Real Names of One-Named Musicians
All the artists listed below rose to fame using just one name. Smart move. While most of them have OK enough real names, some have names that just don't sound music superstar-ish enough. You don't really think a hip-hop artist marketed as Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. would be taken seriously by fans of the genre, do you?
Here are 29 one-named musicians and their real names.
1. Jewel - Jewel Kilcher
2. Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III
3. Sting - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
4. Bjork - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
5. Selena - Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
6. Coolio - Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.
7. Ashanti - Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
8. Pink - Alecia Beth Moore
9. Madonna - Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie
10. Beyonce - Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
11. Shakira - Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
12. Enya - Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin
13. Brandy - Brandy Rayana Norwood
14. Seal - Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel
15. Slash - Saul Hudson
16. Tiffany - Tiffany Renee Darwish
17. Bono - Paul David Hewson
18. Beck - Bek David Campbell
19. Flea - Michael Peter Balzary
20. Yanni - Yiannis Hrysomallis
21. Liberace - Wladziu Valentino Liberace
22. Usher - Usher Raymond IV
23. Aaliyah - Aaliyah Dana Haughton
24. Moby - Richard Melville Hall
25. Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian
26. Chingy - Howard Bailey, Jr
27. Mýa - Mýa Marie Harrison
28. Sisqo - Mark Althavan Andrews
29. Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson
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