Artists whose first hit sounds different from their others?

[tekkenguy]

What artists have a first hit that sounds noticeably different from any of their others?

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

P!nk is a great example of this. Her earlier hits were more RnB in comparison to her pop rock sounding later hits.

[rnb]

becky g’s shower

[mkarns]

Boyz II Men's first hit was the uptempo "Motownphilly". Most of their other hits were ballads.

[salt]

The Black Eyed Peas. They're known for making the catchiest but dumbest pop music to ever exist, but their first hit, "Where is the love", was an attempt at making a conscious hip hop song. Granted, it's not a deep song or anything, but it really sticks out compared to all their other hits.

[jimijoop]

Maroon 5
Nelly Furtado
Dua Lipa
Charli XCX
Jessica Simpson

[Glass Joe]

Avril Lavigne
She became better known for Pop Punk sounding hits, but “Complicated” sounded a bit more like late 90s era Light Pop Rock like Natalie Imbruglia and others like that.

[Khia]

Alessia Cara. Her first single "Here" was R&B; everything after that was considerably more pop.

[hortensia]

Coldplay: First album alternative rock/indie after they released more and more pop mainstream albums.

Jason Derulo: First hit "Watcha Say" was R&B style after that he made mostly dance/pop hits.

Taylor Swift: She evolved from country to pop.

[dbhmr]

Kelly Clarkson has released and recorded plenty of ballads, but "A Moment Like This" is a uniquely saccharine power-ballad for her and pure pop in a way her others aren't, which makes sense since it was her Idol coronation song. The only song in her entire catalog that comes close (besides its B-side "Before Your Love") is "Some Kind of Miracle," which was--mercifully--never released as a single as originally planned.

[wjr15]

Lil Nas X - Old Town Road sounds nothing like his other hits, especially the Montero singles.

[avamaxstan]

Miley's early hits from Hannah Montana is obviously very very different from her adult material

[woods]

A lot of Raye's minor/non-US hits in the last few years are much different from "Escapism".