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Names -> Music Performer Nicknames -> A
This is a list of names of the nicknames music performers, are known by. Not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.
Entries Beginning with A
Real Name | Nickname | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| Aaliyah | Princess of R&B | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Aaliyah | Wonder Woman | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Aaliyah | Liyah BabyGirl | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Aaliyah | LiLi, Lee, LaLa or just La | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Aaron Carter | Little Prince of Pop | I heard this nickname somewhere. | dxman | |||
| AC/DC | After Christ Demons Come | Another silly Christian group name for this classic band. Founder brothers, Malcolm and Angus Young (not Agnus as it's written in this list) also were aware that A.C.D.C.'s bisexual meaning, but stuck with AC/DC (Alternate Current / Direct Current). It's electric! | PeartNeal | |||
| AC/DC | Acca Dacca | Stone Cold Crazio | ||||
| AC/DC | Jolt of Volt | Rocker nickname | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| AC/DC | Anti-Christ/Devil's Child | Another moniker given by fundamentalist Christian groups to disuade youths from buying hard rock music and other "Satanic" genres. | Hot Ray Chelle | |||
| AC/DC | Acca Dacca | It's a common nickname in their native Australia. | Heatseeker | |||
| AC/DC | Anti-Christ Devil's Children | I have no idea how Tipper Gore got this ridiculous name out of this Australian band, but that's what she claimed that it stood for. | Celeste | |||
| Ace Frehley | Space Ace | From his Spaceman persona while in KISS. The band members nicknamed him "Space Ace". | GlamRockNinjaLord | |||
| Adam Ant | The Dandy Highwayman | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Adam Lambert | Glambert | I saw this in the papers. Look at him and listen to his music. There's a strong influence from the glam rockers David Bowie and Roxy Music - acts that helped set the stage for New Wave and punk rock. | Star Man | |||
| Adam Levine | Shark or Sharky | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Adele | Adelelephant | Terrible British originated nicknamed based on her weight. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Adele | Delly-cat | From the age of 12, she drew her eyeliner on like a cat. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Adele | A Whale/Deli | Cruel nicknames about her weight | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Adele | Adie, Adey, Ade. Addie, Dell, Della | All variations of her name | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Aerosmith | America's Greatest Rock And Roll Band | Travis | ||||
| Aerosmith | The Bad Boys From Boston | Travis | ||||
| Agnetha Faltskog | The Queen of Hearts | Named after a song she performed | Christan | |||
| Agnus Young | Anus Young | for those who don't like AC/DC's music and Agnus' wacky persona | Dirty Deeds Doer | |||
| Ailvash | Half blood prince | It is taken from from the books of harry potter | Ailvash | |||
| Al Green | Reverend Al, Reverend Green, Brother Al, Brother G | He is an ordained minister. | Reggie Pillbox | |||
| Alan Parsons Project | APP | Radio Djs used this sometimes. Also, RIP Eric Woolfson. | Lucifer | |||
| Alandra Begay | Joe Yun-yun | I thought it was cool and I am called this at skool. ^_^ | Alandra | |||
| Albert Collins | The Iceman | Blues guitarist known for his cold, piercing guitar tone. | Todd W. Zimmerman | |||
| Alex McDonald (Suburban Supernova) | Little Mac | Optimus Lime | ||||
| Alexander Truong (Suburban Supernova) | Alex Underwear | Optimus Lime | ||||
| Alexander Truong (Suburban Supernova) | A Lasagna | Optimus Lime | ||||
| Alfred Matthew Yankovic | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Zakery "The Weird Man" Wood | ||||
| Alice Cooper | Vince Of Darkness | Based on his real name, Vincent Furnier. | Rocky II | |||
| Alice Cooper | The Prince of Darkness | He had an album with that name, as did Ozzy Osbourne. | Rocky | |||
| Alicia Keys | Lellow | What her family and friends call her sometimes | Stan Z. | |||
| Alkaline Trio | AK3L | Huh? | Glenn Rousseau | |||
| All American Rejects | AAR | A ll A marican R ejects | sc | |||
| Amy Grant | Queen of Christian Pop | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Amy Winehouse | Amy Wino | British tabloid name | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Andrew Ridgley | The Smasher | After the band Wham! split Andrew devoted more time in stock car racing. He kept having crashes in the arenas so the UK press gave him the monicker "The Smasher". I read this in a "Rolling Stone" magazine article titled "Andrew Ridgley Is Gone Gone". | Albert 86 | |||
| Andy Taylor | Axeman Taylor | Refers to the way that he plays the guitar. | Celeste | |||
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Norway's Gift to Sweden | She was born in Norway, but moved to Sweden at a very young age to escape ridicule (her father was a German soldier stationed in Norway during WWII and children produced to Norwegian women by German soldiers were looked down upon). | Christian | |||
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Princess Frida | She has been known as Frida dating back to the very beginning of ABBA. However, she is a legitimate princess by marriage. | Christian | |||
| Another Bad Creation | ABC | From the Boyz II Men song "Motownphilly". | Soul | |||
| anyones name who starts with a D | Dmanroxs | Its cool me and my brother made it up and ni think it should be added. Oh yeah Dmanroxs that roxs thats rocks | Daniel | |||
| Aretha Franklin | The Queen of Soul | SusanG | ||||
| Ariana Grande | Starbucks | Refers to last name of Grande (coffee cup size), made fun of in Bart Baker's parody of "Problem" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Ariana Grande | Ari, Riri, Little Red | All family and friend nicknames | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Arthur Godfrey | The Old Redhead | Hosted a successful variety show in the 50s. | MOR | |||
| Ashley Judd | Ash, Sweet Pea | Family nicknames | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Ashley Tisdale | A | Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens used to flash hand-signals representing their nicknames during the HSM series. Ashley flashed two-finger V for Vanessa and Vanessa flashed two-finger A (inverted V sign) for Ashley!!! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Atlanta Rhythmn Section | ARS | In the band logo the abbreviation usually appears under a fish playing guitar. | Alien | |||
| Austin Mahone | Ameezy | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Australian Crawl | Aussie Crawl | dizrythmia | ||||
| Avenged Sevenfold | A7X | This is just an abbreviation. | Travis | |||
| Avril Lavigne | Wild Child/Skater Punk | Childhood names- Ontario | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Avril Lavigne | Abbey Dawn | Childhood nickname given by her father | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Avril Lavigne | Avral | Combo of first letters of her full name AVril RAmona Lavigne | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Avril Lavigne | Abbey Dawn | Childhood nickname given by her father | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Axl Rose | Axhole Rose and Paxil Rose | From Anti-fans | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Axl Rose | Fastrack | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
| Axl Rose | The Biggest Jerk in Rock | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
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