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dairyairy
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Steelrails
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One hit wonders would be Vanilla Ice, Rick Roll, etc. People who actually dropped off the face of the earth after their hits...not continue to make music and collaborate with other well known artists  |
Vanilla Ice was not a one hit wonder. Didn't you see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II? Ninja Rap yo. |
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edwardcatflap
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Vanilla Ice was not a one hit wonder. Didn't you see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II? Ninja Rap yo. |
There are very few one hit wonders nowadays, due to the power of marketing and relatively low number of records you have to sell to chart. Plus the fact that having a lot of YouTube hits, which doesn't cost the customer anything can keep an act hanging around a bit longer. It's pretty difficult not to have a follow up single that at least gets played and people are aware of. Back in the 70s and 80s it was much easier for an act to strike it big with one single then disappear without a trace. Psy would almost certainly have been in that category outside his native land back then. |
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The Cosmic Hum
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
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Vanilla Ice was not a one hit wonder. Didn't you see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II? Ninja Rap yo. |
There are very few one hit wonders nowadays, due to the power of marketing and relatively low number of records you have to sell to chart. Plus the fact that having a lot of YouTube hits, which doesn't cost the customer anything can keep an act hanging around a bit longer. It's pretty difficult not to have a follow up single that at least gets played and people are aware of. Back in the 70s and 80s it was much easier for an act to strike it big with one single then disappear without a trace. Psy would almost certainly have been in that category outside his native land back then. |
Agree with most of that, but not sure he would even have been a one hit wonder.
To have been a one hit wonder, people had to pay for the single.
As you mention, Youtube is free. He got famous cause people didn't have to pay for it.
Few at most would pay to listen to his act. |
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RangerMcGreggor
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
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Vanilla Ice was not a one hit wonder. Didn't you see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II? Ninja Rap yo. |
There are very few one hit wonders nowadays, due to the power of marketing and relatively low number of records you have to sell to chart. Plus the fact that having a lot of YouTube hits, which doesn't cost the customer anything can keep an act hanging around a bit longer. It's pretty difficult not to have a follow up single that at least gets played and people are aware of. Back in the 70s and 80s it was much easier for an act to strike it big with one single then disappear without a trace. Psy would almost certainly have been in that category outside his native land back then. |
The problem is "one-hit wonder" is really more of a buzzword than a defined thing. A-ha is regarded as a "one-hit wonders" yet they sold over 80 million records and are quiet beloved in Europe. By billboard and sell standards, Modest Mouse should be a one-hit wonder but they aren't because they are "influential" and are critical darlings. Now in these days with alternative ways to become famous outside of the top 100 charts its probably even more of a useless phrase. |
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isitts
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