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Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> Latest Entries
This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 4212 Music Performer Pseudonyms entries on the site.
Pseudonym | Original Name | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| Johnnie Dee | Johnnie Diguilio | Johnnie shortened his last name because people had such great difficulty trying to pronounce it. | Celeste | |||
| Butterfly Boucher | Butterfly Giselle Grace Boucher | Lori Blonde | ||||
| Dana International | Sharon Cohen | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Ingrid | Ingrid Burley | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Whigfeld | Sannie Charlotte Carlson | She was born Sannie Charlotte Carlson in 1970 in Denmark. Later she went to Italy where she began her music career. Her adopted name Whigfield is a tribute to her piano teacher. | Janice Ferrell | |||
| Zwei | Ayumu and Megumi Ueno | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Mink | Lee Mink | Chris Chendo | ||||
| Rag 'n' Bone Man | Rory Charles Graham | "Human" | Opie M. | |||
| Katy Perry | Katheryn Hudson | She changed her name so it wouldn't get confused with actress Kate Hudson. ( She was called Katy even back then, Perry was her mom's maiden name.) | Katycat | |||
| Mondo Cozmo | Joshua Keith Ostrander | Singer from Philadelphia now living in Los Angeles | Open Mike Knight | |||
| Yolanda Adams | Yolanda Yvette Adams | Lori Blonde | ||||
| Julianna Zobrist | Julianna Joy Gilmore | She married baseball player Ben Zobrist in 2005. | sundog | |||
| Haddaway | Nestor Alexander Haddaway | music | ||||
| Machine Gun Kelly | Richard Colson Baker | Regina | ||||
| Barry Blue | Barry Green | He changed his name to Barry Blue so it's alliterated | guy | |||
| On/Off | Naoya Sakamoto and Kazuya Sakamoto | Anne | ||||
| Charisma.com | Itsuka and Gonchi | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Christine and the Queens | Héloïse Letissier | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Pixie Lott | Victoria Louise Lott | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Iggy Azalea | Amethyst Amelia Kelly | (Editor's note: No relation.) | Alice Spoonerism |
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
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| Bobo (site rank #41) | 732 |
| Candy Welty (site rank #1) | 80 |
| inthe80s.com | 72 |
| old | 49 |
| jazz | 44 |
| brit | 44 |
| duo | 36 |
| jonaco | 34 |
| blues | 34 |
| soul | 34 |
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