Achieving world wide success can be difficult, especially if you’ve a name like Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
Before they were famous, some of our favourite music stars had plain names, names that just wouldn’t sell millions of records.
Others had names that simply wouldn’t look great in lights.
Here are stars that opted for a catchy stage name. Wise move Elton John, wise move.
DAVID EVANS & PAUL HEWSON
a.k.a. The Edge & Bono
EILLEEN REGINA EDWARDS
a.k.a. Shania Twain
REGINALD KENNETH DWIGHT
a.k.a. Elton John
CHERILYN SARKISIAN
a.k.a. Cher
STEFANI JOANNE ANGELINA GERMANOTTA
a.k.a. Lady Gaga
ROBERT ALLEN ZIMMERMAN
a.k.a. Bob Dylan
CORDOZAR CALVIN BROADUS
a.k.a. Snoop Dogg
TIMOTHY ZACHERY MOSLEY
a.k.a. Timbaland
ALECIA MOORE
a.k.a. Pink
ISABEL MEBARAK RIPOLL
a.k.a. Shakira
CHAIM WITZ
a.k.a. Gene Simmons
SAUL HUDSON
a.k.a. Slash
WILLIAM BRUCE ROSE, JR.
a.k.a. Axl Rose
ELIZABETH WOOLRIDGE GRANT
a.k.a. Lana Del Rey
GEORGIOS KYRIACOS PANAYIOTOU
a.k.a. George Michael
KATHERYN ELIZABETH HUDSON
a.k.a. Katy Perry
FARROKH BULSARA
a.k.a. Freddie Mercury
ADAM RICHARD WILES
a.k.a. Calvin Harris
ROBYN RIHANNA FENTY
a.k.a. Rihanna
PETER GENE HERNANDEZ
a.k.a. Bruno Mars
WILLIAM JAMES ADAMS, STACY ANN FERGUSON, JR. ALLAN PINEDA LINDO, JR., & JAMIE LUIS GOMEZ
a.k.a. The Black Eyed Peas
