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Jay-Z amassed three number-one singles, including the concluding number one of the decade "Empire State of Mind", featuring Alicia Keys. The Black Eyed Peas spent the record 26 consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100, with " Boom Boom Pow " and " I Gotta Feeling ", both of which dominated the chart for over 10 weeks.
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]
Faith Hill's single "Breathe" was the first country music recording to be ranked number one since Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" in 1959. (Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" and Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" had each come close, ranking second.) Her "The Way You Love Me" also made the list, at 41.
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 ...
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
Santana and The Product G&B's "Maria Maria" was the longest-running single of 2000, topping the chart for 10 consecutive weeks. The girl group Destiny's Child gained their second and third number one singles "Say My Name" and their best charting single "Independent Women" which stayed at No.1 for eleven consecutive weeks.
Subsequently, True appeared on several VH1 specials including 100 Greatest Dance Songs in 2000 ("More, More, More" was the no. 45 greatest dance song), Where Are They Now? and 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders (both in 2002), in which she said she wanted "to be remembered as someone who brought people joy" — then emphasized the words "with her music".
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]