# List of 2009 albums

The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2009. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2009 in music.

## First quarter
### January

List of albums released in January 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| January 6 | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Psychedelic pop, electronic pop, synth-pop | Domino | |
| January 9 | Saxon | Into the Labyrinth | Heavy metal | SPV/Steamhammer | |
| January 12 | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Electronic pop | Rabid | |
| January 12 | Ugly Duckling | Audacity | Hip hop | Fat Beats Records | |
| January 13 | Kreator | Hordes of Chaos | Thrash metal | SPV/Steamhammer | |
| January 13 | Oh No Not Stereo | 003 | | | |
| January 13 | Various artists | Notorious | Hip hop | Bad Boy | |
| January 19 | Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Baroque pop | Secretly Canadian | |
| January 19 | White Lies | To Lose My Life... | Post-punk revival, indie rock | Fiction | |
| January 20 | A. C. Newman | Get Guilty | Indie rock | Matador, Last Gang | |
| January 20 | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast | Baroque pop | Fat Possum, Bella Union | |
| January 20 | Anya Marina | Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II | | | |
| January 20 | BeauSoleil | Alligator Purse | | | |
| January 20 | Bon Iver | Blood Bank | Indie folk | Jagjaguwar | |
| January 20 | Cattle Decapitation | The Harvest Floor | Deathgrind, technical death metal | Metal Blade | |
| January 20 | Coconut Records | Davy | Indie pop, indie rock | Young Baby Records | |
| January 20 | Cymbals Eat Guitars | Why There Are Mountains | Indie rock | Cymbals Eat Guitars | |
| January 20 | Fiction Family | Fiction Family | Folk, rock | ATO, lowercase people | |
| January 20 | John Frusciante | The Empyrean | Experimental rock, psychedelic rock, post-rock | Record Collection | |
| January 20 | Matt and Kim | Grand | Dance-punk, indie rock, indie pop | Fader Label, Universal | |
| January 20 | Psychic Ills | Mirror Eye | | The Social Registry | |
| January 20 | Reel Big Fish | Fame, Fortune and Fornication | Ska punk | Rock Ridge Music | |
| January 20 | Robert Pollard | The Crawling Distance | Rock, indie rock | Guided by Voices | |
| January 20 | Umphrey's McGee | Mantis | Progressive rock | SCI Fidelity | |
| January 23 | Napalm Death | Time Waits for No Slave | Grindcore | Century Media | |
| January 23 | Sepultura | A-Lex | Groove metal, thrash metal, death metal | SPV | |
| January 26 | Architects | Hollow Crown | Metalcore, mathcore | Century Media, Distort, United By Fate Records | |
| January 26 | Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Indie rock, dance-punk, new wave | Domino | |
| January 26 | The Phantom Band | Checkmate Savage | Folk, pop, blues | Chemikal Underground | |
| January 27 | The Bird and the Bee | Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future | Indie pop, electronic | Blue Note | |
| January 27 | Bruce Springsteen | Working on a Dream | Rock | Columbia | |
| January 27 | Crooked X | Crooked X | Hard rock, heavy metal | Capitol | |
| January 27 | Dirty Little Rabbits | Simon | Indie | The End | |
| January 27 | Duncan Sheik | Whisper House | | RCA Victor | |
| January 27 | Hoobastank | Fornever | Post-grunge, alternative rock | Island | |
| January 27 | Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | Eye Legacy | Hip hop, R&B | Mass Appeal, eOne | |
| January 27 | Nickel Eye | The Time of the Assassins | | Rykodisc | |
| January 27 | Ten Second Epic | Hometown | Alternative rock, emo | Black Box Music | |

### February

List of albums released in February 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| February 2 | Adagio | Archangels in Black | Symphonic metal, progressive metal, doom metal | Listenable | |
| February 2 | Ben Kweller | Changing Horses | Country rock, alt-country, folk rock | ATO, The Noise Company | |
| February 3 | Cannibal Corpse | Evisceration Plague | Death metal | Metal Blade | |
| February 3 | Dierks Bentley | Feel That Fire | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| February 3 | The Fray | The Fray | Alternative rock, pop rock | Epic | |
| February 3 | The Loved Ones | Distractions | Punk rock, Americana | Fat Wreck Chords | |
| February 3 | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Indie pop, noise pop, dream pop | Slumberland | |
| February 3 | Two Tongues | Two Tongues | Pop-punk, indie rock, emo | Vagrant | |
| February 3 | The Von Bondies | Love, Hate and Then There's You | Alternative rock, garage rock | Majordomo | |
| February 4 | Hideki Sakamoto and Naoki Satō | 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de Original Soundtrack | | Lantis | |
| February 4 | Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | Electropop | Regal, Parlophone | |
| February 9 | Hot Leg | Red Light Fever | Glam metal, hard rock, glam rock | Barbecue Rock Records | |
| February 9 | Van Morrison | Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl | Folk rock | Listen to the Lions Records | |
| February 10 | Bobby V | The Rebirth | R&B | Blu Kolla Dreams, EMI | |
| February 10 | Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid | Blues rock, garage rock, indie folk | Nonesuch | |
| February 10 | India Arie | Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics | R&B | Soulbird Records, Universal Republic | |
| February 10 | The Lonely Island | Incredibad | Comedy hip hop | Universal Republic | |
| February 10 | Malajube | Labyrinthes | Indie rock | Dare to Care | |
| February 10 | Red | Innocence & Instinct | Alternative metal, Christian rock, post-grunge | Sony Music, Essential | |
| February 10 | Ryan Leslie | Ryan Leslie | R&B, hip hop | NextSelection Lifestyle Group, Casablanca, Universal Motown | |
| February 11 | Vota | Vota | Christian rock | INO, Columbia | |
| February 13 | Mando Diao | Give Me Fire! | Indie rock, garage rock | Universal | |
| February 15 | Bomb the Music Industry! | Scrambles | Indie rock, punk rock | Quote Unquote, Asian Man | |
| February 16 | Morrissey | Years of Refusal | Alternative rock | Decca, Lost Highway | |
| February 16 | Various artists | Dark Was the Night | Alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock | 4AD | |
| February 17 | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | The Century of Self | Art rock | Richter Scale, Justice Records | |
| February 17 | The Appleseed Cast | Sagarmatha | Indie rock, post-rock | Vagrant, The Militia Group | |
| February 17 | Asobi Seksu | Hush | Dream pop | Polyvinyl | |
| February 17 | Beirut | March of the Zapotec/Holland | Indie folk, Balkan folk, electronica | Pompeii Records | |
| February 17 | J-Kwon | Hood Hop 2 | | Hood Hop Music | |
| February 17 | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Americana, folk | Lightning Rod Records | |
| February 17 | Lissy Trullie | Self-Taught Learner | | American Myth Records, Wichita | |
| February 17 | Living Things | Habeas Corpus | Indie rock | Jive | |
| February 17 | M. Ward | Hold Time | Alternative, folk | Merge, 4AD | |
| February 17 | Mishka | Above the Bones | | | |
| February 17 | Plushgun | Pins & Panzers | New wave, indie rock, synth-pop | Tommy Boy | |
| February 17 | Scale the Summit | Carving Desert Canyons | Progressive metal, djent, instrumental rock | Prosthetic | |
| February 17 | Thursday | Common Existence | Post-hardcore | Epitaph | |
| February 17 | William Elliott Whitmore | Animals in the Dark | | | |
| February 20 | Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby | Love Duets | Pop | Star Music | |
| February 23 | Blut Aus Nord | Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars | Atmospheric black metal | Candlelight | |
| February 23 | Gui Boratto | Take My Breath Away | House, minimal techno | Kompakt | |
| February 23 | Lamb of God | Wrath | Groove metal, thrash metal | Epic, Roadrunner | |
| February 23 | The Prodigy | Invaders Must Die | New rave | Cooking Vinyl | |
| February 24 | B-Real | Smoke n Mirrors | West Coast hip hop, Latin hip hop | Duck Down | |
| February 24 | Black Lips | 200 Million Thousand | Garage punk, psychedelic rock | Vice | |
| February 24 | Chris Isaak | Mr. Lucky | Rock and roll | Wicked Games, Reprise | |
| February 24 | Clem Snide | Hungry Bird | Alternative country | 429 | |
| February 24 | Gentleman Reg | Jet Black | Indie pop | Arts & Crafts | |
| February 24 | God Forbid | Earthsblood | Thrash metal, metalcore | Century Media | |
| February 24 | Howie Beck | How to Fall Down in Public | Indie rock | 13 Clouds Records | |
| February 24 | Jake Owen | Easy Does It | Country | RCA Nashville | |
| February 24 | Joe Budden | Padded Room | Hip hop | Amalgam Digital | |
| February 24 | K'naan | Troubadour | Canadian hip hop, worldbeat | A&M/Octone | |
| February 24 | Marianas Trench | Masterpiece Theatre | Pop-punk, symphonic rock | 604 | |
| February 24 | MC Lars | This Gigantic Robot Kills | Nerdcore, ska punk, West Coast hip hop | Oglio | |
| February 24 | Project Pat | Real Recognize Real | Gangsta rap, Southern hip hop | Hypnotize Minds, Asylum | |
| February 27 | Now, Now Every Children | Cars | Indie pop | Tapete | |
| February 27 | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | Rock | Mercury, Island, Interscope | |

### March

List of albums released in March 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| March 1 | Cursive | Mama, I'm Swollen | Emo, indie rock | Saddle Creek | |
| March 2 | The Answer | Everyday Demons | Hard rock | Albert | |
| March 2 | Red Light Company | Fine Fascination | Alternative rock | Lavolta Records | |
| March 3 | Marissa Nadler | Little Hells | Folk | Kemado | |
| March 3 | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | Alternative country, indie folk | Anti- | |
| March 3 | Shout Out Out Out Out | Reintegration Time | Electro, alternative dance, dance-punk | Nrmls Wlcm Records | |
| March 6 | The Church | Untitled #23 | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock | Unorthodox Records, Second Motion | |
| March 6 | Kelly Clarkson | All I Ever Wanted | Pop, pop rock | RCA | |
| March 6 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | It's Blitz! | Synth-punk, alternative rock | Dress Up Records, DGC, Interscope | |
| March 9 | Fight Like Apes | You Filled His Head with Fluffy Clouds and Jolly Ranchers, What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? | | | |
| March 9 | Mel Parsons | Over My Shoulder | Folk, alternative country | Cape Road Recordings | |
| March 9 | Micachu | Jewellery | Avant-pop, art pop, electronic pop | Rough Trade | |
| March 9 | Pure Reason Revolution | Amor Vincit Omnia | New prog, electronic rock, electronica | Superball | |
| March 9 | Polly Scattergood | Polly Scattergood | Indie pop, experimental | Mute | |
| March 9 | Starsailor | All the Plans | Alternative rock, post-Britpop | Virgin, EMI | |
| March 10 | Attack in Black | Years (by One Thousand Fingertips) | Folk rock | Dine Alone | |
| March 10 | Bell Orchestre | As Seen Through Windows | Instrumental rock | Arts & Crafts | |
| March 10 | Chris Cornell | Scream | Dance-pop, pop rock | Mosley Music, Suretone | |
| March 10 | Dope | No Regrets | Industrial metal, alternative metal, nu metal | eOne | |
| March 10 | The-Dream | Love vs. Money | R&B | Radio Killa, Def Jam | |
| March 10 | Handsome Furs | Face Control | Electropunk | Sub Pop | |
| March 10 | J. Holiday | Round 2 | R&B, hip hop | Music Line Group, Capitol | |
| March 10 | Julie Doiron | I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day | Indie rock | Jagjaguwar, Endearing | |
| March 10 | Julien-K | Death to Analog | Electronic rock, dance-rock, alternative dance | Metropolis, | |
| March 10 | New Found Glory | Not Without a Fight | Pop-punk | Epitaph | |
| March 10 | The Number Twelve Looks Like You | Worse Than Alone | Mathcore | Eyeball | |
| March 10 | Propagandhi | Supporting Caste | Punk rock | G7 Welcoming Committee, Smallman Records, Hassle Records | |
| March 10 | RBD | Para olvidarte de mí | Latin pop | EMI | |
| March 10 | The Riverboat Gamblers | Underneath the Owl | | | |
| March 10 | Seventh Day Slumber | Take Everything | Christian rock | BEC | |
| March 10 | Yngwie Malmsteen | Angels of Love | Folk rock, instrumental rock, neoclassical metal | Koch, Rising Force Records | |
| March 12 | Miss Kittin & The Hacker | Two | Electronica, electroclash, dance | Nobody's Bizzness | |
| March 12 | Super Junior | Sorry, Sorry | K-pop, R&B, dance | SM | |
| March 13 | Peter Doherty | Grace/Wastelands | Alternative rock | EMI, Astralwerks | |
| March 13 | Utada | This Is the One | Pop, R&B | Island | |
| March 16 | Delirious? | My Soul Sings | Rock, Christian rock | Sparrow, Furious? Records | |
| March 16 | Pestilence | Resurrection Macabre | Death metal | Mascot | |
| March 16 | Super Furry Animals | Dark Days/Light Years | Alternative rock, experimental rock | Rough Trade | |
| March 17 | Ace Enders and a Million Different People | When I Hit the Ground | Indie rock | Vagrant | |
| March 17 | Bonnie "Prince" Billy | Beware | Americana, alternative country, indie folk | Drag City | |
| March 17 | Capone-N-Noreaga | Channel 10 | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, gangsta rap | SMC | |
| March 17 | Gorilla Zoe | Don't Feed da Animals | Hip hop | Bad Boy South, Block, Atlantic | |
| March 17 | Mstrkrft | Fist of God | Electro house | Last Gang, Dim Mak, Downtown | |
| March 17 | Static-X | Cult of Static | Industrial metal, nu metal | Reprise | |
| March 17 | Superdrag | Industry Giants | Punk rock, power pop, shoegaze | Superdrag Sound Laboratories, Thirty Tigers | |
| March 17 | Willie Nelson | Naked Willie | Country | Legacy | |
| March 18 | Pet Shop Boys | Yes | Synth-pop | Parlophone | |
| March 18 | Röyksopp | Junior | Electronic pop | Wall of Sound | |
| March 20 | HammerFall | No Sacrifice, No Victory | Power metal, heavy metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| March 20 | Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction and Street Sweeper Social Club | NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler | Alternative rock | The Null Corporation | |
| March 23 | Therapy? | Crooked Timber | Alternative metal, alternative rock | Demolition Records | |
| March 24 | Blue October | Approaching Normal | Alternative rock | Universal | |
| March 24 | Dan Deacon | Bromst | Indietronica, noise pop | Carpark | |
| March 24 | The Decemberists | The Hazards of Love | Folk rock, chamber pop, progressive folk | Capitol, Rough Trade | |
| March 24 | Falling Up | Fangs | Art rock, experimental rock | BEC | |
| March 24 | Flo Rida | R.O.O.T.S. | Pop-rap | Poe Boy, Atlantic | |
| March 24 | Jim Jones | Pray IV Reign | Hip hop | eOne, Columbia, Sony Music | |
| March 24 | Joel Plaskett | Three | Indie rock, folk rock, folk | MapleMusic | |
| March 24 | John Rich | Son of a Preacher Man | Country | Warner Bros. | |
| March 24 | Junior Boys | Begone Dull Care | Synth-pop | Domino | |
| March 24 | Keri Hilson | In a Perfect World... | R&B | Mosley Music, Zone 4, Interscope | |
| March 24 | KMFDM | Blitz | Industrial rock, electro-industrial | Metropolis | |
| March 24 | Leela James | Let's Do It Again | | Shanachie | |
| March 24 | Mastodon | Crack the Skye | Progressive metal | Reprise | |
| March 24 | Martina McBride | Shine | Country | RCA Nashville | |
| March 24 | MF Doom | Born Like This | Hip hop | Lex | |
| March 24 | Mono | Hymn to the Immortal Wind | | Temporary Residence Limited | |
| March 24 | MxPx | On the Cover II | | Tooth & Nail | |
| March 24 | Papa Roach | Metamorphosis | Glam metal, hard rock | DGC, Interscope | |
| March 24 | Slim Thug | Boss of All Bosses | Hip hop | Koch | |
| March 24 | Vanna | A New Hope | Post-hardcore, metalcore | Epitaph | |
| March 24 | Various artists | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Pop, country | Walt Disney | |
| March 24 | Yanni | Yanni Voices | | Yanni Wake Records, Disney Pearl | |
| March 25 | Ayumi Hamasaki | Next Level | Electronic | Avex Trax | |
| March 30 | Kaki King | Mexican Teenagers | Instrumental rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| March 30 | The Leisure Society | The Sleeper | Folk-pop | Willkommen Records | |
| March 30 | Peter Bjorn and John | Living Thing | Indie pop | Wichita, Startime | |
| March 30 | The Xcerts | In the Cold Wind We Smile | Indie rock, post-hardcore, power pop | Xtra Mile, King Tuts Recordings | |
| March 31 | Bow Wow | New Jack City II | Hip hop, gangsta rap, R&B | LBW Entertainment, Columbia | |
| March 31 | Burn Halo | Burn Halo | Hard rock, alternative metal, post-grunge | Rawkhead Records | |
| March 31 | Death Cab for Cutie | The Open Door | Alternative rock | Atlantic, Barsuk | |
| March 31 | Diana Krall | Quiet Nights | Jazz, bossa nova | Verve | |
| March 31 | Gavin DeGraw | Free | Soft rock | J | |
| March 31 | Great Lake Swimmers | Lost Channels | Folk rock | Nettwerk | |
| March 31 | Keith Urban | Defying Gravity | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| March 31 | Queensrÿche | American Soldier | Hard rock, progressive metal | ATCO, Rhino | |
| March 31 | Rodney Atkins | It's America | Country | Curb | |
| March 31 | Stevie Nicks | The Soundstage Sessions | Rock | Reprise | |
| March 31 | UGK | UGK 4 Life | Hip hop | Jive | |

## Second quarter
### April

List of albums released in April 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| April 1 | BWO | Big Science | Pop | Bonnier Music | |
| April 1 | Lacuna Coil | Shallow Life | Gothic metal, alternative metal, nu metal | Century Media, EMI | |
| April 1 | El Perro del Mar | Love Is Not Pop | Pop | Licking Fingers | |
| April 3 | Bat for Lashes | Two Suns | Art rock | Echo, Parlophone | |
| April 6 | Doves | Kingdom of Rust | Indie rock | Heavenly | |
| April 6 | Lady Sovereign | Jigsaw | Hip hop, grime, electronica | EMI | |
| April 6 | The Veils | Sun Gangs | Indie, Alternative rock | Rough Trade | |
| April 7 | Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound | When Sweet Sleep Returned | Psychedelic rock | Tee Pee | |
| April 7 | Band of Skulls | Baby Darling Doll Face Honey | Blues rock, indie rock, hard rock | Shangri-La Music | |
| April 7 | Billy Ray Cyrus | Back to Tennessee | Country | Lyric Street | |
| April 7 | Black Dice | Repo | Ambient music, electronic | Paw Tracks | |
| April 7 | Casiotone for the Painfully Alone | Advance Base Battery Life | | Tomlab | |
| April 7 | The Ettes | Danger Is | | | |
| April 7 | Jadakiss | The Last Kiss | East Coast hip hop, hardcore | D-Block, Ruff Ryders, Roc-A-Fella | |
| April 7 | Jason Aldean | Wide Open | Country, country rock | Broken Bow | |
| April 7 | MercyMe | 10 | Rock | INO | |
| April 7 | Metric | Fantasies | Indie rock, new wave | Metric Music International, Last Gang, Mom + Pop | |
| April 7 | Mims | Guilt | Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, rap rock | Capitol, EMI | |
| April 7 | Neil Young | Fork in the Road | Rock, folk rock | Reprise | |
| April 7 | Rascal Flatts | Unstoppable | Country | Lyric Street | |
| April 7 | The Thermals | Now We Can See | Indie rock, punk rock | Kill Rock Stars | |
| April 7 | The Tragically Hip | We Are the Same | Alternative rock | Universal Music Canada | |
| April 9 | Woods | Songs of Shame | Folk, psychedelic folk | Woodsist, Shrimper | |
| April 13 | Soap&Skin | Lovetune for Vacuum | Experimental, dark wave, electronica | Couch Records, PIAS | |
| April 14 | Big Business | Mind the Drift | Heavy metal | Hydra Head | |
| April 14 | The Boy Least Likely To | Law of the Playground | Indie pop | Too Young to Die | |
| April 14 | Day26 | Forever in a Day | | Bad Boy, Atlantic | |
| April 14 | Den Saakaldte | All Hail Pessimism | | | |
| April 14 | Fastball | Little White Lies | Rock | RED | |
| April 14 | Jill Sobule | California Years | | Pinko Records | |
| April 14 | The Juan MacLean | The Future Will Come | House, nu-disco | DFA | |
| April 14 | k-os | Yes! | Alternative hip hop | Universal Music Canada | |
| April 14 | The Last Vegas | Whatever Gets You Off | Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal | Eleven Seven Music | |
| April 14 | Prefuse 73 | Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian | Electronic | Warp | |
| April 14 | Silversun Pickups | Swoon | Alternative rock, shoegaze | Dangerbird | |
| April 14 | Willie Nile | House of a Thousand Guitars | Rock | River House Records | |
| April 17 | Depeche Mode | Sounds of the Universe | Synth-pop, electronic rock | Mute | |
| April 17 | Hardline | Leaving the End Open | Hard rock | Frontiers | |
| April 20 | Art Brut | Art Brut vs. Satan | Indie rock, art punk, garage rock | Downtown, Cooking Vinyl | |
| April 20 | Asher Roth | Asleep in the Bread Aisle | Pop rap | School Boy, SRC, Universal Motown | |
| April 20 | Camera Obscura | My Maudlin Career | Indie pop | 4AD | |
| April 20 | Chimaira | The Infection | Groove metal, metalcore | Ferret, Nuclear Blast | |
| April 20 | Earth Crisis | To the Death | Metalcore | Century Media | |
| April 20 | Fightstar | Be Human | Alternative rock, symphonic rock, post-hardcore | Search and Destroy Records, PIAS | |
| April 21 | As Cities Burn | Hell or High Water | Indie rock | Tooth & Nail | |
| April 21 | Bearfoot | Doors and Windows | Bluegrass, Americana | Compass | |
| April 21 | Chester French | Love the Future | Indie pop, futurepop, synth-pop | Star Trak, Interscope | |
| April 21 | The Horrors | Primary Colours | Shoegaze, post-punk revival, gothic rock | XL | |
| April 21 | Isis | Wavering Radiant | Post-metal, sludge metal, progressive metal | Ipecac | |
| April 21 | Jars of Clay | The Long Fall Back to Earth | Pop rock, Christian rock | Gray Matters, Essential | |
| April 21 | Manchester Orchestra | Mean Everything to Nothing | Indie rock, alternative rock | Favorite Gentlemen Recordings | |
| April 21 | Meg & Dia | Here, Here and Here | Alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop | Warner Bros., Sire | |
| April 21 | Rick Ross | Deeper Than Rap | Hip hop | Maybach, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam | |
| April 21 | Tinted Windows | Tinted Windows | Alternative rock, power pop | S-Curve | |
| April 24 | Heaven & Hell | The Devil You Know | Heavy metal | Rhino, Roadrunner | |
| April 25 | Serebro | OpiumRoz | Electronic rock | Monolit Records | |
| April 27 | The Enemy | Music for the People | Indie rock, punk rock | Warner Bros. | |
| April 27 | OSI | Blood | Progressive metal | Inside Out Music | |
| April 28 | Ben Folds | Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! | A cappella | Sony Music | |
| April 28 | Bob Dylan | Together Through Life | Folk rock, blues rock | Columbia | |
| April 28 | Halestorm | Halestorm | Hard rock, post-grunge | Atlantic | |
| April 28 | Immaculate Machine | High on Jackson Hill | Indie rock | Mint | |
| April 28 | Japandroids | Post-Nothing | Indie rock, noise rock | Unfamiliar Records | |
| April 28 | Julian Marley | Awake | Reggae | Universal, Tuff Gong | |
| April 28 | Kevin Devine | Brother's Blood | Indie rock, alternative rock | Favorite Gentlemen Recordings, Big Scary Monsters | |
| April 28 | Mike Jones | The Voice | Hip hop | Ice Age, Asylum | |
| April 28 | NOFX | Coaster | Punk rock, skate punk | Fat Wreck Chords | |
| April 28 | Patrick Watson | Wooden Arms | Dream pop, psychedelic folk | Secret City | |
| April 28 | Pilot Speed | Wooden Bones | Rock | MapleMusic, Wind-up | |
| April 28 | Tech N9ne | Sickology 101 | Hip hop | Strange Music | |
| April 28 | Thee Oh Sees | Help | Alternative rock, garage rock, noise rock | In the Red | |
| April 28 | Wyrd | Kalivägi | | | |
| April 30 | Nek | Un'altra direzione | Pop rock, soft rock | Warner Music | |

### May

List of albums released in May 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| May 1 | Madina Lake | Attics to Eden | Alternative rock, post-hardcore | Roadrunner | |
| May 1 | Peaches | I Feel Cream | Electroclash, synth-pop, electropunk | XL | |
| May 2 | Gallows | Grey Britain | Hardcore punk, metalcore | Warner Bros. | |
| May 3 | Ciara | Fantasy Ride | R&B | Jive, LaFace, Sony Music | |
| May 4 | Fischerspooner | Entertainment | Electropop | | |
| May 4 | The Maccabees | Wall of Arms | Indie rock | Fiction | |
| May 5 | Akron/Family | Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free | Experimental rock, indie folk | Dead Oceans | |
| May 5 | The Chariot | Wars and Rumors of Wars | Metalcore, mathcore | Solid State | |
| May 5 | Chrisette Michele | Epiphany | R&B | Def Jam | |
| May 5 | Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band | Outer South | Folk rock, indie rock, Americana | Merge | |
| May 5 | Cracker | Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey | Alternative rock | 429 | |
| May 5 | The Dangerous Summer | Reach for the Sun | Pop-punk, alternative rock | Hopeless | |
| May 5 | Decyfer Down | Crash | Post-grunge, alternative metal Christian rock | INO | |
| May 5 | The Devil Wears Prada | With Roots Above and Branches Below | Metalcore | Ferret Music | |
| May 5 | Hatebreed | For the Lions | Metalcore, hardcore punk, groove metal | Koch | |
| May 5 | New York Dolls | Cause I Sez So | Garage rock | Atco | |
| May 5 | Newsboys | In the Hands of God | Christian rock, pop rock | Inpop | |
| May 5 | Psychostick | Sandwich | Comedy rock, metalcore, hardcore punk | Rock Ridge Music | |
| May 5 | St. Vincent | Actor | Baroque pop, indie pop, progressive pop | 4AD | |
| May 5 | Yusuf Islam | Roadsinger | Folk rock | Island | |
| May 5 | Zao | Awake? | Metalcore | Ferret Music | |
| May 8 | Epica | The Classical Conspiracy | Symphonic death metal, neoclassical metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| May 11 | In Case of Fire | Align the Planets | Progressive rock, alternative rock, new prog | Search and Destroy Records | |
| May 11 | Marmaduke Duke | Duke Pandemonium | Alternative rock, dance-pop, funk | 14th Floor | |
| May 11 | Maxïmo Park | Quicken the Heart | Alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk revival | Warp | |
| May 12 | Aiden | Knives | Horror punk, melodic hardcore | Victory | |
| May 12 | Cam'ron | Crime Pays | Hip hop | Diplomat, Asylum, Warner Bros. | |
| May 12 | The Crystal Method | Divided by Night | Electronica | Tiny e Records | |
| May 12 | Meat Puppets | Sewn Together | Alternative rock | Megaforce | |
| May 12 | Paul Wall | Fast Life | Hip hop, Southern hip hop | Swishahouse, Asylum | |
| May 13 | Dead by April | Dead by April | Metalcore, melodic death metal, alternative metal | Universal | |
| May 15 | Coldplay | LeftRightLeftRightLeft | Alternative rock | Capitol, Parlophone | |
| May 15 | Eminem | Relapse | Horrorcore, hip hop | Aftermath | |
| May 15 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | Pop-punk, alternative rock, punk rock | Reprise | |
| May 15 | Passion Pit | Manners | Electropop, synth-pop | Frenchkiss | |
| May 18 | Kate Voegele | A Fine Mess | Pop, pop rock | MySpace, Interscope | |
| May 18 | Madness | The Liberty of Norton Folgate | Ska, pop, reggae | Lucky Seven, Yep Roc | |
| May 18 | Manic Street Preachers | Journal for Plague Lovers | Post-punk, alternative rock | Columbia | |
| May 18 | Old Man's Child | Slaves of the World | Symphonic black metal | Century Media | |
| May 18 | Sunn O))) | Monoliths & Dimensions | Drone metal, avant-garde, dark ambient | Southern Lord | |
| May 19 | Busta Rhymes | Back on My B.S. | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop | Universal Motown | |
| May 19 | Carbon Leaf | Nothing Rhymes with Woman | | Vanguard | |
| May 19 | CKY | Carver City | Alternative metal, stoner metal, alternative rock | Roadrunner | |
| May 19 | Diane Birch | Bible Belt | Soul, blues | S-Curve | |
| May 19 | DJ Drama | Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2) | Hip hop | Grand Hustle, Atlantic | |
| May 19 | Family Force 5 | Dance or Die with a Vengeance | Crunkcore, Christian rock, Dance | Transparent Media Group | |
| May 19 | IAMX | Kingdom of Welcome Addiction | Electronic rock, industrial rock, dark cabaret | Metropolis, 61Seconds Records | |
| May 19 | Iron & Wine | Around the Well | Folk rock | Sub Pop | |
| May 19 | Mat Kearney | City of Black & White | Rock, pop | Aware, Columbia | |
| May 19 | Method Man & Redman | Blackout! 2 | Hip hop | Def Jam | |
| May 19 | Ruben Studdard | Love Is | | Hickory | |
| May 19 | Tori Amos | Abnormally Attracted to Sin | | Universal Republic | |
| May 19 | White Rabbits | It's Frightening | Indie rock | TBD, Mute | |
| May 20 | Marilyn Manson | The High End of Low | Glam rock, industrial metal | Interscope | |
| May 22 | Esmée Denters | Outta Here | Synth-pop, R&B | Interscope, Tennman | |
| May 22 | Miike Snow | Miike Snow | Indie pop, electropop | Downtown | |
| May 25 | 1349 | Revelations of the Black Flame | Black metal, avant-garde metal | Candlelight | |
| May 25 | Devin Townsend | Ki | Progressive rock, jazz rock | HevyDevy Records | |
| May 25 | Iggy Pop | Préliminaires | Jazz, rock, blues | Astralwerks, Virgin | |
| May 25 | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | Indie pop, synth-pop, new wave | V2, Loyauté, Glassnote | |
| May 26 | Black Moth Super Rainbow | Eating Us | | Graveface | |
| May 26 | Electrik Red | How to Be a Lady: Volume 1 | R&B | Radio Killa, Def Jam | |
| May 26 | Eros Ramazzotti | Ali e radici | Pop, rock | Sony BMG | |
| May 26 | Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest | Indie rock, psychedelic folk, folk rock | Warp | |
| May 26 | Hayden | The Place Where We Lived | Acoustic rock, indie folk, alternative country | Hardwood, Universal Music Canada | |
| May 26 | Mandy Moore | Amanda Leigh | | Storefront Records, RED | |
| May 26 | Minsk | With Echoes in the Movement of Stone | Post-metal, doom metal | Relapse | |
| May 26 | Wisin & Yandel | La Revolución | Reggaeton, R&B, electropop | WY, Machete | |
| May 27 | Amorphis | Skyforger | Melodic death metal, power metal, heavy metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| May 28 | Rock Plaza Central | ...At the Moment of Our Most Needing | Indie rock | Paper Bag | |
| May 29 | Eskimo Joe | Inshalla | Alternative rock | Warner | |

### June

List of albums released in June 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| June 1 | Daniel Merriweather | Love & War | R&B, pop, soul | Columbia, Marlin Records | |
| June 1 | Patrick Wolf | The Bachelor | Indietronica, folktronica, electronica | Bloody Chamber Music | |
| June 1 | Rancid | Let the Dominoes Fall | Punk rock, ska punk | Hellcat, Epitaph | |
| June 2 | 311 | Uplifter | Alternative rock, reggae rock | Volcano | |
| June 2 | Dave Matthews Band | Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King | Alternative rock | RCA | |
| June 2 | Eels | Hombre Lobo | Rock | Vagrant | |
| June 2 | Emery | ...In Shallow Seas We Sail | Post-hardcore, screamo | Tooth & Nail | |
| June 2 | The Sounds | Crossing the Rubicon | New wave, post-punk revival | Arnioki Records, Original Signal Records | |
| June 2 | Taking Back Sunday | New Again | Alternative rock, pop rock, pop-punk | Warner Bros. | |
| June 3 | The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | Pop, hip hop, EDM | Interscope | |
| June 3 | Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) | Hannah Montana 3 | Country pop, pop rock | Walt Disney | |
| June 3 | Titãs | Sacos Plásticos | Pop rock | Arsenal Music | |
| June 5 | Chickenfoot | Chickenfoot | Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal | Redline, earMUSIC, WHD Entertainment | |
| June 5 | Karnivool | Sound Awake | Progressive rock, alternative metal | Cymatic Records | |
| June 5 | Kasabian | West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum | Indie rock, psychedelic rock, space rock | RCA | |
| June 5 | Little Boots | Hands | Electropop | 679, Atlantic | |
| June 8 | Datarock | Red | Dance-punk, funk, nu-disco | Young Aspiring Professionals | |
| June 8 | Placebo | Battle for the Sun | Alternative rock | PIAS | |
| June 8 | Steel Panther | Feel the Steel | Glam metal, heavy metal, comedy rock | Universal | |
| June 9 | Anti-Flag | The People or the Gun | Punk rock | SideOneDummy | |
| June 9 | The Clarks | Restless Days | Rock | High Wire Music | |
| June 9 | Coalesce | OX | Metalcore, mathcore | Relapse | |
| June 9 | Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca | Indie rock, art pop | Domino | |
| June 9 | Dredg | The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion | Alternative rock, progressive rock, experimental rock | Ohlone Recordings, Independent Label | |
| June 9 | Elvis Costello | Secret, Profane & Sugarcane | Americana, country folk, country rock | Hear Music, Universal | |
| June 9 | The Friday Night Boys | Off the Deep End | Power pop, pop-punk | Fueled by Ramen | |
| June 9 | Little Boots | Illuminations | Synth-pop, nu-disco, dance-pop | Elektra | |
| June 9 | Mos Def | The Ecstatic | Conscious rap, alternative hip hop | Downtown | |
| June 9 | A Skylit Drive | Adelphia | Post-hardcore, screamo | Fearless | |
| June 9 | Sonic Youth | The Eternal | Indie rock, experimental rock | Matador | |
| June 9 | There for Tomorrow | A Little Faster | Alternative rock, pop-punk, emo | Hopeless | |
| June 11 | Ashley Tisdale | Guilty Pleasure | Pop rock | Warner Bros. | |
| June 11 | Idlewild | Post Electric Blues | Indie rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| June 12 | A-ha | Foot of the Mountain | Synth-pop | We Love Music, Polydor, Universal | |
| June 12 | Hilltop Hoods | State of the Art | Australian hip hop | Golden Era | |
| June 12 | Jonas Brothers | Lines, Vines and Trying Times | Pop rock | Hollywood | |
| June 15 | Magnum | Into the Valley of the Moonking | Rock | SPV | |
| June 15 | Spinnerette | Spinnerette | Alternative rock, indie rock | Anthem, Hassle Records | |
| June 15 | We Were Promised Jetpacks | These Four Walls | Indie rock, post-punk revival, folk rock | Fat Cat | |
| June 16 | Everyday Sunday | Best Night of Our Lives | Christian rock | Inpop | |
| June 16 | Major Lazer | Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do | EDM, dancehall, reggae | Downtown | |
| June 16 | Spinal Tap | Back from the Dead | Comedy rock, heavy metal | Spuzzle Records, Polymer Records | |
| June 16 | Street Sweeper Social Club | Street Sweeper Social Club | Rap rock, alternative rock, funk rock | Warner Bros. | |
| June 19 | Gossip | Music for Men | Indie rock, garage rock, dance-punk | Columbia | |
| June 19 | Riverside | Anno Domini High Definition | Progressive rock, progressive metal, jazz fusion | Mystic Production, Inside Out Music, SPV | |
| June 19 | The Temper Trap | Conditions | Indie rock, indie pop | Liberation Music, Infectious, Glassnote | |
| June 19 | VNV Nation | Of Faith, Power and Glory | Futurepop, electro-industrial, electropop | Anachron Records | |
| June 22 | Amazing Baby | Rewild | Indie rock | Shangri-La Music, Cooperative Music | |
| June 22 | White Denim | Fits | Indie rock, psychedelic rock | Downtown, Full Time Hobby | |
| June 23 | Alexisonfire | Old Crows / Young Cardinals | Post-hardcore | Dine Alone | |
| June 23 | Cheap Trick | The Latest | Hard rock, power pop | Cheap Trick Unlimited | |
| June 23 | The Cliks | Dirty King | Alternative rock | Warner Bros., Tommy Boy | |
| June 23 | Darkest Hour | The Eternal Return | Melodic death metal | Victory | |
| June 23 | The Dear Hunter | Act III: Life and Death | Progressive rock, symphonic rock, experimental rock | Triple Crown | |
| June 23 | Deer Tick | Born on Flag Day | Indie rock, alternative country | Partisan | |
| June 23 | Dinosaur Jr. | Farm | Alternative rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| June 23 | Dream Theater | Black Clouds & Silver Linings | Progressive metal, progressive rock | Roadrunner | |
| June 23 | Ginuwine | A Man's Thoughts | R&B, soul, hip hop | Notifi Records, Asylum, Warner Bros. | |
| June 23 | Hit the Lights | Coast to Coast | Pop-punk, easycore | Triple Crown | |
| June 23 | Jay Brannan | In Living Cover | Folk, acoustic | Great Depression Records, Nettwerk | |
| June 23 | The Lemonheads | Varshons | Alternative rock, punk rock | The End | |
| June 23 | The Mars Volta | Octahedron | Progressive rock, experimental rock | Warner Bros., Mercury | |
| June 23 | Maylene and the Sons of Disaster | III | Heavy metal, Southern metal | Ferret Music | |
| June 23 | Paulina Rubio | Gran City Pop | Latin pop, dance-pop | Universal Music Latino | |
| June 23 | Pete Yorn | Back and Fourth | Alternative rock | Columbia | |
| June 23 | Reverie Sound Revue | Reverie Sound Revue | Indie rock | Boompa | |
| June 23 | Regina Spektor | Far | Anti-folk, indie rock | Sire | |
| June 23 | Sunset Rubdown | Dragonslayer | Indie rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| June 23 | Tortoise | Beacons of Ancestorship | Post-rock | Thrill Jockey | |
| June 24 | Ringo Sheena | Sanmon Gossip | Jazz pop | Virgin | |
| June 26 | La Roux | La Roux | Synth-pop | Polydor | |
| June 29 | Anaal Nathrakh | In the Constellation of the Black Widow | Black metal, grindcore, industrial metal | Candlelight, FETO Records | |
| June 29 | Moby | Wait for Me | Downtempo, ambient, electronica | Little Idiot Records, Mute | |
| June 30 | Ace Hood | Ruthless | Hip hop | We the Best, Def Jam | |
| June 30 | Brad Paisley | American Saturday Night | Country | Arista Nashville | |
| June 30 | Killswitch Engage | Killswitch Engage | Metalcore | Roadrunner | |
| June 30 | Maino | If Tomorrow Comes... | Hip hop | Hustle Hard Records, Atlantic | |
| June 30 | Mark Karan | Walk Through the Fire | Rock | Quacktone Records, DIG Music | |
| June 30 | Obituary | Darkest Day | Death metal | Candlelight | |
| June 30 | Rob Thomas | Cradlesong | Pop rock | Atlantic | |
| June 30 | Suicide Silence | No Time to Bleed | Deathcore | Century Nedia | |
| June 30 | Wilco | Wilco | Alternative country | Nonesuch | |

## Third quarter
### July

List of albums released in July 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| July 3 | Cascada | Evacuate the Dancefloor | Eurodance, dance-pop, electropop | Zooland | |
| July 3 | Florence and the Machine | Lungs | Indie pop, art rock, baroque pop | Island | |
| July 3 | Suffocation | Blood Oath | Technical death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| July 4 | Atmosphere | Leak at Will | Hip hop, alternative hip hop | Rhymesayers | |
| July 7 | All Time Low | Nothing Personal | Emo pop, pop-punk | Hopeless | |
| July 7 | Big D and the Kids Table | Fluent in Stroll | Dub, ska, reggae | SideOneDummy | |
| July 7 | Born of Osiris | A Higher Place | Progressive metalcore, deathcore | Sumerian | |
| July 7 | Céu | Vagarosa | | Urban Jungle, Six Degrees | |
| July 7 | Death by Stereo | Death Is My Only Friend | Heavy metal, hardcore punk | Serjical Strike | |
| July 7 | Job for a Cowboy | Ruination | Death metal | Metal Blade | |
| July 7 | LMFAO | Party Rock | Pop, dance-pop, EDM | will.i.am Music, Cherrytree Records, Interscope | |
| July 7 | Marcy Playground | Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage | Alternative rock | Woz Records | |
| July 7 | Maxwell | BLACKsummers'night | R&B, neo soul, funk | Columbia | |
| July 7 | Poison the Well | The Tropic Rot | Post-hardcore | Ferret | |
| July 7 | Stellastarr | Civilized | Indie rock, post-punk | Bloated Wife Records | |
| July 10 | Billy Talent | Billy Talent III | Post-punk, post-hardcore, punk rock | Warner Music Canada, Roadrunner | |
| July 13 | Clark | Totems Flare | IDM, experimental, electro | Warp | |
| July 13 | Clutch | Strange Cousins from the West | Stoner rock, blues rock | Weathermaker Music | |
| July 13 | He Is Legend | It Hates You | Hard rock, stoner rock, alternative rock | LAB, Tragic Hero | |
| July 13 | Judas Priest | A Touch of Evil: Live | Heavy metal | Sony Music, Epic | |
| July 13 | The Rumble Strips | Welcome to the Walk Alone | Rock | Island | |
| July 14 | Adelitas Way | Adelitas Way | Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge | Virgin | |
| July 14 | Arkaea | Years in the Darkness | Metalcore, groove metal, industrial metal | eOne | |
| July 14 | August Burns Red | Constellations | Melodic metalcore | Solid State | |
| July 14 | Brooke White | High Hopes & Heartbreak | Folk-pop | June Baby Records | |
| July 14 | Daughtry | Leave This Town | Post-grunge | RCA | |
| July 14 | The Dead Weather | Horehound | Garage rock, blues rock | Third Man, Warner Bros. | |
| July 14 | DevilDriver | Pray for Villains | Groove metal, melodic death metal | Roadrunner | |
| July 14 | John Forté | Stylefree the EP | | | |
| July 14 | Krizz Kaliko | Genius | Alternative hip hop, R&B | Strange Music | |
| July 14 | Owl City | Ocean Eyes | Synth-pop, electronica | Universal Republic | |
| July 14 | Project 86 | Picket Fence Cartel | Post-hardcore, alternative metal | Tooth & Nail | |
| July 14 | pureNRG | The Real Thing | CCM, pop | Fervent | |
| July 14 | Sick Puppies | Tri-Polar | Alternative metal, nu metal, post-grunge | Virgin | |
| July 17 | Ana Popović | Blind for Love | Electric blues, blues rock, jazz | Eclecto Groove | |
| July 17 | Jordin Sparks | Battlefield | Pop, R&B | Jive | |
| July 21 | Civil Twilight | Civil Twilight | Indie rock, alternative rock | Wind-up | |
| July 21 | Demi Lovato | Here We Go Again | Rock, power pop | Hollywood | |
| July 21 | The Fiery Furnaces | I'm Going Away | Indie rock | Thrill Jockey | |
| July 21 | Our Lady Peace | Burn Burn | Alternative rock | Coalition Entertainment | |
| July 21 | Portugal. The Man | The Satanic Satanist | Psychedelic pop | Equal Vision | |
| July 21 | Set Your Goals | This Will Be the Death of Us | Pop-punk | Epitaph | |
| July 21 | Sugar Ray | Music for Cougars | Pop rock | Pulse Recordings | |
| July 28 | Fabolous | Loso's Way | Hip hop | Desert Storm, Def Jam | |
| July 28 | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | The Dirty Dozen | Blues rock, boogie rock | EMI America | |
| July 28 | Kristinia DeBarge | Exposed | Pop, R&B | Island, Sodapop Records | |
| July 31 | Frankmusik | Complete Me | Electropop, synth-pop, dance-pop | Island | |

### August

List of albums released in August 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| August 3 | Bap Kennedy | Howl On | Country rock | Lonely Street Discs | |
| August 3 | Enochian Theory | Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio | Progressive rock | Mascot | |
| August 3 | The Twang | Jewellery Quarter | Indie rock | B-Unique | |
| August 3 | Wild Beasts | Two Dancers | Indie rock, art rock, dream pop | Domino | |
| August 4 | Amanda Blank | I Love You | Dirty rap, Baltimore club, electropop | Downtown | |
| August 4 | Anchor & Braille | Felt | Acoustic rock, baroque pop, folk | Wood Water Records | |
| August 4 | Fruit Bats | The Ruminant Band | Folk rock | Sub Pop | |
| August 4 | Gloriana | Gloriana | Country | Reprise Nashville, Warner Bros. Nashville | |
| August 4 | Jay Reatard | Watch Me Fall | Garage rock, indie rock, power pop | Matador | |
| August 4 | Julian Plenti | Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper | Alternative rock, art rock | Matador | |
| August 4 | Modest Mouse | No One's First, and You're Next | Alternative rock | Epic | |
| August 4 | Nightmare of You | Infomaniac | Indie rock | The Bevonshire Label, Brookvale Records | |
| August 4 | Touché Amoré | ...To the Beat of a Dead Horse | Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, screamo | 6131 Records | |
| August 5 | Mutemath | Armistice | Alternative rock, post-rock | Teleprompt, Warner Bros. | |
| August 7 | Behemoth | Evangelion | Blackened death metal | Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade | |
| August 9 | Thrice | Beggars | Experimental rock, post-hardcore, alternative rock | Vagrant | |
| August 10 | Jessie James | Jessie James | Country, pop | Mercury | |
| August 11 | Britt Nicole | The Lost Get Found | Christian rock, Christian hip hop | Sparrow | |
| August 11 | Cobra Starship | Hot Mess | Dance-pop, synth-pop, alternative rock | Fueled by Ramen, Decaydance, Columbia | |
| August 11 | Dan Mangan | Nice, Nice, Very Nice | Indie rock | Arts & Crafts | |
| August 11 | George Strait | Twang | Country | MCA Nashville | |
| August 11 | Justin Moore | Justin Moore | Country, country rock | Valory | |
| August 11 | Robert Cray | This Time | Blues | Vanguard, Nozzle Records | |
| August 11 | Slaughterhouse | Slaughterhouse | Hardcore hip hop | eOne | |
| August 11 | Winds of Plague | The Great Stone War | Deathcore, symphonic metal | Century Media | |
| August 14 | Calvin Harris | Ready for the Weekend | Dance | Fly Eye, Columbia | |
| August 14 | Sparks | The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman | pop opera | Lil' Beethoven | |
| August 14 | The xx | xx | Indie pop, dream pop, indie rock | Young Turks | |
| August 15 | Dappled Cities | Zounds | Alternative | Speak 'n Spell, Dangerbird | |
| August 17 | Mew | No More Stories... | Alternative rock, indie rock, progressive rock | Evil Office Records, Columbia | |
| August 18 | As Tall as Lions | You Can't Take It with You | Indie rock | Triple Crown | |
| August 18 | Brendan Benson | My Old, Familiar Friend | Rock | ATO | |
| August 18 | Broadway Calls | Good Views, Bad News | Pop-punk, punk rock | SideOneDummy | |
| August 18 | David Nail | I'm About to Come Alive | Country | MCA Nashville | |
| August 18 | Dawes | North Hills | Folk rock | ATO | |
| August 18 | Gwar | Lust in Space | Thrash metal, heavy metal, comedy rock | Metal Blade | |
| August 18 | Otep | Smash the Control Machine | | Victory | |
| August 18 | Reba McEntire | Keep On Loving You | Country | Starstruck, Valory | |
| August 18 | Sean Paul | Imperial Blaze | Dancehall | Atlantic | |
| August 18 | Shiloh | Picture Imperfect | Pop-punk, pop rock | Universal Music Canada | |
| August 18 | Third Eye Blind | Ursa Major | Rock, alternative rock | Mega Collider | |
| August 19 | Arctic Monkeys | Humbug | Hard rock, stoner rock, psychedelic rock | Domino | |
| August 19 | Colbie Caillat | Breakthrough | Pop, pop rock | Universal Republic | |
| August 19 | Jet | Shaka Rock | Hard rock | Virgin, Real Horrorshow Records | |
| August 21 | Kisschasy | Seizures | Pop rock, alternative rock | Below Par | |
| August 24 | Athlete | Black Swan | Pop | Fiction | |
| August 24 | David Guetta | One Love | House | Virgin, EMI, Astralwerks | |
| August 24 | Imogen Heap | Ellipse | Electronica, ambient | Megaphonic, RCA Victor | |
| August 24 | LeToya | Lady Love | | Capitol | |
| August 25 | Blitzen Trapper | Black River Killer | Alternative country | Sub Pop | |
| August 25 | Collective Soul | Collective Soul (Rabbit) | Alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge | Loud & Proud, Roadrunner | |
| August 25 | fun. | Aim and Ignite | Baroque pop, indie pop | Nettwerk | |
| August 25 | Hockey | Mind Chaos | Indie rock, dance-punk | Capitol | |
| August 25 | Ingrid Michaelson | Everybody | Indie pop | Cabin 24 Records | |
| August 25 | Jack Ingram | Big Dreams & High Hopes | Country | Big Machine | |
| August 25 | Leeland | Love Is on the Move | Christian rock | Reunion, Essential | |
| August 25 | Matisyahu | Light | Reggae fusion, hip hop | Epic, JDub, Or Music | |
| August 25 | Matt Redman | We Shall Not Be Shaken | CCM, worship | Sparrow, sixsteps | |
| August 25 | Municipal Waste | Massive Aggressive | Crossover thrash | Earache | |
| August 25 | Needtobreathe | The Outsiders | Alternative rock, Christian rock, Southern rock | Atlantic | |
| August 25 | Oh, Sleeper | Son of the Morning | Metalcore | Solid State | |
| August 25 | Sidewalk Prophets | These Simple Truths | Christian music | Word, Curb | |
| August 25 | Skillet | Awake | Christian metal, hard rock, alternative metal | Atlantic | |
| August 25 | Still Life Still | Girls Come Too | | | |
| August 25 | Young Galaxy | Invisible Republic | Indie rock | Fontana North | |
| August 28 | A Fine Frenzy | Bomb in a Birdcage | | Virgin | |
| August 28 | Guilt Machine | On This Perfect Day | Progressive metal | Mascot | |
| August 28 | Miley Cyrus | The Time of Our Lives | Pop rock | Hollywood | |
| August 28 | Pitbull | Pitbull Starring in Rebelution | Hip house, electro hop, pop rap | J, Polo Grounds, Mr. 305 | |
| August 28 | Urthboy | Spitshine | Australian hip hop | Elefant Traks | |
| August 28 | Whitney Houston | I Look to You | Pop, soul | Arista | |
| August 31 | 3 Inches of Blood | Here Waits Thy Doom | Heavy metal, power metal | Century Media | |
| August 31 | The Black Crowes | Before the Frost...Until the Freeze | Southern rock, blues rock, hard rock | Silver Arrow | |
| August 31 | Chevelle | Sci-Fi Crimes | Alternative metal, hard rock | Epic | |
| August 31 | Derek Webb | Stockholm Syndrome | Synth-pop, electronica, Christian music | INO | |
| August 31 | Juliette Lewis | Terra Incognita | Rock | The End | |
| August 31 | Noah and the Whale | The First Days of Spring | Indie folk | Vertigo, Cherrytree | |
| August 31 | The Used | Artwork | Emo, alternative rock, post-hardcore | Reprise | |
| August 31 | The Wildhearts | ¡Chutzpah! | Hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock | Backstage Alliance | |

### September

List of albums released in September 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| September 1 | Andrew W.K. | 55 Cadillac | New-age, rock | Ecstatic Peace!, Skyscraper Music Maker | |
| September 1 | Chris Young | The Man I Want to Be | Neotraditional country, honky-tonk | RCA Nashville | |
| September 1 | Insane Clown Posse | Bang! Pow! Boom! | | Psychopathic | |
| September 1 | Jason Gray | Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue | Contemporary Christian music, folk rock | Centricity | |
| September 1 | Skindred | Shark Bites and Dog Fights | Alternative metal, reggae rock, nu metal | Bieler Bros. | |
| September 1 | Terri Clark | The Long Way Home | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| September 1 | They Might Be Giants | Here Comes Science | Children's, educational | Walt Disney | |
| September 7 | The Cribs | Ignore the Ignorant | Indie rock, alternative rock | Wichita | |
| September 7 | Frank Turner | Poetry of the Deed | Folk rock | Xtra Mile, Epitaph | |
| September 7 | Jamie T | Kings & Queens | Indie rock, post-punk revival, hip hop | Virgin, Tearbridge International | |
| September 7 | Raised Fist | Veil of Ignorance | Hardcore punk | Burning Heart | |
| September 7 | Sean Kingston | Tomorrow | Hip hop, reggae fusion, R&B | Beluga Heights, Epic | |
| September 8 | BarlowGirl | Love & War | Christian rock | Fervent | |
| September 8 | Boys Like Girls | Love Drunk | Pop-punk, pop rock, power pop | Columbia | |
| September 8 | Circulatory System | Signal Morning | Psychedelic rock, noise rock | Cloud Recordings | |
| September 8 | Cuff the Duke | Way Down Here | Alternative country, folk rock | Noble Recordings | |
| September 8 | Infected Mushroom | Legend of the Black Shawarma | Psychedelic trance, trip hop, industrial | Perfecto, Hom-Mega Productions | |
| September 8 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 | Hip hop | Roc Nation, Atlantic | |
| September 8 | Jim O'Rourke | The Visitor | Folk, orchestral pop, progressive rock | Drag City | |
| September 8 | Os Mutantes | Haih or Amortecedor | Experimental rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock | Anti- | |
| September 8 | Phish | Joy | | JEMP | |
| September 8 | Polvo | In Prism | Indie rock, math rock, progressive rock | Merge | |
| September 8 | Raekwon | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II | Hip hop | Ice H2O, EMI | |
| September 8 | Saosin | In Search of Solid Ground | Post-hardcore, alternative rock | Virgin | |
| September 8 | Sonata Arctica | The Days of Grays | Power metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| September 8 | Sondre Lerche | Heartbeat Radio | Pop, rock | Rounder | |
| September 8 | Thousand Foot Krutch | Welcome to the Masquerade | Christian metal, nu metal, alternative metal | Tooth & Nail | |
| September 8 | Yo La Tengo | Popular Songs | Indie rock | Matador | |
| September 9 | Ensiferum | From Afar | Folk metal, melodic death metal, power metal | Spinefarm | |
| September 9 | Europe | Last Look at Eden | Hard rock, blues rock | Universal | |
| September 11 | Muse | The Resistance | Art rock, progressive rock, symphonic rock | Warner Bros., Helium-3 | |
| September 11 | Nelly Furtado | Mi Plan | Latin pop, pop rock | Nelstar Entertainment, Universal Music Latino | |
| September 11 | No Angels | Welcome to the Dance | | Polydor | |
| September 11 | Pixie Lott | Turn It Up | Pop, R&B | Mercury | |
| September 14 | The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | Indie rock, noise pop | 4AD | |
| September 14 | David Gray | Draw the Line | Folk rock | Mercer Street, IHT | |
| September 14 | Porcupine Tree | The Incident | Progressive rock, progressive metal | Roadrunner | |
| September 15 | Ace Frehley | Anomaly | Hard rock, heavy metal | Bronx Born Records | |
| September 15 | Asking Alexandria | Stand Up and Scream | Metalcore | Sumerian | |
| September 15 | The Black Dahlia Murder | Deflorate | Melodic death metal | Metal Blade | |
| September 15 | The Dodos | Time to Die | Indie folk, alternative | Frenchkiss | |
| September 15 | Dying Fetus | Descend into Depravity | Technical death metal | Relapse | |
| September 15 | Every Time I Die | New Junk Aesthetic | Southern rock, hardcore punk, metalcore | Epitaph | |
| September 15 | Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon: The End of Day | Alternative hip hop, psychedelia | Dream On, GOOD Music, Universal Motown | |
| September 15 | Kittie | In the Black | Groove metal | eOne | |
| September 15 | Living Colour | The Chair in the Doorway | Funk metal, experimental rock, alternative metal | Megaforce | |
| September 15 | Megadeth | Endgame | Thrash metal | Roadrunner | |
| September 15 | M.O.P. | Foundation | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop | Koch | |
| September 15 | Moneen | The World I Want to Leave Behind | Indie rock | Dine Alone | |
| September 15 | New Boyz | Skinny Jeanz and a Mic | Pop-rap, hyphy | Shotty Music, Asylum, Warner Bros. | |
| September 15 | Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson | Break Up | Indie folk, alternative rock | Atco, Rhino | |
| September 15 | Shadows Fall | Retribution | Thrash metal | Everblack Industries | |
| September 15 | Uncle Kracker | Happy Hour | Alternative rock, country | Top Dog Records, Atlantic | |
| September 16 | I Am Kloot | B | Indie rock | Skinny Dog | |
| September 20 | Dizzee Rascal | Tongue n' Cheek | Dance, hip hop | Dirtee Stank, Liberation Music | |
| September 20 | Pearl Jam | Backspacer | Alternative rock, hard rock | Monkeywrench | |
| September 21 | Alberta Cross | Broken Side of Time | Indie rock, alternative country, blues rock | Ark, ATO | |
| September 21 | Basement Jaxx | Scars | | XL, Ultra Music, Interscope | |
| September 21 | Marduk | Wormwood | Black metal | Regain | |
| September 21 | Mika | The Boy Who Knew Too Much | Pop | Casablanca, Universal Republic | |
| September 21 | Stellar Kart | Everything Is Different Now | Pop-punk | INO | |
| September 22 | Brand New | Daisy | Post-hardcore, noise rock, art rock | Interscope, DGC | |
| September 22 | Brother Ali | Us | Hip hop | Rhymesayers Entertainment | |
| September 22 | David Crowder Band | Church Music | Christian rock, worship | sixsteps | |
| September 22 | Despised Icon | Day of Mourning | Deathcore | Century Media | |
| September 22 | Five Finger Death Punch | War Is the Answer | Groove metal, hard rock | Prospect Park, Spinefarm | |
| September 22 | Girls | Album | Indie pop, indie rock | True Panther Sounds | |
| September 22 | Hawk Nelson | Live Life Loud | Christian rock, alternative rock, pop-punk | BEC | |
| September 22 | The Hidden Cameras | Origin:Orphan | Indie rock | Arts & Crafts | |
| September 22 | Islands | Vapours | Indie rock | Anti- | |
| September 22 | Lights | The Listening | Synth-pop, indietronica, alternative rock | Sire, Universal Music Canada | |
| September 22 | Mariah Carey | Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel | Hip hop, R&B | Island | |
| September 22 | Monsters of Folk | Monsters of Folk | Alternative rock, indie folk | Shangri-La Music, Rough Trade | |
| September 22 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Speed of Life | Country, country rock, folk rock | NGDB Records | |
| September 22 | Pillar | Confessions | Post-grunge, heavy metal, hard rock | Essential | |
| September 22 | Rufus Wainwright | Milwaukee at Last!!! | | Decca | |
| September 22 | The Twilight Sad | Forget the Night Ahead | Indie rock, shoegaze | Fat Cat | |
| September 22 | Why? | Eskimo Snow | Indie rock | Anticon | |
| September 25 | Paradise Lost | Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us | Gothic metal, doom metal | Century Media | |
| September 28 | Arch Enemy | The Root of All Evil | Melodic death metal | Century Media | |
| September 28 | Basshunter | Bass Generation | Eurodance | | |
| September 28 | Kris Kristofferson | Closer to the Bone | Country | New West | |
| September 28 | Newton Faulkner | Rebuilt by Humans | Folk rock, pop rock, art rock | Ugly Truth Records | |
| September 28 | Paloma Faith | Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? | Pop, soul, jazz | Epic | |
| September 28 | Various artists | More than a Game | Hip hop, R&B | Zone 4, Interscope | |
| September 29 | AFI | Crash Love | Pop rock | Interscope | |
| September 29 | Alice in Chains | Black Gives Way to Blue | Heavy metal, sludge metal, doom metal | Virgin | |
| September 29 | Barbra Streisand | Love Is the Answer | Jazz | Columbia | |
| September 29 | Breaking Benjamin | Dear Agony | Alternative metal, post-grunge | Hollywood | |
| September 29 | Cherry Poppin' Daddies | Skaboy JFK | Ska | Space Age Bachelor Pad Records, Rock Ridge Music | |
| September 29 | Dethklok | Dethalbum II | Melodic death metal | Williams Street | |
| September 29 | Drummer | Feel Good Together | Indie rock | Audio Eagle Records | |
| September 29 | The Ettes | Do You Want Power | | Take Root Records | |
| September 29 | Foreigner | Can't Slow Down | Rock | Rhino | |
| September 29 | illScarlett | 1UP! | Ska punk, reggae rock, alternative rock | Sony Music Canada | |
| September 29 | Kill Hannah | Wake Up the Sleepers | Post-punk revival, dance-punk, alternative rock | Original Signal, Universal Motown | |
| September 29 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | God & Guns | Southern rock, blues rock, heavy metal | Roadrunner | |
| September 29 | Miranda Lambert | Revolution | Country | Columbia Nashville | |
| September 29 | Paramore | Brand New Eyes | Alternative rock, pop-punk, emo pop | Fueled by Ramen | |
| September 29 | Revocation | Existence Is Futile | Technical death metal, thrash metal | Relapse | |
| September 29 | Selena Gomez & the Scene | Kiss & Tell | Electronic rock, pop rock | Hollywood | |
| September 29 | Strung Out | Agents of the Underground | Skate punk, punk metal, metalcore | Fat Wreck Chords | |
| September 29 | Warren G | The G Files | West Coast hip hop | Koch Records | |
| September 30 | Air | Love 2 | Electronica, space rock | Virgin | |
| September 30 | Backstreet Boys | This Is Us | Pop, electropop | Jive | |

## Fourth quarter
### October

List of albums released in October 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| October 2 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | | Island, Glassnote | |
| October 2 | Natalie Imbruglia | Come to Life | Pop | Island | |
| October 2 | Scar Symmetry | Dark Matter Dimensions | Melodic death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| October 2 | Tokio Hotel | Humanoid | | Cherrytree, Island | |
| October 6 | Betty Davis | Is It Love or Desire? | | Light in the Attic | |
| October 6 | Blessthefall | Witness | Metalcore, post-hardcore | Fearless | |
| October 6 | Brandi Carlile | Give Up the Ghost | Folk rock | Columbia | |
| October 6 | Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Indie rock | Warner Bros., ATP | |
| October 6 | Chris Tomlin | Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship | Christmas, CCM | sixstepsrecords | |
| October 6 | downhere | How Many Kings: Songs for Christmas | Christian rock, Christmas | Centricity Music | |
| October 6 | Everclear | In a Different Light | Alternative rock, post-grunge | 429 | |
| October 6 | The Fall of Troy | In the Unlikely Event | Mathcore, progressive rock | Equal Vision | |
| October 6 | Family Force 5 | Family Force 5's Christmas Pageant | Christmas, Christian rock, crunkcore | Transparent Media Group, Tooth & Nail | |
| October 6 | Fat Joe | Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 | Hip hop | Terror Squad, Capitol | |
| October 6 | Fee | Hope Rising | Contemporary Christian music, Christian rock | INO | |
| October 6 | Horse the Band | Desperate Living | Metalcore, Nintendocore, experimental rock | Vagrant | |
| October 6 | Joe Perry | Have Guitar, Will Travel | Hard rock | Roman Records | |
| October 6 | Kiss | Sonic Boom | Hard rock, heavy metal | Roadrunner | |
| October 6 | Luke Bryan | Doin' My Thing | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| October 6 | Matthew Good | Vancouver | Rock | Universal Music Canada | |
| October 6 | Mayday Parade | Anywhere but Here | Pop-punk, pop rock | Fearless, Atlantic | |
| October 6 | The Mountain Goats | The Life of the World to Come | Folk rock, indie rock | 4AD | |
| October 6 | Port O'Brien | Threadbare | | | |
| October 6 | Powerman 5000 | Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere | Industrial metal | Mighty Loud Records | |
| October 6 | The Raveonettes | In and Out of Control | Indie rock, shoegaze, noise pop | Fierce Panda, Vice | |
| October 6 | Relient K | Forget and Not Slow Down | Alternative rock, rock | Mono vs Stereo, Jive | |
| October 6 | Tiësto | Kaleidoscope | Progressive trance, electro house | Musical Freedom Records | |
| October 6 | Todd Agnew | Need | Christian rock | Ardent, INO | |
| October 6 | We Shot the Moon | A Silver Lining | Alternative rock | Afternoon | |
| October 9 | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love | Vocal jazz, traditional pop | Reprise | |
| October 9 | Shakira | She Wolf | Electropop, new wave | Epic | |
| October 12 | Bad Lieutenant | Never Cry Another Tear | Alternative rock | Triple Echo Records | |
| October 12 | Bowling for Soup | Sorry for Partyin' | Pop-punk | Jive | |
| October 12 | Cate Le Bon | Me Oh My | Indie rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock | Irony Bored | |
| October 12 | Editors | In This Light and on This Evening | Post-punk revival, dark wave, synth-pop | Kitchenware | |
| October 12 | Mario | D.N.A | R&B | J | |
| October 12 | Tord Gustavsen Ensemble | Restored, Returned | Jazz | ECM | |
| October 13 | Baroness | Blue Record | Sludge metal, progressive metal | Relapse | |
| October 13 | David Archuleta | Christmas from the Heart | Christmas, pop | Jive | |
| October 13 | Dead by Sunrise | Out of Ashes | Alternative rock, hard rock, alternative metal | Warner Bros. | |
| October 13 | Five for Fighting | Slice | Soft rock | Aware, Wind-up | |
| October 13 | The Flaming Lips | Embryonic | Acid rock, psychedelic rock | Warner Bros. | |
| October 13 | Kottonmouth Kings | Hidden Stash 420 | | Suburban Noize | |
| October 13 | Nellie McKay | Normal as Blueberry Pie – A Tribute to Doris Day | Pop | Verve | |
| October 13 | Sherwood | QU | Rock | MySpace | |
| October 13 | Sugarland | Gold and Green | Christmas, country | Mercury Nashville | |
| October 16 | Rammstein | Liebe ist für alle da | Neue Deutsche Härte, industrial metal | Universal | |
| October 20 | Bomshel | Fight Like a Girl | Country | Curb | |
| October 20 | Converge | Axe to Fall | Metalcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore | Epitaph | |
| October 20 | Electric Six | Kill | Rock | Metropolis | |
| October 20 | Flight of the Conchords | I Told You I Was Freaky | | Sub Pop | |
| October 20 | Joss Stone | Colour Me Free! | Soul | Virgin | |
| October 20 | Kings of Convenience | Declaration of Dependence | Indie pop, indie folk | Virgin | |
| October 20 | Kutless | It Is Well | Christian rock, soft rock, worship | BEC | |
| October 20 | Priestess | Prior to the Fire | Hard rock | Indica Records, Tee Pee | |
| October 20 | Royce da 5′9″ | Street Hop | Hip hop | M.I.C. Records | |
| October 21 | Gorgoroth | Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt | Black metal | Regain | |
| October 23 | Cheryl Cole | 3 Words | Dance-pop, R&B | Fascination, Polydor | |
| October 23 | The Swell Season | Strict Joy | Indie folk | Plateau, Anti- | |
| October 23 | Wolfmother | Cosmic Egg | Hard rock, psychedelic rock | Modular | |
| October 26 | Morningwood | Diamonds & Studs | Alternative rock, dance-rock, power pop | VH1 Records | |
| October 26 | Tegan and Sara | Sainthood | | Sire | |
| October 26 | Train | Save Me, San Francisco | Rock, roots rock, pop rock | Columbia | |
| October 27 | 3 | Revisions | Progressive rock | Metal Blade | |
| October 27 | Atreyu | Congregation of the Damned | Metalcore, alternative metal | Hollywood, Roadrunner | |
| October 27 | Between the Buried and Me | The Great Misdirect | Progressive metal, technical death metal, avant-garde metal | Victory | |
| October 27 | Creed | Full Circle | Post-grunge, alternative metal, hard rock | Wind-up | |
| October 27 | Hem | Twelfth Night | | Waveland Records | |
| October 27 | John Nolan | Height | | Doghouse | |
| October 27 | Pelican | What We All Come to Need | Post-metal | Southern Lord | |
| October 27 | The Red Chord | Fed Through the Teeth Machine | Deathgrind | Metal Blade | |
| October 27 | R.E.M. | Live at the Olympia | Alternative rock | Warner Bros. | |
| October 27 | Squirrel Nut Zippers | Lost at Sea | | Hillbilly Productions | |
| October 27 | Swollen Members | Armed to the Teeth | Hip hop | Suburban Noize | |
| October 27 | Tech N9ne | K.O.D. | Hardcore hip hop, horrorcore, crunk | Strange Music | |
| October 30 | John K. Samson | City Route 85 | Acoustic | Anti-, Epitaph | |
| October 30 | Weezer | Raditude | Power pop, pop rock | DGC, Interscope, Geffen | |

### November

List of albums released in November 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| November 2 | Delirious? | History Makers | Rock, Christian rock | | |
| November 2 | Julian Casablancas | Phrazes for the Young | Alternative rock, synth-pop, new wave | RCA | |
| November 2 | Katatonia | Night Is the New Day | Alternative metal, doom metal | Peaceville | |
| November 2 | Various artists | The Inbetweeners Soundtrack | Alternative rock, punk rock, R&B | EMI | |
| November 3 | The Almost | Monster Monster | Alternative rock, emo | Tooth & Nail | |
| November 3 | Amerie | In Love & War | R&B, soul, hip hop | Feenix Rising, Def Jam | |
| November 3 | Andrea Bocelli | My Christmas | Christmas | Universal, Decca, Verve | |
| November 3 | Carrie Underwood | Play On | Country | Arista Nashville | |
| November 3 | Every Avenue | Picture Perfect | Pop-punk, alternative rock, power pop | Fearless | |
| November 3 | Ryan Leslie | Transition | R&B, hip hop | Casablanca, Universal | |
| November 3 | Say Anything | Say Anything | Pop-punk, emo, post-hardcore | RCA | |
| November 3 | Shwayze | Let It Beat | Alternative hip hop | Suretone | |
| November 3 | Slayer | World Painted Blood | Thrash metal | American, Sony Music | |
| November 3 | Steven Curtis Chapman | Beauty Will Rise | CCM | Sparrow | |
| November 3 | We Came as Romans | To Plant a Seed | Metalcore | Equal Vision | |
| November 4 | Swallow the Sun | New Moon | Death-doom, melodic death metal, gothic metal | Spinefarm, Svart | |
| November 6 | Mars Argo | Technology Is a Dead Bird | | Grocerybag Media | |
| November 7 | Wale | Attention Deficit | Alternative hip hop | Allido, Interscope | |
| November 9 | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct | Gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop | Shady, G-Unit, Aftermath | |
| November 9 | Biffy Clyro | Only Revolutions | Alternative rock | 14th Floor | |
| November 9 | Howard Jones | Ordinary Heroes | Pop | DTox | |
| November 9 | Leona Lewis | Echo | R&B, pop | Syco | |
| November 9 | Robbie Williams | Reality Killed the Video Star | Pop | Virgin | |
| November 10 | Big Kenny | The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy | Country, rock, pop | Glotown Records, Love Everybody, Bigger Picture | |
| November 10 | Bon Jovi | The Circle | Hard rock, pop rock | Island | |
| November 10 | Crooked I | Mr. Pigface Weapon Waist | | | |
| November 10 | Dashboard Confessional | Alter the Ending | Emo, alternative rock | Interscope | |
| November 10 | Ella Fitzgerald | Twelve Nights in Hollywood | Vocal jazz | Verve | |
| November 10 | Flyleaf | Memento Mori | Post-grunge, alternative metal | A&M Octone | |
| November 10 | Jamie Cullum | The Pursuit | Crossover jazz, pop | Decca | |
| November 10 | Krallice | Dimensional Bleedthrough | Black metal | Profound Lore, Gilead Media | |
| November 10 | Puscifer | "C" Is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) | Trip hop, post-industrial | | |
| November 10 | Switchfoot | Hello Hurricane | Alternative rock, art rock, post-rock | Atlantic | |
| November 10 | Tori Amos | Midwinter Graces | Christmas, traditional | Universal Republic | |
| November 10 | Throwdown | Deathless | Groove metal | eOne | |
| November 10 | Wyclef Jean | From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion | | Carnival House Records | |
| November 11 | Norah Jones | The Fall | Rock | Blue Note | |
| November 13 | Katy Perry | MTV Unplugged | Acoustic, lounge | Capitol | |
| November 13 | N-Dubz | Against All Odds | Hip hop, pop rap, R&B | All Around the World | |
| November 13 | OneRepublic | Waking Up | Pop rock | Mosley Music, Interscope | |
| November 13 | Powderfinger | Golden Rule | Rock, alternative rock | Universal Music | |
| November 13 | Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | Hard rock | RCA, DGC, Interscope | |
| November 16 | Felt | Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez | Hip hop | Rhymesayers | |
| November 16 | Shakespears Sister | Songs from the Red Room | Pop rock, synth-pop, new wave | SF Records | |
| November 16 | Stereophonics | Keep Calm and Carry On | Rock, alternative rock, pop rock | V2, Mercury | |
| November 17 | Casting Crowns | Until the Whole World Hears | Christian rock, contemporary Christian music | Beach Street | |
| November 17 | The Devin Townsend Project | Addicted | Progressive metal, alternative metal, hard rock | HevyDevy, Inside Out Music | |
| November 17 | The Empire Shall Fall | Awaken | Metalcore | Angle Side Side Records | |
| November 17 | Hedley | The Show Must Go | Alternative rock, pop rock | Universal Music Canada, Island | |
| November 17 | John Mayer | Battle Studies | Pop rock | Columbia | |
| November 17 | Justin Bieber | My World | Teen pop, dance-pop | Island, Teen Island, RBMG | |
| November 17 | Kid Sister | Ultraviolet | Hip hop, electro, R&B | Fool's Gold, Downtown, Universal Republic | |
| November 17 | Kris Allen | Kris Allen | Pop rock, alternative rock | Jive, 19 | |
| November 17 | Phil Wickham | Heaven & Earth | Contemporary Christian music, worship | INO | |
| November 17 | Rakim | The Seventh Seal | Hip hop | SMC, Universal, Fontana | |
| November 18 | B'z | Magic | Hard rock, pop rock | Vermillion | |
| November 18 | Dark Funeral | Angelus Exuro pro Eternus | Black metal | Regain | |
| November 18 | Lady Gaga | The Fame Monster | Electropop | Interscope | |
| November 20 | Rihanna | Rated R | Pop, hip hop, R&B | Def Jam, SRP Records | |
| November 23 | Adam Lambert | For Your Entertainment | Pop, dance-pop, pop rock | RCA, 19 | |
| November 23 | Birdman | Priceless | Hip hop | Cash Money, Universal Motown | |
| November 23 | Jay Sean | All or Nothing | R&B | Jayded Records, 2Point9, Cash Money | |
| November 23 | Susan Boyle | I Dreamed a Dream | Operatic pop, crossover, easy listening | Syco Music, Columbia | |
| November 23 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | The Live Anthology | Heartland rock, rock | Reprise | |
| November 23 | Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Experimental rock | Anti- | |
| November 24 | Seabird | The Silent Night EP | Alternative rock, indie | | |
| November 24 | Wiz Khalifa | Deal or No Deal | Hip hop | Rostrum, iHipHop, Fontana | |
| November 27 | Westlife | Where We Are | Pop, pop rock | S, RCA, Sony Music | |
| November 30 | R. Kelly | Untitled | R&B | Jive | |

### December

List of albums released in December 2009 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| December 1 | Allison Iraheta | Just like You | Pop rock, teen pop | 19, Jive | |
| December 1 | The Bravery | Stir the Blood | Post-punk revival | Island | |
| December 1 | Juvenile | Cocky & Confident | Hip hop | Atlantic, UTP Records, eOne | |
| December 1 | MxPx | Punk Rawk Christmas | Christian punk, skate punk, Christmas | Rock City Recording Company | |
| December 1 | Priscilla Renea | Jukebox | Pop, rock, R&B | Capitol | |
| December 1 | Thalía | Primera Fila | Latin pop | Sony Music Latin | |
| December 7 | Buraka Som Sistema | FabricLive.49 | Kuduro, grime | Fabric Records | |
| December 8 | B.G. | Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood | Gangsta rap, Southern hip hop | Chopper City | |
| December 8 | By Divine Right | Mutant Message | Indie rock | Hand Drawn Dracula | |
| December 8 | Chris Brown | Graffiti | R&B, Eurodisco, synth-pop | Jive | |
| December 8 | Gucci Mane | The State vs. Radric Davis | Hip hop, dirty south | 1017 Brick Squad, Asylum, Warner Bros. | |
| December 8 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Pin Points and Gin Joints | Ska punk | Big Rig | |
| December 8 | Puddle of Mudd | Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate | Post-grunge | Flawless, Geffen | |
| December 8 | Snoop Dogg | Malice n Wonderland | Hip hop | Doggystyle, Priority | |
| December 8 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | This Is War | Alternative rock, progressive rock, experimental rock | Virgin | |
| December 8 | Timbaland | Shock Value II | Hip hop, R&B, pop | Blackground, Mosley Music | |
| December 8 | We the Kings | Smile Kid | Pop-punk, pop rock, power pop | S-Curve | |
| December 11 | Alicia Keys | The Element of Freedom | R&B | J | |
| December 14 | Kylie Minogue | Kylie Live in New York | Pop, dance, electronica | Parlophone | |
| December 15 | Obie Trice | Special Reserve | Hip hop | MoSS Appeal Music | |
| December 15 | Robin Thicke | Sex Therapy: The Session | R&B, soul, hip hop | Star Trak, Interscope | |
| December 15 | Seabird | Rocks into Rivers | Contemporary Christian music | Credential | |
| December 15 | t.A.T.u. | Waste Management | Electronic, dance-pop | T.A. Music, Misterya Zvuka | |
| December 18 | Mary J. Blige | Stronger with Each Tear | | Matriarch Records, Geffen | |
| December 21 | Cold War Kids | Behave Yourself | Indie rock, soul | Downtown, V2 | |
| December 21 | Eminem | Relapse: Refill | Hip hop | Aftermath, Shady, Interscope | |
| December 21 | Hurricane Chris | Unleashed | Hip hop | Polo Grounds Music, J | |
| December 21 | Mudvayne | Mudvayne | Nu metal, alternative metal | Epic | |
| December 21 | Various artists | We Are Young Money | Hip hop, R&B | Young Money | |
| December 22 | John Reuben | Sex, Drugs and Self-Control | Christian hip hop | Gotee | |
| December 25 | Tyler, the Creator | Bastard | Alternative hip hop | Tyler, the Creator | |
| December 28 | Codeine Velvet Club | Codeine Velvet Club | Baroque pop | Island | |
| December 29 | Twenty One Pilots | Twenty One Pilots | Emo | Twenty One Pilots | |