Hip Hop Top One Hit Wonders
54 artists
Hip-hop's one-hit wonders tend to follow a familiar shape: an artist arrives with a tightly-built single, a memorable hook or a dance move attached, and rides it onto the charts before the scene moves on. The genre's history is full of acts whose names sit on one inescapable party anthem, from the snap-rap and crunk crazes of the mid-2000s to the ringtone-era novelties and the more recent TikTok dance hits. Sort the certified hip-hop artists by our ratio and the cycle keeps repeating: one song that defines a year, then years of much quieter follow-ups.
French Montana
"Unforgettable"
6.6x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2017
ONE HIT WONDERCoolio
"Gangsta's Paradise"
44.0x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 1995
ONE HIT WONDERSAINt JHN
"Roses"
12.9x ratio
hip hop · Guyana · Male · 2016
ONE HIT WONDERPowfu
"death bed (coffee for your head)"
23.9x ratio
emo rap · Canada · Male · 2020
ONE HIT WONDEROffset
"Ric Flair Drip (with Metro Boomin)"
5.7x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2017
ONE HIT WONDERHotel Ugly
"Shut up My Moms Calling"
8.4x ratio
hip hop · United States · 2020
ONE HIT WONDERPharrell Williams
"Happy - From "Despicable Me 2""
6.7x ratio
contemporary r&b · United States · Male · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERShaboozey
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"
6.6x ratio
country · United States · Male · 2024
ONE HIT WONDERInternet Money
"Lemonade - Remix"
5.1x ratio
emo rap · United States · 2020
ONE HIT WONDERNico & Vinz
"Am I Wrong"
7.4x ratio
afrobeat · Norway · 2013
ONE HIT WONDERWaka Flocka Flame
"No Hands"
6.6x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2010
ONE HIT WONDERBlackstreet
"No Diggity"
9.1x ratio
contemporary r&b · United States · 1996
ONE HIT WONDERBlocBoy JB
"Look Alive (feat. Drake)"
12.2x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2018
ONE HIT WONDERTravie McCoy
"Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars)"
15.9x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2010
ONE HIT WONDERHippie Sabotage
"Devil Eyes"
8.1x ratio
electronic · United States · 2016
ONE HIT WONDERDRAM
"Broccoli (feat. Lil Yachty)"
10.2x ratio
contemporary r&b · United States · Male · 2016
ONE HIT WONDERFort Minor
"Remember the Name (feat. Styles of Beyond)"
6.3x ratio
hip hop · United States · 2005
ONE HIT WONDERJon Bellion
"All Time Low"
5.1x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2016
ONE HIT WONDERHouse of Pain
"Jump Around"
32.4x ratio
hip hop · United States · 1992
ONE HIT WONDERGoldLink
"Crew (feat. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy)"
5.4x ratio
hip hop · United States · Male · 2016
ONE HIT WONDERLuniz
"I Got 5 On It"
176.5x ratio
hip hop · United States · 1995
ONE HIT WONDERNate Dogg
"Regulate - J. Period Remix"
8.6x ratio
g-funk · United States · Male · 1994
ONE HIT WONDERBobby Shmurda
"Hot N*gga"
6.1x ratio
drill · Brooklyn · Male · 2014
ONE HIT WONDERG Herbo
"PTSD"
7.1x ratio
chicago drill · United States · Male · 2020