What are the highest-earning one-hit-wonders?
Many music fans have a thing about one-hit-wonders, artists who burn bright for exactly one song and then fall into obscurity. More often than not, they continue to release music,
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 897: Alt-Rock One-Hit-Wonders of the 90s, part 1
Artists who manage to have one and only one hit songs are often the butt of jokes. Getting tagged as a one-hit-wonder certainly can be a career-killer. But let’s turn
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Does the dying album mean more one-hit-wonders?
We’re seeing the slow death of the album as people show a preference for streaming individual songs. This could harken a return to the way the music industry was pre-c.1965
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Random Music News for Thursday, February 18, 2016
On this day in 1979, it was so cold that it snowed in southern Sudan. That’s the Sahara Desert. Never happened before, never happened since. And now, some music news. The
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Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 122: DJ Pope, Boyee
I’ve spent the last couple of days fiddling with my new iPhone 6s. Jeebus, I’m frustrated. It’s not the phone, which is pretty good. It’s fast, has some snappy new
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Today is One-Hit Wonder Day
Yeah, the Pope may be in New York to address the United Nations, but more importantly, today is National One-Hit Wonder Day. And even though it’s an American event, it
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“There Is No Such Things as a One-Hit-Wonder Anymore”
Sometimes all you’ve got in you is one great song. But what a song. The classic one-hit-wonder is “In the Year 2525” by Zager and Evans from 1969. HUGE hit.
Read MoreNo, It’s Not Your Imagination. The Number of One-Hit-Wonders Is Up. Blame Social Media
When the Grammys come around (or the MTV Music Video Awards or the People’s Choice Awards or the American Music Awards or the MMVAs), try to remember who wins what
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When is a One-Hit Wonder REALLY a One-Hit Wonder?
Ask anyone to define a “one-hit wonder” and chances are they’ll say “an act that had one just big song and then disappeared forever.” It’s when you demand a concrete
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