These musicians prove that their new music is worth the long wait as the songs dominate charts all over the world in addition to becoming a hot topic among people.
- Dec 31, 2019
AceShowbiz - Being a musician is not as easy as it looks. Even artists who release a string of hits often fall out of public favor when their music falls below people's expectation, resulting in what the new generation calls a "flop." Thus, they often need to take a break to clear their minds and channel their creativity to bring out the best of them.
This much-needed break is naturally something that disappoints their fans, especially when they have been waiting for so long to hear new music from their favorite artists. However, these musicians are able to live up to their fans' expectation and prove to them that their long-anticipated music is totally worth the wait. In results, these artists' new release becomes a hot topic among people and dominates the charts all over the world.
Below, we have listed several musicians who have the biggest comeback of the year. Let's check it out!
1. Chris Brown
Chris Brown has always been ambitious when it comes to his music, releasing his first double album titled "Heartbreak on a Full Moon" in 2017. Seeing the success of the album, people were naturally expecting something good from the singer next, and he delivered exactly just that. His second double album "Indigo" was released to critical and commercial success, becoming his third No. 1 album on Billboard 200.
Not only the album, but his collaboration with Drake, "No Guidance", was also well received by the masses. It debuted at No. 9 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, making it Chris' 15th top ten song on the weekly chart, before peaking at No. 5 in the following week. The single also helped him become the big winner at the 2019 Soul Train Awards and has been nominated for Best R&B song at the 2020 Grammy Awards.
2. Billie Eilish
Unlike the rest of the artists in this list, Billie Eilish was pretty much an up-and-coming artist before she made her comeback earlier this year. Joining her creativity and vision with her brother's, the young singer took over the music industry by storm with her record-breaking first studio album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?". Preceded with chart-topping single "Bad Guy", the album debuted and spent several weeks at the top spot of Billboard 200 chart in addition to gaining praises from music critics.
As if that wasn't amazing enough, the album has been nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, while "Bad Guy" receives nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Billie herself is among the Best New Artist nominees. With that, the 17-year-old singer became the youngest artist to receive nominations in all four of the major Grammy categories.
3. Ed Sheeran
Ever since Ed Sheeran stole the whole world's heart with his Grammy-nominated song "The A Team", his music has always been something that people look forward to the most, especially because he opted to take a rather long break before beginning a new era. So when he finally unleashed "I Don't Care", the first single off his "No. 6 Collaboration Project" album, people were overjoyed.
Featuring Justin Bieber, the single broke Spotify's single-day streaming record with 10.977 million daily global streams and debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Just as successful as its lead single, Ed's collaboration album itself stayed atop Billboard 200 chart for a couple of weeks and even held a strong contender, Beyonce Knowles' "The Lion King: The Gift", from taking over its spot.
4. Post Malone
Nowadays, musicians need to have something special if they want to survive in the industry. And Post Malone does just that by blending musical genres including hip hop, pop, trap and rock, making people always anticipate whatever music he puts out because they believe it will be good. His latest album "Hollywood's Bleeding", which he released a year after his record-breaking "Beerbongs & Bentleys", was the perfect example of that.
Receiving generally positive reviews from music critics, "Hollywood's Bleeding" launched at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart with its tracks dominating music charts all around the world. "Wow", "Goodbyes" and "Circles" even peaked at No. 2, 3 and 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart respectively. Meanwhile, his collaboration with Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott (II), "Take What You Want", reached No. 8 on the chart.
5. Camila Cabello
Following the success of Camila Cabello's self-titled debut album and its mega hit "Havana", people had been looking forward to what kind of songs the former Fifth Harmony member would release. Staying true to her Latin roots, the songstress once again took over the top spot on music chart with her Shawn Mendes collaboration "Senorita", which was included on her sophomore album "Romance".
The song was enjoyed by a lot of people, including a big name like Barack Obama who put the steamy song to his Summer Playlist this year. It also topped music charts in more than thirty countries, including Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and became one of the longest-running No. 1 songs on the global charts like iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify.
6. Jonas Brothers
When talking about bands whom people would want to see reuniting, Jonas Brothers is definitely among them. Having a strong fanbase since their Disney days, the three-piece band was naturally trending online the moment they announced that they would be reuniting after so many years. The anticipation was so high that they even took over "The Late Late Show with James Corden" for a whole week prior to the release of their comeback single "Sucker".
Released on March 1, "Sucker" didn't disappoint at all on the music charts. It arrived at No. 1 on Hot 100 chart, becoming Jonas Brothers' first No. 1 song in the United States. They also made chart history by becoming the second group to have a song debuted at No. 1 after Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". Not stopping there, the song was also nominated for several awards, including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
7. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez's return to the music industry was something that a lot of her devotees had been dying to see ever since she last released her own single in 2017. So it came to no surprise that she took over the world by storm the moment she unveiled her upcoming album's first single, "Lose You to Love Me", which debuted at No. 15 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in just two days of tracking. It was such an amazing feat considering that breaking into the top twenty of the chart within two days was a hard thing to accomplish. Furthermore, the song went on topping the chart after that.
But the single wasn't the only thing that Selena had to offer to her fans who had been waiting for two years. Just a day after the release of "Lose You to Love Me", the singer surprised fans by unleashing another single entitled "Look at Her Now". Despite being a surprise release and only having one day of tracking, the song debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and entered Hot 100 at No. 27 in the following week.
8. Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift's creativity in making music and writing top notch lyrics successfully made people anticipate every song that she put out. After making her fans wait for more than a year since her record-breaking "Reputation" album, the country-turned-pop superstar came back stronger than ever through "ME!", a Brendon Urie collaboration that she included on her album "Lover". The song broke four Amazon Music records that included most first-day stream and most first-week streams. In addition to that, the song peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
Given how many people anticipated "Lover" following the success of "ME!", it was only natural that the album was released to both critical and commercial success. As critics praised her songwriting development that conveyed emotional maturity, the album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum. Racking over more than 800,000 units in its first week, the album also made Taylor become the first female artist to have six albums sell more than 500,000 copies in a single week.
9. Kanye West
Kanye West has always been known for postponing the release of his music, but his recent move had left many people frustrated because they had been dying to hear new songs from the Grammy-winning rapper. Fortunately for them, after a couple of delays, Ye finally unveiled his ninth studio album "Jesus Is King" and it soon became a hot topic on social media, given that the effort also marked his first Christian album.
Unsurprisingly, "Jesus Is King" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200 and became his ninth consecutive album to do so. Ye additionally broke record as he was named the first artist to take all top ten spots on both the Christian Songs and Gospel Songs charts and became the first artist to simultaneously top five separate charts in the United States: Billboard 200, Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums, Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums. Seeing how big the album had become, it was surely worth the wait.
