One-Hit Wonders That Made the Year-End Top 10

Plenty of acts have one hit. Far fewer land a song in a year’s top 10 and then never place another one on a year-end chart. We found 102 of them.

Our rule is strict: the act appears on the year-end Top 100 exactly once in 1956–2025, as the only credited artist, and that song finished in the year's top 10. Some of these acts had other weekly hits that didn't last long enough to make a year-end list, so “one-hit wonder” here means one year-end hit.

The 1950s

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The 2010s

The 2020s

Based on the year-end Top 100 singles charts, 1956–2025, as compiled on Wikipedia. Artist counts include lead and featured credits. How we handle the data.