Talk:List of 2000s one-hit wonders in the United States

message: Some of these artists are too recent to be considered one hit wonders. Jesse McCartney's "Beautiful Soul" came out two monthes ago. A bit soon, eh?
:The criteria stated on the main page is that "As a rule of thumb, an artist should not be added to this list within a year of their first hit's entry on the Billboard Hot 100.", so 2 months is definitely too soon. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:49, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
I have removed McCartney because he is currently having a second hit anyways68.44.184.172 03:01, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of the entries on this page you may be right about, but when the time comes, they can be easily removed. Caphis 08:00, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: Las Ketchup did not chart higher than 40.  Please be more careful in the future.  Also, we typically don't like to list artists that have only had a hit in the past year, but I'll leave Pussycat Dolls for now.  --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 13:36, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: General

message: Why does one contributor keep removing "Willa Ford" from the list?  According to allmusic.com, she has only had one single which charted on Hot 100.  Any removal of any artist from this list should be accompanied by an explanation in the edit summary or on this talk page.  --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 16:34, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As has been stated before, Mandy Moore is not eligible as she has had 4 albums chart < 40 on The Billboard 200. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:06, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal 

message: I'm still trying to be diplomatic about this and assume good faith, though the actions of the AOL IP addresses are consistent with that of outright vandalism.  I will reiterate that if you have evidence that allmusic's information on Willa Ford is incorrect, please post it here on the talk page.  The removal of artists without discussion or edit summaries is tantamount to vandalism, and inserting irrelevant threats into the text of the article most certainly is vandalism.  Please engage in discussion before further editing or you will be blocked. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:28, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Kelly Clarkson shouldn't really be on the list, short as it may be.  "Since U Been Gone" is actually a bigger hit than "Miss Independent."Bjones 15:14, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Kelly Clarkson definitely doesn't belong on the list, she has four hits in the top 40.  This was an incident of vandalism by the aforementioned AOL IPs, I've blocked the offending one for now. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:26, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, sorry to hear that.  But the list is looking pretty good now.  Kudos.Bjones 06:02, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: To the AOL IP addresses that continually remove and add entries without explanation

message: If you are going to remove an entry based on a source with more recent data than allmusic.com, post the link here.  Note that the source should be a verifiable, authoritative source, such as http://www.billboard.com.
* The Pussycat Dolls have scored their second Top 40 hit.
OmegaWikipedia 15:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for data more up to date than allmusic.com

message: * Natasha Bedingfield
Bedingfield's new single in the US "Unwritten" was serviced to radio. Too soon for one hit wonder status. (Yeah, and now it peaked at #60)
* Jesse McCartney
McCartney has a new single at radio, too soon for one hit wonder status. (Disney Radio!, which doesn't matter; Most songs that appear on it don't make the Billboard Hot 100)
* Angie Martinez 
Martinez scored a top 10 hit with Lil Kim in 1997 with "Not Tonight"
* John Legend 
Legend is active and like Rihanna below, too soon to call her a one hit wonder.
* Ashlee Simpson 
Simpson has a top 20 hit with "Boyfriend"
* David Banner 
David has released 3 albums that have hit Top 10 on the Billboard 200 (2 of them Pre - "Play").
* Rihanna 
Rihanna is #76 on the Hot 100 with a new single that is still moving up the chart, too soon to call her a one hit wonder.
* Pitbull
He's had at least 2 more major hits since Culo. (Toma and Shake)
* T-Pain
T-Pain's "I'm in love with a stripper is doing real well
* Young Jeezy
Young Jeezy just keeps cranking them hits, how can he be on this list???
* Chris Brown 
Brown is a new act, and "Run It" is his first single, hasn't been on the Hot 100 for 10 weeks, this it NOT a one hit wonder (yet). 
BillboardChart 18:03, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The policy is that an artist shouldn't be listed until their first single is over 1 year old.  However, some people are overly eager to label new artists... --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 16:21, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Natasha Bedingfield, Jesse McCartney, Angie Martinez, John Legend, Ashlee Simpson, David Banner, Rihanna, Pitbull, T-Pain, Young Jeezy and Chris Brown are all having multiple Top 40 hits. TheSkinsAdded (talk) 10:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current acts with new singles shouldn't be on list 

message: I sort of feel she is a two hit wonder. "Do Something" was a hit, even if it didn't chart (due to chart rules at the time). It was nominated for a Grammy Award, and Won and MTV Video Music Award. Not to mention I saw video on MTV Hits a few hours ago. And before "I Try" was released the album was certifed Gold thanks to "Do Something".
:"Sort of feel" is the operative phrase there.  The policies are in place to avoid any sort of POV coloring, and to establish an objective framework for the article.  The billboard chart is used to keep the list from being based on feelings or opinions, and provides objective facts.  Macy Gray almost qualifies for exclusion as she has two albums in the top 40 of the Billboard 200 and one that hits 43...  However, the whole point of the strict limits for the list are to keep people from reading some sort of judgement call into the label "one-hit wonder", so it's best to be consistent.  Also, can you sign your posts on talk pages from now on? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 16:19, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macy Gray 

message: I'm removing Rihanna; she currently has a #36 hit on Billboard with "If It's Lovin' That You Want" - http://billboardradio.com/billboardradio/2140.jsp Sebastian Prospero 18:46, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rihanna 

message: I removed "You're Beautiful" as it's by far too early to put him off as one-hit wonder. After all, the single entered the charts only a couple of months ago. Let's wait till he recorded another album, at least. - 15 January 2005 (UTC)
TAke him off when he has another hit
The tule is that he has a year to have another hit before it's counted. 'Goodbye My Lover' on the album sounds like a likely hit to me. --MartinUK 01:22, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  James Blunt 

message: I just added this rule of thumb thing, taken from the top of this page. As this decade will go on for a couple more years, I think it's pretty useful. Also, I don't want to delete that darn James Blunt single again and again. It's not like I'm in love with that guy or anything, but it's plain and simple too early. AFAIK a second US single wasn't even released as of yet (correct me if I'm wrong, but I haven't found any).
Anyway, the most reliable page I have found where you can find both year AND week of chart entry is this one: 
http://www.charts-surfer.de/musikcharts1024.htm
See below. (I am German, so I wasn't paying attention to this "detail" :P) -- Velour 06:15, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rule Of Thumb + page with charts entry dates given 

message: Bedingfield has had 2 top 20 US hits as of January 2006.
These Words: #17 & 
Unwritten: #14 (as of January 2006, it has a bullet and moved 28-14 this week)
:I agree, but why did you remove James Blunt?  I'm re-adding him. --DDG 20:43, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, maybe if you actually looked up, you'd see why.--KrossTalk 03:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Natasha Bedingfield 

message: User:RomeoVoid removed Kelis because he "thought that she had a hit with someone else".  You might be thinking of "Baby I got your money" by ODB, but that was an ODB song, and she just sang the hook.  As far as I know, and according to Allmusic, she still only has one top 40 hit with Milkshake. --DDG 17:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: According to Gracenote and Billboard, this song was listed as "Ol' Dirty Bastard / Got Your Money (Single) 1.	Got Your Money (Featuring Kelis)".  The artist is still just ODB.  Billboard only lists the song as "Ol' Dirty Bastard", too.  I don't think any major music source credits "hook singers" alongside artists.  Any other objections to re-adding the song for now?  --DDG 19:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kelis 

message: Look, adding a band or act that has just released it's first single in the past 2 or 3 years (or first charting single) is POV. Yes, this is in reaction to James Blunt. I'm not a big fan of the song, but frankly, adding him this early is a) PREDICTING THE FUTURE (something that Wikipedia is not, see Wikipedia is not a Crystal Ball), and b) POV since you are essentially saying that he is not worth more than 1 charting single.
So, for God's sake! Stop adding him to the list!
--THollan 04:57, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: I just removed all artists who had a top 40 single in 2005. My reasons for doing so are stated above.
FYI this is a total of 14 acts. Three of those acts are currently in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200; one of them currently holds the #1 spot; another one entered the charts 5 weeks ago.
According to the main-article One-hit wonders in the United States a one-hit wonder is:
"[...]a Top-40 phenomenon: the combination of artist and song that scores big in the music industry with one smash hit, but is unable to repeat the achievement with another hit."
Obviously an artist who debuted in 2005 (or had his/her/their first single in the top 40 that year) cannot meet this criteria.
I'd like to point out that, while any of these acts might be a potential one-hit wonder, the chances for becoming a real one are 50-50.</b>
Thus, Please see 
Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball for further explanations.
Currently this list is utterly useless.
If an act doesn't immediatly follow up a hit single, it's very unlikely that they will have another hit. That's a fact. I would say you're predicting the future suggesting that all these acts are not one-hit wonders, and that they're all going to have another hit. RomeoVoid 01:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is getting ridiculous 

message: Mario is not a one-hit wonder. "Just A Friend" and "Let Me Love You" were both Top 10 in the US.
Operative.Phrase 18:53, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source for this?  The Billboard website doesn't list "Just a friend" as ever charting on the Hot 100: .  --DDG 17:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-m/mario.htmOperative.Phrase 21:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000718205
The album is the follow-up to Mario's self-titled 2002 debut, which reached No. 3 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and has sold nearly 596,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It featured the smash single "Just a Friend 2002," which peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts.
''
Operative.Phrase 21:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Weird, it must just be a glitch in the chart history link I had before.  Way to research, man! --DDG 21:29, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mario 

message: How can someone who just released a single (Daniel Powter) be on a list of One-hit wonders. This list is horrible. A one-hit wonder should be someone who hasn't had a chart in the about 2/3 years. Then this list would become respectable KingU 19:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horrible list. 

message: I think this article generally jumps to conclusions about so-called one-hit wonders too quickly, and does not lay out firm criteria for what constitutes a one-hit wonder in the first place. The definition is so vague as to be practically meaningless.Cordialatron 22:26, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extremely arbitrary 

message: I see that there's some edit wars going on with "Just The Girl" by the Click Five.  Technically it should not be on the list, but as of July 30th, it will be eligible. Teemu08 04:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Click Five 

message: This list is extremely inaccurate and there is quite a bit of controversey about which songs should be on this list, and the controversey appears to be happening since day one of this article. Char645 09:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Those songs, however, approached onto the charts less than one calendar year ago, and therefore should not be included. The rule states that an artist is qualified to enter this list if a) artist has only had one song in the top 100 chart; and b) that song dropped from the charts one calendar year ago. Therefore, Blunt and The Fray, along with many others, should be excluded from this list until a later time. Please follow those two rules!Char645 19:30, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

text: How am I making rules? If you look at the damn article, it says those first two "rules" that qualify for that list. I've proposed an additional criterion or "rule" to make the list more accurate and am not assuming this rule, but asking other users (who haven't been attacking me, by the way) if they agree.Char645 06:29, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Char645 is attempting to establish consensus issue, which is more useful than what you are doing. Extraordinary Machine 21:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I say we delete 

message: This list is getting way out of hand here, so I decided to propose a few options we editors can do:
*Add a third rule to the list. The rules would be:
::a) artist only has had one countrywide single in the Billboard Top 100 Chart.
::b) this single has been off the chart for 1 (one) calendar year or longer.
::c) artist has released three or more countrywide singles in his or her career.
:This would remove many people off the list because it can be too hard to tell a one hit wonder just by only one song. For example, The Click Five has only released two countrywide singles and how can we tell if they're a one-hit wonder by just those two hits? Maybe their third single is coming out soon!
*Allow only certain individuals to edit this list. Some people have been taking ownership of this list and reverting almost every edit.
*Delete the list entirely.
What does everyone think?Char645 20:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite honestly, you're the one adding things that shouldn't be added. Please follow those two rules!!!Char645 04:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm not as obcessed with them as a teenage girl, but I've actually listened to their music instead of writing them off as a boyband (I can prove that the AAR lip syncs and The Click Five does not in fact) and just don't think that many artists on the list, SUCH AS The Click Five, do not belong and are not true one hit wonders....yet. You clearly are a person who judges by first glance and does not seem to care about anyone or anything because that was an example I chose and not my "OMG absolute favie group eva!!!"Char645 04:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I think for a single to be a "hit" it should have entered at least the top forty (possibly even the top twenty); an act whose biggest single was at number 100 for a week wouldn't really be considered a "one-hit wonder". I agree with your other criteria, except we could possibly reduce the total number of released singles from three to two. Extraordinary Machine 21:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Things need to change.... 

message: You guys are all missing the point.  "One hit wonder" is a career measure. It means that throughout someobdy's career in the music industry, they only had one big hit and were never again heard from.  For anyone whose big hit was in the 2000s, it's way too soon to be sure they'll never be heard from again.  This list should be empty!!   64.12.116.12 11:56, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed them.  On the Billboard charts, "Down 4 U" was credited to Ja Rule featuring Ashanti, Charli Baltimore & Vita. Teemu08 01:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This article should be empty!

message: Kandi is no longer a one-hit wonder, she hit #11 this year with "U And Dat" credited as E-40 featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl.Watley54 18:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kandi 

message: OK, no offense, but I don't see why we even have this as an article. 
1. It's completely POV. The bands listed could pull a Gorillaz and reappear with several hits after it's "brushing off" as a One Hit Wonder (This doesn't mean I like Gorillaz, I'm using them as an example). I don't think that we should start this list until either the band in question has broken up, or it has been a vast (5-10 years) since their last hit. I know that neither of these things will sway anybody. (the 5 years thing seems a bit unreasonable, in retorspect.)
2. It is ridden with vandalism. You may not like Daniel Powter or James Blunt, and to be perfectly honest, I don't either. (I think You're Beautiful sounds like a dying Badger) That doesn't mean that they should be put on this list. This part connects with my statement above regarding POV.
Any other negative thoughts? Any thoughts supporting this list?
Bkissin 23:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The ironic thing is, Gorrilaz still only have one Top-40 hit regrardless! Doc Strange 14:13, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The use/relevance of this list? 

message: He has had 5 hit singles 3 of which were on the top 40, I'm sorry but 3 does not equal 1 --Mckeznak 23:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well he does now, as "I'm Yours" hit #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, so he is no longer on the list.  Doc StrangeMailboxLogbook 14:47, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Jason Mraz 

message: If Snow Patrol is in here, then Panic! at the Disco should, too. Both had UK hits. Also Phish indeed charted in the Adult Top 40, and in thre Top 100 with "Heavy Things" Doc Strange 15:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On the other hand, the above comment is POV Doc Strange (talk) 02:24, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bands in the "not 1 Hit" list

message: Korn, Gorillaz, and SOAD are not one hit wonders. They have all had multiple hits. I'll name at least 2 for each off the top of my head.
Korn: Freak on a Leash, Did My Time, Falling Away From Me
Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood, Feel Good Inc.
SOAD: Chop Suey, Toxicity, and wait... they had 2 #1 albums within like 6 months
I took the liberty of deleting them from the list.--75.177.154.141 23:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Only one hit' but not considered one hit wonders 

message: Isn't it a little early for Stone Sour to be a one-hit-wonder? The album that "Through Glass" is on only came out 8 months ago. And the video only came out a month ago maybe 2.
BTW Did Anna Nalick's Breathe really not make the Top 40? That's shocking. It's such an awesome song. I can see how it became a one-hit-wonder though. Its so good that there's no way she was gonna come close to that again and since people would have such high expectations from her all her other other songs would suck in comparison even if they didn't really suck. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.223.139.209 (talk) 09:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stone Sour - Through Glass 

message: Would they qualify? They had a few lesser known hits that charted, but 1985 was the only one to crack the top 40 on the hot 100 chart, and their last album only peaked at 37, so I think it's safe to include them.
: "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" was nominated for a Grammy. I think that would qualify it as a hit. 76.1.48.210 (talk) 21:42, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bowling for Soup

message: Is it too early to call Katharine one-hit? --Nyletak ♥ 23:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Katherine McPhee has two or multiple Top 40 hits. TheSkinsAdded (talk) 10:34, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Katharine McPhee? 

message: Hello is anyone here paying attention. The red Jumpsuit apparatus are currently touring on their first succesful album. Why the @$&* are they on the list.
I keep deleting face down but it keeps being put back who is doing this?
 
If anyone has any objections please explain otherwise i will consider it vandalism
:Look, 1. Please sign your comments, 2. This is for singles on the Billboard Hot 100. If they had other hits on the Modern Rock Charts ("False Pretense" comes to mind), this doesn't count. I mean Frank Zappa, The Dead, Radiohead, Love & Rockets and several other well known bands have only had 1 top 40 hit. This doesn't mean they fade into obscurity. Doc Strange 18:14, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 

message: Panic at the Disco are currently working on their second album very publicly does that count as 
"fading into obscurity —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.176.172.119 (talk) 07:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We'll see. I mean, they may be a Radiohead case (i.e. a band that does very, very well on every chart they can get except for the Top-40) Doc Strange 14:12, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Panic! at the Disco 

message: The following - as a 4/26/2007 are still on the Hot 100. 
"Cupid's Chokehold" by Gym Class Heroes (#10) can you call a band who only has one song on the chart a "one hit wonder" and it's still active? Doc Strange 20:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Some songs on this list are still on the charts

message: She is NOT a one hit wonder by any means. Give her a chance, eh? "Tim McGraw" just fell off a couple months ago, and her followup, "Teardrops on My Guitar" is Top 20 and still climbing. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Actions • Words))) 14:03, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On the country chart or the Billboard Hot 100? Doc Strange 18:12, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Taylor Swift

message: To whoever seems to have gone through the trouble of changing the formatting on this page, while it certainly does look better, my concern is that the complicated formatting you are using will make it neigh impossible for anyone to edit this page and format it correctly. It looks great, but you really should discuss it on the talk page first.Spman 05:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New Formating

message: Do we have to put a link to every artists' Billboard page? Will that calm this? Doc Strange 18:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: That Nagging "No References" tag

message: We can remove artists from the list once they reach the Top 40 again. Tom Danson 19:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to agree; it's a bit subjective to say that it is too early to add people who just had their first hit, when it is just as easy to delete the artist once they've had another Top 40 hit.  It just requires vigilance to delete them once they have charted again. talk toSailorAlphaCentauri 16:22, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abolish the one-year lag period! 

message: I wanna know who had a Top 30 in 2005, because something's missing with that number.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by DepressedPer (talk • contribs) 21:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  27? 

message: I think that for songs where a guest artist is the one hit wonder (like "Hey Baby" and "It Wasn't Me") we should put footnotes stating that: This song was credited to "Successful Artist" featuring "One Hit Wonder" (or vice verse). "Successful Artist" is not considered a one hit wonder on the Billboard Hot 100. Also we should include footnotes for italicized artists noting which chart they had further success on. Doc Strange 18:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: and I just got around to doing that now, based off of what was done on the 1980s page.  Doc StrangeMailboxLogbook 19:42, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Footnotes

message: Anyone have an account on Billboard.biz? The one I was using is not accessible anymore. :( ۝ ۞ ░ 23:50, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Billboard.biz 

message: She had two hit singles with Ludacris: What's Your Fantasy (#21) and Stand Up (#1).  I removed her because she already had two hit singles in the past.
DepressedPer 03:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shawnna 

message: Anyone wanna update this chart for 2007? I don't have a billboard.biz account so I can't do it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sailorearth (talk • contribs) 23:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update? 

message: Won't that song be considered a one hit wonder? Since that's their only song that has peaked on the top 40 of the Hot 100.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.189.175 (talk) 06:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't know. Not yet, seeing that "Our Time Now" is climbing both the Hot 100 and the airplay charts quite rapidly. I'd say wait for now Doc Strange (talk) 18:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hey There Delilah 

message: Soulja Boy is not a one-hit wonder, he had another hit with Soulja Girl.  Check his Wikipedia page and you'll see his chart history.
DepressedPer 03:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soulja Boy 

message: Its too soon to put them on the one-hit wonder list, give them sometime to make another hit.
DepressedPer 02:08, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If they don't, they'd be an italicized name, because of their success on other charts since 1999's Lit Up which reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart  Doc StrangeMailboxLogbook 13:04, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buckcherry 

message: Pitbull just recentely got a second top-40 hit with The Anthem.  DepressedPer 03:08, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pitbull 

message: Aaron Tippin had three additional number 1 songs and should not be on this list.  Kiss This, Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio, and a third preclude him as a "one-hit" wonder.  A one-hit wonder is defined as an artist or group that breaks the top 20 (according to VH1 show "1-Hit Wonders" and never chart again.) --Kites0852 (talk) 14:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aaron Tippin 

message: I just put the 2007 one-hit wonders in the right order and put the actual dates and peak their song hit.  What is with the change?
DepressedPer 03:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF!? 

message: They had a second hit with "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy."  It peaked at #26.  DepressedPer 06:58, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No. That was the Top 40 Mainstream chart, not the Billboard Hot 100. Different chart.  Doc StrangeMailboxLogbook 14:44, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  soulDecision 

message: system of a down? are you serious?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.161.137 (talk) 05:47, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. We are. They only have one Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100. That's what counts when you are refering to "One Hit Wonders on the Billboard Hot 100". They do have songs on both the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks chart, and they have a couple non-Top 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, but only "BYOB" has hit the Top 40. I direct your attention here, to Billboard's website. Yes, they have Top 40 songs on the Mainstream and Modern Rock charts, but only one Top 40 song on the Billboard Hot 100.  Doc StrangeMailboxLogbook 14:43, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  uygyugyugyug 

message: Hello all,
I see this list lists those who are the guest on a song as a one-hit wonder instead of the primary artist (who may or may not be a one-hit wonder). I see this as a dishonest way to pump up the list. I suggest that for songs with guests, the primary artist be listed as a one-hit wonder (if the artist is one). While this may make a shorter list, at least it would be an honest list. - Thanks, Hoshie 08:06, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've been saying this for quite a while, and was the only to actually make the footnotes to designate that an artist was a guest (previously there was no designation, and was more confusing). I suggest making another section and put the guest one hit wonders there instead of in the actual tables.  Doc StrangeMailboxLogbook 21:05, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I must backpedal a bit on my previous message. While I agree that listing guests clutters up the list, I can see how the guests are useful. For example, has anybody heard anything from L.V. since he sang with Coolio all those years ago? As long as they are footnoted and the corroboration is their only Top 100 hit then I don't mind. I do think a separate table is a good idea. - Thanks, Hoshie 05:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This list is dishonest 

message: Hello all,
I see the 2008 one-hit wonders list is here. I have added Duffy to the list as Mercy last charted a few months ago. I thought Warwick Avenue might had charted as well; It appears I was incorrect. I'm not sure if this violates the one year lag period, but I have added Darius Rucker's Don't Think I Don't Think About It since I last charted a few months ago. However Rucker's new song It Won't Be Like This For Long just entered the chart at #100; see . I have also re-added Lee Greenwood. While he had two very minor hits in the early-80's (, ) God Bless the USA was his only top 40 hit as of this date. Hope this helps. - Thanks, Hoshie 02:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lee Greenwood, Darius Rucker, Duffy 

message: Offishall is not a one-hit wonder.  He had his own hit with Dangerous featuring Akon (US #5), but he was featured as a guest with Akon and Colby O'Donis on Beautiful (peak so far on US, #19) and is still on the charts today.  DepressedPerDepressedPer 18:53, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kardinall Offishall 

message: You have Nick Carter as a one-hit wonder after having success from the Backstreet Boys. He had a hit with Help Me but
its on the Mainstream Top 40, not the Billboard Hot 100. Does it count if its on the Mainstream Top 40 chart or just the Hot
100?  DepressedPerTalk page 21:00, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mainstream Top 40 

message: I know about the one-year lag and everything, but Static Major is dead now. So obviously, he's never going to make another Top 40 hit again. That's why I'm putting him on the 2008 chart early.
He's a one-hit wonder for now? But some artists have had top 40 hits after they've died. What about 2Pac or The Notorious B.I.G.? Holiday56 (talk) 14:14, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Static Major 

message: Where are the other 2008 one hit wonders? i saw them before but some of them disappeared. can someone place it again.???? Mike384 (talk) 13:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other 2008 one hit wonders 

message: OK Go had two hits on both the US Modern Rock and UK Top 40 charts. Should OK Go be italicized on the list or just left as is?75.142.54.211 (talk) 01:50, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  OK Go should be italicized 

message: The only song of theirs I know of that ever was a hit was "Flavor of The Weak". Can someone please add this? 76.1.48.210 (talk) 21:18, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Flavor of the Weak" peaked outside of the Billboard Top 40 (#41, actually), so it just barely misses out on qualifying for the chart.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.7.63 (talk) 22:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  American Hi-Fi? 

message: Someone removed them from the page. Can they be restored?75.142.54.211 (talk) 23:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  James Blunt and Lucas Grabeel 

message: David Archuleta shouldn't  be on the list since he has another Top 40 hit (Imagine - #36). In the case of Owl City, it is too early for him to be listed, since "Fireflies" had a peak date of November 7, 2009, which is way too long from now. Mike384 (talk) 03:28, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Archuleta and Owl City 

message: Can someone add them to the list? I remember "Candle (Sick and Tired)" got VERY heavy airplay a few years ago but I've never heard from them since. 76.1.51.38 (talk) 02:09, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The White Tie Affair 

message: Songs that only reached the top 40 of Hot Singles Sales should not be on this list. There are only six of these on the list (in 2002 and 2003), and sales of physical singles are so minimal that they don't give any indication of the popularity of the song. Overall, these did not sell well nor did receive much airplay or they would have cracked the Hot 100. As opposed to '90s airplay-only songs, no restriction or rule prevented a Hot 100 appearance. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 20:54, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hot Singles Sales 

message: I don't think they should be on this list as EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ARTISTS have had Top 40 hits on their own (multiple actually) so therefore I think they should be deleted. 71.255.218.208 (talk) 19:34, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Friends For Change 

message: As sad as it is, the darkness is a one hit wonder in the US.  I Believe in a Thing Called Love peaked at number 35 I believe.  I think it should be added.
97.113.149.28 (talk) 23:57, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Darkness has never had a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the criterion for this list; I Believe in a Thing Called Love peaked at 35 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 23:57, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Darkness 

message: Paper Planes, #4 in 2007, and next song to chart was O Saya at #94.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.67.206.248 (talk) 02:55, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  MIA 

message: The White Stripes should never be considered one-hit wonders!
"Fell in Love With a Girl" - The hit that made them famous.
"Seven Nation Army" - HUGE success.
Also: "The Hardest Button to Button", "Blue Orchid", "We're Going to be Friends", etc.
Rebel against this injustice or I'll just remove the White Stripes myself.
Signed, 98.195.99.11 (talk) 18:10, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrimination 

message: In 2005, a group of musicians (Velvet Revolver, Slash, Bono, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Tim McGraw, Steven Tyler, Brian Wilson, Alison Krauss, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Stevie Wonder) performed a live cover of "Across the Universe" at the Grammy Awards, and this rendition, released as a charity single, reached #22 on the Billboard list. They were credited simply as "Various Artists". Now, if they had been credited with a real name like, say, "USA for Africa", then I would have no problem with their inclusion on this list. But "Various Artists" is a generic name, and it doesn't make sense here. It's akin to "N/A", and there's no way it could be anything other than a "one-hit wonder". There's nothing "wondrous" about it. I don't think it belongs here. Korny O'Near (talk) 00:56, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Various Artists" for "Across the Universe" 

message: WE have to go further than the stupid  TOP 40 DEFINITION 
muse had another hit since 2009 
MADNESS  sold 2,5 million copies in the US and it gained  2xPLATINUM and they had their first top 40 mainstream top 40/pop songs hit with that peaking at # 23 
ABSOLUTION       PLATINUM 1,000,000 SHIPPED copies
BLACK HOLES      PLATINUM  1,000,000 
RESISTANCE         PLATINUM   1,000,000
2ND LAW              GOLD           475,000 sold copies    500,000 shipped copies
DRONES 2015 released   sold   300,000 copies so far and peaked at # 1 on the Billboard  200 
plus they have 2 more GOLD CERTIFIED singles
WHY THE HELL THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS ONE HIT WONDERS ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.204.130.33 (talk) 22:11, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  MUSE UPDATE  

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Please take part in the discussion about inclusion criteria which is underway at Talk:List of 2010s one-hit wonders in the United States#Inclusion criteria. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 04:15, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion criteria -- see 2010s discussion 

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thread_title:  One-hit wonder inclusion criteria