Is Fort Minor a One Hit Wonder?

The Hero Song

Remember the Name (feat. Styles of Beyond)

899,758,346 streams

ONE HIT WONDER

Yes. By the streaming numbers, Fort Minor is a one hit wonder. "Remember the Name (feat. Styles of Beyond)" has 899,758,346 streams, against 142,780,790 for their next biggest song "Where'd You Go (feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) - Single Version", a ratio of 6.3x. JustOneHit certifies an artist as a one hit wonder when that ratio is 5.0 or higher.

Ratio

6.3x

Hit Streams

899.8M

Verdict

Certified One Hit Wonder

One Hit Wonder Meter

LEGEND
One Hit Wonder

Fort Minor · 6.3x ratio

Streams Comparison

Remember the Name (feat. Styles of Beyond) 899,758,346
Where'd You Go (feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) - Single Version 142,780,790
High Road (feat. John Legend) 36,455,790
Believe Me (feat. Bobo & Styles of Beyond) 35,954,234
Welcome 26,209,154
Kenji 24,459,050
Slip Out the Back (feat. Mr. Hahn) 14,290,755
Right Now (feat. Black Thought & Styles of Beyond) 14,098,354
Red to Black (feat. Kenna, Jonah Matranga & Styles of Beyond) 13,831,789
Petrified 13,638,412

Other Songs

Tracks 2–10 by streams

2. Where'd You Go (feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) - Single Version 142,780,790
3. High Road (feat. John Legend) 36,455,790
4. Believe Me (feat. Bobo & Styles of Beyond) 35,954,234
5. Welcome 26,209,154
6. Kenji 24,459,050
7. Slip Out the Back (feat. Mr. Hahn) 14,290,755
8. Right Now (feat. Black Thought & Styles of Beyond) 14,098,354
9. Red to Black (feat. Kenna, Jonah Matranga & Styles of Beyond) 13,831,789
10. Petrified 13,638,412

The Story

Fort Minor was the hip-hop side project of Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, a one-album venture that nonetheless produced one of the most enduring motivational anthems in modern music. "Remember the Name", released in 2005 with Styles of Beyond, is built around its famous arithmetic of effort: "this is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill", and it has become a permanent fixture of sports highlight reels and gym playlists.

The project was always a short detour from Shinoda's main career, so its catalogue is small, but the song has only grown over the years through endless use in trailers and broadcasts.

On streaming, "Remember the Name" sits near 868 million plays, while the project's next biggest track, "Where'd You Go", trails at around 135 million. That puts the ratio above 6, past our 5.0 line.

By our measure Fort Minor is a certified one-hit wonder, with the obvious caveat that it was a side project from a member of one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Its tiny catalogue was never meant to be a full career, and one relentlessly quotable anthem of hard work has come to stand for the whole brief venture.

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By The JustOneHit Editorial Team Last updated 23 May 2026