Can you name the one named musicians listed below?

Song	Name
The Real Slim Shady
If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Big Time Sensuality
Like a Virgin
If I Could Turn Back Time
The Boy Is Mine
By Your Side
Purple Rain
Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Loser
Whenever, Wherever
How Do U Want It
M!ssundaztood

Song	Name
Who Will Save Your Soul
U Got It Bad
Kiss From a Rose
Santorini
Gangsta's Paradise
1234
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Rock Me Amadeus
Big Girls Don't Cry'
Southern Hospitality
Foolish
It Wasn't Me
Ave Maria or I'll Be Seeing You
I Care 4 U
Jailhouse Rock
Crazy in Love

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One Named Musicians Quiz

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Published: February 3rd, 2009
Category: Music
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Tags: Song Quizzes, listed, musician, name, One Name

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	JoshT:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:03 GMT	77 points
	I don't think Elvis is a one-named performer in the same way Madonna, Prince or Eminem are.

	Snorkel:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:03 GMT	58 points
	I don't think Elvis Presley should be on this list.

	itsabbyyyyy:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:03 GMT	4 points
	Great Quiz! I got 100%! U2 through me off because I kept trying it then I realized they were talking about Bono. Alot of these like Aayliahs song for example arent their biggest hit, same with Pink and Usher. And Ludacris, as well.

	Tim_Allen:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	50 points
	I think Monica should also be accpeted for 'The Boy is Mine', since it was a duet and all and she is also a one named artist.

	gopaladins:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:10 GMT	17 points
	hadaway, des'ree i agree elvis shouldn't be on there. also tons of people know tupac's full name. they stand out from the ones whose last name most people don't know.

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	sammyhain2364:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:15 GMT	11 points
	@ Kelly Blondie was the name of a group not an individual. The singers name is Debbie Harry

	wolfchild:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:16 GMT	10 points
	Good quiz; although most people know that Elvis's, Tupac's, and Beyonce's last names. Definitely likes how it spanned multiple genres.

	davidr:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:18 GMT	13 points
	I know nothing about pop music but even I know that Elvis Presley, Beyoncé Knowles and Tupac Shakur have two names each. And I knew that Sade had a surname, even though I couldn't remember what it was.

	chodanutz:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:19 GMT	0 points
	i totally agree with everyone thus far regarding Elvis and Tupac. but i could see getting away with just having tupac, since there really isnt any other famous tupacs out there. but when you refer to Elvis, it could be pressley or costello

	Etheridge2:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:27 GMT	10 points
	Tupac Shakur, Elvis Presley and beyonce Knowles are not really 1 named performers are they?

	Kicking222:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:31 GMT	5 points
	2Pac and Beyonce can work because, at some point in their careers, they only used their first names. (As in, "B'Day" was just credited to "Beyonce".) Elvis, however, is unacceptable. But I'll let it slide because I love Feist so much.

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	Kicking222:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:40 GMT	-1 points
	Also, I'm not criticizing the quiz for who is or isn't there (aside from the aforementioned Elvis), but I think there are enough for a sequel. Just off the top of my head, I thought of Nena, Haddaway, Rockwell, will.i.am (though I managed to forget Fergie on the quiz), Tiffany, Joe, Lulu, Ruslana (who I only know of because she's in "GTA IV"... I'm sure there are many more. Anyway, fun quiz. The only reason I bring up people who weren't on it is because I'd like to see another one.

smillerakalilnoz:

Feb 3rd, 2009 at 21:43 GMT

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If bono and edge is acceptable for U2. Slash should be here for Guns n' Roses. They should do one name bands too. ACDC, Queen, War, Whitesnake, Temptations, Nsync, etc.

Song	Name
The Real Slim Shady
If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Big Time Sensuality
Like a Virgin
If I Could Turn Back Time
The Boy Is Mine
By Your Side
Purple Rain
Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Loser
Whenever, Wherever
How Do U Want It
M!ssundaztood

	peanut4:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 22:45 GMT	5 points
	Had a complete mental block and nearly cried when I saw those I missed.

	quest:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 22:48 GMT	4 points
	tupac went pretty much his entire career using only his first name as his stage name, so it makes sense that he's included... he's pretty much in the same boat as madonna in that regard

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	debbiedoesnothin:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 22:53 GMT	0 points
	The picture helped me out. I never would've thought of him.

	Antithesys:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 23:27 GMT	12 points
	Aww...no Raffi?

	JAJDH:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 23:31 GMT	-2 points
	For all of the people mentioning Beyonce & Tupac, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Usher Raymond. He's even listed on IMDB with his last name, even if you just type in "Usher." I think the specificity of the last names in question is all relative. I mean, most will agree on Sting being rightfully on the quiz, but I can't very well hold it against everyone if they don't know Usher's last name. I certainly didn't know Jewel's last name (which I looked up; It's Kilcher), and I DARN sure wouldn't expect anyone to know Ashanti's full name is Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas! Regardless, GREAT IDEA! Thanks for the quiz.

	chrispaz:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 23:38 GMT	11 points
	I think it's dependent on whether they ever recorded under their single name or their full name. I expect most people would know who you were referring to if you said 'Elvis', but certainly he always recorded under his full name, so it should be removed. As for Icelanders, they do have surnames but not traditional ones. Bjork's is Gudhmundsdottir, which means Bjork, daughter of Gudhmund. It's the same for males, only they'd use 'Son', eg, Magnus Magnusson (Magnus, son of Magnus). Perhaps I should get a life...

	MovieDynamic:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 23:46 GMT	-4 points
	Enya is absolutely wonderful. Her ethereal, gently soothing hymns are a transcendent poem that weave together an intangible universality with an otherworldly melancholy. Her tunes sift through the air like the lightest and most wondrous of heavenly clouds, delivered to one's ears in a divine life beyond the one we know. Stunning, simply stunning.

	DLJessup:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 00:02 GMT	-1 points
	I'm going to disagree with many of the other commenters here about Elvis, mainly because of the sheer number of instances in pop culture in which he is referred to as just "Elvis": "Elvis has left the building", "flying Elvises", commercials selling his music referring to him as just Elvis, tabloids referring to "Elvis sighted with Bigfoot". And, chodanutz, if you hear "Elvis" with no last name, it ain't Costello.

	danc1005:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 00:03 GMT	5 points
	Great quiz! My only very minor issue (and I doubt this happened to most people) was the proximity of "Gangsta's Paradise" to "1234"; Gangsta's Paradise got me thinking of [the respective artist], and from then on, I could only think of [that same artist's] 1995 song called "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)". And I knew who sang "1234" too!

	marpocky:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 00:08 GMT	17 points
	WHY is the U2 song on here? One of these things is seriously not like the others. Bono and the Edge are one named artists, but that song is not really "by" them.

	chillicothe20:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 01:05 GMT	3 points
	No Rhianna?

	DB:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 02:00 GMT	2 points
	Where is Lulu?

	jessek:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 03:15 GMT	2 points
	Flea? If you're gonna include rap, that's opening up a ton: Raekwon, Rakim, Rza, Gza, Nas, etc.

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	JoeGrzzly:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 04:08 GMT	-4 points
	A lot of these are just hard to recognize when I hear Fregie I think Fergalicious (granted her name is in it) or Black Eyed Peas. Pink is more recognizable by Rockstar or U + ur hand.

	BossHogge:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 04:21 GMT	-1 points
	What about Sisqo?

	Jeremy:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 04:53 GMT	0 points
	No Nelly?

	Massagraf:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 05:36 GMT	2 points
	@ Camden: This is what Wikipedia sais: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), commonly known as Beyoncé (pronounced /biːˈɑːnseɪ/), is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977; middle name sometimes written Aron)a was an American singer, actor, and musician. Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), known simply as Usher, is an American R&B-pop singer-songwriter and actor. Elvis shouldn't be in there but Beyonce and Usher should. If I look at the charts I'll never see 'Beyonce Knowles' but I will see 'Beyonce' standing there.

	dummo:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 06:22 GMT	29 points
	The inclusion of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' makes no sense whatsover. The song is credited to, and recorded by U2 as a group, NOT JUST Bono and Edge. You cannot just single out specific members of the band for the sake of a quiz.

	Muhammad Ali Baba:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 07:15 GMT	7 points
	Yeah, but Usher performs as "Usher," so it's fair to include him as a one-name artist. Madonna and Prince have last names, too. To my knowledge, Elvis always performed as Elvis Presley, and Tupac as Tupac Shakur, but I could be wrong about that.

	Lilybert:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 08:11 GMT	3 points
	Just look at album covers, no? http://www.zeeks.com/images/features/360x430_cd_beyonce_bday.jpg http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/6/2/382697_170x170.jpg (Madonna and Prince don't require last names coz they are stage names!)

	dbcint:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 08:42 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz, I thought of Madonna, Bono, & Cher before even looking at the clues - some of which are slightly obscure (for P!nk you use M!ssundaztood over any of her huge hits, such as Get The Party Started?). Then again, M!ssundaztood is a pretty unique album title so I'll let it slide. I must agree with Scotty above though, a one-word band quiz could be fun