Acts referencing real life artists on Urapopstar

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Reference to Swedish pop groups A*Teens and Ace of Base.

  • Amaliyah Haughtly

Reference to the late R&B singer Aaliyah; her first two singles were covers of singles from Aaliyah's final studio album.

Shares the last name of Jessica Simpson, in references to her old model Jessica Simpson.

Shares the same first name as Andrea Corr and last name as Shania Twain. Her first two singles were Shania Twain covers.

  • Bill Cawlins

His name and back story are extremely similar to Phil Collins, the lead singer of Genesis who went on to have a successful solo career. His only proper Urapopstar release charted in the top 10 in 2005.

Shares the first name of Britney Spears and last name of Christina Aguilera; has covered many of the former artist's hits.

Late adult contemporary singer who shares a first name with Celine Dion and last name with Sarah McLachlan.

Danish dance superstar whose real name (Charlotte Carlson) is also the real name of real life Danish singer Whigfield. Charlie rose to fame as a member of Didinanana, whose name is a direct reference to the first word in Whigfield's "Saturday Night". Her duet with Chayne Moore, "Ooh Aah... Saturday Night", crosses together the biggest hits from both acts' models.

  • Christina Maguileras

Name also references Christina Aguilera; her only single release was a cover of Aguilera's "The Voice Within".

  • Cianna

Name similar to American "crunk & B" singer Ciara as well as Rihanna.

The dance singer and former member of the girl group Gasp shares a name with, but predates, the aforementioned American singer.

Is a reference to the act's model, Danny O'Donoghue from The Script.

The group members' names and first four singles are obvious Destiny's Child parodies.

Most of the group members' names parody members of the groups Dream Street and Play.

  • Fringy

Rap act whose name references his model, Chingy.

  • Jay.Ze

Name references rapper Jay-Z, though he has not released any of his songs as singles.

  • Jerry Halliwell

Pronounced like, but first name spelled different than, Geri Halliwell

Shares the first name of model Justin Timberlake; his career is extremely similar to Timberlake's.

Named after Turkish singer Tarkan.

  • Kylie Knowles

Named after Kylie Minogue and Beyonce Knowles.

Luke's name and early career references American folk-pop singer Tyler Hilton.

  • m2m2m

References Swedish pop group M2M; their first single was a cover of "Don't Say You Love Me".

All of her singles, with the exception of her duet with Vulpes, "Don't Dream", are mash-ups of songs by international pop superstars Madonna and Kylie Minogue.

  • Mandi More

Obvious reference to Mandy Moore; her single was a cover of Moore's "Candy".

  • Karlie and Danny Minogway

References Kylie and Dannii Minogue.

  • Mariah Houston

Shares the first name of Mariah Carey and last name of Whitney Houston, two successful pop-R&B divas.

  • Mike Jackson

Spoof of Michael Jackson.

  • Miley Tisdale

Cross between Disney Channel stars Miley Cyrus of Hannah Montana and Ashley Tisdale of High School Musical; she has missed the top 40 with both of her single releases.

Obvious spoof of British garage trio Mis-Teeq, whose international hit "Scandalous" was rewritten into the URAPS #1 "Scandaluscious".

Shares the same first name and personality as Australian child star Nikki Webster.

  • Robbie Kidman

References the duet pairing of Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman for 2001's Christmas #1, a cover of Nancy and Frank Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid".

  • Ryan Starrlet

The flopstar-turned-Tainted Desire member references American Idol finalist Ryan Starr.

  • S Club 9

References S Club 7 and its spin-off group with child performers S Club 8.

Released three top 5 Shakira/Jennifer Lopez mash-ups, the most successful being the #1 hit "Shakky From The Block".

Cross between Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Victoria Beckham. Has occasionally mashed up both artists' songs into her own, her most successful being the 2004 #1 "I Won't Change This Groove".

  • The Spice Whirls

Obvious reference to the Spice Girls; like their real life counterparts, the group's stars found moderate success as solo artists: Emma Latham (nee Button), Geri Halliswell, and Melvin Be.

  • T. Diddy

The rapper who found modest fame in late 2002-early 2003 is a parody of P. Diddy, one of the many aliases of entertainer Sean Combs.

Is named after WWE Diva wrestling champion Trish Stratus

A dance/electronica singer from Australia. Her sophomore single "Not Broken" is a cover of a song by Ricki-Lee Coulter, who is Veronica's model. Veronica is also based mostly on her model.

  • Wobbie Rilliams

Reference to Robbie Williams.

  • Wolf Wolfe

Reference to a wolf, who is also the acts model.

Honorable mention[edit | edit source]

  • Dalisay is named after the real-life sister of ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena.
  • Lee Sung Hi is based upon model Sung-Hi Lee.