{"id":41675,"date":"2026-08-12T21:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41675"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:38:30","slug":"12-artists-who-reached-no-2-on-the-hot-100-then-never-charted-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41675","title":{"rendered":"12 Artists Who Reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 Then Never Charted Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"post-1236313630\">\n<header class=\"lrv-u-text-align-center\">\n<p class=\"article-excerpt \/\/ a-font-secondary-xl u-font-size-22 u-margin-t-0.875  u-word-spacing-0031 u-margin-b-17px lrv-u-text-align-center u-max-width-848 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-padding-lr-1@desktop-xl\">From The Jaynetts to Nicki French to the Shop Boyz, Hot 100 history is full of one-hit wonders whose lone chart stop was to the runner-up spot. <\/p>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-word-spacing-n3px a-font-accent-m\" datetime=\"2019-09-03\"><br \/>\n\t8\/12\/2026<br \/>\n<\/time>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- Featured Media. Featured Video > Linked Gallery > Featured Image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-text-align-left lrv-u-margin-t-1\">\n<div class=\"featured-image \/\/ u-margin-lr-n10@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-1 a-become-display-width@mobile-max\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4\" style=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/76094642-e1786546040499.jpg?w=942&amp;h=628&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"The Shop Boyz pose for a photo backstage during MTV's Total Request Live at the MTV Times Square Studios on August 14, 2007 in New York City.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/76094642-e1786546040499.jpg?w=942&amp;h=628&amp;crop=1 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/76094642-e1786546040499.jpg?w=942&amp;h=628&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/76094642-e1786546040499.jpg?w=942&amp;h=628&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=681%2C454 681w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-wrap-wrap@mobile-max lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-justify-content-space-between a-font-accent-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-margin-t-1 lrv-u-margin-lr-125@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-1 u-font-size-11 u-line-height-19px u-word-spacing-n0156px u-letter-spacing-0026\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">The Shop Boyz pose for a photo backstage during MTV&#8217;s Total Request Live at the MTV Times Square Studios on August 14, 2007 in New York City. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0094 lrv-u-font-size-10 u-line-height-17px u-margin-t-2px\">Scott Gries\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<article class=\"a-article-grid__main u-padding-t-0.375@mobile-max lrv-a-grid-item u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;a-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;u-font-size-19 u-max-width-690 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto pmc_list pmc-paywall&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Missy Elliott, Dua Lipa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Isley Brothers \u2014\u00a0these are just a handful of the iconic artists who know the pain of getting as close as one possibly can to the apex of the Billboard Hot 100 without ever quite securing that top spot. But while those pop and rock greats have yet to discover the joy of a No. 1 Hot 100 hit, they at least have the comfort of being intimately familiar with the rest of the chart, each visiting it double-digit times over the course of their esteemed careers. (See the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/best-number-2-hits-hot-100\/\">our staff\u2019s 100 favorite No. 2 hits here<\/a>, featuring all of these classic hitmakers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/no-2-hits-facts-and-feats-billboard-hot-100\/\">15 fun facts about those hits here<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSome artists were not so fortunate. Over the nearly-70-year history of the Hot 100, over a dozen artists have gotten all the way to the No. 2 spot on the chart with their first-ever entry \u2014\u00a0and then never made a return visit. These artists may have gone on to do additional great things in their lives and careers, but as far as the Hot 100 goes, they are true one-hit wonders, singers and rappers and bands who cracked the code a single time and then couldn\u2019t quite repeat the combination. (And unlike Hot 100-topping true one-hit wonders like Zager &amp; Evans, Crazy Town and Daniel Powter, they also had to settle for the silver with their single entry.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHowever, the difficulty these artists had returning to the Hot 100 shows what an accomplishment it is to make it onto the chart at all, even with just a single entry \u2014\u00a0particularly one that comes just a spot short from going as high as it can possibly go. Today, we salute 12 artists whose sole representation on the Hot 100 comes with a No. 2 hit, presented in chronological order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>The Jaynetts<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cSally, Go \u2018Round the Rouses\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 9\/28\/63 (two weeks) <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Bobby Vinton, \u201cBlue Velvet\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGirl group The Jaynetts was hastily assembled to record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fz0w5_8GXZQ&amp;list=RDfz0w5_8GXZQ&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUOc2FsbHkgZ28gcm91bmSgBwE%3D\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSally Go \u2018Round the Roses,\u201d<\/a> which had been commissioned by Abner Spector \u2014 A&amp;R rep for legendary Chicago blues, rock and soul label Chess Records \u2014\u00a0and co-written by Zell Sanders, owner of Chess subsidiary J&amp;S, and Lona Stevens, Spector\u2019s wife. The unusual single, with its ambiguous lyrics and hazy, reverb-flooded atmosphere, intrigued listeners, becoming both a pop hit and an enduring cult favorite. But the reverse-engineered Jaynetts failed to achieve similar allure with follow-ups, and disbanded in 1965.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>The Crazy World of Arthur Brown<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cFire\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 10\/19\/68 (one week)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: The Beatles, \u201cHey Jude\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tArthur Brown had earned his eponymous band a cult following for his flamboyant costuming and wild on-stage antics, but hadn\u2019t scored a hit of his own \u2014 even with earlier group The Foundations, whom he left before they hit the top 20 with \u201cBaby, Now That I Found You\u201d and \u201cBuild Me Up Buttercup\u201d \u2014\u00a0until 1968\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-4SnIJJCH8w&amp;list=RD-4SnIJJCH8w&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUPZmlyZSBjcmF5IHdvcmxkoAcB\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFire.\u201d<\/a> The incendiary soul-rock rave-up, with its unforgettably howled \u201cI AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE!\u2026 AND I BRING YOU\u2026.\u201d intro, became an unlikely smash in late \u201968, but the group quickly moved in even artier and more challenging directions, and never again achieved pop success. (Brown did set the precedent for theatrical rock groups that would achieve more extensive success in the \u201970s, however, like KISS and Alice Cooper.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Fat City<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 8\/28\/71\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 8\/28\/71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45-Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads\u201d (by John Denver with Fat City)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 8\/28\/71<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Bee Gees, \u201cHow Can You Mend a Broken Heart\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFat City was the folk-rock duo of married couple Taffy Nivert and Bill Danoff, who were opening for a then-pre-stardom John Denver at a Washington, D.C. show in late 1970. After the show, the three were jamming at the duo\u2019s apartment, and they played Denver a song they were planning on selling to country legend Johnny Cash: \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads.\u201d Denver instead insisted on having it himself, helped flesh it out with the duo, and invited them to sing backup on the eventual record, giving them a feature credit on the release \u2014\u00a0which ended up being his breakthrough hit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFat City continued to record in relative obscurity afterwards, until the duo joined forces with another male-female couple in Jon Carroll and Margot Chapman, forming the quartet Starland Vocal Band \u2014\u00a0who did Fat City one better by reaching the Hot 100\u2019s top spot in 1976 with the sweetly dirty ballad \u201cAfternoon Delight.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Eric Weissberg &amp; Steve Mandell<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cDueling Banjos\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 2\/24\/73 (four weeks)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Roberta Flack, \u201cKilling Me Softly With His Song\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn strong running for the least-likely No. 2 hit of the 1970s <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NFutge4xn3w&amp;pp=ygUOZHVlbGluZyBiYW5qb3M%3D\" target=\"_blank\">was this instrumental<\/a>, courtesy of bluegrass banjoists Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell, a cover of a genre standard composed in 1954 by Arthur \u201cGuitar Boogie\u201d Smith. While the song was hardly an obvious fit in the era of soft rock, power pop and funk, it came with a massive pop culture tie-in, having been extensively featured in the gritty, 1972 blockbuster action-drama <em>Deliverance<\/em>. As unpredictable as the song\u2019s chart success was, it was just as unsurprising that the duo behind it could not near its level of crossover popularity again, as Weissberg and Mandel did not chart on the Hot 100 again, either separately or together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Clint Holmes<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cPlayground in My Mind\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 6\/16\/73 (one week)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Paul McCartney and Wings, \u201cMy Love\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnother one of the more unusual smash hits of the \u201970s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qG10uhcN8go&amp;list=RDqG10uhcN8go&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUQcGxheWdyb3VuZCBpbiBteaAHAQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPlayground in My Mind\u201d<\/a> featured the British-born, New York-raised Army vet Clint Holmes escaping the drudgery of the adult world to the kiddie paradise in his head. (To drive the point home, seven-year-old Philip Vance \u2014 son of producer Paul Vance \u2014\u00a0is introduced as \u201cMichael\u201d in the song\u2019s refrain, singing about buying candy and marrying his sweetheart.) Its overall novelty made it an unsurprising one-off on the charts, though Holmes did find later success as a TV announcer and Vegas entertainer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>The Dixie Hummingbirds<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cLoves Me Like a Rock\u201d (by Paul Simon with The Dixie Hummingbirds)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 10\/6\/73<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Cher, \u201cHalf-Breed\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Dixie Hummingbirds were a Philadelphia-based gospel group who achieved some commercial success in the pre-Hot 100-era \u201950s. They were recruited by star singer-songwriter Paul Simon for a couple tracks on his 1973 album <em>There Goes Rhymin\u2019 Simon<\/em>, including the single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CjFzw8AxSBA&amp;list=RDCjFzw8AxSBA&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUUbG92ZXMgbWUgbGlrZSBhIHJvY2ugBwE%3D\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLoves Me Like a Rock,\u201d<\/a> in which the group provides doo-wop-style backing vocals. The song was a huge hit, and the Hummingbirds themselves covered it on a single that reached the R&amp;B charts, but despite touring with both Simon and fellow \u201970s Grammys-dominating hitmaker Stevie Wonder, further pop success eluded the group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>The Floaters<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 9\/17\/77\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 9\/17\/77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Float-On-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cFloat On\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 9\/17\/77 (two weeks)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Andy Gibb, \u201cI Just Want to Be Your Everything\u201d &amp; The Emotions, \u201cBest of My Love\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe big breakthrough hit for The Floaters \u2014 an R&amp;B quintet from Detroit \u2014\u00a0was in many ways totally in step with its musical moment, with the sweet, lush production of Philly soul and just enough of a hint of disco in its slow shuffle. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oTKFYUvTxD0&amp;list=RDoTKFYUvTxD0&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUIZmxvYXQgb26gBwE%3D\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFloat On\u201d<\/a> had an unusual lyrical hook \u2014\u00a0with each of the group\u2019s members spending a verse introducing themselves in spoken word by their name and horoscope, then explaining what kind of girl they like and offering to take them \u201cto love land\u201d \u2014\u00a0that, while initially inviting, perhaps ended up typecasting the group a bit. Subsequent singles stalled, and the group disbanded in 1982. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Carl Anderson &amp; Gloria Loring<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cFriends &amp; Lovers\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 9\/27\/86 (two weeks)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Huey Lewis &amp; The News, \u201cStuck With You\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnother one-off with a pop culture tie-in, the love duet <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dD5qspQgsYo&amp;list=RDdD5qspQgsYo&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUSZnJpZW5kcyBhbmQgbG92ZXJzoAcB\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFriends &amp; Lovers\u201d <\/a>was performed by two singer-actors who had found themselves involved with soap opera <em>Days of Our Lives<\/em> in the mid-\u201980s. Loring was a regular on the show, playing the cabaret singer Liz Chandler, and in one 1985 episode, she and Anderson were seen recording \u201cFriends &amp; Lovers,\u201d which subsequently became the love theme for the soap\u2019s popular couple Kim and Shane. The song became a major crossover hit outside of the show \u2014 even though its official release wouldn\u2019t come for another year \u2014\u00a0but failed to spark further pop success for either Loring or Anderson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLoring did have additional impact on Hot 100 history. She scored a minor hit on the chart the prior decade, with 1977\u2019s No. 74-peaking \u201cBrooklyn,\u201d though that was released under the alias Cody Jameson. She also wrote the themes to the classic sitcoms <em>Diff\u2019rent Strokes<\/em> and <em>The Facts of Life<\/em> \u2014 singing the latter for most of the show\u2019s run \u2014\u00a0along with husband Alan Thicke, with whom she also had two children: one of whom was R&amp;B hitmaker Robin Thicke, who topped the Hot 100 in 2013 with the T.I.- and Pharrell-featuring \u201cBlurred Lines.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Nicki French<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 6\/24\/95\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 6\/24\/95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 6\/24\/95 (one week)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Bryan Adams, \u201cHave You Ever Really Loved a Woman?\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA rare No. 2 redo of a No. 1 hit, Nicki French stormed the Hot 100 in the mid-\u201990s with a club-oriented cover of Bonnie Tyler\u2019s classic \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart,\u201d de-emphasizing the song\u2019s theatrical bombast while maintaining its emotional intensity for dancefloor-release purposes. It was the first hit for the British-born French \u2014 who had spent much of the decade to that point doing session work \u2014\u00a0and while further covers of the Carpenters-popularized \u201cFor All We Know\u201d and Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cIs There Anybody Out There?\u201d scraped the UK Official Charts, \u201cEclipse\u201d was also her last hit in the U.S. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>J. Weav<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: Chingy\u2019s \u201cOne Call Away\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 3\/13\/04<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Usher feat. Lil Jon &amp; Ludacris, \u201cYeah!\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tChingy was on an absolute heater in early 2004, having just cracked the Hot 100\u2019s top three with both his breakout smash \u201cRight Thurr\u201d (No. 2) and the star-studded \u201cHolidae Inn\u201d (with Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, No. 3) in 2003\u2019s second half. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zhPiBZLun5k&amp;list=RDzhPiBZLun5k&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUUb25lIGNhbGwgYXdheSBjaGluZ3mgBwE%3D\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOne Call Away\u201d<\/a> made him three for three that March, and this time he got hook assistance from a much less-familiar name: J. Weav, alias of Jason Weaver, the smooth R&amp;B crooner best known to that point for his teenage acting work as young Michael Jackson in <em>The Jacksons: An American Dream<\/em> and as the voice of young Simba in <em>The Lion King<\/em>. While \u201cOne Call Away\u201d brought him one spot away from the Hot 100\u2019s apex in his first attempt, he never tried for the chart again \u2014\u00a0Weaver went back to acting, and hasn\u2019t appeared on a new song release since 2004. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Lea<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: Lil Flip\u2019s \u201cSunshine\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 8\/28\/04 (two weeks)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Terror Squad, \u201cLean Back\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe second hook singer to get their lone moment in the Billboard Hot 100 sun in 2004, Lea Quezada got a major moment on radio and MTV cooing the sweetly summery chorus to ascendant Houston rapper Lil Flip\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pV9L70wzOvo&amp;list=RDpV9L70wzOvo&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUMc3Vuc2hpbmUgbGlsoAcB\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSunshine.\u201d<\/a> After the song\u2019s success, Lea appeared poised for solo success, but instead seemed to disappear from the industry altogether \u2014\u00a0\u201ca lot of label politics,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/news\/entertainment\/pardon-introduction-50-cents-first-lady-lea-back-1st-time-40058\/\" target=\"_blank\">she summarized to <em>VIBE<\/em> <\/a>\u2014\u00a0before resurfacing in 2011 as a signee to 50 Cent\u2019s new G-Note label. But that reported deal never resulted in an album release, and Lea again slipped through the music world\u2019s fingers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Shop Boyz<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 6\/9\/07\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billboard Hot 100, 6\/9\/07\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Party-Like-a-Rock-Star-Chart-Crop.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>No. 2 Hit<\/strong>: \u201cParty Like a Rockstar\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Peak Date<\/strong>: 6\/9\/07 (six weeks)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Blocked By<\/strong>: Rihanna feat. Jay-Z, \u201cUmbrella\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt took one of the biggest pop songs \u2014\u00a0and two of the biggest pop stars \u2014 of the \u201900s to keep the Shop Boyz off the top spot of the Hot 100 in 2007, as their \u201cParty Like a Rockstar\u201d was held at bay only by Rihanna and Jay-Z\u2019s \u201cUmbrella\u201d for a solid month and a half. That\u2019s how big a sensation the Atlanta-based trio\u2019s breakout hit became, with its heavy riffing and namechecking of Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson and countless other headbanger touchstones making it a massive winner for both rock and rap audiences. But the song\u2019s vibe might\u2019ve been too difficult to recapture without pigeonholing the group entirely, and the group\u2019s debut album <em>Rockstar Mentality<\/em> received poor reviews and failed to produce a successful follow-up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-cta \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-125 lrv-u-margin-tb-150@desktop-xl lrv-u-margin-t-00@mobile-max u-margin-b-275@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-tb-050 lrv-u-padding-tb-1@mobile-max lrv-u-flex u-border-tb-1 lrv-u-border-color-grey lrv-u-align-items-center lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-gap-0625@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t<a class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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