History Main / NoHitWonder

** Bradley Cooper is essentially the 2010-20s version of Leonardo DiCaprio, seemingly being nominated every year and still having no Oscar.

** Creator/DeborahKerr was the original actress to go her whole career without an Oscar win. She was one of the most critically acclaimed actresses of her generation - starring in hits like ''Film/BlackNarcissus'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'', ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' and critically acclaimed films like ''Film/HeavenKnowsMrAllison'', ''Film/TheInnocents'' "Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp", and ''Film/TheSundowners''. She had six nominations and no wins until a special one was awarded to her in the 90s.

** Creator/DeborahKerr was the original actress to go her whole career without an Oscar win. She was one of the most critically acclaimed actresses of her generation - starring in hits like ''Film/BlackNarcissus'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'', ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' and critically acclaimed films like ''Film/HeavenKnowsMrAllison'', ''Film/TheInnocents'' "Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp" and ''Film/TheSundowners''. She had six nominations and no wins until a special one was awarded to her in the 90s.

** Creator/DeborahKerr was the original actress to go her whole career without an Oscar win. She was one of the most critically acclaimed actresses of her generation - starring in hits like ''Film/BlackNarcissus'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'', ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' and critically acclaimed films like ''Film/HeavenKnowsMrAllison'', ''Film/TheInnocents'' "Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp and ''Film/TheSundowners''. She had six nominations and no wins until a special one was awarded to her in the 90s.

** Creator/DeborahKerr was the original actress to go her whole career without an Oscar win. She was one of the most critically acclaimed actresses of her generation - starring in hits like ''Film/BlackNarcissus'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'', ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' and critically acclaimed films like ''Film/HeavenKnowsMrAllison'', ''Film/TheInnocents'' and ''Film/TheSundowners''. She had six nominations and no wins until a special one was awarded to her in the 90s.

* Similarly, Music/{{Jamiroquai}} has been a big deal in the UK over the same period, with nine Top 10 and one #1 single, with the lowest-charting of their eight studio albums topping out at #7 (including three #1s). Not to mention that their first real greatest-hits album also made it to #1 in the UK. They also enjoyed lesser success in other European countries. The other side of The Pond has been another story. While they've placed 15 singles on the US dance charts, with 5 reaching #1, they've never hit the ''Billboard'' Top 40, and only made the Hot 100 ''once''. Their albums have done much better in the US than their singles, but even then none have gotten higher than #24 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Not to mention that probably their best-known song Stateside, "Virtual Insanity", not only didn't crack the Hot 100, but was also the ''lowest-charting'' of their US dance hits. (It's best known for its iconic video.)

* NRBQ has been around since TheSixties and has recorded over two dozen albums, but their only chart entry was "Get That Gasoline Blues" which hit #70 in 1974. Former guitarist Al Anderson is also famous as a CountryMusic songwriter.

** Funnily enough, this is actually ''somewhat'' averted with lead singer Johnny Gioeli's other band Music/Hardline, which had several minor rock radio hits in the early-90s. They have mostly been forgotten [[OneHitWonder except for]] "Hot Cherrie", thanks to its use in [[Series/Peacemaker2022 Peacemaker]].

** Funnily enough, this is actually semi-averted with lead singer Johnny Gioeli's other band Hardline, which had several minor rock radio hits in the early-90s. They have mostly been forgotten [[OneHitWonder except for]] "Hot Cherrie", thanks to its use in [[Series/Peacemaker2022 Peacemaker]].

* Music/{{Crush 40}} is one of the most associated things with VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog (especially the modern era), and many super-fans and casuals alike still scream "I Am All of Me", "Open Your Heart", and "Live and Learn" at the top of their lungs. Of course, their success is purely the result of their association with Sonic and have not actually had any chart and/or radio hit.

* Music/{{Crush 40}} is one of the most associated things with VideoGame/{{SonicTheHedgehog}} (especially the modern era), and many super-fans and casuals alike still scream "I Am All of Me", "Open Your Heart", and "Live and Learn" at the top of their lungs. Of course, their success is purely the result of their association with Sonic and have not actually had any chart and/or radio hit.
** Funnily enough, this is actually semi-averted with lead singer Johnny Gioeli's other band Hardline, which had several minor rock radio hits in the early-90s. They have mostly been forgotten {{OneHitWonder except for}} "Hot Cherrie", thanks to its use in {{Series/Peacemaker2022 Peacemaker}}.

* Music/KaceyMusgraves's top single, "Follow Your Arrow", peaked at #60 overall/#10 country on Billboard. She has only had two others chart overall at all. Despite her lack of single successes, all three of her main albums have sold and streamed incredibly well and have all been in the top 5 overall. This is likely due to her very large PeripheryDemographic and more or less being blacklisted by country radio stations.

* Music/{{Rush}} never made it higher on the Billboard 200 than "New World Man", which made it to #21 and was their only Top 40 hit (ironically, it was a throwaway song written and recorded quickly to even out the two sides of the cassette). They remained so popular and influential over 40 years of work that their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 was considered at least a decade overdue.

* Music/RageAgainstTheMachine was one of the most popular rock acts of the '90s and helped popularize RapMetal, which led to the NuMetal explosion that happened later in the decade. Highest charting single? "Bulls On Parade", which peaked at #62. This is averted in the UK, where "Killing in the Name" actually topped the charts at Christmas 2009... ''17 years'' after its release.

* Music/LittleMix are massive in their native UK, have 3 certified platinum albums, and are arguably the most famous GirlGroup of today rivaled only by their American counterpart Music/FifthHarmony, yet only 3 of their songs have entered the Hot 100 charts, namely, "Wings", "Black Magic", and "Shout Out to My Ex". None of them came close to the top 40.

* There is also [=JoJo=] Siwa, who has no charting songs as of this typing, despite debut single "Boomerang" getting platinum certification from the RIAA for selling over 1,000,000 downloads. Additionally, the music video for "Boomerang" is one of the most all-time viewed on [=YouTube=] and still gets consistent views in 2019, three years after its release. She will also be headlining a concert tour in 2019 with around half of the dates taking place in 18,000-20,000 seat arenas, and many of the planned dates sold out in just 1 or 2 days.

* Music/AndrewWK is one of the most well-known rock/metal solo artists of the last decade. He's never charted a single in the States, even in the Bubbling Under Hot 100, due to how niche his "party metal" sound is. He had better luck in the U.K., where "Party Hard", his SignatureSong, peaked at #19 on the Singles Chart.

** Creator/GlennClose is the living actor with the most Oscar nominations without a win, with 8. The same year Close lost for the seventh time, Creator/AmyAdams completed six shutouts,[[note]]meaning she could have tied Close had the AwardSnub for ''Film/{{Arrival}}'' not occurred[[/note]] making people compare her to [=DiCaprio=], above.

** "Indie" tastemaker being the key - although Peel was much respected, his influence on the mainstream was minimal, and a great many of the acts he championed suffered the same fate, from comedy song specialists Half Man Half Biscuit to British reggae group Misty In Roots. The band most associated with his patronage, Music/TheFall, did actually avert the trope but did so with CoveredUp versions of Kinks and R. Dean Taylor songs rather than their more idiosyncratic original material.

* Speaking of wrestling, Wrestling/StacyKeibler is considered one of the most recognizable and popular WWE Divas whose popularity dates back to her days with WCW. She has also never won any of the Woman's Championship belts (albeit was in a match or two for the title[[note]]Reportedly both Keibler and Torrie Wilson were offered the belt and both turned it down on the grounds that they didn't have the ring skills to carry a title[[/note]]), didn't have the training of the likes of women who were actual athletes but had far less airtime than her like Wrestling/{{Ivory}} and Wrestling/MollyHolly and was seen as arguably [[FranchiseOriginalSin setting off a trend of female wrestlers being]] HiredForTheirLooks [[FranchiseOriginalSin instead of possessing any discernible talent.]] More upsetting, unlike the aforementioned Torrie Wilson, Keibler eventually admitted that she ''never'' cared for the business and used it as a stepping stone to get into Hollywood, making the time and attention lavished onto her all the more undeserved, though this didn't stop her from getting her own HOF induction in 2023.

* Music/InsaneClownPosse have [[{{Juggalo}} one of the most dedicated fanbases in music]], and have been well-known for over 20 years. And yet, though many of their albums have reached the top 20, they've never had a hit song - their highest-charting was "Santa's a Fat Bitch", which peaked at #67 in 1998, though "Hokus Pokus" did reach #53 in the UK.