Female Singers with One Name

The trend didn’t start with Cher but she certainly popularized the artifice of using a mononym for a stage name. It seems to be increasingly popular today. It seems they are intent on establishing not only careers but brand names too.

 

Dagmar

Cher

Madonna

Adele

Bjork

Beyonce

Lorde

Pink

Fergie

Ciara

Shakira

Brandy

Mya

Sia

Banks

Tinashe

Kelis

Rumer

Monica

Aliyah

Vanity

Ashanti

Kimbra

Rhianna

Sade

Selena

Brandy

Keisha

Grimes

Zendaya

Lola

Duffy

Estelle

Tawiah

Avicii

Liv

 

A few male performers also choose to use a mononym. I know there are others, rappers especially, but I just couldn’t think of any more.

Prince

Sting

Bono

Yanni

Eminem

Nelly

Common

Ludicrous

Diplo

Timabalad

Tiger

West