--- title: Britney Spears: New Album 'Glory' Release Date description: Britney Spears has announced the title and release date for her upcoming album, "Glory." canonical: https://time.com/4437288/britney-spears-album-glory/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-03T17:43:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:02.845Z og:title: Britney Spears Announces Her New Album "Glory" og:description: "My new album and the beginning of a new era." og:url: https://time.com/4437288/britney-spears-album-glory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Britney Spears Announces Her New Album "Glory" twitter:description: "My new album and the beginning of a new era." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Britney Spears Announces Her New Album 'Glory' With a Release Date  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 3, 2016 5:43 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 3, 2016 5:43 PM UTC Unlike other people we know ([\*cough Frank Ocean cough\*](http://time.com/4413818/frank-ocean-next-album-boys-dont-cry/)), [Britney Spears ](http://time.com/4432952/taylor-swift-britney-spears-mtv-vma/)has benevolently supplied us both a confirmed album title and a definite release date for [her long-anticipated new album](http://motto.time.com/4423850/britney-spears-tumblr-ama/). The new album, titled _Glory,_ is due to drop on August 26. The singer took to Twitter to announce the news, tweeting that the new album was “the beginning of a new era.” She also relayed that the album would be available for pre-order on Apple Music on midnight Wednesday night, noting that all pre-orderers would be able to stream an exclusive new track called, “Private Show,” automatically. > [](https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/760875433554350081) > [](https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/760875509542625280) The announcement follows Spears releasing her latest single, “Make Me,” which features rapper G-Eazy; this album will be the first new studio album Spears has released since 2013, with _Britney Jean_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4437288/britney-spears-album-glory/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4437288/britney-spears-album-glory/"},"headline":"Britney Spears Announces Her New Album 'Glory' With a Release Date","datePublished":"2016-08-03T17:43:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:02.845Z","description":"\"My new album and the beginning of a new era\"","url":"https://time.com/4437288/britney-spears-album-glory/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Britney Spears"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4437288/britney-spears-album-glory/","name":"Britney Spears Announces Her New Album 'Glory' With a Release Date"}}]}] ```