1 Hit Wonders
 In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist who is generally known for only one hit single.
To be considered a one-hit wonder, it is not enough that an artist have had only one song in the top 40 positions of Billboard Magazine’s list of most popular pop singles; the qualification most music industry insiders use to consider a song a hit. To be defined as a one-hit wonder, an artist must be widely known for only that hit. Most one-hit wonders fade from the public eye quickly after their one hit falls from the singles chart.
 One-hit wonders are common in any era of pop music but are most common during reigns of entire genres that do not last for more than a few years, such as disco and new wave.
The hits of many one-hit wonders are novelty songs that are, to an extent, deliberately short-lived, recorded for humor or to cash in on the latest pop culture fad.
Examples include C.W. McCall’s "Convoy," related to the shortwave radio fad of the 1970s, and Buckner & Garcia’s "Pac Man Fever," related to the arcade game Pac Man. More commonly however, one-hit wonders are serious-minded musicians who struggled to continue their success after their popularity waned.
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