📰 Prince Estate Confirms New Vault Album for Summer 2026

LOS ANGELES — Prince fans worldwide are bracing for a major release from the vault. According to L. Londell McMillan, the attorney who helped build and protect Prince’s legacy, a full album of previously unreleased original material will arrive this summer — marking the most significant posthumous release since the artist’s passing in 2016.

McMillan told The Scoop that the project will feature more than eight new tracks, possibly forming a double album. “We’re going to have new songs this summer,” he confirmed. “This is going to be new songs.”

Prince, who died on April 21, 2016, left behind a vast archive of recordings stored in a climate‑controlled vault beneath Paisley Park in Minnesota. McMillan described the collection as “staggering,” estimating that only a fraction of Prince’s total output has ever been heard publicly. “What Prince put out publicly is just maybe one one‑hundredth of what he actually made,” he said. “Albums, singles, music, platforms, video, concert footage — we have an obligation to put that out to satisfy not only his fans, but to satisfy Prince.”

Since 2016, the estate has released more than 190 previously unheard recordings and several box sets, but McMillan emphasised that this summer’s release is different — a proper new album curated to honour Prince’s artistic intent. “Prince is Mozart,” he said. “You don’t just throw it out like he’s some random.”

The announcement underscores the estate’s careful stewardship of Prince’s catalogue, reflecting his lifelong fight to control his masters and preserve his art “for the long haul.”

The new album promises to open another chapter in Prince’s extraordinary vault — a reminder that even a decade after his death, his creative spirit continues to echo through unreleased music waiting to be heard.

Source: Live Nation / NewsNation Now Link: newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/prince-album-music-summer-release