Spragga Benz named among Billboard’s Best One-Hit Wonders of the Decade
Jamaican dancehall artiste, Spragga Benz, was featured in Billboard’s Best One-Hit Wonders of the 2000s for his collaboration with Kevin Lyttle.
Benz was the only Jamaican artiste listed as a one-hit wonder by Billboard, the US based music company described as the Koran of music. Benz is a successful dancehall artiste with many local and regional hits. The definition of a One Hit Wonder related to the US market, as an artiste that hit the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100 singles chart without cracking the top 25 with subsequent hits in the decade.
Billboard added: “The one-hitmakers on this list have been ranked by how high their big song climbed on the chart compared to how far down the tally their subsequent highest-charting effort peaked.”
The song Turn Me On was Lyttle’s international hit on his self-titled album. It peaked at number four in August 2004 with Benz deejaying for 30 seconds mid-song whilst toasting the intro/outro.
“The airwaves have since turned him off, and the Caribbean crooner has yet to return to the Hot 100,” stated Billboard in the commentary on the artistes.
The St Vincent born Lyttle recorded the original Turn Me On, without Spragga Benz in 2001, he needed only two takes and less than an hour to record the song which became a local hit. Bootleg versions spread to Europe where the song gained underground spins. Atlantic Records released the single where it quickly peaked in the top ten in the U.K and US in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
The top 10 One Hit Wonders included:
*Daniel Powter’s Bad Day which peaked at number 1 for five weeks but subsequent songs have not entered the Hot 100;
*Terror Squad’s Lean Back which peaked at number 1 in 2004 but subsequent hits peaked at number 62;
*Crazy Town’s Butterfly peaked at number 1 for two weeks in 2001 but subsequent hits never entered Hot 100;
*Mims’ This is why I’m Hot peaked at number 1 for two weeks in 2007 but subsequent hits peaked at 32;
*D4L’s Laffy Taffy peaked at number one in 2006 but subsequent hits peaked at 72;
*James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful peaked at number 1 in 2006 but subsequent hits peaked at 66;
*Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy peaked at number 1 with subsequent hits peaking at 88;
*Blu Cantrell’s Hit Em Up Style (Oops!) peaked at number 1 in 2001 and subsequent songs peaked at 70;
*Bo Bice’s Inside Your Heaven peaked at number 2 in 2005 and subsequent songs peaked at 56; and
*Dream’s He Loves You Not peaked at number 2 in 2000 and subsequent songs peaked at 39.
