月8號釋出，而這支中長度的音樂錄影帶也已經放上Youtube頁面，與以往一樣，充滿著鮑伊式的怪誕以及強迫症。點此看”Balckstar”音樂錄影帶。
The oddest work yet from Bowie, Blackstar
will be arriving on Jan 8. David Bowie has released the mid-length music video
on Yotube, as usual, the video is full of Bowie-style. Click here for the musicvideo.
16. Daughter
三人樂團，Daughter已經釋出兩首單曲”Numbers”和”Doing the Right Thing”，新專輯”Not To Disappear”已經決定發行日在一月15。現正已經可以在iTunes上預購此張專輯，按此。
Indie-folk band, Daughter has released two
singles on their upcoming album “Not To Disappear” including “Numbers” and “Doing
the Right Thing”. It is set to release on Jan. 15. Now you can pre-order oniTunes and get two songs instantly.
17. Beck
葛萊美最佳年度專輯得主，Beck表示下一張專輯將是他最好的作品，而首支單曲”Dreams”已經釋出，雖然歌手本人已經證實專輯製作，但尚未定名。
Best album of 2014 winner, Beck said his
upcoming record will be one of his best works to date. “Dreams” is marked as
his first piece of new music. Although singer confirmed that he’s back to
studio, but the title and date is still unknown.
18. Karen O
因為電影Her的原聲帶”The Moon
Song”而成名的Karen O，順勢發行了第一張個人專輯”Crush Songs”，根據報導指出，Karen O將會在2016年底發行新專輯。而在今年她也為了電玩古墓奇兵寫了主題曲。
Appeared her “The Moon Song” in Spike Jonze’s
love story Her(2013), following this single, Karen O released first debut album
“Crush Songs”, and this singer is rumored that will be arriving by the end of
2016. In 2015, she written a song for the forthcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider
video game.
19. Katy B
電子浩斯女聲，Katy B明年將發行最新專輯
“Honey”，這個月她搶先發行了第一首單曲 ”Calm
Down”，與著名混音師兼歌手Four Tet合作，明年的專輯令人期待。
Electronica singer, Katy B, with her house
beat and high notes, her upcoming album “Honey” will come out in 2016, this
month, she released her team-up record with Four Tet called “Calm Down”.
Arriving date is still TBA.
20. Drake
今年靠著單曲”Hotline Bling”在臺灣變得聲名大噪的Drake，或許某些人對他不陌生，而在今年混音專輯”If You’re Reading, It’s
Too Late”發行後，在年底這張專輯也入選為年度百大榜之一，明年全新大碟”Views from
the 6”據謠傳將會在一月6日發行，但官方尚未證實。
We know when that Hotline Bling, that could
only mean Drake, he is rumored that his next LP “Views from the 6” will be arriving
on Jan 6 following his mixtape “If You’re Reading, It’s Too Late”.
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