History ChartDisplacement / PopMusic

** Additionally, Zayn Malik has since split from the band and now goes by "[[OnlyOneName Zayn]]". His debut single "Pillowtalk" topped the Hot 100, but it isn't quite as well-known to the public as 1D's discography.

their [[SignatureSong signature]] [[CoveredUp rendition]] of "Unchained Melody" only got to #4.

* Music/TheRighteousBrothers scored two #1 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 during their prime, but their [[SignatureSong signature]] [[CoveredUp rendition]] of "Unchained Melody" only got to #4.

* Music/FrankSinatra: From a chart standpoint, "Music/MyWay" and "Theme From 'New York, New York'" were far from Ol' Blue Eyes' biggest hits, reaching No. 27 and No. 32, respectively. While most of his older hits were released before 1958, when the Hot 100 launched; "My Way" was released in 1969, while "Theme From 'New York, New York'" came out in 1980. Yet, to many fans, those two songs are the ones instantly identified with the man from Hoboken, New Jersey. As far as his actual #1 Hot 100 hits go, his 1966 hit "Strangers In the Night" was not the biggest, but it is probably his best known.

** "The Skin Game" is among Janet's popular tracks, to the point she included it on some of her tour set lists, but it was a B-side to "Come Back to Me", and never charted anywhere.
* Music/JasonMraz averts this, as his signature song "I'm Yours" was indeed his biggest hit, reaching #6 on the Hot 100. He had one other top 10 hit that reached #8. It ''had'' to have been "The Remedy", right? Nope, that only made it to #15. It was actually 2012's "I Won't Give Up", which isn't nearly as iconic.

* Dido's two Top 40 hits in the US were her signature "Thank You" (famously sampled in Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Stan"), which peaked at #3, and... "Here with Me"? Nope, that song only made it to #116. Her only other Top 40 hit in the US was the #18 "White Flag". While still considered an early 2000s pop classic, it doesn't quite compare in legendary status to "Thank You" and "Here With Me".
** It's a worse situation in her native UK, where her highest peak was "White Flag" at #2, one spot higher than "Thank You".

** Due to Billboard's rules at the time, Jackson's 1997 single "Got 'til It's Gone" was ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 because it wasn't released as a physical single in the USA, but became a top 40 hit everywhere else.

** This is overall averted in her native UK, where the three above-mentioned songs all peaked at #1.

* Music/NellyFurtado was massive in her heyday, but she only had two #1 hits. One, of course, was "Promiscuous". The other must've been "I'm Like A Bird", right? Nope, #9. It was actually "Say It Right"; while certainly not forgotten, it's not quite as well-known as "I'm Like A Bird". "Say It Right" also outpeaked "I'm Like A Bird" in her native Canada (#5 vs. #19).

* Music/{{Train}}'s highest charting song was their #3 comeback single "Hey, Soul Sister" from 2009, which while hardly obscure is not ''quite'' as iconic as "Drops of Jupiter" (#5) from their much more acclaimed first run. Their only other top 10? "Drive By", another song from their comeback run that is not nearly as remembered as their other major hits, "Meet Virginia" (#20) and "Calling All Angels" (#19).

** They had 11 entries on Adult Alternative Airplay, including the two #1s "[=3AM=]" and "Bent", but "Unwell" was the third-lowest peaking of all of them.

* Music/MichaelJackson:
** ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' had two #1s: "Billie Jean" (his longest-running #1), and "Beat It", but a third song reached #2. It has to be the title track, right? Nope, that only hit #4. That song is "The Girl Is Mine", his largely forgotten lead single duet with Music/PaulMcCartney. It isn't even as well-known as the likes of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (#5) and "P.Y.T." (#10), let alone "Thriller".
** Similarly, ''Bad'' produced five #1 hits, yet "Smooth Criminal" only reached #7. While none of the album's #1s are obscure, "Smooth Criminal" went on to become one of Jackson's most recognized songs (with an equally recognizable cover in 2001 by nu-metal band Alien Ant Farm), and definitely gets more play these days than "I Just Can't Stop Lovin' You" or "Dirty Diana". The latter especially; many people who weren't around when it came out have no idea Michael Jackson recorded a hard rock song, let alone had it top the charts.
** Jackson's chart displacement in the UK is even worse. Despite being as huge there as he was in his home country, he had only three number ones there in the 1980s: "Billie Jean", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", and "One Day In Your Life" - the latter by far his biggest seller of the decade, despite being a 1975 recording put out by Motown (whom he was no longer with) as a blatant attempt to cash in on the success of ''Off The Wall''. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is seemingly completely forgotten now, and few fans or even casual listeners would consider "One Day In Your Life" essential Jackson - or remember it went to number one where "Beat It", "Bad" (both #3), and so many more memorable songs failed.

* Music/EltonJohn had 12 #1 hits stateside in his long career, but many of his most iconic songs aren't part of that total. This includes "Your Song" (#8), "Tiny Dancer" (#41), "Rocket Man" (#6), "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (#2), "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (#6), "I'm Still Standing" (#12), and his songs from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' (the #4 "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and the #18 "Circle of Life"). The original 1974 version of "Candle in the Wind" didn't even chart in the US ("Bennie and the Jets" was chosen instead of it), but the 1997 re-recording in memory of Princess Diana did top the Hot 100; however it didn't have the same staying power as the original since it only became a global smash hit because of how big an event Diana's death and subsequent funeral were. The same occurred in the UK, where the '97 version of CITW hit #1 for 5 weeks, whilst the better known original hit #11.

* Music/FrankSinatra: From a chart standpoint, "Music/MyWay" and "Theme From 'New York, New York'" were far from Ol' Blue Eyes' biggest hits, reaching No. 27 and No. 32, respectively. They even came out well into the rock era, long after his peaks of success (1940s, and again in the early-to-mid 1950s and once again in the 1960s); "My Way" was released in 1969, while "Theme From 'New York, New York'" came out in 1980. Yet, to many fans, those two songs are the ones instantly identified with the man from Hoboken, New Jersey. As far as his actual No. 1 hits go, his 1966 hit "Strangers In the Night" was not the biggest, but it is probably his best known.

** Additionally, Music/{{Zayn}} Malik has since split from the band and now goes by "[[OnlyOneName Zayn]]". His debut single "Pillowtalk" topped the Hot 100, but it isn't quite as well-known to the public as 1D's discography.
* Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark had four pop Top 40 hits in the US, but surprisingly, none of them were "Enola Gay", which never touched the Hot 100, though it was a #34 dance hit, its only stateside single release being a 12" promo. Their highest US charter, the #4 "If You Leave" from ''Film/PrettyInPink'', is an 80s classic, but doesn't quite have the SignatureSong status of "Enola Gay", while their other three Top 40 entries; "Dreaming" (#16), "(Forever) Live And Die" (#19), and "So In Love" (#26); have mostly faded from the public memory. In their native UK, "Enola Gay" was thir biggest hit.

** In the UK, her four number one hits were "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "Is It Over Now?" and "Fortnight". While the latter two are too recent to tell if it will stand the test of time like Taylor's other hits, "Look What You Made Me Do" is not nearly as well-known as some of her other hits like "Shake It Off", "Love Story", "I Knew You Were Trouble" (all peaked at #2), "Blank Space", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Bad Blood" (all #4 peaks) or her arguable signature "You Belong With Me", which only peaked at #30.

** In the UK, her four number one hits were "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero", "Is It Over Now?" and "Fortnight". While te latter two are too recent to tell if it will stand the test of time like Taylor's other hits, "Look What You Made Me Do" is not nearly as well-known as some of her other hits like "Shake It Off", "Love Story", "I Knew You Were Trouble" (all peaked at #2), "Blank Space", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Bad Blood" (all #4 peaks) or her arguable signature "You Belong With Me", which only peaked at #30.

** In the UK, her three number one hits were "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero" and "Is It Over Now?". While "Is It Over Now?" is too recent to tell if it will stand the test of time like Taylor's other hits, "Look What You Made Me Do" is not nearly as well-known as some of her other hits like "Shake It Off", "Love Story", "I Knew You Were Trouble" (all peaked at #2), "Blank Space", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Bad Blood" (all #4 peaks) or her arguable signature "You Belong With Me", which only peaked at #30.

* Music/{{ABBA}} had four top 10 hits in the US (including their #1 signature "Dancing Queen"), but "Mamma Mia" only reached #32 (and a worse #64 in their native Sweden). Inverted in the UK, where both songs hit #1.

* Downplayed with Five for Fighting: [[IAmTheBand His]] biggest hit on the Hot 100 by far was the #14 "Superman (It's Not Easy)", while runner up "100 Years" peaked at a distant #28. Despite the fourteen-position difference in chart peaks, both songs are remembered roughly the same.

* Music/{{NSync}}'s sole #1 hit on the Hot 100 was "It's Gonna Be Me", which is one of their most iconic songs, second only to "Bye Bye Bye" in popularity. The latter was their second highest charter, right? Believe it or not, it wasn't; that honor goes to, of all things, "Music Of My Heart", a very obscure collaboration with Music/GloriaEstefan made for the similarly named 1999 film Film/MusicOfTheHeart (it peaked at #2 while "Bye Bye Bye" stalled at #4).

* A notable victim of Billboard's policy of placing Christmas songs on a separate chart in the 60s and 70s was "[[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy's]] Christmas" by The Royal Guardsmen from 1967. Still a seasonal favorite in America, it could well have been a Top 10 hit had Billboard allowed it on the Hot 100 (it reached the Top 10 in Billboard's main competitor Cashbox). It [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff reached #1 in Australia and New Zealand]].

** Madonna has recorded a record 50 #1 singles on the Dance Club charts. That total includes almost all of her most famous songs, but not her debut "Everybody" and "Dress You Up" (#3), "Papa Don't Preach" (#4), or "True Blue" (#6).

* Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark had four pop Top 40 hits in the US, but surprisingly, none of them were "Enola Gay", which never touched the Hot 100, though it was a #34 dance hit, its only stateside single release being a 12" promo. Their highest US charter, the #4 "If You Leave" from ''Film/PrettyInPink'', is still decently remembered and gets regular airplay, but doesn't quite have the SignatureSong status of "Enola Gay", while their other three Top 40 entries; "Dreaming" (#16), "(Forever) Live And Die" (#19), and "So In Love" (#26); have mostly faded from the public memory. In their native UK, "Enola Gay" was the highest charter of the five.

* Music/SarahMcLachlan's "I Will Remember You", despite being one of her best-known songs, only reached #14 in the United States via a live version (the original only reached #65). "Angel" hit #4, but even then it fell one spot short of "Adia", which is mostly forgotten today. In her native Canada, [=McLachlan=] only topped the charts once, and it also wasn't with "Angel" (#9) or "I Will Remember You" (#10), but "Building a Mystery". "Adia" (#3) and "Sweet Surrender" (#2) also outperformed them, as did her now completely forgotten cover of Music/JoniMitchell's "River", which hit #2 in 2006, years after her peak period.

* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees' greatest (and only Top 40) pop hit in the US wasn't "Cities in Dust"(didn't chart on the Hot 100, though it reached #17 on the Dance Club Songs chart), "Peek-a-Boo"(#53), or "The Killing Jar"(didn't make the Hot 100 either, though it peaked at #37 on the Dance chart and #2 on the Modern Rock chart), but the [[AudienceAlienatingEra 1991]] BlackSheepHit "Kiss Them For Me"(#23). Conversely, their biggest hit in their native England wasn't any of the above, but their 1983 cover of Music/TheBeatles' "Dear Prudence", which peaked at #3.

* Bow Wow Wow's cover of "I Want Candy" is much better known than the original version by the Strangeloves, even though the original was a #11 hit while the cover only hit #62.

* Music/ChristinaGrimmie had four songs enter the Hot 100, all of which were Voice performances, and the highest charting of which (her duet with Music/AdamLevine for a cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know") peaking at #66. However, the first song most people associate with Christina is likely not any of them, but rather her, Kurt Hugo Schneider, and Sam Tsui's cover of "Just a Dream" by {{Music/Nelly}}. Despite the video of their version going viral in the early-2010s, Billboard did not count {{Platform/YouTube}} views for the Hot 100 until 2013, and the song seems to have not been released to other platforms (like Spotify) until 2017, after Grimmie's tragic murder.

* {{Music/Daniel Powter}} only had one song hit the Top 5 in his native Canada. Was it "Bad Day"? Wrong, that stalled at #7. His sole Top 5 was "Love You Lately", which outpeaked his big hit by two spots; this is because the Canadian charts relied solely on physical single sales until Billboard introduced the Canadian Hot 100 in 2007. This song, like the rest of his discography besides his debut single, is completely forgotten today even in his home country. Nonetheless, "Bad Day" was his sole #1 hit down south, and by extension, [[OneHitWonder his only visit to the Hot 100]].

* Music/DuaLipa generally averts this, as "Don't Start Now", "Levitating" and "New Rules" were her biggest hits on the Hot 100 in the US. However, in her native UK, she had four #1 hits. If you guessed that "Rules" was one of them, you'd be right... but her other three doesn't include anything from ''Future Nostalgia'', instead being "One Kiss" with Music/CalvinHarris, "Cold Heart" with Music/EltonJohn, and "[[Film/Barbie2023 Dance the Night]]", which while definitely still well-known, it's unlikely that either of those songs will displace "Start" or "Levitating" as her signature.

** As a whole, he usually averts this, as he has eight #1 hits to his name, but surprisingly, "Baby" was not among that count, as it only hit #5. For comparison, one of those eight was "Stuck with U", a charity single with Music/ArianaGrande released to raise money for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic that was quickly forgotten.

* Music/{{Madonna}} had twelve #1 hits including "Like a Virgin" and "Like a Prayer", but ''not'' "Material Girl", which fell just short at #2.

* Music/WalkTheMoon had two #1 hits on Alternative radio, and two entries on the Hot 100: "Shut Up and Dance" and... "Anna Sun"? Not so. While "Anna Sun" was featured in a few commercials and went platinum, it only peaked at #10, and bubbled under at #118.
** The correct answer is "One Foot" (#65 Hot 100, #1 Alternative).

* Most casual music fans would probably assume that Music/WalkTheMoon's second-highest charting hit behind "Shut Up and Dance" would be "Anna Sun", which played in many commercials in the early 2010s and played a major role in the band's rise to mainstream success. Not so; While "Anna Sun" is the only other song of theirs to go Platinum, it never managed to reach the Hot 100, while the much less successful "One Foot" (#65) did.

* Music/ArianaGrande has eight #1s, yet some of her most iconic songs like "The Way" (#9), "Problem" (#2), "Into You" (#13), "Side to Side" (#4), and "No Tears Left to Cry" (#3) were not among any of them. In contrast, the lesser-known "Stuck with U", her charity single duet with Music/JustinBieber released to raise money for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, was one of the eight.

* Music/ChristinaGrimmie had four songs enter the Hot 100, all of which were Voice performances, and the highest charting of which (her duet with Music/AdamLevine for a cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know") peaking at #66. However, the first song most people associate with Christina is likely not any of them, but rather her, Kurt Hugo Schneider, and Sam Tsui's cover of "Just a Dream" by Music/Nelly. Despite the video of their version going viral in the early-2010s, Billboard did not count {{Platform/YouTube}} views for the Hot 100 until 2013, and the song seems to have not been released to other platforms (like Spotify) until 2017, after Grimmie's tragic murder.

* Music/ChristinaGrimme had four songs enter the Hot 100, all of which were Voice performances, and the highest charting of which (her duet with Music/AdamLevine for a cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know") peaking at #66. However, the first song most people associate with Christina is likely not any of them, but rather her, Kurt Hugo Schneider, and Sam Tsui's cover of "Just a Dream" by Music/Nelly. Despite the video of their version going viral in the early-2010s, Billboard did not count {{Platform/YouTube}} views for the Hot 100 until 2013, and the song seems to have not been released to other platforms (like Spotify) until 2017, after Grimme's tragic murder.

* Music/MilliVanilli had three #1 hits throughout their short-lived heyday, but many would be surprised to learn that none of them were their signature "Girl You Know It's True", which peaked at #2. Averted in their native Germany, where "Girl You Know It's True" was their only #1.

* Music/ArianaGrande has six #1s, yet some of her most iconic songs like "The Way" (#9), "Problem" (#2), "Into You" (#13), "Side to Side" (#4), and "No Tears Left to Cry" (#3) were not among any of them. In contrast, the lesser-known "Stuck with U", her charity single duet with Music/JustinBieber released to raise money for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, was one of the six.

** Speaking of "Payphone", it was their only #1 hit in the UK, which still isn't as well known as "She Will Be Loved" (#4), "This Love" (#3) or "Moves Like Jagger" (#2). The latter of which in particular is notable since it was prevented from reaching the top of the chart by ''six different songs'', yet still finished much higher than all of them on the 2011 UK Year-End list. While some of them are still well-remembered ("[[Music/OneDirection What Makes You Beautiful]]", [[Music/{{Rihanna}} We Found Love]]"), others not so much ("Stay Awake", "No Regrets").