One-hit wonders in the UK

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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 hit, but is unable to repeat the achievement with another Top 40 hit. The term can refer to the artist, the song, or both together.

It is important to note that the following list contains artists who reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart with just one song. Additionally, an artist with two or more albums with a rank of one to forty inclusive in the UK Albums Chart may be taken off of this listing.

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[edit] Difficulty in defining a 'one-hit wonder'

It can be difficult to decide what constitutes a 'one-hit wonder'. A band popular in one country may be considered to have only been a one-hit wonder in another. Also a group may have had a string of top-ten hits at the time they performed but only one extremely popular song which gets airplay years after it is released.

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