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Jan 9, 2024 · Musicians have been changing their names since, well, since forever. Some of the biggest names in music history have flip-flopped over what they wanted to be called.
- Singers Who Changed Their Names
- #1 Miley Cyrus
- #2 Alicia Keys
- #3 Bruno Mars
- #4 Lana Del Rey
- #5 P!nk
- #6 Mia
- #7 Lorde
- #8 Halsey
- #9 Fergie
What’s in a name? While some singers are born with knock-out names – Madonna, Beyoncé, Ariana – some singers have to be more creative if they want to stand out and be memorable. As well as creating a distinctive identity, adopting a stage name can help you to tap into a different persona when performing.
Real name: Destiney Hope Cyrus Thepop starlegally changed her name to Miley (from her childhood nickname Smiley because she was such a happy baby) in 2008. Now only her grandmother calls her Destiney.
Real name: Alicia Augello Cook. Keys almost went with the stage name Wilde, but her manager Jeff Robinson suggested the name Keys after a dream he had and to reflect the singer’s love of music.
Real name: Peter Gene Hernandez. A childhood nickname that stuck: “My dad nicknamed me Bruno since I was 2 years old. I was going to go by ‘Bruno,’ one name. Mars just kind of came joking around because that sounds bigger than life. That was it, simple as that.”
Real name: Elizabeth Woolridge Grant. Lana Del Rey is a mix of legendary Hollywood actress Lana Turner and the classic automobile the Ford Del Rey.
Real name: Alecia Beth Moore. The singer gets her name from the character Mr. Pink in the movie Reservoir Dogs, a film she saw as a teenager and who her friends thought she resembled.
Real name: Mathangi Arulpragasam. British rapper adopted her stage name, “M.I.A.”, which stands for “Missing In Action.”
Real name: Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor The singer told Teen Vogue: “I hit upon ‘Lord’ and loved the way it sounded, and then I was like, it would be quite cool to add an E to feminize it.”
Real name: Ashley Nicolette Frangipane The singer told Rolling Stone: “I didn’t like being Ashley Frangipane. It was a person I thought was weak and silly and sad.” An anagram of her birth name, she also named herself after Halsey Street in Brooklyn, where she lived.
Real name: Stacy Ann Ferguson Her stage name Fergie originated from the shortened version of her surname.
Oct 26, 2018 · Throughout the years many artists have come to be known by different titles, GRAMMY-winner Sinéad O'Connor is just the latest to go a different route with her name. With fall comes change and in the spirit of embracing it, we've rounded some of the most iconic, humorous, necessary and life-changing name changes.
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