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One-hit wonder
Musical act that achieves mainstream popularity for only one piece of work
One-hit wonder
In creative industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist that achieves mainstream success with one work or product, only to never achieve it again. The term is most commonly used and associated with popular music, where the phrase either refers to any musical artist, whether it be an individual or ensemble, that achieves only one hit song, or the one hit itself. However, the trend is also seen in film, video games, fashion, theatre, books and other industries. In recorded music, performers that only achieved commercial success with one single were first around in the pre-World War II, when sound recordings were first commercially circulated. However, the 1950s saw the beginning of record charts from magazines like Billboard, providing a consistent, quantifiable measurement of an artist's history of popularity and, in turn, their one-hit wonder status for the remainder of time. There are several factors behind each song becoming a one-hit wonder, but academics in popular music suggest the general...
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