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
AndrÉA-Portuguese (Brazilian)
Tijmen-Dutch
HamiltonHAM-il-tənEnglish
Jyoti-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali
Breno-Portuguese
Janeljə-NELEnglish