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Releases

Albums, songs, books, and games that came out on these dates.

Orchard House, a dark brown two-story clapboard house with a green front door, seen from a garden path among trees

Release1868Little Women is publishedLouisa May Alcott's novel about the four March sisters, written reluctantly and fast, becomes an instant success and a lasting classic.September 30, 1868

Pedestrians walking over a zebra crossing on Abbey Road in London, with white houses, bare trees, and red double-decker buses

Release1969The Beatles release Abbey RoadThe last album the Beatles recorded together reached British shops, with a side-long medley and a cover photo on a London street crossing.September 26, 1969

Kurt Cobain singing and playing guitar on stage, with bassist Krist Novoselic behind him

Release1991Nirvana releases NevermindA Seattle trio's second album reached stores with modest hopes, then topped the charts and carried grunge and alternative rock into the mainstream.September 24, 1991

Shakira, with long curly blond hair and a red coat, smiling among a crowd of people

Release1998Shakira releases ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?Shakira's fourth studio album blended Latin rock, pop, and Middle Eastern touches, and it carried the Colombian singer toward a far wider audience.September 29, 1998

Lorde singing into a microphone on a dimly lit stage

Release2013Lorde releases Pure HeroineA New Zealand teenager released a spare, bass-heavy debut album about suburban boredom and fame, and it went on to reshape the sound of mainstream pop.September 27, 2013