Posted 29 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down19 Times Music Artists Took 10 Or More Years To Put Out New Music, And We Almost Forgot About ThemIf you thought Rihanna was taking a long time, you'd lose your mind over some of these other hiatuses.by Mychal ThompsonBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink It took Cardi B seven years since her debut album Invasion of Privacy before she released Am I the Drama? If she releases new music, it'll be a decade for Rihanna. Sometimes it's just the way the music is made; other times, the band members change, and sometimes the artists go on a major hiatus, never giving us a straight answer. Greg Doherty / Getty Images for Revolve, Kevin Winter / Getty Images Here are 20 music artists (or bands) who took 10 or more years to release new music: 1. English singer-songwriter Kate Bush had a whopping 12-year hiatus between her 1993 album The Red Shoes and her eighth album Aerial, released in 2005. Phil Dent / Redferns, Pool/Tim Graham Picture Library / Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images 2. English musician David Bowie had a 10-year gap between his 24th studio album, Reality, and The Next Day, released in 2013. Jon Super / Redferns, Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images 3. Rock band Boston took 11 years from 1994's Walk On to release their fifth studio album and Corporate America. Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images 4. English band Sade had 10 years between 2000's Lovers Rock, which featured the timeless hit "By Your Side," and their sixth album, Soldier of Love. NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images, Donna Svennevik / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images 5. English electronic group Portishead had 11 years between their self-titled album, Portishead, and their aptly named follow-up, Third, in 2008. Niels Van Iperen / Getty Images, Wendy Redfern / Redferns 6. Rock band Tool took 13 years from the 2006 release of their fourth studio album, 10,000 Days, and 2019's Fear Inoculum, an album which topped the charts and won awards like its predecessors. Richard Ecclestone / Redferns, NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images 7. Record producer, sound engineer, and rapper Dr. Dre took 16 years between his critically-acclaimed sophomore album, 2001, and the long-awaited follow-up, Compton, in 2015. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc, Paras Griffin / Getty Images for BET 8. Legendary country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn, who released over 50 albums in her career, had a 12-year gap between her 42nd album, Van Lear Rose, in 2004, and her 43rd album, Full Circle, in 2016. Donald Kravitz / Getty Images, Rick Diamond / Getty Images 9. Musician D'Angelo had 14 years between his second studio album, 2000's Voodoo, which included the hit "Untitled (How Does It Feel), before collaborating with Questlove and other musicians for Black Messiah in 2014. Frank Micelotta Archive / Getty Images, The Washington Post / The Washington Post via Getty Images 10. Country singer-songwriter Garth Brooks had retired from recording and performing following the release of 2001's Scarecrow, but 13 years later, he announced his comeback with Man Against Machine. NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images, Randy Holmes / Getty Images 11. The legendary Diana Ross aka the "Queen of Motown" had 15 years in between 2006's I Love You and her 25th studio album Thank You 2021, which included her first original and new music since her 22nd album Every Day is a New Day in 1999. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Jim Dyson / Getty Images 12. Hard rock band Guns N' Roses had a 15-year gap between 1993's The Spaghetti Incident? and their sixth studio album, Chinese Democracy, which, by the time of its release, only featured lead vocalist Axl Rose from the original lineup. Pete Still / Redferns, Chelsea Lauren / WireImage 13. English rock band the Who had almost a shocking 24-year gap between their 1982 album It's Hard and their 11th studio album Endless Wire in 2006, which followed the death of bass player John Entwistle two years earlier. George Rose / Getty Images, Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images 14. Steely Dan had 20 years between their seventh studio album, 1980's Gaucho, and the Grammy-winning Two Against Nature, which was released in a completely different generation. Charlie Gillett Collection / Redferns, Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images 15. English heavy metal band Black Sabbath had an 18-year gap between 1995's Forbidden and 2013's 13, marking the return of Ozzy Osbourne and bass player Geezer Butler. John Lynn Kirk / Getty Images, Scott Legato 16. Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain had a good 15-year hiatus between 2002's Up! and her fifth studio album Now from 2017, due to her voice being affected by Lyme disease and dysphonia. Lawrence Lucier / Getty Images, Kevin Winter 17. Alternative rock band the Pixies had a 23-year gap between 1991's Trompe le Monde and their fifth studio album, Indie Cindy, in 2014, which didn't include the original bassist, Kim Deal. Pete
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