Have you ever listened to your favorite artists and wondered what is their real name or that they have such a good name? Or do you never think of that because you believe that it is the artist’s real name? Well, here are 9 artists with a different name than their stage name.
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean is best known for his only two albums Channel Orange and Blonde with his most popular songs being “Pink + White”, “Thinkin Bout You”, “Ivy”, “White Ferrari”, “Lost”, and more. He wasn’t born with the name Frank Ocean, his first name isn’t even Frank, his real name is Christopher Edwin Breaux.
SZA
SZA is best known for her albums SOS and Ctrl with her most popular songs being “Kill Bill”, “Saturn”, her feature on “All the Stars”, “Snooze”, “Open Arms”, and more. People could probably tell that her name isn’t SZA, at the 2024 Grammys Lizzo presented SZA’s Grammy saying SZA’s real name Solána Imani Rowe before her stage name.
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is best known for her albums A Star is Born and The Fame Monster with her most popular songs being her newest song with Bruno Mars; Die With A Smile, Poker Face, Shallow, Always Remember Us This Way, Judas, and more. People could probably tell that her name isn’t Lady Gaga. Her real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Gernanotta.
The Weeknd
The Weeknd is best known for his albums House Of Ballons, Beauty Behind The Madness, Starboy, and After Hours with his most popular songs being Blinding Lights, Starboy, Die For You One Of The Girls, and Dancing In the Flames, and more. His real name was revealed recently when he said he wanted to have a rebrand and go by his actual name which is Abel Tesfaye.
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars is best known for his albums Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Unorthodox Jukebox, 24K Magic, An Evening With Silk Sonic with his most popular songs being When I Was Your Man, Locked out of Heaven, Just the Way You Are, That’s What I Like, and his most recent release with Lady Gaga; Die With a Smile. You may think Bruno Mars is his real name due to Bruno being an actual real name but that’s not even his first name, his real name is Peter Gene Hernandez.
Rihanna
Rihanna is best known for her albums such as Music Of The Sun, Good Girl Gone Bad, Loud, Unapologetic, and ANTI, along with several more of her most popular songs being We Found Love, Only Girl (In The World), Umbrella, S&M, Love On the Brain, and more. You may think that the name Rihanna is her first name but it’s her middle name her full name being Robyn Rihanna Fenty, which makes her beauty brand name Fenty Beauty make more sense.
Lana del Rey
Lana Del Rey is best known for her albums Born to Die, Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, Lust For Life, along with other albums with her most popular songs being Summertime Sadness, Young and Beautiful, Say Yes To Heaven, West Coast, and Tough, and more. Although the name Lana is a real first name, it is not her real first name. Her name is Elizabeth with her full name being Elizabeth Woolridge Grant.
Lizzo
Lizzo is best known for her albums Lizzobangers, Cuz I Love You, and Special with her most popular songs being Truth Hurts, About Damn Time, Good as Hell, Juice, 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready), and more. With her stage name being Lizzo some people would think her first name is Elizabeth due to a popular nickname for the name being Liz but it’s another just name that could work with the nickname Liz, her real name is Melissa Jeferson.
Doja Cat
Doja is best known for her albums Amala, Hot Pink, Planet Her, Scarlet, and her most recent album being Scarlet 2 CLAUDE with her most popular songs being Kiss Me More, Woman, Paint The Town Red, Streets, Agora Hills, and more. Although many people don’t know her first name, her first name is in plain sight if you look, her very first album which was made in 2018 is called Amala which is her first name, her full name is Amala Zandile Dlamini.
