What was John Lennon's final studio album released during his lifetime?

Double Fantasy was John Lennon’s final studio album released during his lifetime.

Released on November 17, 1980, Double Fantasy was a collaborative album by Lennon and Yoko Ono. It marked Lennon’s return to recording full-time after a roughly five-year hiatus spent largely away from the music business while raising his son Sean. The album’s songs alternate between Lennon and Ono, creating a deliberately conversational portrait of their marriage and domestic life.

The record initially sold modestly and received mixed reviews, but Lennon’s murder three weeks after its release transformed its reception and commercial performance. It rose to number one on the US Billboard chart and won the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Songs such as “(Just Like) Starting Over,” “Woman” and “Watching the Wheels” became closely associated with his final creative period.

Milk and Honey is often mistaken for the answer because it contains additional songs from the same recording era. However, Ono assembled and released it in 1984, after Lennon’s death, making Double Fantasy the last studio album issued while he was alive.