[3] The definition of a "one-hit wonder", as given by the reference text The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, was any act that achieves a number one on the UK Album Chart and no other Top 40 entry.
One hit wonders on the Singles Chart are artists with their number one being also their only Top 75 entry.
Artists who have topped the album chart as solo artists but also charted as members of groups are exempted from the main list as well as those with smaller hits (listed separately).
Most recent one-hit wonder to be removed from the list: What a Time to Be Alive by Tom Walker[42][43] (October 2024) The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums was first issued in 1983, six years before the Top 75 albums chart hit definition came into being (with a full Top 150 Artist Albums Chart being published for people within the industry at this time).
The following list includes artists with more than one album chart hit who would have been seen as a one-hit wonder under the Guinness definition of 1983.