List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States

List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States

This is a list of musical artists whose one hit came out in the 1980s.

The list contains recording artists who reached the Top 40 of the U.S. pop chart (the Billboard Hot 100) with just one single. Those in "italics" are artists with only one Top 40 hit, but either had other songs chart on genre-specific charts or have had success and influence within their genre or the annals of popular music and/or have charted on a genre-specific chart or if non-American have had wider success in their homeland. Supergroups made up of artists who were successful and influential in other bands or as solo artists are also italicized.

Artists by year

1980

1983

1986

1989

Notes and references


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