Hilary Duff and more stars who floored their fans with stunning music comebacks

Hilary Duff’s surprising announcement on Tuesday revealed that not only is she resuming her music career, but that the return will also be chronicled in an accompanying docuseries.

According to PEOPLE, the Lizzie McGuire star’s documentary project “will feature stylized interviews, performances, and videos from her personal archive.”

While the former Disney star shared the happy news with fans via her Instagram.

“new music … or something,” she captioned the announcement, alongside an assortment of cheerful emojis.

Hilary is picking up music a decade after her last album release — Breathe In. Breathe Out. in 2015 — sending her fans into a frenzy.

In the anticipation of her music’s release, check out more exciting tales of musical comebacks down below:

Cher

The legendary singer and performer Cher was riding the wave of her successful acting career when she staged a stunning comeback with her 1998 studio album Believe, the title track of which pioneered the Auto-Tune technology and became known as the “Cher effect” — changing music forever.

Ozzy Osbourne

The late Ozzy Osbourne was fired from his band Black Sabbath in 1979, which left many thinking that his music career was as good as dead.

However, the Prince of Darkness sent shockwaves through the industry when he released his solo album Blizzard of Ozz the very next year, best remembered for the hit track Crazy Train.

Beyoncé

With the tremendous pressure of reclaiming the success which she achieved with Lemonade in 2016, Beyoncé silenced the naysayers with a reinventive comeback album — the aptly titled Renaissance was released in 2022 and went on to bag four Grammy awards, making Queen Bee the most victorious artist in the history of the prize.

Zayn Malik

Zayn Malik launched his solo music career in 2016 after departing from One Direction a year prior. However, following a brief period of success, the Pillowtalk singer retreated from the music scene after his 2021 album Nobody Is Listening failed to score big with audiences.

This year, Zayn put his musical chops on display once again by reviving his career with Room Under the Stairs — the album which also featured his first foray into rap music, Fuchsia Sea — while embarking on his first solo tour across the UK and US, Stairway to the Sky Tour.