Billboard names One-Hit Wonder of Decade

Dec. 7, 2009, 6:44 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- As far as one-hit wonders go, Daniel Powter is king of them all — for this decade, at least.
Powter, whose hit "Bad Day" reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for
five weeks in 2006, was named as the decade's top one-hit wonder by
Billboard.

The magazine describes one-hit wonders as acts whose second hit did not reach
the top 25; they only included acts from 2000 to 2007, since someone from last
year might just be taking a break.

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No. 2 on their list is the Terror Squad for "Lean Back"; No. 3
is Crazy Town with "Butterfly"; No. 4 is MIMS with "This Is Why I'm Hot"; and
No. 5 is D4L — remember them? — with "Laffy Taffy."