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On the other hand, some artists with long, successful careers have been identified as one-hit wonders by virtue of having reached the Top 40 of the Hot 100 only once. 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]
Janet Jackson earned six number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1990s. Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You" spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, which at the time was a record. [4] [5] Lisa Loeb became the first artist to score a #1 hit before signing to any record label, with "Stay (I Missed You)".
In the world of music, the 1990s were iconic. The decade introduced us to Britney Spears, saw the rise of boy bands, and grunge was in full force. But some of the most memorable tracks from this ...
From mega-hits like Blind Melon's "No Rain" to Aqua's "Barbie Girl," the '90s wouldn't have been the same without these overnight successes.
Stacker dug through the annals of rock music history and highlighted 20 one-hit wonders who ... hit wonder. The angsty '90s band's debut single "Everything About You" broke the top 10 on Billboard ...
Songs stayed on the chart for a long time and fewer songs made it on the chart. Ten songs had runs at number one of ten weeks or longer during the 1990s, with the longest coming from "Touch, Peel and Stand" by Days of the New at 16 weeks. ("Higher" by Creed spent 17 weeks at the top of the chart but its last couple of weeks ran into the year 2000).
Here are just 20 of the many great one-hit wonders we keep humming and keep hearing even when the radio's turned off.
The following articles contain lists of one-hit wonders, where a one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. List of one-hit wonders in Ireland; List of one-hit wonders in Scotland