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
Xiulan-Chinese
Mercedesmer-THE-dhes (Spanish), mer-SE-dhes (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Thiemo-German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Sukhrab-Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Tariro-Southern African, Shona
Gianninajahn-NEE-nahItalian