Posted March 16, 201312 yr I've gone and found a list of artists who only ever had one UK Top 40 hit, and that hit was in the chart in 2010 (starting w/e 9 Jan) up to now. Artists whose only hit was as a feature on someone else's hit, don't count, unless the hit they featured on also has a 1HW artist. Artists who have a featured artist who continued to have hits, have the featured artist in brackets. 2010 Journey "Don't Stop Believin" #7 Chuckie (feat. LMFAO) "Let The Bass Kick In Miami Girl" #31 Peter Kay's All Star Animated Band "The Official BBC Children In Need Medley"* #35 Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve "Riverside (Let's Go)" #2 Helping Haiti "Everybody Hurts"** #1 Gramophonedzie "Why Don't You" #12 Daisy Dares You (feat. Chipmunk) "Number One Enemy" #13 McLean "My Name" #10 Joshua Radin "I'd Rather Be With You" #11 Selena Gomez & The Scene "Naturally" #7 Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"*** #15 Fyfe Dangerfield "She's Always A Woman" #7 Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina "Stereo Love" #4 Fugative "Crush" #26 Leeds United Team & Supporters "Leeds Leeds Leeds (Marching On Together)" #10 The Squad "3 Lions 2010" #21 Danielle Hope "Over The Rainbow" #29 Lena "Satellite" #30 Shout For England feat. (Dizzee Rascal) & James Corden "Shout" #1 Terry Venables "If I Can Dream" #23 Kele "Tenderoni" #31 Marco Calliari "We No Speak Americano" #26 Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup "We No Speak Americano" #1 Brandon Flowers "Crossfire" #8 Rumer "Slow" #16 Hurts "Wonderful Life" #21 Stromae "Alors On Danse" #25 (Pepper) & Piano "You Took My Heart" #7 Greg Street (feat. Soulja Boy & Keri Hilson) "Turn My Swag On" #17 Pictures "Tears" #33 The xx "Islands" #34 Die Antwoord "Enter the Ninja" #37 Charice (feat. Iyaz) "Pyramid" #17 Danny Byrd feat. I-Kay "Ill Behaviour" #36 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules "Mad World" #26 Nadine Coyle "Insatiable" #26 Gyptian "Hold You" #16 The Royal British Legion "2 Minute Silence" #20 X Factor Finalists 2010 "Heroes"** #1 Brett Domino "Gillian McKeith" #29 Alexa Goddard "Turn My Swag On" #26 Willow Smith "Whip My Hair" #2 The Trashmen "Surfin' Bird" #3 John Cage "4'33" (Cage Against The Machine Version)" #21 Corey Taylor "X-M@$" #37 Ben Hazelby & Jamie Hazelby (feat. Chris de Burgh) "Lonely Sky" #36 *Peter Kay has had other hits, the Animated Band have not **Artists within the group have had other hits ***Peaked in 2012 2011 James Blake "Limit To Your Love" #39 Beady Eye "The Roller" #31 Clare Maguire "The Last Dance" #23 (Tiesto) vs. Diplo (feat. Busta Rhymes) "C'mon (Catch Em' By Surprise)" #13 Breakage feat. Jess Mills "Fighting Fire" #34 Dionne Bromfield feat. Diggy Simmons "Yeah Right" #36 Alexandra Stan "Mr Saxobeat" #3 Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar" #2 The Good Child Foundation "Just Can't Get Enough" #30 Templecloud "One Big Family" #24 Ludovico Einaudi "i giorni" #32 Bad Meets Evil (feat. Bruno Mars) "Lighters"* #10 Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks" #18 Six D "Best Damn Night" #34 Swede Mason feat. Gregg Wallace and John Torode "Masterchef Synesthesia (Buttery Biscuit Bass)" #37 Sak Noel "Loca People" #1 Goo Goo Dolls "Iris" #3 Charlene Soraia "Wherever You Will Go" #3 Lucenzo & Qwote feat. (Pitbull) & Don Omar "Danza Kuduro" #13 The Collective "Teardrop"** #24 Slow Moving Millie "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" #34 X Factor Finalists 2011 (feat. JLS & One Direction) "Wishing On A Star"** #1 (Military Wives) & Gareth Malone "Wherever You Are" #1 Lou Monte "Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)" #3 Stacy Solomon "Driving Home For Christmas" #27 The Cast Of TOWIE "Last Christmas" #33 *Eminem has had other hits **Artists within the group have had hits 2012 James Vincent McMorrow "Higher Love" #21 Michael Kiwanuka "Home Again" #29 Gotye feat. Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know" #1 (Swedish House Mafia) vs. Knife Party "Antidote" #4 M83 "Midnight City" #34 Kings Of Pop "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" #40 Alyssa Reid feat. Jump Smokers "Alone Again" #2 R.I.O. feat. U-Jean "Turn This Club Around" #36 Nadia Ali "Rapture" #40 Matt Redman (& LZ7) "Twenty Seven Million" #12 Marcus Collins "Seven Nation Army" #9 Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay "212" #12 B.Traits feat. Elisabeth Troy "Fever" #36 Breathe Carolina "Blackout" #21 Flux Pavilion (feat. Example) "Daydreamer" #39 D'Banj "Oliver Twist" #9 Gavin DeGraw "I Don't Want To Be" #27 Loreen "Euphoria" #3 (Gary Barlow) & The Commonwealth Band (feat. Military Wives) "Sing" #1 Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso (feat. Ryan Tedder) "Calling (Lose My Mind)" #19 Dot Rotten feat. TMS "Overload" #15 Of Monsters And Men "Little Talks" #12 Aiden Grimshaw "Is This Love" #35 Can You Blow My "Whistle" #38 Precision Tunes "Payphone" #9 Angel "Wonderful" #9 Frank Turner "I Still Believe" #40 Sam And The Womp "Bom Bom" #1 Porter Robinson "Language" #9 Ryan O'Shaughnessy "No Name" #31 (Ed Sheeran), Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford and David Arnold Wish You Were Here #34 Everything Everything "Cough Cough" #37 John Denver "Annie's Song" #38 PSY "Gangnam Style" #1 The Lumineers "Ho Hey" #8 Asaf Avidan & The Mojos "One Day/Reckoning Song" #30 Hot Natured & Ali Love "Benediction" #40 Willy Moon "Yeah Yeah" #28 Sneakbo "Zim Zimma" #35 Ladywell Primary School "O Holy Night" #39 James Arthur "Impossible" #1 The Justice Collective "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"* #1 £1 Fish Man "One Pound Fish" #28 *Artists within the group have had hits 2013 (Vato Gonzales vs. Lethal Bizzle) & Donae'O "Not A Saint" #20 Anne Hathaway "I Dreamed A Dream" #22 Bingo Players (feat. Far East Movement) "Get Up (Rattle)" #1 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz "Thrift Shop" #1 Droideka "Get Hyper" #29 (Avicii) vs. Nicky Romero "I Could Be The One" #1 Baauer "Harlem Shake" #3 Zedd feat. Foxes "Clarity" #29 Laura Mvula "Green Garden" #31 Bridgit Mendler "Ready Or Not" #7 The 1975 "Chocolate" #24 Other Notes Bre has pointed out that the following artists had hits as part of bands/groups. - Corey Taylor with Slipknot - Fyfe Dangerfield with Guillemots - Kele with Bloc Party - Brandon Flowers with The Killers - Nadine with Girls Aloud - Stacey Solomon with The X Factor Finalists 2009 - Nadia Ali with iiO - Marcus Collins with The X Factor Finalists 2011 - Sebastian Ingrosso with Swedish House Mafia - Dot Rotten with The Collective - Aiden Grimshaw with The X Factor Finalists 2010 - Richard Jones with The Feeling - Nick Mason with Pink Floyd - Mike Rutherford with Genesis And Knife Party and Beady Eye were formed from the splits of Pendulum and Oasis respectively. Edited March 16, 201312 yr by Thermometer
March 16, 201312 yr Porter Robinson and Everything Everything [/thread] Edited March 16, 201312 yr by Bré
March 16, 201312 yr Author Journey aren't one hit wonders. Maybe they aren't in the US, but in the UK they definitely are. Their only other chart hit was "Who's Crying Now", a #46 hit in 1982.
March 16, 201312 yr Can You Blow My will take some beating <3 In seriousness, without a shadow of doubt Loreen - Euphoria :wub: But also I absolutely love Ready Or Not, Impossible, 212, Somebody That I Used To Know, Pumped Up Kicks, Mr Saxobeat, Need You Now, Naturally and Number 1 Enemy :wub: Of those, I'd say only Azealia Banks, James Arthur and possibly Selena Gomez stand any chance of getting another a hit (the first two almost certainly, Selena perhaps could 'do a Taylor Swift' and be much more successful this era, but equally she could just get her token ~#50 'hit').
March 16, 201312 yr And the chorus of 'Loreen - Euphoria' starts. Fantastic! :D I would also count Gotye and Azealia Banks among my favourites from that list, those three are a level above everything else.
March 16, 201312 yr Bingo Players had a minor hit with "I Cry" peaked around 60 something. And I consider "I Could Be The One" as an Avicii hit more than anything, I don't use the featured artist or whoever the collaboration is.
March 16, 201312 yr Author A lot of great songs on that list, my absolute favourites (excluding recent songs) have to be Yolanda Be Cool, Alexandra Stan, Sak Noel, Azealia Banks, Porter Robinson, PSY and Sam and the Womp! I also love Euphoria but not as much as other people on this forum.
March 16, 201312 yr Corey Taylor has had hits with Slipknot. I don't massively love anything on the list with the possible exception of Gotye. It's not my favourite but "Blackout" is great fun, even if Breathe Carolina are by and large terrible.
March 16, 201312 yr Selena Gomez isn't a one hit wonder. She's had quite a few songs which charted in the 41-60 region!
March 16, 201312 yr Author Selena Gomez isn't a one hit wonder. She's had quite a few songs which charted in the 41-60 region! Yes, but this is a list of artists who have only had 1 top 40 hit. :P
March 16, 201312 yr "Mad World" was released some years before. Only 5 songs, which I like Lady Antebellum "Need You Now" Lena "Satellite" Daisy Dares You (feat. Chipmunk) "Number One Enemy" Alexandra Stan "Mr Saxobeat" Terry Venables "If I Can Dream"
March 16, 201312 yr Plenty of fab songs here! 2010 Fyfe Dangerfield "She's Always A Woman" #7 Kele "Tenderoni" #31 Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup "We No Speak Americano" #1 Hurts "Wonderful Life" #21 Stromae "Alors On Danse" #25 The xx "Islands" #34 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules "Mad World" #26 Gyptian "Hold You" #16 2011 James Blake "Limit To Your Love" #39 Clare Maguire "The Last Dance" #23 Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar" #2 Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks" #18 2012 Gotye feat. Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know" #1 M83 "Midnight City" #34 Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay "212" #12 D'Banj "Oliver Twist" #9 Of Monsters And Men "Little Talks" #12 Aiden Grimshaw "Is This Love" #35 Precision Tunes "Payphone" #9 - [FUTURE CLASSIC] Porter Robinson "Language" #9 Everything Everything "Cough Cough" #37 The Lumineers "Ho Hey" #8 Asaf Avidan & The Mojos "One Day/Reckoning Song" #30 2013 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz "Thrift Shop" #1 Baauer "Harlem Shake" #3 Zedd feat. Foxes "Clarity" #29 Laura Mvula "Green Garden" #31 The 1975 "Chocolate" #24 Big cheers for James Blake, M83, Everything Everything, Gotye and Hurts :wub: Faves could neva, etc. Ikr. My faves could NEVA release such an awful song :kink: Edited March 16, 201312 yr by SevenSeize
March 16, 201312 yr Corey Taylor has had hits with Slipknot. Also: - Fyfe Dangerfield with Guillemots - Kele with Bloc Party - Brandon Flowers with The Killers (I realise this was already pointed out by Thermo) - Nadine with Girls Aloud - Stacey Solomon with The X Factor Finalists 2009 - Nadia Ali with iiO - Marcus Collins with The X Factor Finalists 2011 - Sebastian Ingrosso with Swedish House Mafia - Dot Rotten with The Collective - Aiden Grimshaw with The X Factor Finalists 2010 - Richard Jones with The Feeling - Nick Mason with Pink Floyd - Mike Rutherford with Genesis And Knife Party and Beady Eye were formed from the splits of Pendulum and Oasis respectively. Think I got all of them there :kink:
March 17, 201312 yr Azealia Banks will make her way off that list in 2013. We've her debut album to look forward too, as well as collaborations with Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Kanye West; which'll hopefully be chosen as a single/reach the T40 from cherry-picking. Sam and the Womp is an interesting one too. Saw them live back in September and they had other songs, sounding almost identical to "Bom Bom". Think they'd need a collaboration with a UK rapper to get them out of one-hit wonder territory; shame really.
March 17, 201312 yr I've gone and found a list of artists who only ever had one UK Top 40 hit, and that hit was in the chart in 2010 (starting w/e 9 Jan) up to now. Artists whose only hit was as a feature on someone else's hit, don't count, unless the hit they featured on also has a 1HW artist. Artists who have a featured artist who continued to have hits, have the featured artist in brackets. Leeds United Team & Supporters "Leeds Leeds Leeds (Marching On Together)" #10 They did have a hit with 'Leeds United' in 1972, however that was under the name of 'Leeds United FC' Coincidentaly that also reached no.10 but spent rather longer than a single week on the chart!
March 17, 201312 yr 2010 Gramophonedzie "Why Don't You" #12 Daisy Dares You (feat. Chipmunk) "Number One Enemy" #13 Lena "Satellite" #30 Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup "We No Speak Americano" #1 Hurts "Wonderful Life" #21 The xx "Islands" #34 2011 James Blake "Limit To Your Love" #39 Clare Maguire "The Last Dance" #23 Dionne Bromfield feat. Diggy Simmons "Yeah Right" #36 Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar" #2 Templecloud "One Big Family" #24 Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks" #18 Goo Goo Dolls "Iris" #3 2012 :wub: at all these Michael Kiwanuka "Home Again" #29 Gotye feat. Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know" #1 (Swedish House Mafia) vs. Knife Party "Antidote" #4 Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay "212" #12 Loreen "Euphoria" #3 Of Monsters And Men "Little Talks" #12 Aiden Grimshaw "Is This Love" #35 Angel "Wonderful" #9 Sam And The Womp "Bom Bom" #1 Everything Everything "Cough Cough" #37 The Lumineers "Ho Hey" #8 Willy Moon "Yeah Yeah" #28 2013 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz "Thrift Shop" #1 Laura Mvula "Green Garden" #31
March 17, 201312 yr 2010 Peter Kay's All Star Animated Band "The Official BBC Children In Need Medley"* #35 Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve "Riverside (Let's Go)" #2 Gramophonedzie "Why Don't You" #12 Daisy Dares You (feat. Chipmunk) "Number One Enemy" #13 Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina "Stereo Love" #4 Fugative "Crush" #26 Lena "Satellite" #30 Terry Venables "If I Can Dream" #23 Kele "Tenderoni" #31 Brandon Flowers "Crossfire" #8 Rumer "Slow" #16 Hurts "Wonderful Life" #21 (Pepper) & Piano "You Took My Heart" #7 Die Antwoord "Enter the Ninja" #37 Nadine Coyle "Insatiable" #26 Gyptian "Hold You" #16 The Trashmen "Surfin' Bird" #3 John Cage "4'33" (Cage Against The Machine Version)" #21 Corey Taylor "X-M@$" #37 2011 Clare Maguire "The Last Dance" #23 Dionne Bromfield feat. Diggy Simmons "Yeah Right" #36 Alexandra Stan "Mr Saxobeat" #3 Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar" #2 The Good Child Foundation "Just Can't Get Enough" #30 Templecloud "One Big Family" #24 Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks" #18 Sak Noel "Loca People" #1 Slow Moving Millie "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" #34 2012 Loreen "Euphoria" #3 Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso (feat. Ryan Tedder) "Calling (Lose My Mind)" #19 Of Monsters And Men "Little Talks" #12 Aiden Grimshaw "Is This Love" #35 Ryan O'Shaughnessy "No Name" #31 John Denver "Annie's Song" #38 PSY "Gangnam Style" #1 Willy Moon "Yeah Yeah" #28 James Arthur "Impossible" #1 The Justice Collective "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"* #1 £1 Fish Man "One Pound Fish" #28 2013 NONE
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