2022 in American music

• 8 – After a 50-year career, David Lee Roth retired from music following the conclusion of a five-date Las Vegas residency.[1]
• 14 – Underoath released their first album in four years, Voyeurist.[2]
• 16 – Daughtry bassist Josh Paul announced that he was leaving the band after fifteen years. He previously left the band in 2012 and returned the next year.[3]
• 20 – Singer and actor Meat Loaf passed away at the age of 74.[4]
• 21 – Band of Horses released their first album in almost six years, Things Are Great.[5]
  • John Mellencamp released his first album in five years, Strictly A One Eyed Jack.[6]
  • Aoife O'Donovan released her first album in six years, Age of Apathy.[7]

• 4 – Erin Rae released her first album in four years Lighten Up.[8]
• 11 – Mary J. Blige released her first album in five years, Good Morning Gorgeous.[9]
  • Once Human released their first album in five years, Scar Weaver.[10]
  • Amos Lee released his first album in four years, Dreamland.[11]
  • Spoon released their first album in five years, Lucifer on the Sofa.
  • Joe Nichols released his first studio album in five years, Good Day for Living.[12]
• 13 – Mickey Guyton performed the National Anthem, and Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar performed the halftime show during Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.[13]
• 18 – Beach House released their first album in four years, Once Twice Melody.[14]
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff released their first album in five years, Life on Earth.
• 25 – Dashboard Confessional released their first album in four years, All the Truth That I Can Tell.[15]

• 4 – Dolly Parton released her first album of original material in five years, Run, Rose, Run.[16]
  • Danielle Bradbery released her first studio album in five years, In Between: The Collection.
  • Crowbar released their first album in six years, Zero and Below.
• 6 – The Industrial Strength Tour, featuring Ministry, Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity, began at Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore, Maryland; the tour was initially scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020 but was postponed to spring 2021, then to fall, both due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later to its current date.[17][18][19]
• 7– The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards took place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. This was the first time in fifty years the show did not air on broadcast television. It was instead streamed on Prime Video.
• 18 – Stabbing Westward released their first studio album in 21 years, Chasing Ghosts.
• 25 – Longtime Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia, where the band was scheduled to play a show that night. He was 50 years old.[20]

• 1 – Red Hot Chili Peppers released their first album in six years, Unlimited Love. It was also their first album to feature guitarist John Frusciante since their 2006 album, Stadium Arcadium.
  • The Color Fred released their first album in nearly 15 years, A Year and Change.
• 3 – The 64th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.[21] Jon Batiste won the most awards with five including Album of the Year with We Are, while Silk Sonic won Record of the Year and Song of the Year, both for "Leave the Door Open".
• 8 – Josh Tillman, as Father John Misty, released his first album in four years, Chloë and the Next 20th Century.
  • Cole Swindell released his first album in four years, Stereotype.[22]
• 11 – The CMT Music Awards took place in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 22 – Bonnie Raitt released her first album in six years, Just Like That[23]
  • Dorothy released their first album in four years, Gifts from the Holy Ghost.[24]
• 30 – Country singer Naomi Judd passed away at the age of 76.[25]

• 6 – Halestorm will release their first album in four years, Back from the Dead.
  • Fozzy will release their first album in five years, Boombox.
• 13 – Kendrick Lamar will release his first album in five years, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
• 15 – The 2022 Billboard Music Awards will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
• 20 – Train will release their first studio album in five years, AM Gold.
• 27 – Coheed and Cambria will release their first album in four years, Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind.

• 3 – Gwar will release their first album in five years, The New Dark Ages.
• 10 – Carrie Underwood will release her first album of all original material in four years, Denim & Rhinestones.
• 17 − Dan Reed Network will release their first album in four years, Let's Hear It For The King.

• 1 − Municipal Waste will release their first album in five years, Electrified Brain.
  • Shinedown will release their first album in four years, Planet Zero.
• 8 – Journey will release their first album in 11 years, Freedom.
• 15 − Interpol will release their first album in four years, The Other Side of Make-Believe.
  • Senses Fail will release their first album in four years, Hell is In Your Head.
• 29 − Palisades will release their first album in four years, Reaching Hypercritical.

• 19 – Sofi Tukker will release their first album in four years, Wet Tennis.
• 26 – Machine Head will release their first album in four years, Of Kingdom and Crown.

• 14 - Skid Row will release their first studio album in 16 years, The Gang's All Here. It will be their first album with new vocalist Erik Grönwall, who replaced ZP Theart in March.

• Anthrax is expected to release their first album in six years.[26]
• Avenged Sevenfold is expected to release their first album in six years.[27]
• Obituary is expected to release their first album in five years.[28]

• 360 Degrees of Separation by Adema[70]
• TBA by Anthrax[26]
• TBA by Avenged Sevenfold[27]
• TBA by Brockhampton[71]
• TBA by Death Angel[72]
• Hyperrelevisation by Eve 6[73]
• Supreme Clientele 2 by Ghostface Killah[74]
• Cheers by Jukebox the Ghost[75]
• Entergalatic by Kid Cudi[76]
• TBA by King's X[77]
• The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! by Megadeth[78]
• TBA by Meg Myers[79]
• TBA by Obituary[28]
• TBA by Paramore[80]
• United World Rebellion: Chapter Three by Skid Row[81]
• Volume 7 by Slipknot[82]
• TBA by Weezer[83]

• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021, 2 weeks in 2022)
• "Easy on Me" – Adele (7 weeks in 2021, 3 weeks in 2022)
• "We Don't Talk About Bruno" – Encanto cast (5 weeks)
• "Heat Waves" – Glass Animals (5 weeks)
• "As It Was" – Harry Styles (3 weeks so far)
• "First Class" – Jack Harlow (1 week)

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.