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In The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on [the] national, pop, Top 40 record chart just once." [1] Billboard magazine defines a U.S. one-hit wonder as an "artist that cracks the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and never makes it back to that position." [2]
Consequence of Sound editor Matt Melis lists Beck ("Loser") and the Grateful Dead ("Touch of Grey") [6] as "technically" being one-hit wonders despite their large bodies of work. [7] Entertainment Weekly mentions prolific artist Frank Zappa as a one-hit wonder because his only Top 40 hit was "Valley Girl" in 1982. [8]
My definition of a "one hit wonder" is something like this: A "one hit wonder" is an artist who had only one notable song, and was then forgotten, and who is only remembered for that one hit, and only remembered by people familiar with music from the one-hit-wonder's era. A one hit wonder is inevitably assosciated with their hit.
The term "one-hit wonder" is often perceived negatively—like the act was a flash in the pan or reaped the benefits of a popular fad or a film or television sync—but most musicians would give ...
One-hit wonders are responsible for some of the most iconic songs in music history. Some artists made it to the top of the charts by accident, but it's a mystery why others with serious talent ...
Tiffany was just 14 years old when her breakthrough cover of Tommy James and the Shondells’ 1967 hit “I Think We’re Alone Now” reached the top of the charts in 1987.
Tiffany Cobb (born March 16, 1976), ... Cantrell, according to witnesses, went "berserk" and referred to herself as a "one-hit wonder", questioning authorities ...
A "one hit wonder" is an artist who had only one notable song, and was then forgotten, and who is only remembered for that one hit, and only remembered by people familiar with music from the one-hit-wonder's era. A one hit wonder is inevitably assosciated with their hit. This is a somewhat fuzzy meaning, and a stricter meaning is needed to ...