FIFA World Cup 2026 Album: Goals, Stormzy and an 18-Track Soundtrack

The FIFA World Cup 2026 Album is shaping up to be one of the more eclectic official tournament soundtracks in recent memory, and with the tournament itself set to begin on 11 June, the full scope of the project is coming into focus. A playlist tied to the release, spanning everything from Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters to BLACKPINK’s Lisa, has arrived on Spotify, billed as the ultimate collection of football anthems from 2010 through to 2026.

The playlist, titled ‘World Cup Songs: All World Cup Anthems’, draws together tracks with varying degrees of connection to the game. Some are pure association: The Beatles’ ‘Come Together’ recently served as the soundtrack to England’s squad reveal ahead of the tournament. Others are more oblique choices, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ ‘Learning to Fly’, the Black Eyed Peas’ ‘Pump It’, OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’, songs that carry the right energy if not any direct footballing lineage. It is the kind of curation that prioritises feeling over logic, which is probably correct for a playlist designed to soundtrack a pre-match warm-up.

Goals: The FIFA World Cup 2026 Album’s Opening Statement

The playlist opens with ‘Goals’, a collaboration between BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Nigerian Afrobeats star Rema, and Brazilian pop star Anitta. Produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Cirkut, the track arrived with an official music video and represents the fourth single from the FIFA World Cup 2026 Album, following ‘Por Ella’ by Los Ángeles Azules and Belinda, ‘Echo’ by Daddy Yankee and Shenseea, and ‘Illuminate’ by Jessie Reyez and Elyanna. The album has been rolling out in stages, with each release incorporating regional sounds from a different part of the world, a structural logic that gives the project something of the feel of the tournament itself, where geography is always the subtext.

Anitta spoke about the personal weight of the collaboration: ‘My connection to the World Cup is deeply emotional. I’m Brazilian, after all, of course I have wonderful memories tied to the tournament. It’s incredibly special to now contribute to its history, collaborating with LISA and Rema on “Goals”! I’m very grateful for this opportunity.’ Rema, characteristically more concise, framed it in terms of scale: ‘Three continents, one track, bringing all our sounds together like this is a big moment for music on the world stage.’

There is something worth pausing on in that cross-continental construction. Official tournament songs have historically leaned on a single artist or duo as an anchor (Shakira’s ‘Waka (Waka)’ for 2010 being the obvious benchmark) but the rolling, multi-release structure of the 2026 album suggests FIFA is deliberately resisting that model, spreading the cultural representation across several tracks rather than collapsing it into one.

An 18-Track Lineup That Spans Generations

According to Kiss 95.1, the FIFA World Cup 2026 Album runs to 18 tracks in total, a considerably deeper roster than the tournament’s official albums have typically offered. The full lineup, as reported by Hotpress, includes contributions from The Rolling Stones, Nelly Furtado, and Stormzy, among others. That particular trio alone spans something close to six decades of popular music, and their presence alongside Lisa, Rema and Anitta gives the album a generational breadth that is unusual for a project of this kind.

Stormzy’s inclusion carries its own resonance. Grime’s relationship with football culture in England has been well-documented on a street level for years, but official FIFA recognition of that lineage is a different thing altogether. Nelly Furtado, meanwhile, connects back to the early-2000s peak of the tournament’s pop crossover ambitions. The Rolling Stones’ involvement, whatever form it takes, is the sort of casting that suggests the album is reaching for something beyond the typical tournament-song bracket.

Whether the finished 18-track record coheres as a listening experience, or simply functions as a series of regional calling cards, will become clearer once it is heard in full. What is already apparent is that the FIFA World Cup 2026 Album is operating on a wider musical canvas than its predecessors, and the Spotify playlist now streaming ahead of the 11 June kick-off offers a reasonable preview of that ambition.