But has actually had quite a decent career in the music biz... (or kept your interest musically 2 your surprise)

um...i can't thnk of anyone in particular...
just thought it was a great discussion topic

Both No Doubt and Sugar Ray lasted way longer than I thought either of them would...although they seem to be on their last legs right now...not saying they interested me musically however.

ashanti.

AprilMichelle said:

yeah looking back Sugar Ray was like that 4 moi`.
When It's Over was ok for about a week & then it just annoyed the hell outta me.
thank god 4 no comercial radio in my house

Ginuwine -when I heard the song Pony, I didn't think he'd make it past that song. I guess he proved me wrong, but I'm still not too crazy about him or his Prince cover.

i honestly thought that radiohead would turn out to be a one hit wonder... thought for sure that "creep" was it for them.

$.02.

--gm--

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Destiny's Child! When "No, no, no," came out that's all you heard. I just knew they wouldn't be able to follow that up with another hit... ZOINKS!!! Fooled me!

AprilMichelle said:

I wouldn't say No Doubt are on their last legs. Rock Steady has sold nearly 3 million copies in the US alone and they won a grammy the other month. They've pretty much done that through hard work as they've had no hype at all since Tragic Kingdom. It will be interesting to see how all these nu metal bands get on when that bandwagon hits the skids which is about now.

One band who have amazed me with their longevity is Depeche Mode. At the time they were just seen as an addition the electronic genre. However they've outlasted everyone else and are still going strong. I've never been a huge fan but all credit to them for keeping it going.

purpleone said:

she's only had one cd out. She still a one-hit wonder in my eyes.


Destiny's Child

When Aaliyah first came out, I thought she would be a one hit wonder even though I liked her

TLC

dickiepotter said:

Genuine's When Doves Cry :

Brandy
Nelly
Ashanti


But what drives me crazy is these "One Hit Wonder" shows on VH1. I have seen them include people like Digital Undergound, Sir-mix-alot and other hip hop and r&b acts that had more than one hit. Mixalot had "Beepers" and "Posse.." way before "Baby Got Back" And DU had a string of hits on the black charts as well. There were acts that they mentioned I can't remember right now but that shit pissed me off.They should rename their show "One White-Hit Wonders"

Hootie&The Blowfish Because when I first Heard them I thought oh great another Eddie Veddar Knock-Off&another Pearl jam wanna-be?? but Darius Rucker is still around&they just released another album.I like His Voice on certain Songs,but I wasn't into the Band.but they still are around who would have thought considering how they Blew up at Once?

Radiohead - we heard "Creep" and thought that was it.

Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Creed, Goo Goo Dolls, Pink, Mary J Blige, Beck, Eminem (based on the first single, judged him to be a novelty act), Kylie (oops, she was. twice )

AaronUnlimited said:

Mary J.?! She has legend written all over her.

TRON said:

not as of her first single, though.

AaronUnlimited said:

But definitely as of her first album. Plus, she'd been doing backup vocals for others for a couple years prior. Anyone who knew her, knew she had quite a voice.

ASH*TTI
MARC ANTHONY (stateside)
BACKSWEET BOYS (and most of the first-wave TRL groups/singers)
LIL BOW WOW
BRITNEY SPEARS (thought she'd drop off after "Baby One Mo'")
JA FOOL
J. HO (thought she'd drop off after the miserable first edition the "J.Lo" album)
MASTER PEE
NORAH JONES (thought she would be another one of those "see-their-video-one-time-on-BET-and-next-minute-they-gone" artists, but the corporate powers that be proved me wrong)

TRON said:

hate(d) "Real Love" tho

AaronUnlimited said:

Really? It's so fun. I loved every single from that first album and there were lots of them.

Oops upside the edit.
[This message was edited Thu Mar 6 14:36:21 PST 2003 by TRON]

AaronUnlimited said:

Mercury Rev and Meshell N'whatever you call her. Oh wait, they don't have any hits.

Moonbeam said:

they don't need them

Moonbeam said:

That's true about Me'shell. "If That's Your Boyfriend" had one-hit-wonder written all over it.

AaronUnlimited said:

Just like Kylie doesn't need the US and its fickle and bad taste.

Moonbeam said:

ah, but there's the difference. Me'shell and Rev are not hit-driven acts. Kylie is.

AaronUnlimited said:

And where people have some semblance of taste, she is enormously popular.

Moonbeam said:

as much as i love 2 defend our girl Kylie M...i dunno about taste in australia...
i mean Ketchup Song & Ali G hit #1 here,as did Gwenyth Paltrow.
yes thats right,
Gwenyth Paltrow!

Britney Spears "Hit Me Baby One More Time"

Moonbeam said:

oh good lord