a one-hit wonder



a one-hit wonder

someone who performs popular music who makes one successful record and then no others The seventies saw a succession of one-hit wonders who were famous overnight and then never heard of again.
See also: wonder

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Adannaya-Western African, Igbo
Maitland-English (Rare)
Damayanti-Hinduism
DionÍSiodee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Portuguese), jee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Brazilian Portuguese)Portuguese
Arnoud-Dutch
Itzhak-Hebrew