After weeks of silence on the music front, Rockstar finally said something loud. On September 17, the Rockstar Newswire announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, an official record of 34 original songs created in partnership with Atlantic Records and launching on November 19, 2026, the same day as the game itself. Six of those songs are already out on every major streaming service, and the physical editions went up for pre-order at the same moment. For a studio that had not named a single confirmed GTA 6 track before this week, it is the biggest music announcement in the series' history.

What Rockstar Actually Announced

The core facts are simple. The album is a collection of original music, not a compilation of licensed radio hits. Rockstar describes it as capturing the energy of Vice City and the wider state of Leonida, with what the studio calls a genre-defying roster of artists. It is available to pre-save now, and it arrives day-and-date with the game.

Six songs were released immediately as a first wave:

That leaves 28 tracks still unannounced. Rockstar has not said when the full tracklist will be published, only that more details about the music of GTA 6 are coming, including what it called the dynamic score and "the next evolution of in-game radio."

Why the Lineup Matters

Read the six names again and the strategy is obvious. Trap and rap (Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott), Swedish cloud rap (Yung Lean), Latin pop and reggaeton (Rauw Alejandro, the Argentine duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso), UK dance and electronic (PinkPantheress, Fred again.., Etienne de Crécy), mainstream country (Morgan Wallen) and a Rolling Stone (Keith Richards) are all on one record. That is not a playlist, it is a map of Leonida: Miami's Latin core, the Keys and the rural north, Ocean Beach clubs and the truck stops beyond them.

It also fits what we already knew about how Rockstar builds these games. Design director Rob Nelson told TroisCouleurs earlier this month that early development often rallies around a song, calling Tom Petty's Trailer 1 track a mission statement, a story we covered in our Tom Petty mission statement piece. A 34 song original record is that philosophy scaled up to an entire state.

The Travis Scott and Daft Punk connection is the headline for most music outlets. A Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo production credit on a GTA record is the kind of crossover that used to be reserved for film soundtracks, and it signals how much weight Atlantic Records and Rockstar are putting behind this release.

The Album Is Not the Radio Lineup

This is the part worth reading twice. Rockstar has not said these 34 songs are the in-game radio. The Newswire describes a standalone album of original music and explicitly promises separate details on in-game radio later. GTA radio has always been mostly licensed tracks, roughly 240 of them across 17 stations in GTA 5, and nothing announced this week changes that expectation.

Our running tally of songs identified in the trailers and Extended Look stands at roughly 20 licensed tracks spotted by ear, from Tom Petty to The Pointer Sisters to Tate McRae. None of those are on this album, and none of the six new singles is among the tracks identified in the trailers. The most likely picture is a layered one: licensed stations doing what GTA radio has always done, an original album feeding one or more stations or key story moments, and a dynamic score underneath both. Our radio station guide and the leaked radio menu analysis remain the best reference for the station side, and everything there is still unconfirmed.

Vinyl, CD and a Sold Out Limited Edition

Physical editions launched alongside the digital pre-save. The official store lists a CD at $19.98, a standard double vinyl at $49.98 pressed on transparent magenta with blue splatter, and a Limited Edition vinyl at $124.98 with two transparent magenta discs filled with blue liquid plus exclusive artwork and packaging. TechRadar reported that the limited edition sold out within hours of the announcement, with no word yet on a restock.

Rockstar also confirmed exclusive vinyl colorways at Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, Target, Barnes & Noble, Urban Outfitters, Blood Records and independent record stores. All editions are scheduled to ship November 20, one day after launch. We have broken down every edition, price and retailer in our album pre-order guide.

There is a small irony here for anyone following the no disc controversy: the first physical GTA 6 product you can actually hold at launch is a record, not the game.

What Is Still Unknown

For clarity, here is what this announcement did not do. It did not name a single radio station or DJ. It did not confirm which, if any, album tracks play in-game or where. It did not publish the remaining 28 songs or a schedule for revealing them. It did not mention the score composer, and it did not touch the game's release details, which remain unchanged: November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with preload from November 12.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album come out?

November 19, 2026, the same day GTA 6 launches. It is available to pre-save now on all major streaming services, and six singles are already available to stream.

Which songs from the GTA 6 album are out now?

Six: Yung Lean's "That's It" with Future and Metro Boomin, Travis Scott's "RHYNO", "Sexy Magic" by CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, PinkPantheress, Fred again.. and Etienne de Crécy, Morgan Wallen's "Last Thing You Need", Rauw Alejandro's "Macacoa 2000" and Keith Richards' "Bright Lights, Big City".

Are the album songs the GTA 6 radio stations?

Rockstar has not said so. The album is described as a standalone collection of original music, and the studio said details on in-game radio and the dynamic score are still to come. Treat any claim about where these songs play in the game as speculation.

Is the limited edition vinyl still available?

As of this writing, no. The $124.98 Limited Edition reportedly sold out within hours of the announcement. The standard vinyl, CD and retailer exclusive colorways were still listed at the time of publication.

The Bottom Line

Rockstar spent nearly three years declining to confirm a single GTA 6 song, then confirmed 34 in a morning. The Album is a statement about scale and ambition as much as music, backed by a major label and a lineup that spans nearly every genre a Florida road trip could pass through. Just keep the distinction straight: this is the record, not the radio, and the radio is the part Rockstar still has not shown us.