Top One-Hit Wonders

Songs you've heard constantly, artists you've never heard from again
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 12, 2009 2:00 PM CST

Musicians don’t always get a full 15 minutes of fame; sometimes, they have to settle for three or four. Billboard took a look back at some of the top one-hit wonders of the decade, acts that got one and only one song onto the Hot 100’s Top 10 list. (No. 1 honors go to Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" in 2006.) We’ve grabbed a selection of them for your listening enjoyment, but there have been more. Oh so many more. (More Billboard charts stories.)

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