Trey Lorenz is an American R&B singer who is perhaps best remembered as Mariah Carey's duet partner on her hit cover of "I'll Be There", a performance that introduced his soaring voice to a huge audience. His own solo career, though, gathers around one tender single.
"Someone to Hold", released in 1992, is a smooth, heartfelt slice of new jack swing-era R&B, and it became his biggest solo hit, the record that defines his own-name catalogue.
On streaming, "Someone to Hold" sits near 11 million plays, while his next most-streamed track trails at around one million. That sends the ratio above 7, past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Trey Lorenz is a certified one-hit wonder, with the caveat that his voice features on a far bigger song alongside Mariah Carey, and that he has remained a respected backing vocalist. As a solo artist, though, the numbers are clear: one tender early-90s ballad became his signature, standing far ahead of everything else he released under his own name. There is a gentle irony in it: his voice is heard by far more people on a Mariah Carey hit than on the song that actually tops his own catalogue.