From Adele returning from hiatus and destroying sales records to Phil Collins announcing he was out of retirement, 2015 was packed with comebacks. There was a stellar Janet Jacksonalbum, and Missy Elliott resurfaced with one of the zaniest dance videos in ages. Sleater-Kinney reunited, as did Blur and Chic. Dr. Dre finally put out an album — after 16 years — and Madonna returned too (though maybe she should have waited until we missed her). For every high-profile return, there was one that didn't quite pan out. Here are eight comebacks we want to happen in 2016.
Rihanna
The wait for the pop diva's long gestating album, "Anti," has become frustrating enough to be laughable. Despite releasing a handful of new songs and teasing collaborators, the singer has remained impressively tight-lipped about specifics. The album's first single, "FourFiveSeconds," a barebones soft rocker featuring Paul McCartney and the album's reported executive producer Kanye West, came out in January. Her "Man in the Mirror"-esque stomper "American Oxygen" was a dud, but tunes like "James Joint" and the Florence and the Machine-sampling "Only If for a Night" ramped up the excitement again. She killed club dance floors with her swaggering "Bitch Better Have My Money," but the tune has run its course, and she's yet to offer a follow-up. A high-concept mobile experience through a massive electronics company has given the impression that a release is imminent. But is it?
Kanye West
Hip-hop's most outspoken, self-proclaimed genius spent much of 2015 giving us false hope that he was dropping a follow-up to 2013's "Yeezus." He supplied a few album titles, "So Help Me God" and then "Swish," and he delivered high-profile performances on "Saturday Night Live," theBillboard Music Awards and the Grammys in support of new music from the upcoming album. Over the summer, his Steve McQueen collaboration, "All Day/I Feel Like That" — a nine-minute music video that paired two of the tracks into one conceptual art project — ran at LACMA, and he substituted for Frank Ocean (see below) in the eleventh hour to save the otherwise drab FYF Fest. To be fair, he had a busy year overseeing fashion lines, announcing a bid for presidency, staging an epic theatrical run of his beloved "808s and Heartbreak" album and having his second child with Kim Kardashian. As the year came to a close, the rapper offered an update on his album in typical West fashion: "I'm asking everyone DON'T ASK ME FOR ANYTHING TILL AFTER I'M FINISHED WITH MY ALBUM." Deal.
Britney Spears
Musically, the last few years for Spears have been a struggle. Her last single, "Pretty Girls," was fun and catchy enough to fit in her canon of sugary pop gems, but the song was mostly seen as an unnecessary redux of Azalea's massive hit "Fancy." Spears' last album, 2013's "Britney Jean," was largely a phoned-in mess beyond the scorching "Work Bitch" and the Sia-penned "Perfume." But as Spears has continued to prove, she's one pop diva you can't count out. Her Las Vegas residency seems to have gotten her excited about music again, and with Spears reportedly logging hours in the studio at the tail end of 2015, we can only assume that next year, she'll be hitting back stronger than yesterday (see what we did there?).
Source:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-music-comebacks-2016-20151231-story.html
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