Line #8 ChartDisplacement/HipHopRAndB


1	* Music/TwoChainz had several Top 40 hits (the highest of which being the #13 "Mercy", an equally-credited collaboration between him and rappers Music/KanyeWest, Music/BigSean, and Pusha T), but his signature "Birthday Song" only peaked at a measly #47.
2	* Music/FiftyCent easily averts this, as "In da Club", "21 Questions" and "Candy Shop" all made it to #1. But in the UK, his highest chart position was #2, yet neither of the aforementioned songs hit that spot. Instead, they were "Ayo Technology" and "My Life", with the latter having been released in ''2012'', well after his prime.
3	* 112's highest peaking song (excluding their feature on [[Music/SeanCombs Puff Daddy]]'s [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG The Notorious B.I.G.]] tribute "I'll Be Missing You", which was #1 for 11 weeks) is the #4 "[[IntercourseWithYou Peaches & Cream]]", which is still quite well-remembered but not as much as "Only You" or "Cupid", which peaked at #11 and #13 respectively. Their only #1 as lead artist on the R&B chart? None of the aforementioned songs, but rather "It's Over Now".
4	* Music/{{Aaliyah}}'s sole #1 surprisingly was neither "One in a Million", which was never released as a physical single, nor "Are You That Somebody?", which never got higher than #21, but "Try Again". In fact, she outpeaked "Somebody?" on eight different occasions.
5	** Over on the [=R&B=]/Hip-Hop charts, her three #1s weren't any of the aforementioned songs (the former two didn't chart but they both peaked at #1 on the [=R&B=]/Hip-Hop airplay charts, while the latter peaked at #4), but rather "Back and Forth", "If Your Girl Only Knew", and "Miss You".
6	* Music/AlBSure averts this, as his biggest pop hit was "Nite and Day", which hit #7. But what was his next highest charting hit? "Off On Your Own (Girl)"? (Nope, #45) "Killing Me Softly"? (Nope, #80) "If I'm Not Your Lover"? (Nope, didn't chart) It was "Missunderstanding", which only got as far as #42 before sliding off the chart almost immediately after (This is overall averted on the R&B chart, where all five are his five highest peaks). He had a second US Top 40 hit with "The Secret Garden" as part of a Music/QuincyJones-helmed supergroup with Music/BarryWhite, James Ingram, and El Music/{{Debarge}}, and his lone UK Top 40 hit on Music/DavidBowie's "Black Tie White Noise", but he was a featured artist on both, and neither are associated with him.
7	* Averted with "Saturday Love" (#26, #2 R&B) for Cherrelle, but Alexander O'Neal (who dueted with Cherrelle for the song) had a song chart one spot higher, the nearly forgotten "Fake", which was #25 and a #1 on the R&B charts.
8	* Music/AliciaKeys had 3 #1 hits as a lead. They were "Fallin'", "No One" and… "If I Ain't Got You" or even "Girl on Fire"? Nope, those only reached #4 and #11. The third #1 was "My Boo", a far less memorable duet with Music/{{Usher}}. Those two songs aren't even the closest she got to having a fourth #1; that honor belongs to the #3 "You Don't Know My Name". Even "Un-Thinkable" (#21) is probably better-known than that song.
9	* Music/AnitaBaker's two top 10 hits are "Sweet Love" and "Giving You The Best That I Got", but surprisingly enough, the latter song charted higher at #3 than signature song "Sweet Love" (#8). Same story on the R&B charts, where "Giving You The Best That I Got" made it to #1 along with "Just Because", while "Sweet Love" was blocked from the top spot at #2.
10	* Music/AzealiaBanks's most well-known song is "212", but the song never charted anywhere, whereas "Chasing Time" reached #12 on the Dance charts. Averted in most other countries where it is her highest-charting song.
11	* Music/{{Babyface}}'s highest charting single on the Hot 100 as a performer was "When Can I See You Again" (#4), which is well remembered, but probably not on the level of being named a signature song like "Whip Appeal" (#6) or "Tender Lover" (#14). It's a different story on the R&B charts where Babyface has had 4 #1s, with the aforementioned "Tender Lover" reaching #1 and "Whip Appeal" made it to #2.
12	* Music/BeastieBoys scored three Top 40 hits. If you guessed two of them were "Fight For Your Right" (their highest charting hit, despite major CreatorBacklash) and "Intergalactic", you're right. What was the third? "No Sleep Till Brooklyn", "Paul Revere" (Nope, the former two didn't chart), "So What'cha Want" (Nope, #93), "Sure Shot" (Nope, didn't chart either), or "Sabotage" (Nope, #115)? It was "Hey Ladies", which is usually only remembered as part of the band's seminal 1989 album ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' rather than as a single. Like its parent album, "Hey Ladies" was only a modest hit when originally released (at least, comparatively to the blockbuster success of ''Licensed to Ill'') and barely made the Top 40. "Hey Ladies" also holds the curious distinction of being the very first song to chart on both the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles and Modern Rock charts -- both had only just been introduced when the single was released.
13	** Their sole #1 hit on alternative radio was "Ch-Check It Out" in 2004, well after their peak in popularity.
14	** They had five entries on the [=R&B/Hip-Hop=] chart, but out of the above songs, only "Paul Revere" (#34) charted, and even then, it wasn't the highest charter of the four; that would be "The New Style" (#22).
15	* Jamaican dancehall hip-hop artist Beenie Man had three US Top 40 hits and [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff three UK Top 10 hits]], but none of them were his 1997 breakthrough single "Dancehall Queen"(featuring Chevelle Franklin, from the movie of the same name), which petered out at #90 on the Hot 100 and didn't even chart in the UK. Averted in the Netherlands, where it went to #10 and was his biggest hit.
16	* Big Daddy Kane had a #31 hit, and his only Hot 100 entry, with "Very Special" in 1993, but it pales in comparison to "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", "Warm It Up Kane", "Raw", and "I Get the Job Done", among others.
17	* Music/TheBlackEyedPeas had three #1 hits. They were "I Gotta Feeling", "Boom Boom Pow", and… "Imma Be", which is far less famous than the likes of "Where Is The Love?" (#8), "Let's Get it Started" (#21), "My Humps" (#3), "Pump It" (#18), and "Just Can't Get Enough" (#3), to say the least. "Imma Be" isn't even the third-best known single from ''The E.N.D.''; that would go to "Meet Me Halfway" (#7).
18	** Fergie as a solo artist is a similar case. She had three #1 hits; if you guessed two of them were "Glamorous" and "Big Girls Don't Cry", you're correct. Most people would probably guess the other #1 was "Fergalicious"; it's certainly better-known than "Glamorous". However, it actually fell short at #2 behind Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable". The other #1 was "London Bridge", her debut single which did not have as much staying power. will.i.am, however, averts this, as his highest charting song "Scream & Shout" is ''easily'' his signature.
19	* [[Music/BoBRapper B.o.B]]'s only #1 hit was his 2010 debut single "Nothin' on You". However, his signature song is often considered to be "Airplanes" featuring [[Music/{{Paramore}} Hayley Williams]], which fell just short of the top spot at #2. The main reason for this is because "Nothin' on You" features Music/BrunoMars, who would later become a pop megastar eclipsing B.o.B., leading to the song being more associated with him. Additionally, "Airplanes" long outlived and far outsold "Nothin' on You". This is averted in the UK, where both songs made it to #1.
20	** He had ten entries on the R&B chart, with "Nothin' on You" being the highest-peaking of the ten. However, "Airplanes" was his ''second-lowest'' entry on the chart.
21	* Music/BobbyBrown topped the Hot 100 with his signature "My Prerogative", so he averts this trope. However, what was his next highest charter? "Rock Wit'cha" (Nope, #7), "Every Little Step" (Nope, #3), or "Don't Be Cruel" (Nope, #8)? It was actually "On Our Own". Despite being used as the ThemeSong for ''Film/GhostbustersII'', it's almost completely forgotten today. Brown ''did'' have a second #1 on the Hot 100 in "She Ain't Worth It", but he was only a featured artist, and the single didn't have the staying power of his previous singles (See the "Pop" page for more details).
22	** The displacement is even worse in the UK. While most of his signatures were top-40 hits, his biggest hit at #3 was "Two Can Play That Game", a track that completely bombed in Brown's native USA and only got as high as it did in the UK because of a house remix by electronic group K-Klass. The only track to get close to matching its peak in the UK was "On Our Own" at #4, while "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step" only made it to #6, and "Rock Wit'cha" reached ''#33''.
23	* Born Jamericans' only top 10 US Rap hit wasn't "Send My Love/Send One Your Love", which only peaked at #19 there, but "Yardcore", which went to #8. The latter also outpeaked the former on the R&B chart (#45 vs. #60). Averted by "Send My Love" on the Hot 100, where it was their highest peaking song, albeit only at #72, whilst "Yardcore" failed to chart, though they did have an earlier Hot 100 entry with "Boom Shak-a-Tak" (#84), a track remembered only by Born Jamericans fans and ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' players, as the Dancehall remix is a part of the game's licensed soundtrack.
24	* Music/BrunoMars has five #1 hits, eight including guest features and collaboration projects. Most of those songs are iconic, but you'd probably be surprised that "The Lazy Song" was not one of them; it peaked at #4, although it did top the UK charts. It's one of his best known songs [[CreatorBacklash despite being disowned by Mars himself]]. "Marry You" peaked at only #85, but it has remained in the public consciousness in part because of its continued use as a wedding song and a lasting pop radio presence. "Count on Me" is also very well-known for its use as a children's song despite never charting in the U.S, although it did chart elsewhere.
25	* When you ask a hip-hop head to name a Music/BustaRhymes song, they'll come up with a wide variety of answers such as "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" (#8), "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" (airplay-only single), "Dangerous" (#9), "Fire It Up" (#10), "Break Ya Neck" (#26) and "Pass the Courvosier" (#11). However, they probably wouldn't name "What's It Gonna Be?!" or "I Know What You Want", his two highest charting entries on the Hot 100, both peaking at #3 (and are his two highest entries on the R&B chart). While the latter is definitely better remembered than the former, it's probably more associated with Music/MariahCarey than him. The former is largely known for having one of the most expensive music videos ever made, but its then-eye-catching special effects are [[TechnologyMarchesOn a lot less dazzling two decades on]].
26	* Music/CeeLoGreen entered the top 40 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart three times (excluding features), but "Fuck You" tapped out at an astonishing ''#57''. Averted on the Hot 100, where it and "[[Music/BrianBurton Crazy]]" both reached #2.
27	* Chaka Khan's biggest hit on the Hot 100 at #3 wasn't "I'm Every Woman", which only peaked at #21 despite reaching #1 on the R&B chart, but her 1984 cover of Music/{{Prince}}s "I Feel For You".
28	* Music/{{Chamillionaire}}[='s=] biggest hit on the hip-hop charts wasn't "Ridin'", but rather the far less memorable "Hip Hop Police". This is averted on the Hot 100, where "Ridin'" was his sole #1.
29	* Music/ChrisBrown had two #1 hits, one of which was the well-known "Run It!". What was the other one? "With You" (#2), "Forever" (#2), "Deuces" (#14), "Yeah 3x" (#15) and "Look at Me Now" (#6) are all reasonable guesses, but it was actually "Kiss Kiss", which faded into relative obscurity after Brown and featured artist T-Pain's careers got damaged.
30	** Brown achieved five #1s on the [=R&B/Hip-Hop=] chart, three of which were "Run It!", "Deuces", and "Look at Me Now". As for the other two, they weren't "With You" (#5), "Forever" (''#66''), or "Yeah 3x" (didn't even chart), but rather "Say Goodbye" and "Go Crazy".
31	* Chuckii Booker's 1992 single "Games" topped the R&B charts, and is frequently sampled in other songs, most famously in Mark Morrison's 1996 hit "Return of the Mack", but stalled at #68 on the Hot 100. His other major hit, "Turned Away", fared better on the pop charts, but just missed the Top 40 at #42, and isn't as well remembered as "Games".
32	* Music/{{Ciara}} had five top ten hits as the lead artist, with "Goodies" (#1), "1, 2 Step" and "Oh" (both #2) leading the way. Fourth place is "Get Up" at #7, followed by "Love Sex Magic" featuring Music/JustinTimberlake at #10, both of which are lesser known than "Like A Boy" (#19), "Promise" (just missed out at #11), "Ride" (#42) and "Body Party" (#22).
33	* Color Me Badd had two #1 singles on the Hot 100, but neither was "I Wanna Sex You Up", which just missed the top spot. Averted on the R&B chart, where it was one their two #1s.
34	* The Music/{{Commodores}} had two #1 hits: "Three Times a Lady" and..."Brick House"? (Nope, #5) It was actually the less memorable "Still". Also, they had seven #1s on the R&B chart, but "Brick House" stalled at #4.
35	* Music/CypressHill easily averts this trope, as their signature "Insane in the Brain" was their only Top 40 hit. However, they have a strong PeripheryDemographic with rock fans, even with those who don't normally listen to hip-hop. As a result, they've managed several hits on alternative rock. However, "Insane", the song you're most likely to hear on the rock format nowadays, never charted there, as the format was not very friendly to hip-hop acts at the time of its release. The rock hits were 2000's "(Rock) Superstar" (#18), 2004's "What's Your Number" (#23), and 2010's "Rise Up" (#20). Today, only the formermost song remains well-known, though not to the extent of "Insane".
36	* Deborah Cox's two Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 [[note]]and two #1s on the R&B chart[[/note]] were "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here", at #2, and... "Thing's Just Ain't The Same"? Only made it to #56. "It's Over Now"? Stalled out at #70. "I Never Knew"? Didn't chart. Rather, her second and last US Top 10 hit was a long-forgotten duet with R.L., "We Can't Be Friends", peaking at #8. She also had two other obscure Top 40 hits, "Who Do U Love" (#17), and "Sentimental" (#27). On the Dance Club Songs chart, though, she averts this trope, with "Things", "Nobody", "I Never Knew", and "It's Over Now" all being #1's there.
37	* Music/DestinysChild had four #1s. "Say My Name", [[Film/CharliesAngels2000 Independent Women Part 1]]", and "Bootylicious" were three of them. The other was either "Survivor" or "Jumpin', Jumpin'", right? Nope, #2 and #3 respectively; it was "Bills, Bills, Bills".
38	* Music/DianaRoss had six solo #1 hits, and five #1 R&B hits, but "I'm Coming Out" topped out at #5 on the Hot 100 and #6 on R&B. The song became a popular LGBT anthem, and was later sampled by Music/TheNotoriousBIG for his posthumous #1 single "Mo Money Mo Problems".
39	* Music/DigitalUnderground is best known for their #11 novelty hit "The Humpty Dance". But even some of their most devout fans don't know they had a second top-40 pop hit. It wasn't "Same Song", which didn't chart, but "Kiss You Back", which peaked at exactly #40. "Same Song" is more remembered because it was the debut of then-member Music/TupacShakur, who broke out into a very successful solo career almost immediately after its release.
40	* Music/DJJazzyJeffAndTheFreshPrince, and, by extension, Creator/WillSmith (See below for his own entry), avert this trope on paper, with several successful Top 40 singles including the #4 Billboard hit "Summertime", and a UK #1 with "Boom! Shake the Room". But their most iconic song, "Yo Home to Bel-Air", AKA "''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' theme", was never released in the US as a single until ''2016'', decades after the show ended. The song was released in 1992 to the Netherlands and Spain, and hit the Top Five in both countries, and earned the group a Silver BPI certification in the UK.
41	* Music/DJKhaled has had six top 10 hits (including the #1 "I'm the One"), but "All I Do Is Win" petered out at #24. Also, his two biggest hits, "I'm the One" and "Wild Thoughts", are often primarily associated with Music/JustinBieber and Music/{{Rihanna}}, respectively, rather than Khaled (ironically, neither are the ''only'' featured artists on their songs).
42	* Music/{{DMX}} had three Top 40 hits: "Ruff Ryders Anthem"[[note]]which charted higher than its original release after his death in 2021, reaching a new peak of #16 - it peaked at #93 originally[[/note]], "Party Up" and... the third one must have been "X Gon' Give It to Ya" or "Where the Hood At?", right? Nope, those peaked at #46 and #68 respectively; his third Top 40 hit was "Get at Me Dog", which was also his highest entry on the Hot Rap Songs chart.
43	* Music/DrDre averts this on one hand, as his signature "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" peaked at #2. He had three more Top 10 hits as the lead artist, but none of them were "Still D.R.E.", "The Next Episode", or "Forgot About Dre". The first two songs peaked at #23[[note]]"Still D.R.E." originally peaked at #93, but reached its current peak after Dre headlined the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl halftime show with Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/SnoopDogg, Music/MaryJBlige and Music/KendrickLamar in 2022[[/note]], while "Forgot About Dre" stopped at #25. The others are "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everyone's Celebratin')", "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" and "I Need a Doctor" (the latter commonly being thought of as Eminem's song).
44	** He also averts this overall on the R&B chart, where "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" was his only chart-topper. However, what was his second-highest entry, at #3? "Let Me Ride", which is quite far from being one of his signatures.
45	** In the UK, he had five Top 10 hits, yet "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" stalled at #31, and whilst his Top 10s include the iconic "The Next Episode", "Still D.R.E" and "Forgot About Dre" (with the former being his highest charter), the other two were the aforementioned "I Need a Doctor" and the long forgotten "Bad Intentions".
46	* Music/{{Drake}} has had many top 10 hits and #1 hits, but "The Motto" (best known as the song that gave rise to "YOLO") only reached #14, while "Best I Ever Had" and "Hotline Bling" fell one spot short at #2.
47	** He's had many #1 hits on the rap chart, but "Find Your Love", "Hold On, We're Going Home", and "One Dance" all didn't even ''enter'' the chart.
48	* Music/DruHill had three #1 hits on the R&B chart, all of which were also Top 10 hits on the Hot 100: "How Deep Is Your Love, "In My Bed" and... "Never Make a Promise", which isn't nearly as known as "Tell Me" (#1 Hot 100, #5 R&B) or "Beauty" (#79 Hot 100, #24 R&B).
49	* E-40 had three top 40 hits - "Rapper's Ball", "U and Dat" and "Tell Me When To Go". The latter is easily the best-known out of the three, despite being the lowest-charting (and the second is probably associated more with T-Pain than with him). Of the three, it's also the lowest-charting on both the R&B and rap charts.
50	* Music/{{Eminem}}:
51	** He had five #1 singles (including his signature "Lose Yourself"), but most people would be surprised to find out that "My Name Is" fizzled out at #36 and "Stan" never made it past #51. In fact, Dido's "Thank You", the song that the latter [[SampledUp adopted its hook from]], peaked at #3 despite nowadays being much less remembered.
52	** Most would assume that three of his five #1 hits were "Without Me", "The Real Slim Shady", and "Cleanin' Out My Closet", but they just missed the spot, with the former at #2 and the latter two at #4. One of those five #1s was the relatively forgotten "Crack a Bottle".
53	** ''Music/TheEminemShow'' produced four Top 40 hits, with the aforementioned "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet" being the two highest-charting of them all, but "'Till I Collapse" wasn't one of the four, as it wasn't released as a single. In spite of this, it's easily more well-known than the other two hits off of the album, "Sing for the Moment" (#14) and "Superman" (#15), thanks to its [[RevivalByCommercialization later presence in various media]] and its status as a workout anthem.
54	** ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' produced two Top 5 hits -- "The Monster" of course was one of them being its sole #1, but the other must've been "Rap God", right? Actually, "Rap God" only reached #7. The other Top 5 was the #3 "Berzerk". Far from obscure, but not ''quite'' as well known. "Berzerk" hit #3 because it was the album's lead single which had strong first-week sales; meanwhile "Rap God" is hailed as one of Eminem's all-time greatest tracks, and arguably even eclipsed "The Monster" in public consciousness.
55	** Bizarrely, "The Ringer", a non-single from ''Kamikaze'', charted at #8 - higher than the singles "Fall" (#12) and "Venom" (#43), despite the latter being by far the most well-remembered and popular song on the album, and the only ''Kamikaze'' song to have more than 500M views on [=YouTube=] (far more than some of his signature songs like "My Name Is", "Forgot About Dre" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet"). Only "Lucky You" charted higher, hitting #6. In the UK, "The Ringer" went to #4 and was ''the'' highest charting song from the album, with "Lucky You", "Fall" and "Venom" only reaching #6, #8 and #16 respectively. Considering the [[RapIsCrap content]] of "The Ringer", commentators at the time noted that this success was likely due to [[BileFascination hate-clicks]].
56	** In the UK, he had nine #1 hits, with six of them being some of his most popular songs ("The Real Slim Shady", "Stan", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself" and "The Monster", and "Godzilla"), whilst the other three were the lesser remembered "Just Lose It", "Like Toy Soldiers", and "River".
57	* Music/EnVogue's SignatureSong "Free Your Mind" only got to #8 on the Hot 100 and #23 on the R&B charts. Meanwhile, "Hold On", "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" and "Don't Let Go (Love)" all charted one step away from the top spot at #2 on the Hot 100, but they were among their many #1 R&B hits.
58	* Music/EricBAndRakim only had one charting entry on the Hot 100. It wasn't "Paid In Full", "Eric B. Is President", or "I Ain't No Joke", but rather the much-less remembered "Juice (Know the Ledge)". Their only Top 40 appearance was a featured credit on Jody Watley's now-long forgotten #9 hit "Friends". Averted on the Dance Club Songs chart, where "Paid In Full" was their highest charter at #3.
59	* Music/EttaJames had nine top 40 hits, but "At Last" was not among them, peaking at #47. She had one #1 hit on the R&B chart, "The Wallflower", while "At Last" fell short at #2.
60	* Evelyn "Champagne" King's top ten hit single "Shame" (#9) is one of her most remembered songs, but isn't as renowed or revered as "Love Come Down" (#17). Amusingly enough, this inverted on the R&B charts where "Shame" made it to #7, and "Love Come Down" made it to #1. "Love Come Down" also owes its enduring success to remixes and dance challenges done on social media.
61	* Fabolous had four Top 10 hits: "Breathe", "Can't Let You Go", "Into You" and "Make Me Better". The first is the best-known of the four, but it charted the lowest.
62	* Music/{{Fantasia\|Barrino}}'s sole #1 hit on the Hot 100 was "I Believe", a single released in promotion with ''Series/AmericanIdol'', and right after her win which boosted it to the top of the charts. That song is largely forgotten today, and most would say "When I See U" is her signature song, which only made it to #32, and is also below another not well-remembered single, "Truth Is" (#21). Averted on the R&B charts where "When I See U" made it to #1 and "I Believe" was at #12.
63	** Fantasia's other signature song "Free Yourself" only made it to #41 on the main charts and but was #3 on the R&B charts.
64	* German hip-hop group Music/DieFantastischenVier's three best remembered songs are also the ones that were really huge: "Sie ist weg" (#1), "Die da!?!" (#2) and "[=MfG=] – Mit freundlichen Grüßen" (#2). Their arguably fourth most popular song, however, is "Tag am Meer", which only reached #67 (the one that charted was an unplugged version; the original didn't chart), whereas various other major and moderate hits such as "Troy" (#9), "Ernten was wir säen" (#12) and "Einfach sein" (#11) are pretty much forgotten.
65	* Fat Joe has had 6 Top 40 hits, and one of them, "What's Luv?", was also one of two singles to top the Hot Rap Songs chart. The other #1 Hot Rap Songs hit (not counting Terror Squad's "Lean Back") was not "We Thuggin'" (#7), "So Much More" (#18) or "Make It Rain" (#2), but rather his largely-forgotten debut single "Flow Joe".
66	* Music/FloRida's 2015 EP ''My House'' produced two Top 10 hits -- "G.D.F.R." and the title track. The former stalled at #8 while the latter made it to #4. However, when all is said and done, "G.D.F.R." will likely be the more enduring of the two, due to it being a club anthem and that it was used in a couple blockbuster films (''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'' and ''Film/{{Deadpool\|2016}}'').
67	** In the UK, he had three #1 hits, but "Low" fell short at #2.
68	* Music/FortMinor, a side project of Music/LinkinPark's Mike Shinoda, hit #4 with "Where'd You Go" in 2006. Their only other charting hit, "Remember the Name" stalled at #66 before plummeting off the charts, and the project was cancelled shortly after. Sounds like your typical OneHitWonder, right? Well, that's mostly true, except most say that the latter song was the "one hit". It's been used numerous times in media, became a sports anthem, and has overshadowed anything else they've ever done, while the former has faded into general obscurity.
69	* Music/TheFugees is a weird example. Their highest charter only reached ''#29'', it was their only Top 40 hit, and it was neither their cover of "Killing Me Softly" nor "Ready or Not", but rather "Fu-Gee-La". However, that's because despite being a massive airplay hit and a worldwide chart-topper, "Killing Me Softly" was not eligible to chart on the Hot 100 because it was not released as a physical single. It undoubtedly would've made the Top 5 if it were. Meanwhile, "Ready or Not", which was also not released physically, peaked at a mere ''#69'' on the airplay chart. Averted with Music/LaurynHill as a solo artist, as her signature "Doo Wop (That Thing)" was her only #1 hit and nothing else came close.
70	* Ginuwine's highest-charting song wasn't "Pony", which peaked at #6, but rather "Differences", which peaked two spots higher. Averted on the R&B chart, where both were his only visits to #1.
71	* Music/GucciMane's highest charting appearance on the Hot 100 before his prison sentence was a feature on Mario's long-forgotten "Break Up", at #14. In comparison, of his more iconic singles from this time period like "Wasted", "Icy" and "Lemonade", only "Wasted" made it to the top 40 (at #36; "Lemonade", while being more popular than "Wasted" today, just missed the top 40 at #53, and "Icy" only charted on the Bubbling Under charts). Inverted post-release, with him having a feature on Rae Sremmurd's huge #1 hit "Black Beatles" (Rae Sremmurd, however, ended up a TwoHitWonder, albeit remembered outside of trap circles as a OneHitWonder for "Black Beatles") and his own tracks "I Get The Bag" and "Wake Up In The Sky" being both his highest charting tracks on the chart (both peaking at #11) and party staples.
72	* Music/{{Guy}} aren't considered one-hit wonders, however, many would be surprised to learn that many of their singles didn't even sniff the Hot 100, let alone the Top 40. "Groove Me", "Teddy's Jam", "Do Me Right", and many more were hits on the R&B chart, but didn't cross over onto the Hot 100, while "Let's Chill" barely missed the Top 40, peaking at #41. Their lone Top-40 pop hit, "Dancin'" (#19), came eight years after their prime, and isn't nearly as well-remembered as any of their singles from their 1988-1992 heyday.
73	* Music/HeavyD's "Now That We Found Love" was a worldwide smash, and hit #11 on the pop charts, so he mostly averts this. But many of his most popular singles like "We Got Our Own Thang" and "Somebody For Me" didn't even sniff the Hot 100. Even "Nuttin' But Love", which barely scraped the Top 40 in 1994, is better remembered than his Gold-certified 1997 hit "Big Daddy", which reached #18. He had big features with [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael]] and Music/JanetJackson ("Jam" (#26) & "Alright" (#4), respectively), but neither song was associated with him.
74	* Music/IceT had two solo entries on the Hot 100, but his best-known song (his band Music/BodyCount's "Cop Killer") was never released as a single. That song has never been re-released, and [[OvershadowedByControversy became known for the controversy surrounding its lyrics]].
75	* Music/TheIsleyBrothers had twelve Top 40 hits on the Hot 100. But surprisingly, their SignatureSong "Shout" only peaked at #47. Their three Top 10 hits, "It's Your Thing", "Fight the Power", and "That Lady", are still well-remembered, though.
76	** They had six #1 hits on the R&B chart, including "Fight the Power" and "It's Your Thing", but "That Lady" fell short at #2, "Between the Sheets" made it to #3, and "Shout" did not chart.
77	** Other iconic hits that charted low include "Between the Sheets" (#101), "Work to Do" (#51) and "For the Love of You" (#22). In the case of "Between the Sheets", it has been sampled so often by so many different artists (most notably by Music/TheNotoriousBIG in "Big Poppa"), that one would think it was one of their biggest hits of that era. Similarly, "Footsteps in the Dark" didn't chart as it was the B-Side to "Groove With You" (#16 R&B), but it being sampled numerous times has led to that being the more well known song.
78	* Ja Rule averts this, as "Always on Time" was his sole #1, not just on the Hot 100 but also on the hip-hop and rap charts. He also only had one #1 in the UK, but it wasn't "Always on Time". Was it "Livin' It Up" or "Mesmerize" instead? No, it was the much less remembered "Wonderful". The song's reputation isn't helped by the fact that it featured the now disgraced Music/RKelly.
79	* Jackie Wilson's best showing on the Hot 100, "Night" (#4), is not nearly as iconic as "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (#6), "Reet Petite" (#62 on Best Sellers In Stores) or "Lonely Teardrops" (#7). However, "Reet Petite" was a Christmas #1 in the UK in 1986, three years after his death.
80	** On the R&B chart, he had six #1 hits, including "Lonely Teardrops" and "Higher and Higher", but "Reet Petite" did not chart at all.
81	* Music/JamesBrown averts this trope, as one of his signature tunes ("I Got You (I Feel Good") peaked at #3 and was one of his seventeen #1 singles on the R&B chart.
82	** "Living in America" from ''Film/RockyIV'' was his next-biggest hit on the Hot 100 (#4), but it only peaked at #10 on R&B.
83	** Among his #1 singles on R&B, this total does not include "Funky Drummer" (#51 Hot 100, #20 R&B), "Get Up Offa That Thing", (#45 Hot 100, #4 R&B), "Funky President" (#44 Hot 100, #4 R&B), or "Sex Machine" (#15 Hot 100, #2 R&B).
84	* Music/JanelleMonae's highest charting solo song isn't her SignatureSong "Tightrope" (which actually didn't even chart in the U.S.), "Cold War" (also didn't chart stateside) or "Make Me Feel" (#99), but rather 2015's "Yoga" (#79), a collab with Jidenna that charted following the success of [[OneHitWonder his only hit]] "Classic Man", which surprisingly outpeaked all of Janelle's solo songs despite being relatively forgotten today. Her highest charting song in general is technically her small feature on Music/{{Fun}}'s "We Are Young", which is easily her best known song overall.
85	* Music/JasonDerulo:
86	** He has two #1 hits: his debut single, 2009's "Whatcha Say", and 2020's "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)" with Jawsh 685 (helped by a remix featuring Music/{{BTS}}). Neither song is quite as iconic as 2014's "Talk Dirty" (featuring 2 Chainz), which only peaked at #3, or 2015's "Want to Want Me", which peaked at #5. While not on the same level, some may be surprised to learn that "Swalla", which saw a minor resurgence in TheNewTwenties thanks to MemeticMutation, tapped out at #29.
87	** In the UK, he had five #1 hits, including "Talk Dirty" and "Want to Want Me", although some of his other well-known songs such the aforementioned "Whatcha Say" and "Ridin' Solo" didn't make it (#3 and #2 respectively), especially as one of those #1 hits was the completely forgotten "Don't Wanna Go Home".
88	* Music/JayZ:
89	** His only #1 hit as a lead artist was "Empire State of Mind" featuring Music/AliciaKeys, which is quite well-known, especially as an anthem for residents of the Big Apple. His signature "99 Problems," however? That one didn't get any higher than #30. The latter song is also not one of his seven #1s on the rap chart, stopping at #10.
90	** In the UK, his only #1 was the largely forgotten "Run This Town", although "99 Problems" did fare better here than in the US, making it to #12 as a double A-side single with "Dirt Off Your Shoulder".
91	** He and Music/KanyeWest had three top 40 hits with The Throne: "Niggas in Paris", "Otis" and… "No Church in the Wild"? It was actually the less memorable "H•A•M".
92	* Music/JohnnyGill's highest charting song on the Hot 100 is not "My, My, My" (#10), but it's "Rub You The Right Way" (#3). Averted on the R&B chart, as both songs made it to #1.
93	* Music/JuiceWRLD had two #2 hits, with his signature "Lucid Dreams" being one of them. The other must've been his breakout hit "All Girls Are the Same", right? It's one of his most played songs on nearly every streaming platform. His other #2 was "Come & Go", a posthumously-released collaboration with Music/{{Marshmello}} that isn't quite as well-remembered. Many would be even more surprised that "All Girls Are the Same" fell short at #41 and he outpeaked it ''twenty times'', some of which were tracks from his posthumous album ''Legends Never Die'' (the record that contained "Come & Go") that were never even released as singles.
94	* Juvenile had two Top 40 hits -- 1999's "Back That Azz Up", which only reached #19, and 2004's "Slow Motion", a chart-topping smash. What happens next? The former becomes his most iconic song, a staple of parties across the country, and the song you're more likely to hear on urban stations, while the latter fades into relative obscurity.
95	* Music/KanyeWest:
96	** Kanye has three #1 hits on the Hot 100. If you guessed that two of them were "Gold Digger" and "Stronger", you'd be correct, considering they are some of his most well-known songs to date. However, not many would guess the third one to be "Carnival", which was released in 2024 after his career hit a new low due to antisemitic comments from late 2022 onwards, and because of that, it is unlikely to be held in the same vein as many of his songs that didn't reach the top ten at all, including classics like "Jesus Walks" (#11), "Touch the Sky" (#42), "Mercy" (#13), "Black Skinhead" (#69), "Flashing Lights" (#29), or ''any'' of the singles from his iconic album, ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy''.[[note]]"Power" (#22), "Runaway" (#12), "Monster", and "All of the Lights" (both reached #18)[[/note]]
97	** "Gold Digger" was his biggest hit off of ''Late Registration'', but the album also spawned two other Top 40 hits. They were not "Touch the Sky" and "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", but "Heard 'Em Say" and "Gone". The former is more remembered for its AnimatedMusicVideo co-directed by Creator/BillPlympton and is only brought up for the novelty of Kanye collaborating with Creator/AdamLevine, [[UnexpectedCharacter of all people]]. The latter wasn't even a single and only briefly charted in 2013, eight years after the album was released, when video of a woman quitting her job and dancing to the track [[MemeticMutation went viral]], where it was naturally forgotten once that video's popularity came and went.
98	** He topped the hip-hop charts four times[[note]]not counting songs where he wasn't top-billed, including "[[Music/JayZ Niggas in Paris]]", "[[Music/BigSean Marvin & Chardonnay]]", "Knock You Down", "Slow Jamz" and "[[Music/{{Rihanna}} FourFiveSeconds]]"[[/note]]: "Gold Digger" was of course one of them, but the other three were "Mercy", "Hurricane" and the aforementioned "Carnival". While they aren't obscure by any means, they don't compare to the likes of "Stronger" (#30), "Heartless" (#4), or "All of the Lights" (#2), among other songs.
99	** He also topped the rap chart six times[[note]]again, not counting songs where he wasn't top billed, including "Niggas in Paris", "[[Music/YoungJeezy Put On]]", "[[Music/JayZ Run This Town]]", "[[Music/{{Drake}} Forever]]" and "Slow Jamz"[[/note]], but "Stronger" and "All of the Lights" fell at #3 and #2 respectively.
100	* Music/KendrickLamar has two #1 hits (as a lead): "HUMBLE." and "Not Like Us". However, time will tell if either can supplant the ''#81'' "Alright" as his signature. Despite its low peak, "Alright" is well-known due to it becoming an anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement, being named the top song of 2015 by outlets like ''Pitchfork'', ''Consequence of Sound'', and ''The New York Times'', being nominated for Song of the Year at the [=VMAs=], and winning a Grammy for Best Rap Song.
101	* Music/KidCudi's only #1 is "The Scotts" from his side project of the same name with Music/TravisScott, which debuted at the top of the charts due to the novelty factor but fell off relatively quickly; as such, it hasn't had the same longevity as "Day 'n' Nite" (#3) and "Pursuit of Happiness" (''#59'').
102	* Music/LilJon's biggest hit was "Get Low" (#2), which is easily his best-known song today. Most people would guess his next-biggest hit was his spot on DJ Snake's "Turn Down for What" (#4), but it was actually "Lovers & Friends" (just barely, though). Even "Snap Yo Fingers" (#7) is probably better-known than that song.
103	* Music/LLCoolJ's two highest-charting hits reached #3, but neither of them were "Mama Said Knock You Out", "I Need Love" or "I Can't Live Without My Radio" (the former two peaked at #17 and #14 respectively, while "I Can't Live Without My Radio" did not chart on the Hot 100). One was the fairly well-remembered Boyz II Men collaboration "Hey Lover", but the other was the largely forgotten "Loungin'". Even fewer will realize that his sole #1 hit was not as a lead, but as a feature, which came in ''2003'' on Jennifer Lopez' largely forgotten "All I Have".
104	* Music/{{Ludacris}} had two #1s as a lead artist, but neither was "Move Bitch" (which only peaked at #10). They were "Stand Up" and "Money Maker". Not entirely obscure, but not as well known as "Move Bitch". "Move Bitch" also does not rank among his #1s on both the R&B and rap chart, peaking at #3 on both charts.
105	* Music/LutherVandross had five top ten hits, but "Never Too Much" (#33), "Superstar" (#87), and "A House Is Not a Home" (not a single) are not amongst them. "Here and Now" (#6), "Power of Love/Love Power" (#4), and "Endless Love" with Music/MariahCarey (#2), are not obscure by any means, but not as iconic as the aforementioned 3 songs.
106	** He had seven #1 hits on the R&B chart, including "Never Too Much", "Power of Love", and "Here and Now", but not "Superstar" (#5).
107	* M.O.P. never touched the Hot 100, but they did have one song hit the Bubbling Under chart, "Handle UR Bizness", which isn't nearly as iconic as their signature "Ante Up". Averted in most other countries where it was their only hit... ...except for the UK and Ireland, where it was outpeaked by their rap remix of "[[Music/{{Foreigner}} Cold as Ice]]".
108	* Music/MacMiller's highest-charting hit wasn't his signature "Donald Trump" (#75), but rather his posthumous "Good News" (#17). The main reason "Donald Trump" remained so enduring was due to [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump said businessman]]'s media ubiquity during his presidential campaign, and with him winning presidency of the nation (and the song re-entering the [=iTunes=] charts afterwards), it's unlikely that any song will ever be able to displace it as Miller's overall signature. However, his best showing on the Hot 100 was a feature on Music/ArianaGrande's "The Way", which is still the most famous song he was ever on.
109	* Music/MariahCarey and Music/BoyzIIMen were two of the biggest artists of the 1990s, spawning #1 hit after #1 hit throughout the decade. You may know the former for songs like "Hero", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", "We Belong Together", and "All I Want For Christmas Is You", while you may know the latter for songs like "End of the Road", "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday", and "I'll Make Love to You." Now, those songs were huge, but chart record-wise they barely compared to a certain other song. In late 1995 through early 1996, both acts shared the single "One Sweet Day," an R&B ballad that spent ''16'' weeks at the top of the chart, a record that stood until "Old Town Road" in 2019. Nowadays? It's not nearly as memorable as those other singles. However, it still has a large following with chart enthusiasts, and is still often used to mourn the loss of a loved one.
110	* Music/MarvinGaye downplays this trope, as his five highest peaks are still classics. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", "Let's Get It On", and "Got to Give It Up" (his three #1 hits), "What's Going On" (#2), and "Sexual Healing" (#3). However, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with Tammi Terrell only made it to #14.
111	* Maxwell's signature hit, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" still gets regular rotation on R&B radio, but only reached #36 on the Hot 100. He outpeaked the song multiple times afterwards, most notably with his 1999 #4 hit "Fortunate"; but "Ascension" remains his best-selling single.
112	* Maze (or Maze featuring Frankie Beverly)'s perennial tune "Before I Let Go" was not one of their big hits on the charts; it made it to #13 on the R&B Billboard chart, and didn't chart at all on the Hot 100. What also is surprising is that several other signatures didn't do so hot as well such as "We Are One" (#47 R&B) or "Joy and Pain" (didn't chart) or "Happy Feelin's" (didn't chart).
113	* Music/MCHammer averts this trope overseas, as his signature "U Can't Touch This" topped the charts in a few countries. Back home in the USA, "Touch" was a massive radio hit, and was his only chart-topper on the R&B chart, but it actually wound up as the lowest-peaking of his five Top 10 hits on the Hot 100; It stalled at just #8… because Creator/CapitolRecords [[ExecutiveMeddling only released it there as a rare 12-inch single]] (it would have almost certainly topped the Hot 100 if it were more widely available). His biggest hit stateside, believe it or not, is "Pray", a now-obscure #2 hit that sampled Music/{{Prince}}'s "When Doves Cry".
114	* Subverted with singer Music/{{Miguel}}; His signature song is "Sure Thing", which peaked at #36 (but was a #1 on the R&B charts) when it was released in 2011. But his biggest hit for more than a decade was "Adorn" (#17, and was another #1 hit on the R&B charts). Then in 2022, the song resurged in popularity due to its use in Platform/TikTok videos. This lead to "Sure Thing" being re-issued in 2023, where it hit a new peak of ''#8''.
115	* Music/MilliVanilli had three songs hit #1 on the Hot 100 (all in 1989), however "Girl You Know It's True", [[SignatureSong the first thing people associate with them]] [[OvershadowedByControversy that's not their scandal]], peaked at #2. Averted in their native Germany, where "Girl You Know It's True" was their only #1.
116	* Music/MissyElliott had three Top 5 hits as the lead artist: "Work It", "Lose Control", and... "Get Ur Freak On", right? Nope, "Hot Boyz", which is largely obscure today.
117	* Music/{{Nas}} had three Top 40 hits as the lead artist -- "Sweet Dreams", "Made You Look", and "I Can". However, none of them are considered his signature. That honor goes to "N.Y. State of Mind", which was never released as a single. Of the three, "Made You Look" is the best known, but even then it's an example as it was the ''lowest'' charting of the three.
118	* Music/NeYo averts this overall, as his signature "So Sick" was his only #1 as a lead. However, his only #2 wasn't "Miss Independent" or even "Closer", both of which peaked at #7, but rather "Because of You". While far from obscure, it isn't ''quite'' as well-known.
119	** As a lead artist, he topped the [=R&B/Hip-Hop=] chart twice. Once was with "Miss Independent", but the other wasn't with "So Sick" (#3) or "Closer" (#21), but rather the considerably lesser-known "Sexy Love".
120	** In the UK, he had four #1 hits, two of them being "So Sick" and "Closer", but the other two were the lesser-known "Beautiful Monster" and "Let Me Love You", with "Miss Independent" only getting to #6.
121	* Music/{{Nelly}} had four #1 hits: "Hot In Herre", "Dilemma", and... "Ride wit Me" and "Country Grammar"? Actually, they never made it past #3 and #7, respectively. The other two are the much less remembered "Shake Ya Tailfeather" and "Grillz".
122	* N.E.R.D. made a surprise comeback in 2017/2018 when "Lemon", their collaboration with Music/{{Rihanna}}, became their first song to chart on the Hot 100 and went Top 40. However, since it only became a hit because of her, it's not as associated with them when compared to some of their earlier songs, like "Lapdance", "She Wants To Move", or "Rockstar", or even Music/PharrellWilliams's solo hits like "Frontin'" or "[[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2 Happy]]".
123	* New Boyz's biggest hit wasn't "You're A Jerk" (#24), but rather the long-forgotten "Tie Me Down" by two spots. Averted on both the rap and R&B charts, where the former was their highest entry.
124	* Music/NickiMinaj's three #1 hits on the Hot 100 were a remix of Music/DojaCat's "Say So", [=6ix9ine=]'s "TROLLZ", and her own song "Super Freaky Girl". However, since she wasn't the main artist on the former two[[note]]even though the latter is credited to both artists on the lead[[/note]] and the latter is too recent, it is likely that they won't be as well-known or associated with her as songs like "Super Bass" (#3), "Starships" (#5) or "Anaconda" (#2). "TROLLZ" notably only charted for four weeks, setting a record for shortest charting #1 hit in Hot 100 history (later broken by Music/{{BTS}}' "Life Goes On", which only lasted for three).
125	** She has had eight #1s on the [=R&B/Hip-Hop=] chart, including "Anaconda". However, the remaining total does not include "Super Bass" (#6) or "Starships" (''#85''). Instead, it includes "Moment 4 Life" ("Super Bass"'s predecessor), "Only" ("Anaconda"'s followup), "Do We Have a Problem?" (with Lil Baby), her featured credit on Music/{{Drake}}'s "Make Me Proud", and her aforementioned #1s on the Hot 100.
126	* Music/NinaSimone's only Top 40 hit wasn't "Feeling Good", but rather "[[Theatre/PorgyAndBess I Loves You, Porgy]]". This is because "Feeling Good" wasn't released as a single until 1994, almost 30 years after it first appeared on her album ''I Put a Spell on You''. Other Simone classics better known than her "Porgy" cover also had lower chart peaks or didn't chart at all on the Hot 100: 1968's "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" only reached #94, while 1964's "Mississippi Goddam" missed the Hot 100 entirely, in part because many radio stations outright banned it due to its pro-civil rights message.
127	* Music/TheNotoriousBIG had four Top 10 hits: "Big Poppa", "One More Chance", "Hypnotize" and "Mo Money Mo Problems" (the latter two being posthumous #1s). While all of his hits are classics (especially the two #1s), none are ''quite'' on the level of his debut single "Juicy". It is widely hailed as one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time, despite never making it past #27.
128	** In the UK, his sole #1 was "Nasty Girl", which came out several years after his death, and is definitely lesser-known than "Hypnotize" (#10) and "Juicy" (''#72'').
129	* Music/{{OutKast}}'s biggest hit in the UK wasn't "Hey Ya!" (#3), being outpeaked by one spot with "Ms. Jackson" (#2), which is not quite as iconic. Averted in their native America, where both songs topped the Hot 100 (alongside "The Way You Move"), although on the [=R&B/Hip-Hop=] chart, "Hey Ya!" only made it to #9, being outpeaked four times, with one of the higher charting songs being the largely forgotten "The Whole World".
130	* Music/PattiLabelle's sole number hit is "On My Own", a duet with [[Music/TheDoobieBrothers Michael McDonald]], though most would say "If Only You Knew" (#46, #1 R&B), "New Attitude" (#17), and "Love, Need and Want You" (only charted on the R&B charts at #10) are her signature songs. Subverted with "Lady Marmalade" which did make #1, but it was by her old band Music/{{Labelle}}, however Patti is more associated with the song.
131	* The Pointer Sisters had five of their singles reach the Top 5 on the Hot 100, including two at #2. Not one of them was "I'm So Excited", despite it charting twice (the original at #30 and a remixed version reaching the Top 10 at #9). In addition, neither of their two #2 hits was "Jump (For My Love)" (#3), "He's So Shy" (#3), "Automatic" (#5), or "Neutron Dance" (#6).
132	* Music/{{Prince}} had five #1 hits. Three of them ("When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy" and "Kiss") remain among his most iconic songs. The other two were "[[Film/Batman1989 Batdance]]" and "Cream", neither of which are as well-known as "Purple Rain" (#2), "1999" (#12), "Little Red Corvette" (#6), "Raspberry Beret" (#2) or "Sign o' the Times" (#3). When he died in 2016, it was "Purple Rain" that led the cavalcade of his recharting songs.
133	** He had eight #1s on the R&B chart. Five of them are "[[BreakthroughHit I Wanna Be Your Lover]]", "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", "Kiss", and "Sign o' the Times". However, if you guessed "1999" (#4), "Little Red Corvette" (#11), "Purple Rain" (#3), [=and/or=] "Raspberry Beret" (#3) for the remainders, you'd be incorrect. The remaining three are "Thieves in the Temple", "Diamonds and Pearls", and the aforementioned "Batdance".
134	** Even more blatant in the UK where his only number one came with 1994's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World". Needless to say it's far less remembered than classics like "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy".
135	* Music/PublicEnemy had only one top 40 hit on the Hot 100. Must've been "Fight The Power" or even "[[Music/{{Anthrax}} Bring the Noise]]", right? Nope, those didn't chart; it's the long-forgotten "Give It Up". Similarly, their highest entry on the R&B chart, at #11, is the even lesser-known "Can't Truss It".
136	* Music/RKelly had two #1 singles in the US. Surely they were "I Believe I Can Fly" and "Ignition", right? No, both of those stalled at #2. They were actually the still remembered "Bump n' Grind" and the long-forgotten Music/CelineDion duet "[[ChristmasSongs I'm Your Angel]]". "I Believe I Can Fly" and "Ignition" both hit #1 in the UK, however. He also had 12 #1s on the R&B chart (including "Bump n' Grind" and "I Believe I Can Fly"), but "Ignition" stalled at #2 on that chart as well.
137	* Rich Homie Quan's highest charting single was "Flex (Ooh Ooh Ooh)", which peaked at #26; while that song is still quite well known, it's not as popular as his signature "Type Of Way", which only reached #50.
138	* Music/RickRoss had three Top 40 hits, but neither of them were "Hustlin'" (which only reached #54). His highest charter was "The Boss", which is largely forgotten today mainly because it is more associated with Music/TPain, whose career hasn't aged too well into the '10s. The second Top 40 hit was the even less remembered "Aston Martin Music", which is more associated with Music/{{Drake}} than him. Third was "[[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Purple Lamborghini]]", where Ross got equal billing with Music/{{Skrillex}}, and that song was quickly forgotten.
139	* Music/{{Rihanna}}:
140	** On one hand, she averts this. Of her eleven #1s as a lead artist, eight of them remain very iconic -- "S.O.S.", "Umbrella", "Disturbia", "Only Girl (In the World)", "Rude Boy", "We Found Love" (her 10-week champion), "Diamonds" and "Work". On the other hand, some are not as remembered, such as "Take a Bow", "What's My Name?", and "S&M", which while not forgotten aren't ''quite'' as well known as some her other songs that ''didn't'' hit #1, including "Don't Stop the Music" (#3), "Shut Up And Drive" (#15), "Where Have You Been" (#5), "Stay" (#3), "Bitch Better Have My Money" (#15) which are likely better known to general audiences and get more airplay than those songs do today.
141	** She has scored a whopping eleven #1 hits on the pop songs chart (including hits such as "Rude Boy" and "We Found Love"), but surprisingly none of them were her signature "Umbrella", which fell just short at #2.
142	* HipHop / RapRock pioneers Music/RunDMC avert this on one hand. Their legendary cover/remix of "[[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Walk This Way]]" was their highest charting single and only Top 10 hit. However, they had two other Top 40 hits. Most would guess from a wide variety of songs such as "It's Like That", "Sucker [=MCs=]", "Rock Box", "King of Rock", "My Adidas"[[note]]their highest entry on the [=R&B/Hip-Hop=] chart, three spots higher than "Walk This Way"[[/note]], "Christmas in Hollis", or "It's Tricky". All are good guesses, but many would be surprised to learn that only the lattermost song charted on the Hot 100, fizzling out at #57. The other two Top 40 hits were "You Be Illin'" (the follow-up to "Walk This Way", but has since been overshadowed by the much more enduring "It's Tricky") and "Down with the King" (released in 1993, well after their peak in overall popularity).
143	** Their biggest hit in Europe and Australia was Jason Nevins' 1997 remix of "It's Like That", which topped the charts in 12 countries. In the UK, it broke the Music/SpiceGirls' streak of #1 hits.
144	* Music/SaltNPepa had a #3 hit on the Hot 100 with "Whatta Man" alongside Music/EnVogue. The song is still well-known, but it's not quite as iconic as "Push It", which only reached #19. In fact, two other songs also outdid "Push It" on the Hot 100: "Shoop" and "Let's Talk About Sex", both of which are still well-remembered.
145	** On the R&B chart, "Shoop" and "Whatta Man" are their highest entries, both peaking at #3. Their two #4s on that chart? The mostly forgotten "Shake Your Thang" and their featured credit on Pebbles' even lesser-known "Backyard".
146	* Kiwi rapper Savage has had only [[OneHitWonder one song]] with his name attached hit the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Is it "Freaks" by Timmy Trumpet featuring him? Of course not, it's instead his own song "Swing" (specifically the version featuring Music/SouljaBoy). While "Swing" is not a forgotten song, more people would probably recognize him for "Freaks".
147	** Averted in his native New Zealand, where both songs hit number 1.
148	* Music/SchoolboyQ has two Top 40 hits as a lead -- "Studio" and "[=THat=] Part". However, neither are considered his signature. That title goes to "Collard Greens", a song that only barely scraped the bottom of the Hot 100.
149	* Simply Red had only one #1 hit in their native UK. Was it "Holding Back the Years", "Something Got Me Started", "If You Don't Know Me by Now" or "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)"? Nope, those peaked at #2 (via a reissue; the original peaked at #51), #11, #2, and #13 respectively. Their only #1 hit in the UK was the more-forgotten "Fairground". Averted in the US, where "Holding Back", "If You Don't", and "Something" were their three highest entries.
150	* Sisqo's "Thong Song" reached #3 on the pop charts, but most people have forgotten about his number-one "Incomplete." This is probably because only "Thong Song" was a major hit on pop radio, while "Incomplete" relied on sales (with a "Thong Song" B-side) and R&B airplay to reach the peak.
151	* Music/SlickRick's only chart entry as a lead artist was "Behind Bars" (#87), released during a period where Rick was in prison for attempted murder, and entangled in a fight with the US government over his immigration status. However, his SignatureSong "Children's Story" completely missed the Hot 100, though it was a #5 hit on the R&B chart.
152	* Music/SnoopDogg's iconic "Gin & Juice" only hit #8 on the Hot 100. He outpeaked it four different times -- all in the 21st century. While "Drop It Like It's Hot" (his only #1 hit) remains iconic, his other three hits "Beautiful", "Sexual Eruption", and "Young, Wild, & Free" (the latter alongside Music/WizKhalifa and Music/BrunoMars, both of whom are more associated with the song than Snoop is) aren't quite on that level.
153	** In the UK, his two Top 5 singles were the still-remembered "Signs" (#2) and the largely-forgotten "Sweat" (#4), the David Guetta remix of "Wet".
154	* Music/StevieWonder had ten #1 hits, but this total does not include "For Once In My Life" (#2), "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (#3), or "Higher Ground" (#4).
155	** He had twenty #1 hits on the R&B chart, but "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" bowed out at #3.
156	** He had eight #1 hits on adult contemporary, but not "Sir Duke" (#3), "I Wish", "Isn't She Lovely" (both #23), "Superstition" (#38), or "Higher Ground" (#41).
157	** "As" is one of his most popular songs, but it barely made the Top 40: #36 on the Hot 100 and R&B, and #24 on AC.
158	* Music/{{Tamia}}'s biggest hit is "Stranger In My House" (#10, #3 R&B) which is one of her more popular singles, but she is more remembered for "So Into You" (#30, #7 R&B), which has been sampled and covered several times in the years following its release.
159	* Tanto Metro & Devonte's highest peak on the Hot 100 was not their signature "Everyone Falls in Love"(#88), but the obscure follow-up single "Give It To Her" (#85). Averted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop and Hot Rap charts, where "Everyone Falls In Love" outpeaked "Give It To Her" by 11 and 14 places, respectively.
160	* Tavares' only top 10 hit wasn't "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (#15), but rather "It Only Takes a Minute".
161	* Music/TeenaMarie has had one top ten hit with "Lovergirl" (#4), but she is far better known for "Square Biz", which peaked at ''#50''. The R&B charts were kinder to "Square Biz" where made it to #3.
162	* Music/TevinCampbell's "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" is his most successful single, hitting #6 on the pop charts, and reaching Gold certification, but is constantly overshadowed by "[[Film/GraffitiBridge Round and Round"]] and "Can We Talk", which only reached #12 and #9, respectively; and "[[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie I 2 I]]", which was not a single.
163	** He had three #1 hits on the R&B chart: "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do", "Can We Talk:" and... "Alone With You", while "Round and Round" peaked at #3.
164	* Music/ThreeSixMafia had three Top 40 hits: "Stay Fly", "Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)" and… "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp"? Nope, "Poppin' My Collar".
165	* Music/{{TI}}:
166	** He had two #1 hits as a lead, "Whatever You Like" and "Live Your Life". "Whatever" topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks to "Life"'s six, but the latter is generally better remembered today than the former, likely because it features guest vocals from Music/{{Rihanna}}. However, because of Rihanna's appearance on the song, the song is primarily associated with her despite the fact that she was just the featured artist and T.I. the lead. Because "Life" isn't considered his song in the eyes of the public, "Whatever" is still seen as his SignatureSong.
167	** An isolated example, but his 2014 album ''Paperwork'' produced two singles -- "About the Money" featuring Music/YoungThug which fizzled out at #42 and only peaked at #12 on rhythmic, and "No Mediocre" featuring Music/IggyAzalea, which hit #33 and became a rhythmic chart-topper. However, since the latter was always more associated with Azalea, with her being the reason it became a hit, it wasn't able to displace "Money" as being the album's signature. Couple this with the fact that Azalea fell victim to controversy, and this became the signature entirely.
168	* Music/TPain's only lead #1 hit was "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')", which isn't too surprising, though some may be surprised to hear that the almost-equally known "I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Stripper)" only hit #5.
169	** In the UK, his highest charting hit was 2011's "5 O'Clock" (#6), which was released several years after his peak, and mostly succeeded due to featuring Music/LilyAllen and Music/WizKhalifa rather than him.
170	* While many, if not all of Music/ATribeCalledQuest's singles are undisputed classics, you'd probably be surprised to learn that they've ''never'' had a pop Top 40 single in their entire career as a group. The closest they got was "Award Tour", which reached #47, while other classics like "Electric Relaxation" (#65) and "Check the Rhime" never got as close, or didn't chart at all. Q-Tip managed to score three Top-40 hits as a solo artist, and he and Ali Shaheed Muhammad produced and/or remixed many more together as part of The Ummah.
171	* Music/TeddyPendergrass has 3 #1 hits on the R&B charts ("Close the Door", "Joy" and "It Should've Been You"), with "Close the Door" making it to #25 on the Hot 100, but his signature "Love T.K.O" missed out on such success; it got blocked at #2 on the R&B charts and only made it to #44 on the Hot 100.
172	* Music/TupacShakur's output zig-zagged this. While he has three Top Ten pop hits, including the #1's "California Love" and "How Do U Want It", some of his classic singles either missed the Top 20 ("Changes" petered out at #32), or were barred from charting due to chart rules at the time ("2 of Amerika's Most Wanted", "I Ain't Mad At Cha" and several others were either only given promo releases, or not physically released in North America).
173	** The situation is more blatant in the UK, where his sole #1 was released eight years after his death. "Ghetto Gospel" featuring an Music/EltonJohn sample, which is nowhere near as popular as many of his other songs.
174	* Twista's only #1 hit was "Slow Jamz", which isn't nearly as iconic as his #6 "Overnight Celebrity". Averted on the rap chart, where both were his only #1s. Nowadays the former is associated more with Music/KanyeWest, but even then it's far from one of ''his'' best-known songs.
175	* Creator/{{Tyrese\|Gibson}}'s highest charting song ''isn't'' "Sweet Lady" (#12), but it's "How You Gonna Act Like That" (#7), which while popular, isn't as well-known with fans as "Sweet Lady."
176	* Music/{{Usher}} managed nine #1 hits, seven of which ("U Remind Me", "U Got It Bad", "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", "Love in This Club" and "OMG") remain classics to this day. The other two were "Nice & Slow" (his first #1) and the aforementioned "My Boo" (see the Alicia Keys example above), which are more obscure than non-#1s like "You Make Me Wanna…" (#2[[note]]stuck in the runner-up spot for seven straight weeks behind Elton John's best-seller "Candle in the Wind 1997", which he famously performed at [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Diana's]] funeral[[/note]]), "U Don't Have to Call" (#3), "Caught Up" (#8), "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" (#4), "More" (#15) and "Scream" (#9).
177	** Usher achieved 13 #1s on the [=R&B/Hip-Hop=] chart, but "OMG" stalled at #3, while "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" stopped at #51. Conversely, among the #1s were the lesser-known "Papers" and the aforementioned "Nice & Slow" and "My Boo".
178	* Music/VanillaIce's only #1 was his signature "Ice Ice Baby". Most people would be surprised to hear that he had [[TwoHitWonder another top-5 hit]]. Was it the "[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze Ninja Rap]]"? Nope, that song never charted; the second was a rap remix of "Play That Funky Music", which Wild Cherry sued over, resulting in the remix being blacklisted from many radio stations.
179	* V.I.C.'s only top 40 hit on the Hot 100 wasn't "Wobble" (#94), as popularized by the iconic dance craze, but rather "Get Silly". Because it was written and produced by Music/SouljaBoy, and contains with his signature "Soulja Boy Tell 'Em" intro, [[MisattributedSong many people thought it was his song]] and were unaware both songs were by the same artist. Regardless, "Get Silly" was a minor hit that was quickly forgotten, and since Soulja Boy's career has not aged well into the New Tens it has remained that way; thus it's not surprising that V.I.C. is remembered as a one-hit wonder for an iconic rap dance song than one associated with a disgraced snap rapper.
180	* Creator/WillSmith had two #1 hits, "Getting Jiggy Wit' It" and... "Film/MenInBlack"? Actually, "Men in Black" was ineligible to enter the Hot 100 due to a chart quirk preventing non-physical singles from entering at the time (though it did top the airplay chart). The other #1 hit is "Film/WildWildWest", which isn't obscure but not as well known as "Black" or even "Miami". He also had a #7 hit, but it wasn't "Miami" (which reached #17), it was the relatively obscure "Switch".
181	** Downplayed in the UK, where "Men in Black" was his only #1, but neither of his three #2 hits were "Getting Jiggy Wit' It" or "Miami", both just missing out at #3. Instead they were "Wild Wild West" and... "Just the Two of Us" and "Will 2K".
182	* Music/WizKhalifa is a weird example. He had two #1 hits on the Hot 100; of course, one was his signature megahit "[[Film/FuriousSeven See You Again]]", which ruled for twelve weeks. The other one? "Black & Yellow". While it's far from obscure, it's not nearly as well-remembered as other hits from the time period (like "Party Rock Anthem", "Give Me Everything" and "Rolling in the Deep") are, largely because it was a rap song with minimal crossover play but plenty of viral appeal. Most people who do remember it won't remember that it hit #1, and will assume his second #1 was his spot on Maroon 5's "Payphone" (which reached #2); in fact, [[PopCultureIsolation said guest spot is widely seen as his only other notable song besides "Again" to mainstream audiences]].
183	* Music/{{Xscape\|Group}}'s R&B platinum-selling classics "Understanding" and "Who Can I Run To" (both #8) were bested by one spot by the less-remembered "The Arms of the One Who Loves You" at #7, a single specifically made for pop radio. Averted by on the R&B charts where the former two songs were two of their three #1 hits, and the latter song came in at #4.
184	* Young Jeezy's only Top 5 hit wasn't "Put On" (#12) but rather "Soul Survivor", featuring Akon. Averted on the rap chart, where both hit #1.
185	* Music/ZappAndRoger:
186	** Zapp's only single to sniff anywhere near the Top 40 was the #43 "Slow and Easy"; which came out well after their early 80's heyday in 1993, as part of a greatest hits compilation. None of their other R&B hits, with the exception of "More Bounce to the Ounce" (#86), crossed over to the Hot 100.

Context ChartDisplacement / HipHopRAndB