One-Hit Wonder Grammy Winners: Where Are They Now?
Some artists have the pleasure of being regularly honored by the Recording Academy, but the others have only been so lucky once. Ever wonder what happened to some of the most infamous one-hit-wonder Grammy Award winners?
THEN: Sir Mix-a-Lot won a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1992 after his most memorable single, "Baby Got Back," became a number-one hit.
NOW: Although he released his last album, "Daddy's Home," in 2003, Sir Mix-a-Lot has continued to perform and produce music over the years. He has appeared in numerous television shows as himself, including several VH1 specials and "The Simpsons," while his hit single shows no signs of ever being forgotten, as it was used in "Glee" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" in 2013.
THEN: Creed won its first and only Grammy in the Best Rock Song category in 2001 for hit single "With Arms Wide Open," which was part of the rock band's second album, "Human Clay" a record that was eventually certified diamond after selling over 10 million copies.
NOW: Creed called it quits in 2004 due to tensions caused by lead singer Scott Stapp's growing problems with alcohol abuse. In 2009, however, the band reunited for a tour and released a new album, "Full Circle." The band last toured in 2012, and announced a new album, though it has yet to be completed.
THEN: Jamiroquai, a British funk band fronted by lead singer Jay Kay (pictured), won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for hit single "Virtual Insanity."
NOW: The band released a seventh album, "Rock Dust Light Star," in the spring of 2012 and are still performing around the world to this day.
THEN: Baha Men earned a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording after the short-lived success of their hit "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
NOW: The group's last studio album, "Holla," flew under the radar in 2004, but they did release a single called "Go!" online in 2011.
THEN: Lauryn Hill rose to mainstream fame after the release of her first solo album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." She was the first female artist to win five Grammys in one night after taking home awards in 1999 for Album of the Year, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best New Artist.
NOW: In 2012, Hill was charged with three counts of tax evasion for not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million of income earned between 2005 and 2007. She pleaded guilty and served three months in prison in 2013. In the middle of her legal issues, she released "Neurotic Society," her first official single in over a decade.
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