One Hit Wonders
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Playlist Length
0 days, 2 hours, 30 minutes
Playlist Followers
2220
Source
Playlist Last Updated
December 22, 2019
Mood
Mixed Mood
Track Popularity Rating
Very Popular
Style
Varied
Average Release Decade
1990s
Main Genre:
Mixed
Reddit Info
Reddit Post
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](https://github.com/evilarceus/sp-playcount-librespot), and I did all the coding+chart in R. I wrote about the process in [more detail here](https://erdavis.com/2019/12/25/whats-the-biggest-one-hit-wonder-on-spotify/), along with more charts. ​ I also made a [Spotify playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4lpcXNoxA3VNBoW8QrilVI) so you can enjoy all these fine songs!
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3156
Subreddit
dataisbeautiful
Reddit Username
cremepat
Reddit Timestamp
5/23/20 8:44
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