one-hit wonder



one-hit wonder

A musician or band that only has one successful song during their music career. I'm surprised that band was a one-hit wonder. I enjoyed several songs on their album, but only the one big single ever got radio play.
See also: wonder

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CrawfordKRAW-fərdEnglish
Cornelius[kɔ:'ni:ljəs]
Kavita-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Ilan-Hebrew
ÁSgeirr-Ancient Scandinavian
Rosana-Portuguese