List of music released posthumously

The following is a list of music released posthumously.

19th century and earlier

20th century

1900s–1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

  • Mother Love Bone's sole album Apple was released on August 14, 1990, nearly five months after lead singer Andrew Wood's death in March earlier that year.
  • Grateful Dead's keyboardist Brent Mydland was featured in many of the Dead's albums after his death in 1990. He was featured on Without a Net (1990), Infrared Roses (1991), and many other live albums.
  • Soviet-Korean band Kino released their final album Kino or "Чёрный альбом" on December 1990, four months after Viktor Tsoi's death in August.
    • The Last Recordings or "Последние записи" was released in 2002, Twelve years after his death.
    • The song Ataman or "Атаман" was released on what would have been Viktor's 50th Birthday, 22 years after his death.
  • Brazilian singer Cazuza's final album Por aí was released in 1991, a year after his death from AIDS.
    • Barão Vermelho's live album Barão Vermelho Ao Vivo, which was recorded live at Rock in Rio in 1985, was released in 1992, two years after Cazuza's death.
    • His live album O Poeta Está Vivo – Ao Vivo no Teatro Ipanema 1987 was released in 2005, 15 years after his death.
    • 17 years later, O Tempo Não Para (Show Completo) was released on April 4, 2022, the day he would have turned 64. It's an updated version of the album originally released in 1988 and contains many previously unreleased live songs.
  • The song "Where Is Love" by Mel and Kim was released in 2018. Mel Appleby died in 1990 from pneumonia while battling cancer.
  • Tom Fogerty's album Sidekicks with Randy Oda was released in 1992, two years after his death in 1990 from tuberculosis.
  • Steve Marriott's work was released. Also albums he did with Small Faces and Humble Pie.
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan's albums Family Style (1990), The Sky Is Crying (1991), and In the Beginning (1992) were released after his death in a helicopter crash in 1990.
  • Del Shannon's album Rock On! was released on October 1, 1991, A Year after his death.
  • Steve Clark wrote songs and did demos for Def Leppard's 1992 album Adrenalize, which was released a year after his death.
  • Miles Davis' released his last studio album entitled Doo-Bop on June 30, 1992, nine months after his death. Many live albums have been released since his death.
    • The soundtrack album of the movie Dingo composed by both Miles Davis and Michel Legrand was released on November 5, 1991, almost two months after Miles' death.
    • His live album Bitches Brew Live was released on February 8, 2011, almost 20 years after his death.
    • Rubberband was released on September 6, 2019, almost 28 years after his death.
  • Kiss' Eric Carr appears on backing vocals on "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", and drums on "Carr Jam 1981" on Revenge (1992). Carr died of heart cancer in 1991.
    • His first posthumous album Rockology was released on October 19, 1999, almost eight years after his death.
    • His second posthumous album Unfinished Business, which was recorded in the 80s, was released on November 8, 2011, almost 20 years after his death.
  • Freddie Mercury solo albums The Freddie Mercury Album and The Great Pretender were both released in 1992 a year after his death from AIDS-related bronchopneumonia. Mercury also had other albums released later on.
  • Canadian guitarist Paul Hackman of Helix is featured on Half-Alive (1998), Deep Cuts: The Best Of (1999), B-Sides (1999), and Live! in Buffalo (2001). Hackman died in a car accident in 1992.
  • American experimental musician Arthur Russell released an album entitled The World of Arthur Russell was released on January 26, 2004, almost 12 years after his death.
  • Bolivian Andean folk band Los Kjarkas' album Hermanos was released in 1993, a year after Ulises Hermosa's death from leukemia. He wrote a song "Papá Estrella" and composed a song "Hermanos".
    • A los 500 Años was released in 1994, two years after Hermosa's death. He wrote a song "Niños de América".
    • El Líder de los Humildes was released in 1998, four years after Hermosa's death. He wrote a song "Al Partir".
    • Lección de Vida was released in 2001, nine years after Hermosa's death. He wrote a song "Te Llevas Todo Amor".
    • 35 Años was released in 2006, 14 years after Hermosa's death. He wrote a song "Mi Vida sin Tu Amor".
    • 40 Años Después... was released in 2012, 20 years after Hermosa's death. He wrote a song "Llévame".
  • Toto's album Kingdom of Desire was released on September 7, 1992, almost a month after Jeff Porcaro's death.
  • 7 Year Bitch released their first album Sick 'Em after co-founder and guitarist Stefanie Sargent died of a drug overdose.
  • Since Albert King's death many albums have been released, including with Blues at Sunset (1993) and In Session (1999) with Stevie Ray Vaughan.
  • Conway Twitty's album Final Touches (1993) was released two months after his death from an aneurysm.
  • Heaven and Hull (1994), Just Like This (1999), Showtime (1999), Indian Summer (2001) by Mick Ronson were released after his death in 1993. He is also featured on albums by David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter and Elton John.
  • De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem was released in May 1994, posthumously after the murder of guitarist Euronymous in August 1991, and after the suicide of vocalist Dead in April 1991.
  • GG Allin's Brutality and Bloodshed for All was released three months after his death in 1993 from a drug overdose.
    • A few months later, the EP Layin' Up with Linda, comprising his final recordings, was released.
  • Badlands released their album Dusk on December 15, 1998, five years after vocalist Ray Gillen's death in 1993 from AIDS-related complications.
    • The Self-Titled Album of Sun Red Sun was released in 1995, nearly two years after Gillen's death.
    • The deluxe edition of Black Sabbath's album The Eternal Idol, which features the earlier recording sessions, was released in 2010, nearly 17 years after Gillen's death.
  • Molly Drake's songs "Poor Mum" and "Do You Ever Remember?" were featured on her son Nick Drake's compilation album, Family Tree, which was released on July 9, 2007, 14 years after her death.
    • Drake's Self-Titled Compilation Album, which contains recordings made during 1950s at the family home, was released on March 5, 2013, nearly 20 years after her death.
  • Puerto Rican salsa singer Héctor Lavoe's album The Master & The Protege was completed with sound-alike Van Lester, and was released on December 7, 1993, five months after he died from a complication of AIDS.
  • The Gits' album Enter: The Conquering Chicken was released on March 22, 1994, a year after lead singer Mia Zapata was murdered.
    • Seafish Louisville was released on September 25, 2000, seven years and two months after her death.
  • California rapper Charizma released his collaborative album Big Shots with Peanut Butter Wolf on November 18, 2003, ten years after his death.
  • Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones of The Wonder Stuff appeared on Construction for the Modern Idiot released a month after he died of a sudden heart attack. The album reached No. 4 in the UK.
  • Frank Zappa's album Civilization Phaze III was released on October 31, 1994, Ten months after his death of prostate cancer in 1993. Also multiple album re-issues and boxsets from his solo work and his work with The Mothers Of Invention were released after his death.
    • The compilation album entitled The Lost Episodes was released on February 27, 1996, Three years after his death.
    • Mystery Disc was released on September 14, 1998, Five years after his death.
    • The album Everything Is Healing Nicely was released on December 21, 1999, Six years after his death.
    • The live album entitled FZ:OZ was released on August 16, 2002, Nine years after his death.
    • Another live album Halloween was released on February 4, 2003, Ten years after his death.
    • Joe's Corsage was released on May 30, 2004, Eleven years after his death.
    • Four months later Quaudiophiliac was released on September 14, 2004.
    • Trance-Fusion was released on October 24, 2006, Thirteen years after his death.
    • Two months later, The MOFO Project/Object was released on December 5, 2006.
    • The live album entitled Joe's Menage was released on October 1, 2008, Fifteen years after his death.
    • Road Tapes, Venue 1 was released on October 31, 2012, Nineteen years after his death.
    • On the same day, The compilation album entitled Understanding America was released on October 31, 2012.
    • Road Tapes, Venue 2 was released on October 31, 2013, Twenty years after his death.
    • The album Dance Me This was released on June 21, 2015, 22 years after his death.
    • Road Tapes, Venue 3 was released on May 27, 2016, 23 years after his death.
    • Six months later, His 3-Disc compilation album entitled Meat Light was released on November 4, 2016.
    • The live album The Roxy Performances was released on February 2, 2018, 25 years after his death.
    • The Hot Rats Sessions Boxset was released on December 20, 2019, 26 years after his death.
    • The album Funky Nothingness was released on June 30, 2023, Thirty years after his death.
    • Whisky a Go Go 1968 was released on June 21, 2024, 31 years after his death.
  • Keep the Fire Burnin' (1994) by Dan Hartman was released nine months after his death.
  • Nirvana's live album MTV Unplugged in New York was released on November 1, 1994, seven months after Kurt Cobain's death on April 5th of the same year.
    • Two weeks later, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! was released on November 15, 1994.
    • From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah was released on October 1, 1996, two years after his death.
    • Their Self-Titled Greatest Hits Album featuring the song You Know You're Right, recorded on January 30, 1994, at Robert Lang Studios during their final studio session was finally released on October 29, 2002, Eight years after Cobain's death.
    • The box set With the Lights Out featuring unreleased demos, outtakes and live tracks was released on November 23, 2004, Ten years after Kurt's death.
    • The compilation album Sliver: The Best of the Box was released on November 1, 2005, eleven years after his death.
    • Live at Reading was released on November 2, 2009, fifteen years after Kurt's death.
    • A day later, The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of their debut studio album Bleach was released on November 3, 2009, featuring Nirvana's unreleased live performance at The Pine Street Theatre in 1990.
    • Live at the Paramount was released on September 24, 2011, Seventeen years after Cobain's death.
    • Live and Loud was released on September 23, 2013, nineteen years after Kurt's death.
    • Two months later, The 2013 Mix of In Utero was released on November 22, 2013.
    • The release of the single Pennyroyal Tea was cancelled due to Cobain's death in April 1994, the song was finally re-released on Record Store Day '14 (April 19, 2014), 20 years after Cobain's death.
    • The soundtrack album of the documentary Montage Of Heck featuring Kurt's personal cassettes including spoken word, demos, covers and full songs was released on November 13, 2015, 21 years after Kurt's death.
  • Hole's Kristen Pfaff was featured on one track of My Body, the Hand Grenade three years after her death.
  • American jazz and jazz fusion guitarist Eric Gale's final album Utopia, which was recorded in 1991, was released on May 25, 1998, exactly four years after his death from lung cancer.
  • A Future to This Life: Robocop – The Series Soundtrack by Joe Walsh and various artists features Nicky Hopkins who died a few months before its release.
  • Vivian Stanshall who died in 1995. His singles "Blind Date", "11 Moustachioed Daughters" b/w "The Strain", and "Cyborg Signal" were released in 2016.
  • Dreaming of You, the only English album by Selena, was released on July 18, 1995, four months after her murder by Yolanda Saldívar.
    • Siempre Selena was released on October 29, 1996, a year after her death.
    • The live album entitled Selena LIVE! The Last Concert was released on March 27, 2001, five years after her death.
    • Momentos Intimos was released on March 23, 2004, almost nine years after her death. It features two re-recorded songs and an unreleased song "Puede Ser", which is a duet with Nando "Guero" Dominguez, recorded two weeks before her death.
    • Enamorada de Ti was released on April 3, 2012, sixteen years after her death.
    • The remix album called Moonchild Mixes was released on August 26, 2022, 26 years after her death.
  • Rory Gallagher's live album BBC Sessions was released in 1999, four years after he died of an infection in 1995.
  • Phyllis Hyman's album I Refuse to Be Lonely was released on November 21, 1995, five months after her death.
  • Canadian electronic musician Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy appeared in many of their albums like The Process (1996) and Puppy Gristle (2002). Goettel died of a drug overdose in 1995.
  • Velvet Underground's Sterling Morrison is on Peel Slowly and See a month after he died, Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (2001), and The Complete Matrix Tapes (2015). Also he appeared on bandmate's John Cale's Antártida (1995) and Stainless Gamelan (2002).
  • Harry Nilsson's album Losst and Founnd was released on November 22, 2019, 25 years after his death from heart attack in 1994.
  • Eazy-E's album Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton was released on January 30, 1996, eight months after his death from AIDS.
    • His Posthumous EP entitled Impact of a Legend was released on March 26, 2002, exactly seven years after his death.
  • Chilean rock band La Ley's album Invisible was released on July 28, 1995, a year and three months after Andrés Bobe's death from a motorcycle accident. Although he did not participate in the album, he co-wrote four songs: "Animal", "El Duelo", "R&R" and "1-800 Dual".
  • Many of Jerry Garcia's albums were released with The Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band's How Sweet It Is (1997) and many others.
  • Antonio Brasileiro and Tom Jobim were both released after Antonio Carlos Jobim's death from cardiac arrest on December 8, 1994.
  • Chic's Bernard Edwards appeared on the band's Live at the Budokan (1999) and The Power Station's Living in Fear just seven months after died of pneumonia.
  • Blind Melon's compilation album Nico was released on November 12, 1996, A Year after Shannon Hoon's death from a cocaine overdose.
    • The Best of Blind Melon was released on September 27, 2005, Almost ten years after Shannon's death.
    • Live at the Palace, a live album recorded ten days before Hoon's passing was finally released on April 4, 2006, Eleven years after his death.
    • The 20th anniversary edition of their Self-Titled Album featuring 5 bonus tracks including songs from The Sippin' Time Sessions EP. it was released on April 16, 2013, Eighteen years after Shannon's death.
    • Screamin' at the Sun was released on iTunes in 2015, Twenty years after Shannon's death. The live album was recorded in New York in 1993.
  • Mexican singer Lola Beltrán's final album Las Tres Señoras featuring Amalia Mendoza and Lucha Villa was released in 1996 after her death from a pulmonary embolism.
  • Argentine cumbia singer Gilda's first posthumous album Entre el Cielo y la Tierra was released on April 7, 1997, seven months after her death from a car accident.
    • Her second posthumous album La Más Grande was released in 1998, two years after her death.
    • Her final album Las Alas del Alma was released on March 2, 1999, three years and a half after her death.
  • The Self-Titled Album from California ska group Sublime was released on July 30, 1996, two months after lead singer Bradley Nowell's death.
  • Kevin Gilbert's live album Live at the Troubadour was released on September 9, 1999, Three years after his death from autoerotic asphyxiation.
    • His concept album The Shaming of the True was released in February 13, 2000, Four years after his death.
    • The albums Nuts and Bolts were both released simultaneously in October 19, 2009, Thirteen years after his death.
  • John Kahn did an album with Jerry Garcia Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, California, February 28, 1986 (2009). Kahn died in 1996 from a heart attack.
  • British drummer Mathew Fletcher was featured on Heavenly's Operation Heavenly a few months after he committed suicide in 1996. He is also featured on Talulah Gosh's single "Demos EP" (2011) and the album Was It Just a Dream? (2013).
  • Jason Thirsk appears on Humble Gods' album No Heroes (1996) a few months after his 1996 accidental suicide while he was drunk. He also appears on Pennywise's Full Circle (1997), and Yesterdays (2014).
  • Tupac Shakur's first and only album under the name "Makaveli" called The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was released on November 5, 1996, Two months after his murder in September.
    • The double album entitled R U Still Down? (Remember Me) was released on November 25, 1997, A Year after his death.
    • His Greatest Hits album featuring 4 previously unreleased tracks was released on November 24, 1998, Two years after his death.
    • His collaboration album with his group Outlawz called Still I Rise was released on December 21, 1999, Three years after his death.
    • Until the End of Time was released on March 27, 2001, Five years after his death.
    • Nine months later, his only collaborative EP under the name "Makaveli" entitled Don't Go 2 Sleep featuring Daz Dillinger was released on December 24, 2001.
    • His last double album called Better Dayz was released on November 26, 2002, Six years after his death.
    • His remix album Nu-Mixx Klazzics was released on October 7, 2003, Seven years after his death.
    • A month later. The soundtrack album to the documentary called Tupac: Resurrection was released on November 11, 2003.
    • 2Pac Live was released on August 10, 2004, Eight years after his death.
    • Four months later, Loyal to the Game was released on December 14, 2004.
    • Live at the House of Blues was released on September 5, 2005, Nine years after his death.
    • His last album called Pac's Life was released on November 21, 2006, Ten years after his death.
    • Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 was released on August 14, 2007, Eleven years after his death.
  • Colleen Peterson's Postcards from California was released in 2004 eight years after she died of cancer.
  • Seagram's album Souls on Ice was released on August 12, 1997, a year after his death.
  • Eva Cassidy's debut solo album entitled Eva by Heart was released on September 23, 1997, over ten months after her death from melanoma in 1996.
    • Time After Time was released on June 20, 2000, four years after her death.
    • Imagine was released on August 20, 2002, six years after her death.
    • The album called American Tune containing her rehearsal tapes and live recordings was released on August 12, 2003, seven years after her death.
    • Somewhere was released on August 26, 2008, twelve years after her death.
    • Her last studio album called Simply Eva was released on January 25, 2011, fifteen years after her death.
    • The live album entitled Nightbird was released on November 13, 2015, nineteen years after her death.
    • The album called I Can Only Be Me featuring The London Symphony Orchestra was released on March 3, 2023, 27 years after her death.
  • Townes Van Zandt's work A Far Cry from Dead (1999), Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (2001), In the Beginning (2003), Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971–1972 (2013), Sky Blue (2019), and Somebody Had to Write It (2020). All released after he died suddenly in 1997.
  • Billy MacKenzie of The Associates appears on The Glamour Chase (2002). Many solo albums like Beyond the Sun (1997), Eurocentric (2001) and Transmission Impossible (2005) were all released. He died by suicide in 1997.
  • Jermaine Stewart's album Attention was released on November 15, 2005, Eight years after his death in 1997.
  • The Notorious B.I.G.'s album Life After Death was released on March 25, 1997, Two weeks after his murder.
    • Born Again was released on December 7, 1999, almost two years after his death.
    • The remix album entitled Duets: The Final Chapter was released on December 20, 2005, eight years after his death.
    • His Greatest Hits album was released on March 6, 2007, ten years after his death.
    • The collaborative album called The King & I featuring Faith Evans was released on May 19, 2017, twenty years after his death.
  • Jeff Buckley's album Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk was released on May 26, 1998, a year after his death in 1997.
    • The live album entitled Mystery White Boy was released on May 9, 2000, three years after his death
    • Live À L'Olympia was released on July 3, 2001, four years after his death.
    • His collaborative album with Gary Lucas entitled Songs to No One was released on October 15, 2002, five years after his death.
    • The Legacy Edition re-issue of his album Grace featuring eight unreleased studio tracks was released exactly ten years after its original release on August 23, 2004, seven years after his death.
    • Grace Around the World was released on June 2, 2009, twelve years after his death.
    • The compilation album entitled You and I, was released on March 11, 2016, almost nineteen years after his death.
  • Johnny Copeland's albums The Crazy Cajun Recordings (1998) and Honky Tonkin (1999), both released after he died from complications of heart surgery.
  • Much of Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's work was released after his death in 1997. His remix album Star Rise was released a year later.
  • Luther Allison's Live in Chicago (1999), Standing at the Crossroad (1999), Pay It Forward (2002), Underground (2007), and Songs from the Road (2009). He died in 1997.
  • Paul Delph's final album A God That Can Dance, which was privately released in 1996, was released commercially in 2003, seven years after his death.
  • Nigeria's Fela Kuti work was released after he died from AIDS in 1997. Albums The Underground Spiritual Game (2004), Live in Detroit, 1986 (2012) and many others were released.
  • Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana's final album Uma Outra Estação was released on July 18, 1997, nine months after Renato Russo's death from AIDS.
    • Russo's first posthumous solo album O Último Solo was released in October 1997, a year after his death.
    • His second posthumous solo album Presente was released on March 27, 2003, six years and five months after his death.
  • Laura Nyro's album Angel in the Dark was released on March 20, 2001, four years after her death in 1997.
    • Her box set American Dreamer was released on September 3, 2021, 24 years after her death.
  • Glen Buxton, founding member of the original Alice Cooper band, was featured on the album Rock Legends from the Original Alice Cooper Group, which was recorded live on Houston, Texas, on October 12, 1997, was released in 2000, three years after his death from complications of pneumonia.
    • He was also featured in the songs "Black Mamba", "What Happened to You" and "Return of the Spiders 2025" from the album The Revenge of Alice Cooper, which was released on July 25, 2025, almost 18 years after his death.
  • INXS frontman Michael Hutchence released his Self-Titled Album on December 14, 1999, two years after his death of suicide by hanging in 1997.
    • INXS' EP entitled Bang the Drum was released on August 14, 2004, seven years after Hutchence's death.
    • The first posthumous live album Live at Barker Hangar, which was recorded live on May 8, 1993, was released on October 4, 2005, eight years after Hutchence's death.
    • The seconds posthumous live album Live at Wembley Stadium 1991 was released on February 7, 2014, over 16 years after Hutchence's death.
    • The 30th Anniversary Reissue of INXS' sixth studio album Kick features unreleased demos, outtakes and live tracks. It was released on November 24, 2017, over twenty years after his death.
    • The soundtrack album to the documentary called Mystify: Michael Hutchence was released on July 5, 2019, 22 years after his death.
    • The third posthumous live album Live at the US Festival 1983 (Shabooh Shoobah) was released on October 28, 2022, almost 25 years after Hutchence's death.
    • The fourth posthumous live album Live from Royal Albert Hall, London, 1986 was released on November 28, 2025, 28 years after Hutchence's death.
  • Blues musician Junior Kimbrough's first posthumous album God Knows I Tried was released a few months after his death from heart attack on January 17, 1998.
    • A year later, his second posthumous album Meet Me in the City, which was recorded between 1992 and 1996, was released.
    • His third posthumous album First Recordings, which was recorded in 1966, was released in 2009, eleven years after his death.
  • Austrian pop star Falco released his album Out of the Dark (Into the Light) on February 27, 1998, three weeks after his death from traffic collision.
    • The first posthumous music video for his song "Out of the Dark" was released in 1998.
    • The second posthumous music video for his song "Egoist" was also released in 1998.
    • The third posthumous music video for his song "Push! Push!" was released in 1999.
    • The fourth posthumous music video for his song "Verdammt wir leben noch" was also released in 1999.
    • The album Verdammt wir leben noch was released in February 1999, a year after his death.
    • The Spirit Never Dies was released on December 4, 2009, almost twelve years after his death.
  • Brazilian comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas compilation album Atenção, Creuzebek: A Baixaria Continua was released in 1998, two years after their death from a plane crash on March 2, 1996.
    • Their live album Mamonas Ao Vivo was released in 2006, ten years after their death.
  • Brazilian sertanejo duo Leandro e Leonardo's final album Um Sonhador was released on July 15, 1998, nearly a month after Leandro's death from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
  • Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's live album IZ in Concert: The Man and His Music was released on October 1, 1998, a year after his death in 1997 from respiratory failure.
  • Rozz Williams with Christian Death and Shadow Project's albums. His first live album Live in Berlin was released in 2000.
  • Drummer Cozy Powell's album Especially for You was released in 1999, a year after his death.
  • Rich Mullins' album The Jesus Record was released on July 21, 1998, ten months after his death in 1997.
  • John Denver's album Forever, John was released on September 29, 1998, a year after he died in a plane crash in 1997.
    • Christmas in Concert in September 2001, four years after his death. Many live albums have been released.
  • Michael Hedges' album Torched was released on February 9, 1999, a year and two months after his death.
  • Southern rapper Fat Pat released his album Ghetto Dreams on March 17, 1998, a month after his death.
  • Linda McCartney's only album Wide Prairie was released on October 26, 1998, Six months after she died of cancer.
  • Junior Wells albums Every Day I Have the Blues with Buddy Guy (2000), Live at Theresa's 1975 (2006) and many others were released.
  • Indian musician Ananda Shankar's album Walking On (with State of Bengal) was released on September 12, 1999, a year and nearly six months after his death from cardiac failure.
    • His 2nd posthumous album Arpan (with Suresh Wadkar) was released on November 17, 2000, two years and nearly ten months after his death.
  • Zilch's debut album 3.2.1. was released on July 23, 1998, two months after Japanese vocalist Hide's death in May.
    • Hide with Spread Beaver's first and only studio album with Hide entitled Ja, Zoo was released on November 21, 1998, six months after his death.
    • The remix album entitled Bastard Eyes by his US band Zilch was released on March 3, 1999, ten months after his death.
    • He appeared on the album Tribute Spirits via a song called "Celebration" featuring I.N.A, PATA & HEATH (originally performed by X Japan via the album Blue Blood). Both the song and album are released on May 1, 1999, a year after his death.
    • The re-recording of Hide's song Tell Me featuring his band Spread Beaver was released on January 19, 2000, two years after his death.
    • X Japan's live album The Last Live was released on May 5, 2001, three years after his death.
    • His last single In Motion was released on July 10, 2002, four years after his death.
    • The compilation album Singles ~ Junk Story along with the song "Junk Story" was released two weeks later on July 24, 2002.
    • Five months later, he was featured in X Japan's remix album Trance X which was released on December 4, 2002.
    • The compilation album entitled KING OF PSYBORG ROCK STAR along with his rendition of the song "MISCAST" (originally performed by X Japan via the album Jealousy) was released on April 28, 2004, six years after his death.
    • He was featured in X Japan's single "I.V.". It was released on January 23, 2008, nine years and eight months after his death.
    • Two months later, his live album called Psyence a Go Go was released on March 19, 2008.
    • Another live album Hide Our Psychommunity was released a month later on April 23, 2008.
    • Co Gal a song that was finished using Vocaloid Technology to mimic his voice along with its compilation album of the same name was released on December 10, 2014, sixteen years and seven months after his death.
    • He was featured in X Japan's soundtrack album of their documentary entitled We Are X. The album was released on March 3, 2017, almost nineteen years after his death.
  • Frank Sinatra's live album Live from Las Vegas was released on April 26, 2005, seven years after his death. Also many live albums and box sets were released since his death in 1998.
  • Puerto Rican salsa singer Frankie Ruiz's live album Salsa Live Vol. 1 (with Tommy Olivencia), which was recorded live on July 31, 1987, was released on March 7, 2000, a year and nearly seven months after his death due to complications from liver disease.
    • His compilation album Éxitos Eternos was released on 2003, five years after his death. The album features the unreleased track "Que Siga la Fiesta" which was recorded in 1998.
  • California session singer Warren Wiebe has been featured on various compilation albums following his suicide in October 1998 as well as several demo recordings.
  • Swedish singer-songwriter Björn Afzelius albums Elsinore (1999), Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe 1993 – Malmöinspelningarna (with Mikael Wiehe) (2004), and Tusen bitar – Sånger om kärlek & rättvisa (2011).
  • Hip Hop group Lost Boyz released their album LB IV Life on September 28, 1999, six months after Freaky Tah's death.
  • Founder of Moby Grape Skip Spence single "Land of the Sun" was released the year he died. Also, he is featured on two albums by Moby Grape The Place and the Time (2009) and Moby Grape Live (2010).
  • Rapper Big L was featured on D.I.T.C.'s Self-Titled Debut Album which was released on February 22, 2000, a year after he was shot to death in his neighbourhood; the murder is still unsolved.
    • Six months later his album The Big Picture was released on August 1, 2000.
    • Live from Amsterdam was released in 2003, four years after his death.
    • The compilation album entitled Big L: The Archives 1996–2000 was released on June 28, 2006, seven years after his death.
    • 139 & Lenox was released on August 31, 2010, eleven years after his death.
    • Three months later, Return of the Devil's Son was released on November 23, 2010.
    • The Danger Zone was released on May 31, 2011, twelve years after his death.
    • The compilation album entitled L Corleone was released digitally on February 14, 2012, thirteen years after his death.
    • His last album entitled Harlem's Finest: Return of the King was released on October 31, 2025, 26 years after his death.
  • Stéphane Sirkis, member of French band Indochine, died of Hepatitis C while Dancetaria was in pre-production. The album was released nearly six months after his death.
  • Dusty Springfield's live album Live at the Royal Albert Hall, which was recorded live in August 1979, was released on October 18, 2005, six years and seven months after her death from breast cancer.
    • Her first posthumous album Faithful, which was recorded in 1971, was released on April 7, 2015, 16 years after her death.
    • Her second posthumous album Longing, which was recorded in 1974, was released on June 6, 2025, 26 years after her death.
  • Jackson C. Frank had several compilation albums and a box set released after his death on March 3, 1999, featuring previously unreleased tracks and demos.
  • Morphine's final album The Night was released on February 1, 2000, nearly seven months after Mark Sandman's death from a heart attack onstage in Italy.
    • Their live album Bootleg Detroit, which was recorded live in 1994, was released on September 26, 2000, over a year after Sandman's death. A deluxe remastered edition was released in 2025 that includes the full concert.
    • Sandman was featured on Tanya Donelly's song "Moonbeam Monkey" from her album Beautysleep, which was released on February 18, 2002, two years and seven months after his death.
    • Morphine's compilation album The Best of Morphine: 1992–1995 was released on February 18, 2003, three years and seven months after Sandman's death. It features two previously unreleased songs "Jack and Tina" and "Pretty Face".
    • Sandman's posthumous solo album Sandbox: The Music of Mark Sandman was released in November 2004, five years after his death.
    • Treat Her Right's album The Lost Album was released in 2009, ten years after Sandman's death.
    • A bonus CD from the video album Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story Collector's Edition was released in 2012, thirteen years after Sandman's death.
    • Morphine's live album Live at the Warfield 1997 was released on July 17, 2017, 18 years after Sandman's death.
  • Grover Washington Jr.'s final album Aria was released on March 7, 2000, nearly three months after his death from heart attack.
  • Charles Earland's album entitled Stomp! was released on August 29, 2000, nearly a year after his death from heart failure.
    • His final album entitled If Only for One Night was released on June 18, 2002, two and a half years after his death.
  • Tripping Daisy's member Wes Berggren is on the band's last Self-Titled Album was released in 2000 just months after Berggren died of an overdose.
  • Canadian musician Rick Danko is featured on many of The Band's live albums since his death in 1999. His solo albums Times Like These (2000), Cryin' Heart Blues (2005) and many others. He is also featured on Richard Manuel's albums and Danko/Fjeld/Andersen's One More Shot (2002) with Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen.
  • Visual Kei band Malice Mizer released their EP called Shinwa on February 1, 2000, Eight months after their drummer Kami died of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
  • Scatman John's album Listen to the Scatman was released on December 11, 2001, Two years after his death in 1999.
    • One of his last songs, Can You Hear Me, was released digitally on July 16, 2025, 25 years after his death.[4]

21st century

2000s

  • King Ernest's album Blues Got Soul was released on September 26, 2000, Six months after his death in March.
  • Raymond Scott's album Manhattan Research Inc. (2000), which contained selected samples of Scott's work from the 1950s and 1960s for film soundtracks, commercials, and for his own technical and musical experiments, was released six years after Scott's death in 1994.
  • Israeli musician Ofra Haza's albums Manginat Halev Vol. 1 and 2 (2000 and 2004) and remix album Forever (2008) were released after her death in 2000 from AIDS-related pneumonia.
  • Big Pun's Yeeeah Baby was released on April 4, 2000, two months after he died of a heart attack.
  • The Mamas & the Papas leader John Phillips released his album entitled Pay Pack & Follow on April 23, 2001, a month after his death from heart failure.
  • Puerto Rican Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente's collaborative and final album Masterpiece/Obra maestra (with Eddie Palmieri) was released in July 2000, almost two months after his death from a heart attack.
    • His first posthumous live album Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival, which was recorded live in 1994, was released on May 21, 2002, nearly two years after his death.
    • His second posthumous live album Live in Brussels (with Toots Thielemans) was released on September 28, 2011, eleven years after his death.
  • Australian Indie rock band The Whitlams released two singles after the death of bassist Andy Lewis in early 2000: "Blow Up the Pokies" (2000) and "Made Me Hard" (2001).
  • Ian Dury was featured in Madness' music video for their song "Drip Fed Fred", which was released months after his death from colorectal cancer on March 27, 2000.
  • Proto-punk band Death's first album ...For the Whole World to See, which was recorded in 1975, was released on February 17, 2009, eight years and four months after David Hackney's death from lung cancer on October 9, 2000.
    • Their second album Spiritual Mental Physical, which was recorded between 1974 and 1976, was released on January 25, 2011, ten years and three months after Hackney's death.
  • Chet Atkins's final album Solo Sessions was released in 2003, two years after his death from colon cancer.
  • French singer-songwriter Charles Trenet's live album Concert à la Varenne-Saint-Hilaire en 1954 was released on May 27, 2005, four years after his death from a stroke.
    • His final album Je n'irai pas à Notre-Dame, which was recorded between 1994 and 1999, was released on February 12, 2006, almost five years after his death.
  • Aaliyah's music video for her song "Rock the Boat" was completed the morning of her death. Nearly two months later, it was released on October 9, 2001.
    • Her compilation album I Care 4 U was released on December 10, 2002, a year and nearly four months after her death. It features six previously unreleased tracks.
  • Joey Ramone's debut solo album Don't Worry About Me was released on February 19, 2002, A Year after his death from lymphoma in 2001.
    • Few months later, Dee Dee Ramone died and his collaborative album featuring the band Youth Gone Mad in their Self-Titled Album was released on December 31, 2002, Six months after his death in June.
    • Eight months later, both were featured on Ramones live album NYC 1978 released on August 19, 2003, Two years after Joey's death & A Year after Dee Dee's death.
    • Joey's second solo album ...Ya Know? was released on May 22, 2012, Eleven years after his death.
    • Johnny Ramone is featured on Morrissey Curates The Ramones which was released on November 28, 2014, Ten years after his death in 2004.
  • Sludge Metal band Kylesa released their Self-Titled Debut Album on April 2, 2002, Ten months after Brian Duke's death in 2001.
  • Brazilian rock band Titãs' album A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana was released on October 2001, four months after Marcelo Fromer's death from injuries sustained after being hit by a motorcycle while running. Although he did not participate in the album, he co-wrote five songs: "Bom Gosto", "Um Morto de Férias", "Não Fuja da Dor", "Alma Lavada" and "Cuidado Com Você".
  • George Harrison was featured in the song "Horse to the Water" on the album Small World, Big Band by Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. He died from lung cancer in 2001.
  • TLC's member Lisa Lopes was featured on the album 3D. It was released on October 10, 2002, just seven months after her death from a car accident.
    • Her solo album Eye Legacy was released on January 27, 2009, almost seven years after her death.
    • Almost 11 months later, Forever... The EP was released on November 3, 2009.
  • Brazilian singer Cássia Eller's first posthumous album Dez de Dezembro was released on December 10, 2002, almost a year after her death from cardiac arrest.
    • Her live album Rock in Rio: Cássia Eller ao Vivo was released in 2006, five years after her death.
    • Her second posthumous album In Blues (with Victor Biglione), which was recorded between 1991 and 1992, was released on December 10, 2022, almost 21 years after her death.
  • American folk duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer released their album Seven Is the Number on October 17, 2006, four years after Carter's death.
    • A year prior, Tracy Grammer's album Flower of Avalon features nine songs that Carter wrote but never recorded. The album was released on April 26, 2005, three years after his death.
  • Josh Clayton-Felt's album Spirit Touches Ground was released on February 12, 2002, two years after his death from choriocarcinoma.
    • His last album Center of Six was released on May 6, 2003, three years after his death.
  • Death metal band Death released many live albums since 2005, four years after Chuck Schuldiner's death from a brain tumor on December 13, 2001.
  • Waylon Jennings' live album Live from Austin, TX was released on February 21, 2006, four years after his death in 2002.
  • Snot's live album Alive! was released in 2002 after lead singer Lynn Strait's death in 1998.
  • Hong Kong singer and actor Leslie Cheung's album Everything Follows the Wind (一切隨風) was released on July 8, 2003, 3 months and 1 week after his death from suicide on April 1, 2003.
  • Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz released her album Regalo del Alma on July 29, 2003, 13 days after her death from brain cancer.
    • Her song "El Año Viejo" was released in late 2003, some time after her death.
    • Dios Disfrute a la Reina, an unreleased album recorded between 1993 and 1999, was released on July 12, 2004, almost a year after her death.
    • A live recording of the song Bemba Colorá, which was recorded on July 16, 2002, exactly a year before her death, appears on a live album Central Park SummerStage: Live from the Heart of the City by various artists, and was released in 2005, two years after her death.
    • She was featured on Dionne Warwick's album My Friends & Me, in the song Do You Know the Way to San Jose. The album was released on November 7, 2006, three years after her death.
    • The album Havana Nights was released on November 8, 2019, 16 years after her death.
    • The album En Vivo: 100 Años de Azúcar, which contains unreleased live recordings in Miami, Florida, between 1986 and 1987, was released on May 24, 2024, almost 21 years after her death.
  • Big Mello's album The Gift was released on July 29, 2002, a month after his death.
    • Done Deal was released on June 15, 2003, exactly a year after his death.
  • Irish singer-songwriter Mic Christopher's first and only album Skylarkin' was released on November 29, 2002, exactly a year after his death.
  • Fingerstyle guitarist John Fahey released his album Red Cross on February 11, 2003, almost two years after his death in 2001.
    • The live album entitled The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick was released on November 9, 2004, three years and nine months after his death.
    • On Air was released on August 23, 2005, four years after his death.
  • Cuban singer and songwriter Polo Montañez's album Memoria was released on June 1, 2004, a year and a half after his death from a car crash.
    • The video album El Guajiro was released on June 21, 2005, two years and a half after his death.
    • His band Grupo Polo Montañez's first album Cuestión de Suerte was released on May 23, 2006, three years and a half after his death. It features some songs written by Montañez.
    • Grupo Polo Montañez's second album Regreso was released on September 4, 2015, almost 13 years after his death. It features two songs written by Montañez.
  • Australian children's music group The Wiggles' albums Santa's Rockin'! (2004), Live Hot Potatoes! (2005), and Sailing Around the World (2005) were released after the passing of the late pianist Steve Blau.[5]
  • David Ruffin's album David (not to be confused with his self-titled 1973 album) was released in 2004, 13 years after his death in 1991.
  • Paul Baloff wrote songs for the album Let There Be Blood (2008) by Exodus.
  • Sinema, a video album by Drowning Pool, was released on November 19, 2002, three months after Dave Williams suddenly died of heart failure.
    • The Unlucky 13th Anniversary Edition of their debut album Sinner containing 13 unreleased demos, 7 of which are new songs including both "Soul" and "Heroes Sleeping". The re-issued album was released on November 11, 2014, 12 years after his death.
  • Live at Montreux 2001 by Run-DMC featuring Jam Master Jay was released in 2007, four and a half years after Jay was murdered.
  • Rick James' last studio album Deeper Still was released in 2007, three years after his death. He also appears on Neil Young's The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 (2009) when he was a member of The Mynah Birds.
  • Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros's final album Streetcore was released in October 21, 2003, Ten months after Strummer's death.
    • The Hellcat Years was released on August 21, 2012, almost ten years after Strummer's death.
    • Three months later Live at Acton Town Hall was released on November 23, 2012.
    • The compilation album entitled Joe Strummer 001 was released on September 28, 2018, Sixteen years after his death.
  • June Carter Cash's album Wildwood Flower was released on September 9, 2003, four months after her death due to complications of a leaky heart valve.
  • Johnny Cash's box set entitled Unearthed was released on November 25, 2003, Two months after his death. Also, many live and collaboration albums have been released as well.
  • Jeremy Michael Ward was featured on Omar Rodríguez-López albums A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One (2004), Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward (2008) and Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead (2008) were all recorded in 2001. Ward died in May 2003.
  • Elliott Smith's final album entitled From a Basement on the Hill was released on October 18, 2004, almost a year after his death in 2003.
    • New Moon was released on May 8, 2007, three years and seven months after his death.
    • The soundtrack album of his documentary called Heaven Adores You featuring his unreleased home recordings was released on February 6, 2016, 12 years and 4 months after his death.
  • 22nd Century Lifestyle (2004) by pre)Thing was released after former member of Crazy Town and lead singer of pre)Thing Rust Epique died of a sudden heart attack a month before its release.
  • Warren Zevon's Reconsider Me: The Love Songs (2006) and Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings (2007) were released after his death in 2003. Preludes was recorded before 1976.
  • Buzz Gardner appears on Frank Zappa's Beat the Boots! III (2009) and Ant-Bee's Electronic Church Muzik (2011).
  • Coil's live album ...And the Ambulance Died in His Arms was released in April 2005, a year after John Balance's death in 2004.
  • Ray Charles' album Genius Loves Company (2004) was released two months after his death. Also albums Genius & Friends (2005), Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006), and Rare Genius (2010) were released was well.
  • Jan & Dean's Carnival of Sound was released in 2010 after Jan Berry died in 2004. It was the duo's last album and was recorded between 1966 and 1968.
  • Robert Palmer's Live at the BBC was released in 2010, seven years after his death.
  • Norwegian singer Terje Bakken's compilation album Valfar, ein Windir was released on November 2, 2004, nearly a year after his death.
  • Argentine singer-songwriter Pappo's album Juanito y El Carposaurio (with Juanse), which was recorded in 1992, was released on April 30, 2021, 16 years after his death from a motorcycle accident.
  • Rebel Meets Rebel, a collaboration album by David Allan Coe and Pantera, was released in May 2005, five months after Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was murdered.
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard's album entitled Osirus was released on January 4, 2005, two months after his death in 2004. Also, many albums have been released since and his work with Wu-Tang Clan.
    • A Son Unique was released digitally on June 21, 2005, seven months after his death.
    • His live album Free to Be Dirty! Live was released on August 30, 2005, nine months after his death.
  • Drummer Kenny Buttrey appears on Neil Young's The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 (2009), Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 (2020); Bob Dylan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1969 (2019) and others.
  • Long John Baldry's Looking at Long John Baldry: The UA Years 1964–1966 (2006), Live – Iowa State University (2009), and The Best of the Stony Plain Years (2014) were all released after he died in 2005.
  • Thrash Metal band Voivod released their album Katorz on July 25, 2006, Almost a year after Denis D'Amour's death in 2005.
    • Infini was released on June 23, 2009, Four years after D'Amour's death.
  • Polish drummer Krzysztof Raczkowski is featured on Sweet Noise – The Triptic (2007, as member), Atrocious Filth – Atrocious Filth (2008), and Dies Irae – The Art of an Endless Creation (2009, DVD).
  • Chris Whitley albums Reiter In (2006), Dislocation Blues (2007) and On Air (2008) were released after he died from lung cancer in 2005.
  • Shortly after Lou Rawls died three albums were released: Live in Concert 1992–95, Merry Christmas, and Baby and Christmas, all released in 2006.
  • Lynden David Hall's single "Promise" was recorded in 2005 and released in 2013. Hall died of cancer in 2006.
  • Rapper J Dilla released his album The Shining on August 22, 2006, six months after his death due to cardiac arrest.
    • His EP Ruff Draft was re-issued on March 20, 2007, a year after his death.
    • Three months later Jay Love Japan was released on June 26, 2007.
    • Jay Deelicious: The Delicious Vinyl Years was released two months later on August 21, 2007.
    • The album Jay Stay Paid was released on June 2, 2009, three years and four months after his death.
    • The instrumental EP entitled Donut Shop was released on June 11, 2010, four years and four months after his death.
    • The compilation album called Dillatronic was released on October 30, 2015, nine years and eight months after his death.
    • His last album The Diary was released on April 15, 2016, ten years and two months after his death.
  • Big Hawk's album Endangered Species was released on May 15, 2007, A Year after his death in 2006.
  • Nikki Sudden solo albums The Truth Doesn't Matter (2006) and Golden Vanity with Phil Shoenfelt (2009) were released. Many live albums have been released as well as stuff with Jaocbites and Swell Maps. Sudden died in March 2006.
  • Ray Barretto's final album Standards Rican-ditioned, which was recorded in December 2005 prior to his death on February 17, 2006, was released on August 14, 2006.
  • Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist Ali Farka Touré's album Savane was released on July 17, 2006, four months after his death in March.
  • Syd Barrett released his compilation album An Introduction to Syd Barrett on October 4, 2010, four years after his death. It features a series of new remasters and remixes of Pink Floyd songs and his post-band solo songs, it also features an unreleased track "Rhamadan".
  • Brazilian singer-songwriter Yoñlu released his Self-Titled Album on May 5, 2008, almost two years after his death.
  • Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's last album The One and Only, which was recorded a few weeks prior to his death in 2006, was released several months later in 2007.
  • Soul and funk singer James Brown's compilation albums The Singles, volumes II through XI, were released between 2007 and 2011 after his death from complications of pneumonia. They feature all 7" single releases, including re-issues and cancelled singles.
    • The live album entitled Live at the Apollo, Volume IV: September 13–14, 1972 was released on April 16, 2016, nine years after his death.
    • Live at Home with His Bad Self was released on October 25, 2019, almost thirteen years after his death.
    • His single "We Got to Change", which was recorded on August 16, 1970, was released on February 16, 2024, 17 years after his death.
  • Korean singer U;Nee released her last album Habit on January 26, 2007, five days after her death.
  • American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker released his album Pilgrimage on May 22, 2007, four months after his death from myelodysplastic syndrome.
  • Gerald Levert's In My Songs was released in February 2007, three months after his death.
  • Argentine alternative rock band Babasónicos' album Mucho was released on May 8, 2008, almost four months after Gabriel "Gabo" Manelli's death from Hodgkin lymphoma.
  • Macedonian singer-songwriter Toše Proeski's album The Hardest Thing was released posthumously in 2009, two years after his death in a car accident.
  • French singer Grégory Lemarchal's album La Voix d'un ange was released on June 18, 2007, a month after his death from cystic fibrosis.
    • The compilation album entitled Rêves was released on November 16, 2009, two years after his death.
  • LeRoi Moore, founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died of complications from an ATV accident while Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King was still in production. The album was released approximately nine months after his death.
  • Black Beauty, an unreleased album by the group Love, was recorded and shelved in 1973. The album was released in 2012, five years after the death of the band's frontman, Arthur Lee.
  • Luther Vandross' single "Shine" was released in 2006, the year following his death.
  • Brad Delp of Boston committed suicide in March 2007. He appears on Rockin Away with Barry Goudreau (2007), Mark Miller's Whatcha Gonna Do (2008) and Bruce Arnold's Orpheus Again (2010).
  • Since Ike Turner's death in 2007 many albums have been released such as Jack Rabbit Blues: The Singles of 1958–1960 (2011) and other early work.
  • UGK released their album UGK 4 Life on March 31, 2009, two years after Pimp C's death in 2007.
  • Spanish singer Rocío Dúrcal's album Duetos (with various artists) was released on August 25, 2009, three years after her death.
    • Una Estrella en el Cielo (with various artists) was released on November 30, 2010, four years after her death.
  • Dan Fogelberg's Love in Time (2009) was released nearly two years after his death. Also, Live at Carnegie Hall was released in 2017.
  • Canadian singer-songwriter Jeff Healey's album Mess of Blues was released on March 11, 2008, nine days after his death from sarcoma. Also Songs from the Road (2009), Last Call (2010) and others were released.
  • Camu Tao's album King of Hearts was released on August 17, 2010, two years after his death in 2008.
  • German musician Klaus Dinger's album Japandorf was released on March 22, 2013, five years after his death in 2008.
  • Buddy Miles the drummer for Jimi Hendrix appears on Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts released on November 22, 2019, nearly 50 years after the concert on New years 1969–1970. Hendrix died in 1970 and Miles died in 2008.
  • Italian pop singer Valentina Giovagnini's album L'amore non ha fine was released on May 15, 2009, four months after her death in a car accident.
  • Jimmy Carl Black released four studio and live albums in 2009. He appears on Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's The Lumpy Money Project/Object (2009), Beat the Boots! III (2009), Road Tapes, Venue 1 (2012) and Meat Light (2016). Also, he appears on Ant-Bee's Electronic Church Muzik (2011).
  • Michael Jackson's song This Is It along with its soundtrack album was released on October 26, 2009, four months after his death in June.
    • I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters, a compilation of previously unreleased Jackson 5 songs and alternate versions of some of the group's hits, was released on November 10, 2009, roughly five months after Michael's death.
    • The music video for his song "One More Chance", which was filmed on November 17, 2003, was finished and released in a deluxe DVD box set Michael Jackson's Vision on November 22, 2010, 16 months after his death.
    • A Month later, His first Posthumous Album of all-new material, simply titled Michael, was released on December 14, 2010.
    • A remix album entitled Immortal was released on November 18, 2011, two years after his death.
    • Come and Get It: The Rare Pearls, another compilation of previously unreleased Jackson 5 songs, was released digitally on August 28, 2012 and psychically on September 18, 2012, three years after his death.
    • The 25th-anniversary edition reissue of Bad entitled Bad 25, featuring six unreleased tracks and his live performance at Wembley Stadium in 1988, was released on the same day on September 18, 2012.
    • His second Posthumous Album entitled Xscape was released on May 13, 2014, about five years after his death.
    • The 40th-anniversary edition reissue of Thriller entitled Thriller 40, featuring ten unreleased tracks, was released on November 18, 2022, 13 years after his death.
  • M2: Descending into Madness by Midnight was released in 2014 five years after Midnight died of a stomach aneurysm.
  • Versailles album Jubilee was released on January 20, 2010, Five months after Jasmine You's death.
  • Brother by Boyzone was released on March 8, 2010, five months after member Stephen Gately's death from natural causes on October 10, 2009.
  • Peruvian creole singer Arturo "Zambo" Cavero's unreleased song "Mis Cenizas" was featured in the compilation album Gran colección de la música criolla which was released in 2011, two years after his death from complications of sepsis on October 9, 2009.
  • Neil Young's The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 was released in June 2009. It features Bruce Palmer, Danny Whitten, Jack Nitzsche, Kenny Buttrey and Rick James, all of whom died years before the box set was released.
  • Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa's first live album Deja la Vida Volar (En Gira) was released on October 4, 2010, exactly a year after her death.
    • Her second live album Ángel was released on October 23, 2014, five years after her death. It has unreleased live recordings between 1992 and 1996 in Europe and Latin America.
    • Her studio album Lucerito, which was recorded in 2000, was released on July 31, 2015, about six years after her death.
    • Her third live album En Vivo en el Gran Rex 2006, was released on August 9, 2024, nearly 15 years after her death.
    • Her fourth live album Mercedes Sosa en Nueva York, 1974, was released on November 22, 2024, 15 years after her death, and 46 years after the death of guitarist Santiago "Pepete" Bértiz.
  • Al Martino's album Thank You was released in 2011, two years after his death.
  • SOULmate by Jacksoul was released on December 1, 2009, ten days after Haydain Neale died of lung cancer.
  • Jack Rose released three albums in 2010 after a sudden heart attack on December 5, 2009.
  • Manic Street Preachers released an album Journal for Plague Lovers using lyrics constructed by Richey Edwards before his disappearance in 1995.
  • Avenged Sevenfold's fifth album Nightmare was released on July 27, 2010, almost seven months after the death of drummer The Rev.
    • He was also featured on the band's eighth album Life Is But a Dream..., on two songs called "Mattel" and "Beautiful Morning". It was released on June 2, 2023, Fourteen years after his death.

2010s

  • Gregory Slay, founder of Remy Zero died on New Year's Day 2010. Slay appears on Horsethief Beats' The Sound Will Find You (2010).
  • Francis M.'s collaborative album with Ely Buendia entitled In Love and War was released on May 25, 2010, A Year and two months after his death from acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Japanese producer Nujabes released his album Spiritual State on December 3, 2011, a year after he died in a car accident in 2010.
    • His collaborative album with Shing02 entitled Luv(Sic) Hexalogy was released on December 9, 2015, four years after his death.
  • Gil Scott-Heron's album Nothing New was released on April 19, 2014, almost three years after his death on May 27, 2011.
  • Jay Reatard had many singles released after he died of a drug overdose in early 2010. He appears on In Utero, in Tribute, in Entirety (2014) tribute to Nirvana.
  • Indie rock band Sparklehorse released their collaborative album with Danger Mouse entitled Dark Night of the Soul on July 12, 2010, four months after singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous committed suicide.
    • Bird Machine an album that was recorded in 2009 was finally released on September 8, 2023, Thirteen years after Linkous' death.
  • Dio's live album At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 was released on November 9, 2010, nearly six months after Ronnie James Dio's death from stomach cancer.
    • Heaven & Hell's live album Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell was released on November 16, 2010, six months after his death.
    • Ronnie was featured in the song "Metal Will Never Die" (recorded in 2009) by David "Rock" Feinstein (guitarist in the bands Ronnie Dio & the Prophets, Elf and The Rods) in the album Bitten by the Beast, which was released on November 22, 2010, six months after his death.
    • He was also featured in the song "The Code" (the last one recorded also in 2009) by The Rods, in the album Vengeance, which was released on May 23, 2011, a year after his death.
    • Ronnie Dio & the Prophets' songs "Judy's Theme", "That's All" and "Fallin'" were featured in the compilation album The Early Years, which was released in Spain in 2012, two years after his death.
    • Dio's live album Finding the Sacred Heart – Live in Philly 1986 was released on June 17, 2013, three years after his death.
    • Another Dio's live album Live in London, Hammersmith Apollo 1993 was released on May 12, 2014, nearly four years after his death.
  • Daisuke to Kuro no Injatachi (大佑と黒の隠者達) released their album Shikkoku no Hikari (漆黒の光) on April 20, 2011, Nine months after Daisuke Ochida's death in 2010.
  • Gerry Rafferty's album Rest in Blue was released on September 3, 2021, Ten years after his death in 2011.
  • Gary Moore's album How Blue Can You Get was released on April 30, 2021, Ten years after his death in 2011.
  • John Martyn's Heaven and Earth studio album was released in May 2011, two years after he died. Many compilation albums have been released since his death.
  • Conrad Schnitzler's last album Endtime, which was recorded four days before his death in 2011, was released on April 8, 2012.
  • Canadian band Woods of Ypres released their album Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light on February 13, 2012, three months after frontman David Gold's death in Late 2011.
  • Slipknot's bassist Paul Gray is featured on their video album entitled (sic)nesses released on September 28, 2010, four months after his death.
    • He is also featured on Antennas to Hell released on July 23, 2012, two years after his death.
    • Both Paul and drummer Joey Jordison were featured on Slipknot's Live at MSG album released on August 18, 2023, 13 years after Paul's death and two years after Joey's death.
  • Ou Est le Swimming Pool released their first and only album The Golden Year after lead singer Charles Haddon committed suicide two months before.
    • They were featured on the song "The Feeling" by Tiësto, Dutch DJ and record producer, from the album A Town Called Paradise, which was released on June 13, 2014, almost four years after Haddon's death.
  • Mike Oldfield's live album The Original Broadcast of the Orchestral Hergest Ridge, which is an orchestrated interpretation of his album Hergest Ridge, was released on September 12, 2025, nearly 14 years after David Bedford's death from lung cancer.
  • Swiss musician Steve Lee of Gotthard is featured on Homegrown – Live in Lugano in 2011 a year after he died.
  • Eyedea's albums Birthday (I Feel Triangular) (2011) with Guitar Party, Grand's Sixth Sense (2011) with Sixth Sense, and The Many Faces of Mikey (2015) were all released after he died of a drug overdose in 2010.
  • Mick Karn of Dalis Car is featured on InGladAloneness. It was released in 2012 a year after Karn died of cancer.
  • Trish Keenan is featured on Scott Herren's The Only She Chapters (2011) and Broadcast's Berberian Sound Studio (2013). She suddenly died from pneumonia on January 14, 2011.
  • Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel's Steve Prestwich is featured on No Plans (2012). Prestwich died of a brain tumor on January 16, 2011.
  • Nate Dogg is featured in singles "Party We Will Throw Now!" (2012), "My House" with Warren G (2015), "Gangsta Walk" (2016), and "I Got Love" (2018). Dogg died in 2011.
  • Wild Man Fischer's Deep State (2018) was released seven years after he died from heart failure.
  • Andrew Gold's The Late Show – Live 1978 was released in 2015, four years after he died.
  • Lioness: Hidden Treasures, an album of lost recordings (from 2002 to 2011) by British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, was released on December 5, 2011; four months after her death on July 23. Two singles were also released: "Our Day Will Come", on December 5; and "Body & Soul", which is a duet with the legendary Tony Bennett, on the day that would have been her 28th birthday.
  • Dear Mr Fantasy: The Jim Capaldi Story (2011) was released after Jim Capaldi died in 2005. This was a four-disc boxed set.
  • Argentine singer Luis Alberto Spinetta released Los Amigo (recorded in 2011) on 27 November 2015 with a group project "Spinetta Los Amigo". Spinetta died of lung cancer on February 8, 2012.
    • He also released Ya No Mires Atrás (recorded between 2008 and 2009) on January 23, 2020.
  • Captain Beefheart's album Bat Chain Puller was released on February 22, 2012. It was recorded in 1976. Also Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972 was released in 2014. Beefheart died in 2010 from multiple sclerosis.
  • Deep Purple's founding member Jon Lord's final album Concerto for Group and Orchestra (studio version) was released on September 28, 2012, 2 months after his death.
  • Donna Summer's remix album Love to Love You Donna was released on October 22, 2013, a year and five months after her death with lung cancer.
  • Pay Money to My Pain's album Gene was released on November 13, 2013, A Year after frontman K's death due to acute heart failure.
    • His solo EP called Orange Ave. was released on January 4, 2023, Ten years after his death.
  • Levon Helm's album The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Volume Three (2014) was released two years after he died. Also he appears on Neil Young's Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 (2020).
  • Tommy Marth of The Killers is featured on Black Camaro's Black Camaricans in 2012.
  • Robin Gibb of Bee Gees released the album entitled 50 St. Catherine's Drive on September 29, 2014, two years after his death in 2012.
    • Sing Slowly Sisters an unreleased album recorded in 1970 was released on May 29, 2015, three years after his death.
  • Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía's album Canción Andaluza was released on April 29, 2014, two months after his death from a heart attack.
    • His first posthumous live album Paco and John Live at Montreux 1987 (with John McLaughlin) was released on June 24, 2016, two years after his death.
    • His second posthumous live album The Montreux Years, which contains unreleased performances in 1984, 2006 and 2012, was released on February 24, 2023, almost nine years after his death.
    • His album Pepito y Paquito (with his brother Pepe de Lucía) was released on May 31, 2024, ten years after his death. It was recorded in 1959.
  • Chuck Brown's album Beautiful Life was released on August 19, 2014, two years after his death.
  • Renaissance's album Grandine il vento was released on June 1, 2013, seven months after Michael Dunford's death in late 2012 due to a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
  • The Monkees album Christmas Party was released on October 12, 2018, six years after Davy Jones' death from a heart attack in 2012.
  • No Use for a Name's compilation album entitled Rarities Vol. 1: The Covers was released on September 11, 2017, Five years and two months after lead singer Tony Sly's death in 2012.
  • Mitch Lucker appears on Suicide Silence's video album Ending Is the Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show on the song "Engine No. 9" via archival recordings. It was released on February 18, 2014, a year and three months after his death from a motorcycle accident.
    • Five months later, he also appeared on the album You Can't Stop Me released on July 14, 2014.
  • Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar's final album The Living Room Sessions Part 2 was released on May 14, 2013, five months after his death in 2012.
    • The live album entitled Nine Decades Vol. IV: A Night at the John the Divine was released on August 14, 2013, about a year after his death.
    • Live in Bangalore (with Anoushka Shankar) was released on September 11, 2015, about three years after his death.
    • In Hollywood, 1971 was released on September 30, 2016, about four years after his death.
    • The album called Nine Decades Vol. V: Ghanashyam: A Broken Branch, which is a special re-mastered recording of the music-theater piece, was released on July 14, 2017, about five years after his death.
    • Nine Decades Vol. VI: Dutch-India Airwaves and Nine Decades Vol. VII: Live in Copenhagen were released on April 24, 2020, seven years after his death.
  • Jenni Rivera's compilation album entitled La Misma Gran Señora was released on December 11, 2012, Two days after her death from a plane crash.
  • From Beer to Eternity was the last album to have Ministry with Mike Scaccia. Scaccia died from a heart attack during the beginning of recording for the album.
  • Beautiful was released on January 15, 2013, approximately two years after Teena Marie's death in December 2010.
  • Flash's albums Flash Featuring Ray Bennett & Colin Carter and In Public were released after Peter Banks' death in March 2013.
  • Lost My Way by Tim Ryan was released on October 8, 2013, approximately two years following a fatal car crash.[6]
  • Eyehategod's drummer Joey LaCaze is on the band's album Eyehategod in 2014 a year after LaCaze died of respiratory failure.
  • Step Back by Johnny Winter was released on September 2, 2014, almost two months after his death.
  • Whitney Houston's two songs "Celebrate" (with Jordin Sparks) and "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" were featured on the soundtrack album Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which was released on July 31, 2012, five months after her death. The music video for "Celebrate" was also released.
  • Game Theory's album Supercalifragile was released on August 24, 2017, four years after Scott Miller's death in 2013.
  • Isaiah "Ikey" Owens appears on Run the Jewels' Run the Jewels 2 on October 24, 2014, and Omar Rodríguez-López's Arañas en la Sombra released in 2016. Owens died of a sudden heart attack on October 14, 2014, in Mexico.
  • Spanish singer and guitarist Peret's final album Des del Respecte / Desde el Respeto was released on November 17, 2017, three years after his death from lung cancer.
  • Static-X's album Project Regeneration Vol. 1 was released on July 10, 2020, Six years after Wayne Static's death from an accidental drug and alcohol overdose.
    • Project Regeneration Vol. 2 was released on January 26, 2024, Nine years and two months after his death.
    • Mephisto Odyssey's re-imagined Fallen Star version of the song "Crash" was released on Dec 31, 2025, Eleven years after his death.
  • Pink Floyd's 2014 album The Endless River was released six years after keyboardist Richard Wright's death; the album consists almost entirely of leftover instrumentals featuring Wright from the recording sessions for 1994's The Division Bell.
    • Wright's speaking vocals is featured on David Gilmour's song "A Boat Lies Waiting", from the album Rattle That Lock.
    • He also appeared in Barn Jams with Gilmour, which were filmed and recorded in January 2007, and some of the jams were released on Gilmour's albums: Live in Gdańsk DVD, the deluxe edition of Rattle That Lock and Luck and Strange, with the song of the same title and the original version as a bonus track.
    • He was featured in Pink Floyd's live album The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974 released on March 24, 2023, 15 years after his death.
  • Mike Porcaro, bassist for Toto, is featured on Toto's 40 Trips Around the Sun (2018) and Old Is New (2018). The album features songs that have were previously unreleased.
  • Argentine rock band Krebs' only album Krebs was released on March 13, 2015, after Agustín Briolini was electrocuted to death in 2014.
  • Its All Over Now Baby Blue recorded by the SIMS Foundation was a tribute album to Sims Ellison of Pariah, celebrating 20 years after his death. Ellison committed suicide in 1995 and is the first album after his death.
  • British synth-pop band Visage released their album Demons to Diamonds on November 6, 2015, nine months after lead vocalist Steve Strange's death in February.
  • The Velvet Underground's The Complete Matrix Tapes released in 2015 as a live album recorded in 1969. It has Lou Reed who died in 2013 and Sterling Morrison who died in 1995.
  • Chinx Drugz's album Welcome to JFK was released on August 14, 2015, A Month after his death.
  • Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Jadiel's compilation album Tsunami Is Back was released on February 14, 2017, almost three years of his death from a motorcycle accident.
  • Curtis Knight's You Can't Use My Name: The RSVP/PPX Sessions (2015) featuring Jimi Hendrix was released after Knight died in 1999 and Hendrix died in 1970. This was recorded when Hendrix was backing up for Knight in 1965 to 1967 before Hendrix's fame.
  • Motörhead's live album Clean Your Clock was released on June 10, 2016, six months after Lemmy Kilmister died from prostate cancer. Also many live albums including The Lost Tapes series have been released since his death.
    • Under Cöver was released on September 1, 2017, almost two years after his death.
    • Almost six years after his death Hellraiser had an official animated video released on October 21, 2021, for the 30th anniversary of No More Tears, featuring Lemmy and Ozzy Osbourne.
    • The album The Manticore Tapes, which was recorded in 1976, was released on June 27, 2025, nine years and six months after Lemmy's death; seven years after Eddie Clarke's death; and nine years and seven months after Phil Taylor's death.
  • Isao Tomita's live album Dr. Coppelius (with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra), which was recorded live at the 12th Bunkamura Orchard Hall on November 11 and 12, 2016, was released on March 22, 2017, 10 months after his death from heart failure.
  • Sean Price's album Imperius Rex was released on August 8, 2017, two years after his death in 2015.
  • Tony Duran appears on Frank Zappa's live album Little Dots (2016), he was in Zappa's band in 1972. This album was recorded in fall of 1972 during the 1972 Petit Wazoo tour. Duran died from prostate cancer in 2011.
  • Pantelis Pantelidis' single "Thimame" was released in June 2016, four months after his death in a car crash.
  • Live Facelift by Alice in Chains was recorded in 1990, and released on vinyl in 2016. Also Live in Oakland October 8, 1992 was released on July 24, 2017, on vinyl. Featured both Layne Staley who died in 2002 and Mike Starr who died in 2011. Only 5000 copies were issued.
  • A Tribe Called Quest's final album We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service was released on November 11, 2016, eight months after Phife Dawg died from diabetes. The album features guests Elton John, Jack White, Kanye West, Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak, Talib Kweli, Consequence and Busta Rhymes.
    • Phife Dawg's solo album Forever was released on March 22, 2022, in the 6th anniversary of his death.
  • Michael Burks' I'm a Bluesman was released in 2016, after he died of a sudden heart attack in 2012.
  • Eight months after David Bowie's 2016 death from liver cancer, The Gouster, an early version of Young Americans, was released as part of the box set Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976).
    • Just two days short of the one year anniversary of Bowie's death, the EP No Plan was released, featuring three studio recordings of Bowie performing songs from his musical Lazarus, which had previously only been recorded by the musical's cast. The songs on No Plan are stated to be the last three songs Bowie had ever recorded in his lifetime.
    • Live Nassau Coliseum '76 was released on February 10, 2017, a year after his death.
    • Two months later, another live album called Cracked Actor was released on April 22, 2017.
    • Welcome to the Blackout was released on April 21, 2018, two years after his death.
    • Six months later, Never Let Me Down 2018 was released on October 12, 2018.
    • Glastonbury 2000 was released a month later on November 30, 2018.
    • The compilation album called Spying Through a Keyhole was released on April 5, 2019, three years after his death.
    • Seven months later, the box set entitled Conversation Piece was released on November 15, 2019.
    • The EP entitled Is It Any Wonder? was released on February 14, 2020, four years after his death.
    • ChangesNowBowie was released two months later on April 17, 2020.
    • Four months later, I'm Only Dancing was released on August 29, 2020.
    • The album called Toy was released on November 26, 2021, five years after his death.
  • Last in Line's debut album Heavy Crown was released on February 19, 2016, nearly five weeks after Jimmy Bain's death from lung cancer on January 23, 2016.
  • Prince's greatest hits album 4ever featuring the unreleased track "Moonbeam Levels", which was recorded in 1982 was released on November 22, 2016, seven months after his death of a fentanyl overdose. Also many album re-issues have been released since his death.
    • His demo album entitled Piano and a Microphone 1983 was released on September 21, 2018, a year and ten months after his death.
    • Originals was released on June 7, 2019, two years after his death.
    • His first posthumous studio album Welcome 2 America was released on July 30, 2021, five years and three months after his death.
  • Alan Vega's first posthumous album It, which contains recordings from 2010-2016, was released on July 14, 2017, almost a year after his death.
    • His second posthumous album Mutator, which contains recordings from 1995-1997, was released on April 23, 2021, almost five years after his death.
    • His third posthumous album Insurrection, which contains recordings from 1997-1998, was released on May 31, 2024, almost eight years after his death.
  • Christina Grimmie was featured on the soundtrack album of her first and only film The Matchbreaker it was released on November 29, 2016, five months after her murder in June of the same year.
    • Five months later, her EP, Side B was released on April 21, 2017.
    • Two months later, on the day before the first anniversary of her death, her album All Is Vanity was released on June 9, 2017.
    • Her single Little Girl was released on May 11, 2018, almost two years after her death.
    • Hold Your Head Up was released on June 13, 2019, three years after her death.
    • Cry Wolf was released on September 15, 2020, four years after her death.
    • Back to Life, which was recorded in 2015, was released on June 4, 2021, almost five years after her death.
    • Rule the World was completed as a duet with vocals by Ryan Brown, and was released on March 11, 2022, five years and nine months after her death.
  • Leon Russell's final album On a Distant Shore was released on September 22, 2017. He died in his sleep nearly a year earlier from heart surgery.
  • Greg Lake's live album, Live in Piacenza was released in 2017. He died on December 7, 2016. Also he produced Annie Barbazza & Max Repetti – Moonchild (2018).
  • Rick Parfitt's album Over and Out was released on March 23, 2018, two years after his death in 2016.
  • German electronic band Tangerine Dream is featured on Jean-Michel Jarre's song "Zero Gravity" from the album Electronica 1: The Time Machine, released as a single on July 10, 2015, nearly six months after Edgar Froese's death.
    • The mini-album Quantum Key was released on November 20, 2015, ten months after Edgar Froese's death.
    • The album Quantum Gate was released on September 29, 2017, two years after Froese's death.
    • The EP entitled Probe 6–8, which has two songs co-written by Froese, was released on November 26, 2021, six years after Froese's death.
    • The album Raum, which has three songs co-written by Froese, was released on February 25, 2022, seven years after Froese's death.
  • Sharon Jones' album Soul of a Woman featuring her band The Dap-Kings was released on November 17, 2017, a year after her death from pancreatic cancer.
  • Glen Campbell's album Sings for the King, which is a compilation of previously unreleased demo recordings Campbell made for Elvis Presley, including one remixed track combining Campbell and Presley's vocals, was released on November 16, 2018, a year and three months after his death from Alzheimer's disease, and 41 years after Presley's death.
    • The album Duets - Ghosts on the Canvas Sessions (with various artists) was released on April 19, 2024, almost seven years after his death.
  • AC/DC's album Power Up was released on November 13, 2020, almost three years after Malcolm Young's death from the effects of dementia. Although he did not participate in the album, he co-wrote all of the album's songs, as they were never-before released tracks written by him and Angus.
  • Viola Beach's eponymous album was released in July 2016, five months after all the band members (and their manager) died when their car fell off a bridge.
  • Charles Bradley's album Black Velvet was released on November 9, 2018, a year after his death.
  • Jonghyun's second solo album Poet | Artist, was released on January 23, 2018, A Month after his death.
    • He was featured on Shinee's The Best from Now On compilation album. released on April 18, 2018, Four months after his death.
    • A Month later, he was also featured on Shinee's The Story Of Light album, in the special track entitled "Lock You Down". The album was released on May 28, 2018.
    • He was featured on Shinee's single Poet | Artist a song which was an outtake on his final album of the same name. The song was released on May 25, 2025, Eight years after his death.
  • Mexican singer Juan Gabriel's first posthumous album Los Dúo, Vol. 3 was released on November 11, 2022. He died of a heart attack on August 28, 2016.
    • Charles Aznavour appears in the song "Venecia Sin Ti" from the same album, four years after his death.
    • His second posthumous album México con Escalas en Mi Corazón (Ciudades) was released on October 5, 2023, seven years after his death.
    • His third posthumous album Eterno was released on September 5, 2025, nine years after his death.
  • Here's to You, the ninth studio album by country music duo Montgomery Gentry, was released following member Troy Gentry's death in a helicopter crash. The accident took place on September 8, 2017, in Medford, New Jersey, where the duo was scheduled to perform that evening.
  • Chuck Berry's final album Chuck was released on June 9, 2017, four months after he died of cardiac arrest in March.
  • Johnny Cash's Forever Words (2018) features Chris Cornell, former lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave on "You Never Knew My Mind". Cash died in 2003 and Cornell died by suicide on May 18, 2017.
    • Cornell's Self-Titled Album was released on November 16, 2018, a year and a half after his death.
    • Soundgarden's album Live from the Artists Den was released on July 26, 2019, two years after his death.
    • Cornell's cover album No One Sings Like You Anymore was released on December 11, 2020, three years and seven months after his death.
  • Falling Down, a collaboration between rappers XXXTentacion and Lil Peep was released on September 19, 2018. It is Lil Peep's third posthumous single as a lead artist (ten months after his death) and XXX's first (three months after he was murdered).
    • XXX's album Skins was released on December 7, 2018, almost six months after his death.
    • Bad Vibes Forever was released on December 6, 2019, a year and six months after his death.
    • The compilation album Look at Me featuring 11 songs from his SoundCloud era and the song True Love was released on June 10, 2022, four years after his death.
  • Gregg Allman's final album Southern Blood was released on September 8, 2017, four months after his death from liver cancer.
  • Tom Petty's box set entitled An American Treasure was released on September 28, 2018, almost a year after his death in 2017.
  • Butch Trucks of The Allman Brothers Band is featured on Allman's The Fox Box (2017), Filmore West 1971 (2019) and Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection (2020). He died in January 2017.
  • Earth, Wind & Fire's founding member Maurice White's final album Manifestation was released digitally on July 16, 2019, three years after his death. Its deluxe edition, which features six previously unissued tracks, was released on May 3, 2024, eight years after his death.
  • George Michael's song "This Is How (We Want You to Get High)", which was recorded in 2015, was released in Last Christmas soundtrack album on November 8, 2019, almost three years after his death from heart and liver disease.
  • 10x10 by Ronnie Montrose was released on September 29, 2017. Montrose died in March 2012.
  • Prodigy's album The Hegelian Dialectic 2 (The Book of Heroine) was released on September 30, 2022, Five years after his death in 2017.
    • Mobb Deep's final album Infinite was released on October 10, 2025, Eight years after Prodigy's death.
  • Chester Bennington of Linkin Park is on the band's album One More Light Live released on December 15, 2017, just five months after Bennington's suicide. It was a European tour for the album One More Light just weeks before he died.
    • Bennington featured on the song "Cross Off" by Mark Morton, from the album Anesthetic, which was released in 2019.
    • Bennington's former band, Grey Daze, released their album Amends on June 26, 2020, nearly three years after his suicide.
    • The 20th anniversary edition of Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory was released on October 9, 2020, with many unreleased songs and demos from 1996 to 2002.
    • Grey Daze's album The Phoenix was released on June 17, 2022, Five years after his death.
    • The 20th anniversary edition of Meteora was released on April 7, 2023. Including the songs "Lost" and "Fighting Myself".
    • The compilation album entitled Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023 featuring the song "Friendly Fire" an outtake from the One More Light sessions was finally released on April 12, 2024, seven years after his death. Its music video was also released.
  • Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's album Djarimirri was released on April 13, 2018, Nine months after his death in July 2017.
    • The compilation album The Gurrumul Story was released on September 10, 2021, Four years after his death.
    • Banbirrngu was released on November 8, 2024, Seven years after his death.
  • French composer Pierre Henry's box set Galaxie Pierre Henry was released on March 19, 2021, three years and eight months after his death. It features some previously unreleased works.
  • French rock and roll and pop singer Johnny Hallyday's posthumous album Mon pays c'est l'amour was released on October 19, 2018, ten months after his death from cancer on December 5, 2017.
    • The song "C'est l'amour que j'attendais" (with Michel Berger), which was recorded during Rock'n'roll attitude sessions in 1985, was released on December 4, 2025, almost eight years after his death, and 33 years after Berger's death from a heart attack.
  • Irish rock band The Cranberries' final album In the End was released on April 26, 2019, over a year after the death of lead singer Dolores O'Riordan.
  • Kyle Pavone of We Came as Romans did a collaboration song with Kayzo and ARMNHMR, "LA Never Says Goodbye", released in 2019. Pavone died form an accidental drug overdose on August 25, 2018.
  • French singer Charles Aznavour's English-language album I Will Warm Your Heart, which was recorded in 1975, was released on May 24, 2024, five years after his death from cardiorespiratory arrest.
    • Six months later, the Spanish-language Christmas album El Disco de Navidad, which was recorded in 1996, was released on November 22, 2024.
  • Metalcore band All That Remains released their album Victim of the New Disease on November 9, 2018, a month after lead guitarist Oli Herbert's death in October.
  • Dead or Alive's final album Fan the Flame (Part 2): The Resurrection, which was recorded on 1992, was released on October 29, 2021, five years after Pete Burns' death and two and a half years after Steve Coy's death.
  • The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie released his double album entitled Introduce Yerself on October 27, 2017, ten days after his death from brain cancer. Also many album re-issues including outtakes and demos have been released since his death.
    • Two months later, The Tragically Hip's live DVD called A National Celebration was released on December 8, 2017.
    • Away Is Mine, an album containing his last recordings was released on October 16, 2020, almost three years after his death.
    • Their EP Saskadelphia was released on May 21, 2021, four years after his death.
    • Live at the Roxy was released on June 24, 2022, five years and eight months after his death.
    • The collaborative album entitled Lustre Parfait featuring Bob Rock was released on May 5, 2023, six years and seven months after his death.
  • Lil Peep's album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 was released on November 9, 2018, nearly a year after his death.
  • Smoke Dawg's album Struggle Before Glory was released on November 30, 2018, five months after his death.
  • Avicii's song "SOS" was released on April 10, 2019, almost a year after his death.
    • A month later, his posthumous album TIM was released on June 6, 2019.
  • J. J. Cale is featured on Eric Clapton's Live in San Diego album which was recorded in 2007 and released on September 30, 2016, three years after his death.
    • His final album Stay Around was released on April 26, 2019, nearly six years after his death.
  • French musical duo Cassius' final album, Dreems was released on June 21, 2019, 2 days after Philippe Zdar died after falling from a 19-storey building in Paris.
  • Scary Kids Scaring Kids released their single "Loved Forever" on September 29, 2019, honoring former lead singer Tyson Stevens who died of a suspected heroin overdose in 2014. Stevens would have been 34 years old on his birthday.
  • Spanish singer Camilo Sesto's song "Te Quiero Así" was released on September 7, 2020, a year after he died from kidney failure. It was recorded during Amaneciendo sessions.
    • His live album CAMILO Love Sound Typhoon, which was recorded live in Osaka, Japan, on May 17, 1985, was released on December 5, 2025, six years after his death.
  • Yes' live album Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center, which was recorded in 2014, was released on July 3, 2015, nearly a week after Chris Squire died from leukemia in 2015.
    • The song "Don't Take No for an Answer", which was recorded during Fly from Here sessions, was released on the new version of the album Fly from Here – Return Trip on March 25, 2018, nearly three years after Squire's death.
    • The mini-album From a Page, which was recorded in 2010, was released on October 25, 2019, four years after Squire's death.
  • Gang Starr's One of the Best Yet was released on November 1, 2019, nine years after Guru died from blood cancer.
  • Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's last album Thanks for the Dance was released on November 22, 2019, three years after his death.
  • Argentine singer-songwriter Gustavo Cerati was featured on Leandro Fresco's song "Sol de Medianoche" from the album El Reino Invisible, which was released on March 2, 2015, nearly six months after his death.
    • His first live album En Vivo en Monterrey was released on November 20, 2019, five years after his death.
    • The music video for his song "No Te Creo", which was filmed in 2004, was released on YouTube on August 10, 2021.
    • His second live album 14 episodios sinfónicos / En vivo / Auditorio Nacional / Ciudad de México / Febrero 2002 was released on the day that would have been his 63th birthday.
  • Mexican singer José José's compilation album José por siempre José (Revisitado) was released on September 25, 2020, nearly a year after his death from pancreatic cancer. It contains revisited versions of his songs.
    • The compilation album entitled Aún te echamos de menos, was released on October 31, 2024, five years after his death. It contains 2024 mixes of his songs and the previously unreleased song "Ya no pienso en ti", which was recorded in 1978.
    • The EP entitled Amor para los dos, was released on February 27, 2025, five and a half years after his death.

2020s

  • Mac Miller's album Circles was released on January 17, 2020, a year and four months after his death.
    • Balloonerism was released on January 17, 2025, seven years after his death.
  • Earth Quake's live album Live at Rockpalast 1978 was released on October 31, 2025, over five years after Steve Nelson's death, six years after Stan Miller's death, over 14 years after John Doukas' death and 18 years after Gary Phillips' death.
  • Cadet's debut studio album The Rated Legend was released on April 10, 2020, A Year and two months after his death in a car accident in 2019.
  • Eddie Money's album Brand New Day was released on April 21, 2020, seven months after his death. It was originally set to be released on July 19, 2019, but was subsequently postponed due to Money's illness.
  • Neil Peart appears on the 40th anniversary version of Rush's album Permanent Waves, released on May 29, 2020. The 40th anniversary edition features unreleased live content from concerts in England. Peart died four months before its release.
  • Guru Josh's song "Love to Infinity" with Anike Ekina and Darren Bailie was released on May 29, 2020. Guru died in 2015 when he committed suicide.
  • Pop Smoke's debut album entitled Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon on July 3, 2020, five months after his death.
    • The album Faith was released on July 16, 2021, a year and five months after his death.
  • Juice Wrld's album Legends Never Die was released on July 10, 2020, seven months after his death.
    • Two weeks later he was featured on The Kid Laroi's mixtape entitled F*ck Love on the song "Go" which was released on July 24, 2020.
    • His single Bad Boy, featuring Young Thug along with his final music video that Cole Bennett filmed and directed was released on January 15, 2021, a year and one month after his death.
    • The album Fighting Demons was released on December 10, 2021, two years and two days after his death.
    • The Pre-Party EP was released on September 8, 2024, five years after his death.
    • Two months later, The Party Never Ends was released on November 29, 2024.
  • Kenny Rogers' album Life Is Like a Song was released on June 2, 2023, three years after his death.
  • Jerry Garcia and John Kahn's Garcia Live Volume 14 was released on July 24, 2020. The album was recorded live in 1986. Garcia died in 1995 and Kahn died in 1996.
  • Haruma Miura's second single Night Diver, was released digitally via A-Sketch on July 24, 2020 and physically on August 26, 2020, one month and eight days after his death.
  • Philip Chevron of The Pogues is on BBC Sessions 1984–1985, released on August 29, 2020. Chevron died in 2013.
  • Spanish band Jarabe de Palo's music video for their song "Misteriosamente Hoy" was released on December 11, 2020. Pau Donés died from cancer on June 9, 2020.
  • MF Doom's collaborative album with Czarface entitled Super What? was released on May 7, 2021, seven months after his death.
  • Van Halen's live album Live in Dallas 1991 was released on March 23, 2025, four years and five months after Eddie Van Halen's death from a stroke on October 6, 2020.
  • Ken Hensley appears on Blind Golem's song "The Day Is Gone" from the album A Dream of Fantasy released in 2021. Hensley died on November 4, 2020.
  • Neil Young's Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 features band members Tim Drummond, Jack Nitzsche, Kenny Buttrey, Stan Szelest, Rusty Kershaw, Joe Lala, Rick Danko and Levon Helm.
  • King Von's album What It Means to Be King was released on March 4, 2022, a year after his death in 2020.
    • The album Grandson was released on July 14, 2023, almost three years after his death.
  • MO3's album Shottaz 4Eva was released on April 9, 2021, Five months after his death.
    • The album Legend was released on May 30, 2024, Three years and six months after his death.
  • Kool & The Gang's album Perfect Union was released on August 20, 2021, a year after Ronald Bell's death and nearly two weeks after Dennis "D.T." Thomas' death.
    • Ronald was featured on the songs "Let's Party", "We Are the Party" and "99 Miles to JC" from the album People Just Wanna Have Fun, which was released on July 14, 2023, almost two years after his death. Dennis "D.T." Thomas was also featured on the songs "Let's Party" and "99 Miles to JC", nearly two years after his death.
  • German electronic musician Florian Schneider appears on Kraftwerk's song "Non Stop" from the album Remixes released on December 21, 2020, eight months after his death.
  • Finnish guitarist and singer Alexi Laiho appears on Bodom After Midnight's Paint the Sky with Blood, released in 2021. Laiho died on December 29, 2020.
  • 6 Dogs' album Ronald was released on March 12, 2021, two months after his death in January.
  • Sophie's sophomore Self-Titled Album was released on September 25, 2024, three years after her death in 2021.
  • Chick Corea appears on Eliane Elias's Mirror Mirror, released on September 10, 2021. Corea died on February 9, 2021, from cancer.
    • His first posthumous live album Resonance (with Makoto Ozone), which was recorded live at various locations in Japan in 2016, was released on August 25, 2021, six months after his death.
    • His final album Remembrance (with Béla Fleck) was released on May 10, 2024, three years and three months after his death.
    • His second posthumous live album Trilogy 3 (with Brian Blade and Christian McBride), which was recorded live between February and March 2020 in Europe, was released on February 28, 2025, four years after his death.
    • His third posthumous live album Forever Yours: The Farewell Performance, which was recorded live at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, FL in October 2020, was released on October 17, 2025, four years and eight months after his death.
  • DMX's album Exodus was released on May 28, 2021. The single "X Moves", which did not appear on Exodus, was released six days after his death. DMX died on April 9, 2021, from a sudden heart attack.
    • His EP entitled Let Us Pray: Chapter X was released on December 13, 2024, eight months after his death.
  • Vinyl copies of Weezer's album Van Weezer contain bonus unused vocals by Ric Ocasek recorded in 2014. The album released on May 7, 2021, nearly two years after Ocasek's death.
  • Lee "Scratch" Perry's album King Perry was released on February 2, 2024, two years and six months after his death in 2021.
    • His final album Spaceship to Mars was released on August 30, 2024, three years after his death.
  • Phi Nhung's single "Hai Ơi, Đừng Qua Sông" was released on October 8, 2021, ten days after her death from COVID-19.
  • Charlie Watts appears the reissue of The Rolling Stones's Tattoo You released on October 22, 2021, two months after his death.
    • He was also featured on the songs "Live by the Sword" and "Mess It Up" from the album Hackney Diamonds which was released on October 20, 2023, two years and two months after his death.
    • He also appears on many live albums by The Rolling Stones since his death.
  • Taylor Hawkins appears on Ozzy Osbourne's Patient Number 9 released on September 9, 2022, and Iggy Pop's Every Loser released on January 6, 2023. Hawkins died on March 25, 2022.
  • German electronic musician Klaus Schulze's final album Deus Arrakis was released on July 1, 2022, two months after his death.
    • His second posthumous album 101, Milky Way, which was recorded in 2009, was released on November 15, 2024, two years after his death.
    • His live album Bon Voyage (Live Audimax Hamburg 1981) was released on April 25, 2025, nearly three years after his death.
  • Ramsey Lewis' album The Beatles Songbook was released on January 6, 2023, Almost four months after his death.
  • The Uncrowned's second album entitled WITNESS was released on September 21, 2022, a month after their lead singer SHAL died due to cervical cancer.
    • The album STOPOVER was released on November 22, 2023, a year and three months after her death.
  • Dr. John's album Things Happen That Way was released on September 23, 2022, three years after his death in 2019 from a heart attack.
  • Riky Rick's album Boss Zonke Forever was released on April 4, 2025, Three years after his death in 2022.
  • Low Roar's Self-Titled Album was re-released on vinyl and it features a new song entitled "No Words" the song was released on November 7, 2023, a year after lead singer Ryan Karazija's death due to complications with pneumonia.
    • The album House in the Woods was released on February 7, 2025, two years and four months after Karazija's death.
  • XY member YOSHI released his album Reiwa Rockstar (令和のロックスター) on May 15, 2025, Two and a half years after his death from a motorcycle accident.
  • Aaron Carter's final album Blacklisted was released on November 7, 2022, two days after his death.
    • The Album Recovery was released on May 24, 2024, A Year and six months after his death.
  • i_o's album Warehouse Summer in collaboration with Lights was released on November 23, 2022, exactly two years after his death.
  • Takeoff was featured on Metro Boomin's song "Feel the Fiyaaaah" released on December 2, 2022, a month after his death.
    • He was also featured on Quavo's album Rocket Power released on August 18, 2023, nine months after his death.
  • Indian singer Sidhu Moose Wala has released multiple songs after his death including Mera Na on April 7, 2023, 11 months after his death.
  • Young Dolph's album Paper Route Frank was released on December 16, 2022, a year after his death.
  • South African rapper AKA released his album Mass Country on February 24, 2023, two weeks after his death.
  • The Quireboys' live album Live at Rockpalast 2007 & 1990 was released on July 25, 2025, two years after Guy Bailey's death.
  • Lil Keed's album Keed Talk to 'Em 2 was released on March 17, 2023, Ten months after his death.
    • His collaborative album with Lil Gotit entitled Fraternal was released on October 31, 2025, Three years and five months after his death.
  • Bobbie Nelson's final album Loving You (with Amanda Shires) was released on June 23, 2023, a year and three months after her death.
  • Evelyn Thomas' song "Out with the Old", which was recorded in 2010, was released on August 1, 2024, a week and four days after her death.
  • Dire Straits' member Jack Sonni was featured in a live album entitled San Antonio Live in 85, which was released on 16 May 2025, a year and nearly nine months after his death.
  • Peruvian singer and actor Diego Bertie's EP entitled Rio XXX was released on April 28, 2023, eight months after his death from a fall from the 14th floor of the building.
  • Cuban singer Pablo Milanés was featured on the song "Mi Isla Bella" by Alexis Valdés and his daughter Haydée Milanés, which was released on April 20, 2023, nearly five months after his death from myelodysplastic syndrome.
    • He was also featured on the song "El Largo Camino de Santiago" by Spanish Celtic band Luar na Lubre from the album Encrucillada, which was released on May 19, 2023, nearly six months after his death.
    • His album Amor y salsa (with various artists) was released on May 26, 2023, six months after his death.
    • He was featured on the song "Y Tú Qué Has Hecho" from the album Rodando por el Mundo by José Alberto "El Canario", which was released on September 14, 2023, nearly a year after his death. Its music video was also released.
  • Mexican ranchera singer Vicente Fernández was featured on the song "La Jugada" by Ana Bárbara, which was recorded in 2018, and was released on February 17, 2023, a year and two months after his death. Its music video was also released.
    • His album Vicente Fernández le canta a los grandes compositores de México was released on August 10, 2023, nearly two years after his death.
    • Three months later, Las clásicas de José Alfredo Jiménez Vol. 2 was released on November 23, 2023.
    • Ten months later, Pa' la parranda was released on September 6, 2024.
    • Vicente Fernández con Banda, which was recorded between 2010 and 2011, was released on November 28, 2024, nearly three years after his death. It features five previously unreleased songs.
    • Tributo al Rey, con Banda, an album with various artists will be released in February 2026, four years and two months after his death.
  • Bernie Marsden's album Working Man was released on December 8, 2023, Almost three months after his death.
    • The album Icons was released on May 9, 2025, A Year and nine months after his death.
  • Jazz trumpeter Jaimie Branch released his album Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die (World War) on August 25, 2023, a year after her death.
  • De La Soul's album Cabin in the Sky was released on November 21, 2025, Two years after Trugoy The Dove's death in early 2023.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd's live album Celebrating 50 Years - Live at the Ryman was released on June 27, 2025, Two years after Gary Rossington's death in 2023.
  • Jimmy Buffett's album Equal Strain on All Parts was released on November 3, 2023, two months after his death due to complications from Merkel-cell carcinoma.
  • Kool & The Gang member George "Funky" Brown released his solo album entitled Where I'm Coming From on September 13, 2024, Ten months after his death in 2023.
  • BUCK-TICK released their live album TOUR 2023 異空-IZORA- FINALO on September 18, 2024, almost a year after Atsushi Sakurai's death in 2023.
  • X Japan bassist HEATH released his box set entitled All of Heath on October 23, 2024, Almost a year after his death in 2023 due to colon cancer.
  • Jeff Beck was featured on Mark Knopfler's 2024 studio version of the song Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) (with various musicians), which was released on March 15, 2024, a year after his death. It was Beck's last recording.
  • Denny Laine appears on Paul McCartney and Wings' album One Hand Clapping, which was released on June 14, 2024, six months after his death, and 26 years after Linda McCartney's death.
  • Punk Band MC5 released their album Heavy Lifting on October 18, 2024, eight months after Wayne Kramer's death and five months after Dennis Thompson's death.
  • Cola Boyy's album Quit to Play Chess was released on May 23, 2025, A Year and two months after his death in 2024.
  • The GazettE bassist REITA was featured in a live DVD entitled LIVE TOUR 2022-2023 / MASS 'THE FINAL' LIVE AT 07.15 NIPPON BUDOKAN it was released on April 17, 2024, two days after his death.
  • Shellac's sixth studio album To All Trains was released on May 17, 2024, ten days after the death of producer, songwriter and guitarist Steve Albini.
  • Rich Homie Quan's album Forever Goin' In was released on October 4, 2024, A Month after his death from an accidental overdose.
  • Nell Smith's only album Anxious was released on April 11, 2025, Six months after her death from a car accident.
    • The first music video for her song "Anxious" was released on YouTube on February 6, 2025.
    • The second music video for her song "Boy in a Bubble" was released on YouTube on February 27, 2025.
    • The third music video for her song "Billions of People" was released on YouTube on March 20, 2025.
    • The fourth music video for her song "Daisy Fields" was released on YouTube on April 10, 2025.
    • The last music video for her song "Split in the Sky", which was filmed hours before her death, was released on YouTube on April 30, 2025.
  • Gary Brooker's live album Live at Rockpalast 1983 was released on May 30, 2025, three years after his death from cancer.
  • Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez's EP entitled La Voz y La Trompeta (with Rodhen Santos) was released on June 27, 2025, two months after his death in the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse.
  • Mexican corridos tumbados singer Chuy Montana's album No Fue Suerte was released on June 26, 2025, approximately a year and a half after his murder near Tijuana.
  • The Beach Boys' founding member Brian Wilson's final album Cows in the Pasture (with Fred Vail), which was recorded between April 1970 and 2024, will be released in 2026.
  • Peruvian salsa group La Timbera Orquesta's single "Y Tú Te Vas" was released on November 8, 2025, almost a month after the murder of Johan Mora and Ariana Cañola.
  • Clem Burke of Blondie will be featured on the album High Noon which will be released in the spring of 2026 after his death from cancer on April 6, 2025.
  • Pre-Black Sabbath band Earth released their album The Legendary Lost Tapes on September 12, 2025, nearly two months after Ozzy Osbourne's death from a heart attack on July 22, 2025.
    • Two months later, Ozzy was featured on Judas Priest's cover of Black Sabbath's song "War Pigs", which was released on September 26, 2025.
  • Rapper Coolio's final album Long Live Coolio will be released in 2026.

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