Music in 2017: Katy Perry, Drake and Ed Sheeran prepare new albums
After Craig David, All Saints and Rick Astley staged unexpected comebacks this year, who's next? Samantha Mumba? DJ Pied Piper? Jive Bunny?
Let's hope not. Instead, here's some music we can look forward to.
Fresh from allegedly being punctured by the sixth in line to the throne, Ed Sheeran has completed work on his as-yet-untitled third album.
Little is known about the record, but the star recently registered several songs with his publisher, with titles like 21st Century Fox, Sure and Fall.
The latter was co-written with Amy Wadge, who helped him out on the chart-busting ballad Thinking Out Loud. She told Newsbeat the new material would "break the internet", so if your email gets hacked, blame Ed.
Also in the studio is Katy Perry, who ditched half of her fourth album so she could write songs about Donald Trump's US election victory.
"It's funny, sometimes people who disagree with me just say, 'Shut up and sing,'" she wrote earlier this month. "Boy, will I do so in a whole new way... next year. Hell hath no fury like a woman REBORN."
Speaking of which, the US inauguration could be one to watch, just to see which musicians come out in support of Mr Trump.
Various reports have suggested his transition team are struggling to book A-list stars. At the time of writing, only one performer - Jackie Evancho, a runner-up from America's Got Talent - was confirmed to play.
Tenor Andrea Bocelli had been linked to the ceremony, but rumours say he pulled out after a social media backlash.
Soul star John Legend told the BBC he was "not surprised" that musicians were boycotting the ceremony.
"Creative people tend to reject bigotry and hate," he said. "It's unlikely he'll get a lot of creative people that want to be associated with him."
Instead, the first show-stopping musical moment of 2017 is likely to be Lady Gaga's half-time concert at the Super Bowl in Houston, Texas.
Not known for subtlety or restraint, the star is likely to pull out all the stops, having called the performance "one of the highest honours of my career".
The Super Bowl will be quickly followed by the Grammys, where the nominations are led by Beyonce herself; and The Brits, which could see David Bowie posthumously awarded both the best male artist and best album prizes.
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