Elaine Chung

In March of 2020, it really felt like music was gone for the foreseeable future. Clubs closed. Tours were canceled. Albums were pushed. But musicians pulled through in a time when we needed their art the most, andreleased some necessary and powerful music as we hunkered at home watching the news and avoiding a pandemic.

We're not out of the woods yet. It's a new year, but our problems persist. There's no telling when concerts will be back. But music is not gone. We don't know what 2021 will throw at us, but we do know that artists will continue to provide us with escape. While nothing is certain in the music industry right now (or anywhere else), we can expect to get some new albums from the biggest artists working today. Certainly, nothing on this list is set in stone. But we have reason to believe that 2021 might bring music from Drake, St. Vincent, Travis Scott and more.