Most one hit wonder analyses I've seen use the time the artist spent on the charts, and whether or not they ever charted again. For this, I wanted to see what artists are one hit wonders as determined by current listening data.
I defined a "Spotify one hit wonder" as an artist with one song that made up the vast majority of their total listens on Spotify.
I gathered data using this API, and I did all the coding+chart in R. I wrote about the process in more detail here, along with more charts.
I also made a Spotify playlist so you can enjoy all these fine songs!
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cremepat on May 23rd, 2020 at 12:44 UTC »
Most one hit wonder analyses I've seen use the time the artist spent on the charts, and whether or not they ever charted again. For this, I wanted to see what artists are one hit wonders as determined by current listening data.
I defined a "Spotify one hit wonder" as an artist with one song that made up the vast majority of their total listens on Spotify.
I gathered data using this API, and I did all the coding+chart in R. I wrote about the process in more detail here, along with more charts.
I also made a Spotify playlist so you can enjoy all these fine songs!
darkwalrus25 on May 23rd, 2020 at 13:49 UTC »
Still holding on hope that we haven't seen the last of Dexy's Midnight Runners I see.
filthyziff on May 23rd, 2020 at 14:11 UTC »
It appears I single handedly am keeping Tal Bachman from approaching 99.9% I love his self titled album and listen to the hell out of it.
Sweet content OP.