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Stupid[edit]

Anyone who gets a number 1 debut album is put on the list! If they haven't released an album since, they're criticized. That's unfair. They're not "one-hit wonders".

78.148.240.9 (talk) 21:39, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. Nobody is using "one-hit wonder" as any kind of criticism. The article merely states the facts: these 17 artists have all achieved one #1 on the UK Albums Chart and no other chart entry. Many of the entries towards the bottom of the table may well follow-up their #1 with another charting album, at which point they will be removed from the list, as in the case of Florence & the Machine or The Ting Tings. But to omit them simply because we're assuming that this will happen would be wrong because Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Personally, I don't see being a 1HW as any kind of insult or criticism – I'd much rather be a one-hit wonder than a no-hit wonder. Thanks, A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 21:54, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe they should change the criteria to "artists who have released a #1 album and released at least one album since that has not made the top 40". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.240.9 (talk) 12:49, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I have responded on my talk page. A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 13:41, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This IS stupid. A 1 hit wonder makes the assumption that other music has been released but has not charted, A debut album does not make the artists a one hit wonder. Stupid, stupid stupid.

The other one hit wonder page it's only ok to add after a year on the chart to allow for a second release however it is unlikely for an artist to release a new album every year unless your Rihanna or something so maybe two years would be fitting. DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 12:29, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Definition[edit]

I'm not sure the Guinness definition cited here is correct. I believe the act are not allowed to have another album in the top 75 rather than 40. Technohead1980 (talk) 07:48, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is what I believe to be correct as well...though it might just be for the UK Singles Charts Book (which I have to hand)

Pnau[edit]

Should Pnau be on this list? Empire Of The Sun have had 3 chart LPs including a Number 14 - if solo artists who also charted as members of groups are excluded shouldn't acts that also feature other hit makers be also bumped from the list...with both types (Zayn and Pnau) put in a sub-section similar to the List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart? It would make the list better... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.171.246 (talk) 10:51, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

the other two members of the band have not had a chart album though so that's why they can stay DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 22:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]