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The year indicates when the song charted or peaked. Based on the peak date, the entries are listed chronologically. If an entry did not chart, then it is listed based on the release date of the song. Some of the entries listed have non one-hit wonder artists featured on the song or are the main artist.
A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established recording artist or band is most closely identified with or best known for. This is generally differentiated from a one-hit wonder in that the artist usually has had success with other songs as well.
To shine a light on songwriters, Stacker compiled 20 hit songs released between 1960 and today that were written by a famous artist other than the singer, sourcing from Rolling Stone, Billboard ...
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
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]
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive: Harold Arlen: Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters No. 2 Billboard Charts 1945 1946 Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home: Harold Arlen 1945 Autumn Leaves: Joseph Kosma, original French lyrics by Jacques Prévert (English lyrics written by Mercer) Title song sung by Nat King Cole from the film of the same name Autumn Leaves
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
The track, initially called "Hit Me Baby," was written by S wedish music producer and songwriter Max Martin for TLC, the three-woman American R&B group. Singer T-Boz, one-third of TLC, later ...