The web site Metacritic has a list of albums "Coming Soon."
Here's to high-profile albums that we can expect to see coming out in 2012, according to Metacritc:
24 January 2012Craig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes [of The Hold Steady]Ingrid Michaelson Human Again John K. Samson Provincial [Weakerthan's lead singer's solo debut]Lamb Of God Resolution Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy 31 January 2012Lana Del Rey Born To Die Leonard Cohen Old Ideas (above)Rodrigo y Gabriela Area 52 7 February 2012Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune Ben Kweller Go Fly A Kite Dr. Dog Be The Void Mark Lanegan Band Blues Funeral Of Montreal Paralytic Stalks Paul McCartney [Title TBA] Sharon Van Etten Tramp Silverstein Short Songs The Lemonheads Hotel Sessions 14 February 2012Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Sleigh Bells Reign Of Terror Tennis Young And Old The Phenomenal Handclap Band Form & Control 21 February 2012Band Of Skulls Sweet Sour Cursive I Am Gemini 28 February 2012Estelle All Of me Lyle Lovett Release Me
6 March 2012Andrew Bird Break it Yourself Kaiser Chiefs Start The Revolution Without Me 20 March 2012Adam Lambert Trespassing Lee Ranaldo Between the Times & the Tides [of Sonic Youth]
3 April 2012Willow Smith Willow: You Think You Know Me
29 May 2012Insane Clown Posse The Mighty Death Pop!
Anticipated Future Releases (These albums do not yet have a firm release date, but are in various stages of development.)120 Days 120 Days II 201250 Cent [Title TBA] 2012Aerosmith [Title TBA] 2012Alien Ant Farm [Title TBA] Spring 2012Antibalas [Title TBA] Jun 2012Austin Brown 85 2012Barry Adamson [Title TBA] Jan 2012Beady Eye [Title TBA] 2012Best Coast [Title TBA] 2012Bishop Lamont The Reformation 2012Black Sabbath [Title TBA] Fall 2012Brandy [Title TBA] Mar 2012Bret Michaels Get Your Rock On 2012Bring Me the Horizon [Title TBA] 2012Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band [Title TBA] Winter 2012Busta Rhymes E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event) 2: End of the World 2012Cassie Electro Love 2012Chingy No Risk No Reward 2012Culture Club [Title TBA] 2012Dan Deacon [Title TBA] 2012Die Antwoord Tension Feb 2012Dirty Projectors [Title TBA] Spring 2012DMX Redemption of the Beast 2012DOOM, Ghostface A Place Called Loveland 2012Dr. Dre Detox 2012D'Angelo James River 2012Ester Dean [Title TBA] 2012Eve Lip Lock 2012Fabolous Loso's Way 2 2012Far*East Movement [Title TBA] 2012Fiona Apple [Title TBA] 2012Franz Ferdinand [Title TBA] 2012Garbage [Title TBA] 2012Glass Cloud [Title TBA] Summer 2012Goodie Mob We Sell Drugs Too! 2012Guided By Voices Class Clown Spots A UFO 2012How to Destroy Angels [Title TBA] 2012Ingram Hill [Title TBA] 2012Jadakiss Top Five, Dead or Alive 2012Janelle Monae [Title TBA] 2012Janet Jackson [Title TBA] 2012John Mayer Born and Raised 2012Johnny Marr [Title TBA] 2012Jonquil Point Of Go Spring 2012Justin Bieber Believe 2012Kendra Morris [Title TBA] Spring 2012Kreayshawn [Title TBA] 2012Linkin Park [Title TBA] 2012Lupe Fiasco [Title TBA] 2012Madonna [Title TBA] Mar 2012Marilyn Manson Born Villian Feb 2012Marvin Sapp [Title TBA] 2012Mary J. Blige My Life II...The Journey Continues (Act 2) May 2012Matchbox Twenty [Title TBA] 2012Meat Loaf Hell In A Handbasket Feb 2012Meat Loaf [Title TBA] 2012-13Meat Loaf Hot Holidays Winter 2012Metro Station [Title TBA] 2012MIss May I [Title TBA] Spring 2012Mumford & Sons [Title TBA] 2012Muse [Title TBA] Fall 2012Nelly Furtado Lifestyle Summer 2012Neon Trees Picture Show Mar 2012No Doubt [Title TBA] 2012Outkast [Title TBA] 2012Paramore [Title TBA] 2012Paris Hilton [Title TBA] 2012Pearl Jam [Title TBA] 2012Phoenix [Title TBA] 2012Regina Spektor What We Saw From The Cheap Seats May 2012Rick Ross God Forgives, I Don't Spring 2012Rufus Wainwright Out Of The Game Spring 2012Rush Clockwork Angels 2012Rusko [Title TBA] 2012Santigold Master of My Make Believe Spring 2012Say Anything Anarchy, My Dear 2012Scott Stapp Somewhere In The Middle Of Lust And Love 2012Screaming Females [Title TBA] Spring 2012Sean Paul Tomahawk Technique Jan 2012Sigur Rós [Title TBA] Spring 2012Sixpence None The Richer Strange Conversation 2012Smith Westerns [Title TBA] 2012Soul Asylum [Title TBA] 2012Soundgarden [Title TBA] 2012Swiss Beatz Haute Living 2012The All-American Rejects Kids In The Street Spring 2012The Avalanches [Title TBA] 2012The Beach Boys [Title TBA] 2012The Cribs [Title TBA] 2012The Darkness [Title TBA] 2012The Joy Formidable [Title TBA] 2012The Killers [Title TBA] 2012The Knife [Title TBA] 2012The Mars Volta [Title TBA] 2012The Offspring [Title TBA] 2012The Sea and Cake [Title TBA] 2012The Shins Port Of Morrow Mar 2012The Veronicas The Awakening 2012The Wrens [Title TBA] 2012The xx [Title TBA] 2012The-Dream The Love, IV: Diary of a Madman 2012Ting Tings Sounds From Nowheresville Feb 2012Train [Title TBA] Spring 2012Tyler, the Creator Wolf May 2012U2 Songs Of Ascent 2012We Are Defiance [Title TBA] Jan 2012Wilson Phillips [Title TBA] Apr 2012Xiu Xiu [Title TBA] 2012ZZ Top [Title TBA] Spring 2012