The 2000s produced a ton of one-hit wonders that should have been bigger, as well as a few that definitely should not have gotten any more famous. These five one-hit wonders from the 2000s deserved at least more credit for their one claim to fame, in my opinion. Let’s take a look!
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1. Willa Ford
If you were a 90s or 00s kid, you probably weren’t allowed to listen to Willa Ford’s spicy hit song “I Wanna Be Bad”. But you probably did it anyway, right?
This 2001 dance-pop hit from Ford peaked at no. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and ranked even higher on other US charts. Sadly, she never entered the chart again and only had moderate success with the 2003 follow-up “A Toast To Men”.
2. Kat DeLuna
Kat DeLuna had some success with the song “Whine Up”, but she should have become way more famous. I’ll die on this hill.
The young singer hit the charts with the dance track “Whine Up”, where it reached no. 29 on the Hot 100. Like most one-hit wonders, she never hit that chart again, though she did have some success on the US dance and Belgian charts throughout the 2000s.
3. Blu Cantrell
“Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)” by Blu Cantrell is one of those 2000s one-hit wonders that has endured the test of time, at least for fans of that era’s R&B hits. If you don’t remember this song, you probably at least remember the whole debacle of her belief that Beyonce named her baby after her. What a time!
Cantrell only released two studio albums during her career, and her debut single “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)” hit no. 2 on the Hot 100. Her follow-up singles failed to chart nearly as well, sadly.
4. Shop Boyz
Remember the 2007 rap-rock hit “Party Like A Rock Star” by Shop Boyz? You probably at least remember “yeah, t-t-t-totally, dude!”
While “Party Like A Rockstar” made it to no. 2 on the Hot 100 and became a triple-platinum hit, the rap group never entered that chart again and disbanded in 2015. However, they did get back together in 2020.
5. Yael Naim
One of many one-hit wonders from the 2000s who got famous from an Apple commercial, Yael Naim’s “New Soul” was used in an ad for the very first MacBook Air.
The indie folk hit “New Soul” made it to no. 7 on the Hot 100, and did fairly well internationally. She enjoyed a couple of French hits after that song was released, but she never charted nearly as high again.
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