The news of former Disney Star Hilary Duff returning to music after ten years got us thinking, who else has had an epic musical comeback?
Industry comebacks aren't as rare as you'd think, with many mainstream artists today currently riding the wave of their own musical comebacks.
Also, some of the biggest artists of all time cemented their greatness only after their comeback.
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Here's a look at some of the most recent and best musical comebacks.
Hilary Duff
Of course, Hilary Duff is returning to music after a decade away from the recording booth.
Duff's rise to fame came via her Disney Channel Show Lizzie McGuire, which propelled her to stardom.
She first had a Christmas album in 2002 called Santa Claus Lane, before landing a second studio album, Metamorphosis, with Hollywood Records in 2003.
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The album was a smashing success, selling over 5 million copies and topping the charts with hits "So Yesterday" and "Come Clean."
She released two more albums, the last one being in 2007, before taking a break from music and releasing a fifth album in 2015 called Breathe In. Breathe Out.
She then went on a hiatus from music for a decade until the recent announcement that she'll return to the studio.
Keep reading to find out who had the best musical comeback of all time.
JoJo
Similarly, the Too Little, Too Late singer soared to fame in the early 2000s with her hit albums JoJo in 2004 and The High Road, in 2006.
The singer and actor became embroiled in contractual disputes with Black Ground Records following her second album, which legally put her career on hold for a decade as the label was not able to secure a distribution deal.
The legal implications meant she was not allowed to release any new or official albums for a decade.
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In 2013, the singer filed a lawsuit against the label, which she had signed with when she was just 12.
She was eventually released from the contract before signing with Atlantic Records in 2014, releasing her third studio album Mad Love in 2016.
She was able to re-record her first two albums in 2018 and put them onto streaming, helping her resurgence.
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She released her fourth and fifth studio albums Good to Know and December Baby, in 2020, followed by her sixth album, Trying Not to Think About It, in 2021.
She also released a memoir in 2024 called Over the Influence.
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers' comeback in 2019 was declared one of the most successful and well-executed music reunions of the last decade, according to Forbes.
The band's smash hit Sucker propelled their comeback after a years-long hiatus, focusing on their individual journeys and careers.
The trio broke up in 2013 over "creative differences" with Nick Jonas finding success with a solo career and Joe Jonas finding a new home in the dance-pop group DNCE, which had massive hits like Cake by the Ocean and Toothbrush.
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Kevin Jonas spent the time focusing on his family. The band reunited seemingly out of nowhere, with the band's comeback not rumoured or leaked anywhere before it happened.
Their 2019 album Happiness Begins debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 1, marking their first number-one album in a decade.
From there, the band went on a world tour and released another album together. They are still extremely popular today.
Justin Bieber
The biggest heartthrob of 2009, Justin Bieber, has had a long, successful career. While his popularity never faltered for a second, the Baby singer took a long break from making music following his 2021 album, Justice.
The album performed very well, debuting at number 1 on the Billboard charts, making him the youngest solo artist in history to have eight number-one albums, breaking a record previously held by Elvis.
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The singer had a world tour lined up in 2022, but ultimately had to cancel it to focus on his health after being diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
Despite his success, he hadn't released music for four years, until he suprised fans with his newest album Swag in July.
The album has been extremely well-received, with a second part of the album coming out a month after the first one.
The album focuses on his Wife, Hailey Bieber and their Son, Jack.
Spice Girls
The biggest girl group of all time, The Spice Girls, reunited for a comeback tour in 2007, which sold out arenas globally and grossed over $70 million.
The group was first thrust into uncertainty after Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) left the group in May 1998. The band released one last album as a four-piece before going on an indefinite hiatus in the late 2000s.
The tour in 2007 was a major comeback for the band, who proved through everything that their popularity was still unmatched.
They had another reunion tour in 2019, however, Victoria Beckham did not join the second tour.
The tour still made over $US78.2 million ($118 million).
Kylie Minogue
Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue has had several comebacks throughout her career.
After her initial pop success in the late 80s and early 90s, Minogue experimented with more alternative indie-pop sounds.
She made a critically acclaimed album, Impossible Princess, in 1997, but it didn't produce the type of commercial hits that propelled the star to success.
Mainstream media and music fans considered her to be in a slump until she signed with Parlophone and returned to her disco-pop inspired roots in her 2000 album Light Years.
It featured hits like Spinning Around, which went to #1 in Australia and the UK, reestablishing her as a global sensation.
In recent years, Minogue's newer music remained popular among megafans, specifically in Australia and the UK, but she failed to break through to the new generation of listeners and the American audience.
That is, until her 2023 single Padam, Padam became a worldwide hit, going viral on TikTok and propelling her to her first #1 hit on the UK charts in over a decade.
The song and accompanying album, Tension, brought her to a new audience and helped her break back into the US, winning her a Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording.
Oasis
Oasis' reunion tour was one of the biggest and most anticipated comebacks in musical history.
The band, which soared to popularity in the 90s, broke up in 2009 after bandmates and brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher had a fight in August 2009.
The brothers had a long public history of fights with each other, with this one being cited as the straw that broke the camel's back.
Following the fight in August 2008, Noel posted a message on the Oasis website announcing he was leaving the band as he "could not go on working with Liam a day longer."
The announcement that the brothers were reuniting for a comeback tour excited fans globally.
The Oasis Live '25 show sold out globally, with the Australian leg selling out in just 90 minutes.
The announcement also saw their music sales rapidly increase, with their vinyl and CD sales increasing by more than 500 per cent, according to local media.
Their streaming numbers also picked up significantly following the announcement.
Cher
Dubbed "the queen of the comeback," Cher has had several distinct comebacks throughout her decades-long career.
After her fame in the mid-1960s, her music career had died down, and she had shifted to acting.
She made her biggest resurgence in the 90s, with her album and title track "Believe."
The album and song were an international phenomenon, charting in 20 countries and eventually becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.
She released Believe at 52, selling 20 million copies and reaching number four on the US Billboard charts, which was the highest charting album of her career.
The album was considered revolutionary for its use of auto-tune as a creative effect, which eventually became known as the "Cher effect," which in turn influenced the future sound of pop.
She's had several comebacks in popularity throughout the years, including following her roles in the 2010 hit film Burlesque with Christina Aguilera and the 2018 sequel to Mamma Mia! - Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again.
Tina Turner
Tina Turner had arguably the biggest personal and professional comeback of all time.
Tina, known back then as Anna-Mae Bullock, met Ike Turner in the mid-1950s, and joined a group where they found musical success.
In the 1960's she changed her name to Tina Turner and the duo, who were also married, became known as Ike & Tina Turner.
The group were a massively successful touring group, pumping out hits like River Deep - Mountain High.
Behind the scenes, Tina was in an abusive relationship. She fled from Ike in Dallas, Texas in 1978, leaving with nothing but 36 cents in her pocket.
She filed for divorce from Ike the same year, also putting an official end to the duo's musical career.
She famously kept her artist name, Tina Turner, in exchange for forgoing any claim to Ike's money and assets.
She was in her mid-40s with nothing but her name and a stalled solo career. Then, in 1984, her album Private Dancer shot her to international fame once again, selling over 10 million copies.
Her single "What's Love Got to do with it," became a number one hit in the US, and won her three Grammy Awards.
The singer's comeback is widely considered the best of all time, not only because she reestablished her dominance in the music scene, but because she did it on her own after enduring an abusive marriage.
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