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[Lazarus]

Carving out a place for yourself in music is hard, and it's as difficult to maintain that place. This is especially true for hip-hop—and hip-hop adjacent acts—in the 21st century, an increasingly crowded arena where many artists get a taste of the mainstream, but few manage to stick around.
Of course, there's no shame in avoiding the spotlight and cultivating an underground or independent following, but for many artists, it's less of a conscious decision and more of a failure to replicate a fleeting moment of fame.

For these artists, the appropriate metaphor wouldn't be the venerable character-actor building a decades-long legacy in indie movies, with an occasional Oscar or Golden Globe to their name. Rather, it'd be the breakout major league athlete delivering eye-popping results throughout a single season, only to underperform in subsequent seasons and go back to warming benches soon after.
Below you will find 10 of the industry's biggest one-year wonders, listed chronologically by their 12-month heydays. Whether due to personal issues, label woes, or mediocre music, these artists weren't been able to repeat the success of their initial runs. Some have remained in the comfortable shadow of an early co-sign, while others have attempted to defy expectations and move in all directions at once, yet the results have unsurprisingly been similar for all.

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[Barbie Dangerous]

Next two people to post after me have stage 4 AIDS.

[Kaeli.]

Iggy's not a one hit girl tho, people are so dumb

it says one year

Dumb faggot white bitch

[FlowerBomb]

Iggy's not a one hit girl tho, people are so dumb

it says one year

Dumb faggot white bitch

hhghghhhhhhhhhhjjbbhhhhjj

[Barbie Dangerous]

 

[Vonc2002]

Good picks.  

[Lazarus]

Good picks. 

Agreed. Could've done a Top 20, imo.

[Ulysses]

Did Tinashe even make it 1 whole year??

[Lazarus]

Did Tinashe even make it 1 whole year??

Yeah she secure a kind of plaques for her singles and features.