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Is it just me, or is this term very flawed? First, when people defend the One Hit part, they're right. They may have made a hit in the top/hot 100 once. But then the word Wonder throws everything off. Like it's a surprise, they had no other success, chance, right of passage or something? Loads of Billboard Official One Hit Wonders had lots of success elsewhere, and even before their big hit. Some even have cult status and bank more than many multiple hit performers.
You have songs like Paper Lace's The Night Chicago Died listed as an official Billboard One Hit Wonder. But that followed up on Billy Don't Be A Hero , which was #1 in the UK.
Sorry, just a bullshit term that basically points out the record industry. These guys are flukes that weren't given the same publication and marketing from executives in the industry, but made it anyways. Sometimes against the machine itself. Even a few decades into the Internet age, the machine still knows how to pump their own BS into the hit machine.
There is no coincidence in my mind that American Idols and X-Factor shows, Star Search, etc show up when the Record Industry isn't pushing out as many of their contracts on the charts. But yeah, this is more of a MADE vs EARNED argument. And I mean truly earned, because if you have skill, put the work in, but still need to be made by promoters working out of Los Angeles, I don't consider that earned.
/rant
You have songs like Paper Lace's The Night Chicago Died listed as an official Billboard One Hit Wonder. But that followed up on Billy Don't Be A Hero , which was #1 in the UK.
Sorry, just a bullshit term that basically points out the record industry. These guys are flukes that weren't given the same publication and marketing from executives in the industry, but made it anyways. Sometimes against the machine itself. Even a few decades into the Internet age, the machine still knows how to pump their own BS into the hit machine.
There is no coincidence in my mind that American Idols and X-Factor shows, Star Search, etc show up when the Record Industry isn't pushing out as many of their contracts on the charts. But yeah, this is more of a MADE vs EARNED argument. And I mean truly earned, because if you have skill, put the work in, but still need to be made by promoters working out of Los Angeles, I don't consider that earned.
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