I really am a fan of Bruno Mars.  His real name is Peter Hernandez
Is it really? I much prefer Drake. His new album, Scorpion, is great. His real name is Audrey Graham. What's up with the stage names?!
I think a lot of times, performers adopt a name to attract attention
True enough. Madonna never had to do that though, she kept her name and is still a star.
True, her real name is Madonna Louise Ciccone and she was born in 1958.  She just turned 60!
Wow, she's still got it! "Like a Virgin" and "Vogue" are my two favorite hits by Madonna.
cited as an influence by other artists.
Born and raised in Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing as a drummer, guitarist, and vocalist in the rock bands Breakfast Club and Emmy, Madonna signed with Sire Records in 1982 and released her eponymous debut album the next year. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including global bestsellers "Like a Virgin" (1984) and "True Blue" (1986) as well as Grammy
not things the studio perceives to be commercially viable. It really is that simple. Is that true of me? Sure. Absolutely. But it's no more true of me than 50 other people I know.
Hill admitted his style of films were becoming less fashionable:
I admire a lot of what's going on out there, but the oversize kind of cartoon action movies is not something I'm terribly comfortable with. I think what I do is much more in the tradition that the bullets are real and