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
Raya-Bulgarian
Septimius-Ancient Roman
Gadar-Armenian
Maral-Armenian
Anoop-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam
Lagina-African American (Rare)