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One Hit Wonders, Proven by the Numbers

Hard streaming numbers. No guessing. One beautiful, singular one hit wonder.

Settle every "is this a one-hit wonder?" argument with one number.

We take an artist's biggest song by Spotify streams and divide it by their next biggest. If the ratio sits above 5.0, they are a certified one-hit wonder by our measure.

No opinions, no genre arguments, just one comparable number per artist. Over 500 acts clear the line. Read how the ratio works →

The 100 Biggest One Hit Wonders of All Time

Every artist here is a certified one hit wonder by our measure: their biggest song has at least 5 times the streams of their second biggest. Ranked by how many people actually heard the hit, out of 606 certified artists.

1

Glass Animals

"Heat Waves" (2020)

3,890M

streams · 9.1x ratio

 2

Lord Huron

"The Night We Met" (2015)

3,875M

streams · 12.2x ratio

 3

Vance Joy

"Riptide" (2013)

3,848M

streams · 5.8x ratio
# Artist and hit Streams Ratio
  1. 4 Tom Odell — "Another Love" (2012) 3,655M 7.4x
  2. 5 The Goo Goo Dolls — "Iris" (1998) 3,614M 7.7x
  3. 6 Tones And I — "Dance Monkey" (2019) 3,493M 6.8x
  4. 7 John Legend — "All of Me" (2013) 3,157M 7.4x
  5. 8 French Montana — "Unforgettable" (2017) 3,030M 6.6x
  6. 9 a-ha — "Take on Me" (1984) 2,880M 19.6x
  7. 10 Passenger — "Let Her Go" (2012) 2,876M 19.6x
  8. 11 Djo — "End of Beginning" (2022) 2,863M 15.9x
  9. 12 Lucenzo — "Vem Dancar Kuduro" (2010) 2,712M 48.9x
  10. 13 Tears For Fears — "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (1985) 2,647M 5.6x
  11. 14 Coolio — "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995) 2,611M 44.0x
  12. 15 Foster The People — "Pumped Up Kicks" (2011) 2,568M 5.3x
  13. 16 Gotye — "Somebody That I Used To Know" (2011) 2,558M 8.5x
  14. 17 WALK THE MOON — "Shut Up and Dance" (2014) 2,437M 13.8x
  15. 18 The Walters — "I Love You So" (2014) 2,426M 23.1x
  16. 19 OMI — "Cheerleader - Ricky Blaze Remix" (2012) 2,269M 7.9x
  17. 20 The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army" (2003) 2,257M 6.8x
  18. 21 MAGIC! — "Rude" (2014) 2,218M 24.1x
  19. 22 SAINt JHN — "Roses" (2016) 2,180M 12.9x
  20. 23 Gigi Perez — "Sailor Song" (2024) 2,128M 8.6x
  21. 24 Bastille — "Pompeii" (2013) 2,102M 5.2x
  22. 25 Powfu — "death bed (coffee for your head)" (2020) 2,073M 23.9x
  23. 26 Milky Chance — "Stolen Dance" (2013) 2,047M 5.6x
  24. 27 Eurythmics — "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (1983) 2,032M 10.6x
  25. 28 Offset — "Ric Flair Drip (with Metro Boomin)" (2017) 2,015M 5.7x
  26. 29 Capital Cities — "Safe and Sound" (2011) 1,947M 10.4x
  27. 30 Rema — "Calm Down" (2022) 1,934M 8.1x
  28. 31 Trevor Daniel — "Falling" (2018) 1,905M 10.7x
  29. 32 Snow Patrol — "Chasing Cars" (2006) 1,851M 8.5x
  30. 33 Hotel Ugly — "Shut up My Moms Calling" (2020) 1,821M 8.4x
  31. 34 Pharrell Williams — "Happy - From "Despicable Me 2"" (2013) 1,804M 6.7x
  32. 35 Portugal. The Man — "Feel It Still" (2017) 1,781M 11.8x
  33. 36 Shaboozey — "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (2024) 1,774M 6.6x
  34. 37 Ben E. King — "Stand By Me" (1962) 1,762M 15.3x
  35. 38 Dynoro — "In My Mind" (2017) 1,753M 11.0x
  36. 39 MKTO — "Classic" (2013) 1,747M 13.4x
  37. 40 Beach House — "Space Song" (2015) 1,712M 5.1x
  38. 41 The Verve — "Bitter Sweet Symphony - Radio Edit" (1997) 1,670M 6.2x
  39. 42 KALEO — "Way down We Go" (2015) 1,665M 5.2x
  40. 43 Hoobastank — "The Reason" (2003) 1,603M 8.4x
  41. 44 Stephen Sanchez — "Until I Found You" (2021) 1,600M 7.8x
  42. 45 Duncan Laurence — "Arcade" (2019) 1,590M 47.3x
  43. 46 gnash — "i hate u, i love u (feat. olivia o'brien)" (2016) 1,585M 12.3x
  44. 47 The Outfield — "Your Love" (1986) 1,580M 8.1x
  45. 48 Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy" (2006) 1,564M 41.3x
  46. 49 Brenda Lee — "ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE" (1962) 1,564M 9.0x
  47. 50 Internet Money — "Lemonade - Remix" (2020) 1,562M 5.1x
  48. 51 New West — "Those Eyes" (2019) 1,530M 39.9x
  49. 52 Iyaz — "Replay" (2009) 1,524M 9.4x
  50. 53 Spice Girls — "Wannabe" (1996) 1,513M 6.2x
  51. 54 Beach Weather — "Sex, Drugs, Etc." (2016) 1,504M 31.3x
  52. 55 Lilly Wood and The Prick — "Prayer In C" (2014) 1,481M 118.0x
  53. 56 Jay Wheeler — "La Curiosidad" (2020) 1,476M 6.4x
  54. 57 Plain White T's — "Hey There Delilah - Bonus Track" (2006) 1,475M 9.7x
  55. 58 Rosa Linn — "SNAP" (2022) 1,471M 9.0x
  56. 59 Bobby Helms — "Jingle Bell Rock" (1957) 1,463M 220.4x
  57. 60 4 Non Blondes — "What's Up?" (1993) 1,460M 71.6x
  58. 61 Loud Luxury — "Body" (2017) 1,451M 7.0x
  59. 62 Masked Wolf — "Astronaut In The Ocean" (2019) 1,433M 28.9x
  60. 63 Icona Pop — "I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)" (2012) 1,426M 8.0x
  61. 64 Sixpence None The Richer — "Kiss Me" (1998) 1,424M 7.9x
  62. 65 R. City — "Locked Away (feat. Adam Levine)" (2015) 1,420M 35.1x
  63. 66 Yng Lvcas — "La Bebe" (2021) 1,419M 24.6x
  64. 67 Patrick Watson — "Je te laisserai des mots" (2010) 1,418M 13.8x
  65. 68 JP Saxe — "If The World Was Ending - Spanglish Version" (2019) 1,410M 10.1x
  66. 69 Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out" (2004) 1,408M 11.0x
  67. 70 BØRNS — "Electric Love" (2015) 1,407M 5.9x
  68. 71 Nicky Youre — "Sunroof" (2021) 1,396M 17.3x
  69. 72 Jimmy Eat World — "The Middle" (2001) 1,373M 5.3x
  70. 73 American Authors — "Best Day Of My Life - Gazzo Remix" (2013) 1,371M 8.9x
  71. 74 Ravyn Lenae — "Love Me Not" (2024) 1,365M 22.5x
  72. 75 Seafret — "Atlantis" (2015) 1,362M 6.3x
  73. 76 Mr. Probz — "Waves" (2013) 1,351M 11.3x
  74. 77 Gesaffelstein — "Lost in the Fire (feat. The Weeknd)" (2019) 1,345M 21.5x
  75. 78 Pedro Capó — "Calma" (2018) 1,343M 10.2x
  76. 79 Haddaway — "What Is Love - 12" Mix" (1992) 1,342M 22.1x
  77. 80 Jack Ü — "Where Are Ü Now (with Justin Bieber)" (2015) 1,340M 6.8x
  78. 81 The Temptations — "My Girl" (1964) 1,337M 6.7x
  79. 82 AURORA — "Runaway" (2015) 1,319M 5.2x
  80. 83 Dhruv — "double take" (2019) 1,301M 9.2x
  81. 84 GAYLE — "abcdefu" (2021) 1,298M 6.6x
  82. 85 Zac Efron — "Rewrite The Stars" (2017) 1,291M 5.1x
  83. 86 Simple Minds — "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985) 1,287M 6.4x
  84. 87 Nico & Vinz — "Am I Wrong" (2013) 1,277M 7.4x
  85. 88 Mazzy Star — "Fade Into You" (1994) 1,262M 11.0x
  86. 89 Topic — "Breaking Me" (2019) 1,257M 5.9x
  87. 90 Lola Young — "Messy" (2024) 1,257M 7.9x
  88. 91 GROUPLOVE — "Tongue Tied" (2011) 1,241M 7.7x
  89. 92 LP — "Lost on You" (2015) 1,239M 8.0x
  90. 93 Jawsh 685 — "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)" (2020) 1,239M 16.9x
  91. 94 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros — "Home" (2010) 1,236M 10.8x
  92. 95 Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game" (1989) 1,230M 17.5x
  93. 96 A Great Big World — "Say Something" (2013) 1,230M 27.8x
  94. 97 Sheck Wes — "Mo Bamba" (2017) 1,228M 14.6x
  95. 98 Dennis Lloyd — "Nevermind" (2016) 1,219M 5.6x
  96. 99 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners — "Evergreen" (2024) 1,217M 7.3x
  97. 100 Øneheart — "snowfall" (2022) 1,213M 6.7x

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How We Prove It

1

The Hero Song

The track that defines the artist — their biggest hit by streams.

2

The Ratio

Top hit streams ÷ 2nd best song. Ratio > 5.0 = One Hit Wonder.

3

The Verdict

Hard numbers. No opinions. Just streaming data from Spotify.