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Title: The 25 Biggest One-Hit Wonders of the 21st Century
In a music industry where repetition is often key to success, one-hit wonders have carved out their own niche by achieving a remarkable feat – making it big only once. In this article, we’ll take you through the 25 most notable one-hit wonders of the 21st century.
1. **Daniel Powter – “Bad Day”** (2006): Buttressing bleak lyrics with upbeat piano chords, Canadian singer Daniel Powter created an uber-relatable song that topped the charts and became a staple on American Idol.
2. **Omar Samuel Pasley (OMI) – “Cheerleader”** (2015): Written in a pique of ’90s mood-board nostalgia, this tribute to a fallen friend rose over 59 weeks on the Hot 100 to reach No.1. The song has nearly 2 billion Spotify plays.
3. **MAGIC! – “Rude”** (2014): A reggae-infused track about a man seeking permission from his girlfriend’s father, this song took off after guitarist Mark Pellizzer shared it on social media and later got an RCA deal.
4. **Silentó – “Watch Me”** (2015): Beginning as a 15-second viral video, this song turned four existing dance crazes into wedding-and-bar-mitzvah fixtures.
5. **Glass Animals – “Heat Waves”** (2022): Despite the song’s bleak and confusing pandemic-lockdown period that inspired it, Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley said it made him feel like walking outside naked, as he topped the charts for five weeks.
6. **Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down”** (2023): After the original version broke on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, Rema noticed and later recruited Gomez to make a female vocal-only version that reached No. 3.
7. **Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”** (2025): [Insert article link]
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Source: www.billboard.com
