55 Music Stars With Real Names You Won't Recognize

Updated on 5/4/2015 at 8:00 PM

Robyn Fenty offered you her umbrella, John Stephens loves all of you, and Jessica Cornish can send you into overdrive. If that's news to you, it's probably because you don't know the real names some of your favorite singers were born with. Read on to discover the monikers major musicians dropped, and then check out all the real celebrity names that will surprise you.

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55 Music Stars With Real Names You Won't Recognize

Nicki Minaj = Onika Tanya Maraj

Shania Twain = Eilleen Regina Edwards

Lea Michele = Lea Michele Sarfati

Missy Elliott = Melissa Arnette Elliott

Drake = Aubrey Drake Graham

Faith Hill = Audrey Faith Perry

Kelly Rowland = Kelendria Trene Rowland

Ariana Grande = Ariana Grande-Butera

50 Cent = Curtis James Jackson III

Tim McGraw = Samuel Timothy McGraw

Lana Del Rey = Elizabeth Woolridge Grant

Prince = Prince Rogers Nelson

Miley Cyrus = Destiny Hope Cyrus

Mandy Moore = Amanda Leigh Moore

Fergie = Stacy Ann Ferguson

Adele = Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

Iggy Azalea = Amethyst Amelia Kelly

Avicii = Tim Bergling

CeeLo Green = Thomas DeCarlo Callaway

Ne-Yo = Shaffer Chimere Smith

Pitbull = Armando Christian Pérez

Shakira = Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

Jessie J = Jessica Ellen Cornish

Flo Rida = Tramar Lacel Dillard

Lady Gaga = Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

Pink = Alecia Beth Moore

Stevie Wonder = Stevland Hardaway Judkins

Betty Who = Jessica Anne Newham

Kesha = Kesha Rose Sebert

John Legend = John Roger Stephens

Lorde = Ella Yelich-O'Connor

Aloe Blacc = Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III

Snoop Dogg = Calvin Cordozar Broadus

Ricky Martin = Jose Enrique Martin Morales

Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez

Hozier = Andrew Hozier-Byrne

Jason Derulo = Jason Desrouleaux

Zedd = Anton Zaslavski

Sia = Sia Kate Isobelle Furler

Charli XCX = Charlotte Emma Aitchison

Madonna = Madonna Louise Ciccone

Common = Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.

Alicia Keys = Alicia Augello Cook

Nelly = Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr.

Jay Z = Shawn Corey Carter

Katy Perry = Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson

Lil Wayne = Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.

Calvin Harris = Adam Richard Wiles

Macklemore = Ben Haggerty

Elton John = Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Swizz Beatz = Kasseem Dean

T.I. = Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.

Rihanna = Robyn Rihanna Fenty

Vanilla Ice = Robert Matthew Van Winkle

Demi Lovato = Demetria Devonne Lovato

Ludacris = Christopher Brian Bridges

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