Smart Playlist of Artists who only have 1 or 2 songs?

Hi all,
Itunes has completely changed my buying habits. I now have a lot of artists where I only have 1 or 2 songs by them and their songs often get overlooked when I'm choosing an artist to listen to. I was trying to figure out a way to make a smart playlist that has all artists where I only own 1 or 2 songs by them.
Is that even possible?
Thanks in advance.

I have a "live updating" smart playlist that is nothing more than 200 of the songs "Least recently Played" and I also add a rule to exclude songs with Play Count = 0 (to new stuff I added to the library doesn't fill it instead. I use this playlist when I am in the mood to listen to the things in my library I haven't heard in a long time without having to go find them.
Cheers,
Patrick

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SOURCE-
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