{"id":7835,"date":"2026-01-06T01:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/2026-music-predictions\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:07:25","slug":"2026-music-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/2026-music-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are 13 Things We Hope Happen in 2026, From \u2018Olivia Rodrigo 3\u2019 to Spice Girls at\u00a0Sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t2025 had plenty of memorable moments. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/beyonce\/\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> finally won album of the year at the 67th annual Grammys for her masterful <em>Cowboy Carter<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> gave an incredibly memorable \u2013 and meme-generating \u2013 Super Bowl performance, and cleaned up at the Grammys with \u201cNot Like Us\u201d only a week before. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/lady-gaga\/\">Lady Gaga<\/a> caused a lot of <em>Mayhem<\/em>. The <em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> dominated with HUNTR\/X\u2019s \u201cGolden.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/justin-bieber\/\">Justin Bieber<\/a> surprise-dropped <em>Swag<\/em>. Liam and Noel Gallagher reunited for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/oasis\/\">Oasis<\/a> tour. By releasing <em>I\u2019m the Problem<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a> hit new highs. Alex Warren made a not-so-\u201cOrdinary\u201d entrance into pop superstardom. The general existence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a> \u2013 from reclaiming her masters to <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>\u2019s record-breaking premiere. (Oh and of course her engagement.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/rosalia\/\">Rosal\u00eda<\/a> stunned with <em>Lux<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/mariah-carey\/\">Mariah Carey<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d became the longest-running No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnd the list goes on from there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut with the new year comes new focus on what comes next in the world of music. There\u2019s a lot to be hopeful for \u2013 especially with some of our favorites in mind. Will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/olivia-rodrigo\/\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> drop her third studio full-length? What is going on with Swift\u2019s feature directorial film? Who will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bad-bunny\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a> bring out during the Super Bowl halftime show \u2013 if anyone? What surprises are in store that we can\u2019t even predict? Are any reunions happening that we don\u2019t know about yet?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tScroll below for 13 things we hope happen in 2025 \u2013 from long-awaited albums to movie debuts and more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__figure u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__text u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__text-small u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-1 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-2 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-3 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-4 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 had plenty of memorable moments. Beyonc\u00e9 finally won album of the year at the 67th annual Grammys for her masterful Cowboy Carter. Kendrick Lamar gave an incredibly memorable \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,96,94,4997,582],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genre-pop","category-music","category-music-news","category-new-year","category-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}