One Hit Wonders of the 2010s
146 artists
The 2010s are when streaming really took over, and the shape of a one-hit wonder shifted with it. Instead of a single 45 selling a million copies, a track now lived or died inside curated playlists, on YouTube, and eventually in TikTok trends. EDM drops, indie crossovers, tropical-house slow burns, and viral edits all minted new one-hit acts at speed. Sort the certified 2010s artists by our ratio and a very modern pattern emerges: one playlist-friendly song that runs and runs on streams, while everything else under the artist's name stays in its shadow.
Lord Huron
"The Night We Met"
12.5x ratio
indie folk · United States · 2017
ONE HIT WONDERVance Joy
"Riptide"
5.6x ratio
indie folk · Australia · Male · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERTom Odell
"Another Love"
7.2x ratio
indie folk · United Kingdom · Male · 2012
ONE HIT WONDERTones And I
"Dance Monkey"
6.9x ratio
dance-pop · Australia · Female · 2019
ONE HIT WONDERJohn Legend
"All of Me"
7.2x ratio
soul · United States · Male · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERFrench Montana
"Unforgettable"
6.3x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2017
ONE HIT WONDERPassenger
"Let Her Go"
15.0x ratio
indie folk · United Kingdom · Male · 2012
ONE HIT WONDERLucenzo
"Vem Dancar Kuduro"
46.5x ratio
France · Male · 2010
ONE HIT WONDERFoster The People
"Pumped Up Kicks"
5.2x ratio
indie pop · United States · 2011
ONE HIT WONDERGotye
"Somebody That I Used To Know"
8.8x ratio
art pop · Australia · Male · 2011
ONE HIT WONDERWALK THE MOON
"Shut Up and Dance"
13.3x ratio
pop rock · United States · 2014
ONE HIT WONDERThe Walters
"I Love You So"
22.5x ratio
United Kingdom · 2014
ONE HIT WONDERSAINt JHN
"Roses (Imanbek Remix)"
13.0x ratio
hip hop · Guyana · Male · 2019
ONE HIT WONDERMAGIC!
"Rude"
12.0x ratio
synth-pop · Japan · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERBastille
"Pompeii"
5.2x ratio
pop rock · United Kingdom · 2012
ONE HIT WONDEROffset
"Ric Flair Drip (with Metro Boomin)"
5.6x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2017
ONE HIT WONDERMilky Chance
"Stolen Dance"
5.6x ratio
indie folk · Germany · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERTrevor Daniel
"Falling"
10.6x ratio
2018
ONE HIT WONDERCapital Cities
"Safe and Sound"
10.2x ratio
electronic · United States · 2011
ONE HIT WONDERPharrell Williams
"Happy - From "Despicable Me 2""
7.0x ratio
contemporary r&b · United States · Male · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERDynoro
"In My Mind"
10.9x ratio
edm · Lithuania · Male · 2017
ONE HIT WONDERPortugal. The Man
"Feel It Still"
12.0x ratio
indie rock · United States · 2017
ONE HIT WONDERMKTO
"Classic"
13.3x ratio
United States · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERBeach House
"Space Song"
5.2x ratio
dream pop · United States · 2015