One-hit wonders in the United States

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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. The term can refer to the artist, the song, or both together. The following were one-hit wonders in the United States.

[edit] Songs by decade

Each decade of one-hit wonders has a corresponding entry:

• List of 1950s one-hit wonders in the United States
• List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States
• List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
• List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States
• List of 1990s one-hit wonders in the United States
• List of 2000s one-hit wonders in the United States

[edit] See also

• One-hit wonder
• One-hit wonders in Canada
• One-hit wonders in the UK

[edit] External links

• VH1's One-hit Wonder TV special