Artist of the Week V – Quiz #40

Exceptional Artist of the Week V Series logo by Sarca @ caughtmegaming

2021 Artists of the Week (so far):

Bruno Mars, Stone Temple Pilots, Carole King, 2Pac, “Weird” Al Yankovic, Sonic Youth, Lady Gaga, Lionel Richie, Kings of Leon, Kenny Rogers, Nina Simone, Alice in Chains, Neil Diamond, Cher, Nine Inch Nails, Phil Collins, Curtis Mayfield, Kelly Clarkson, Foo Fighters, The Roots, Bing Crosby, Hall & Oates, Drake, No Doubt, Buffalo Springfield, Keith Urban, The Velvet Underground, Destiny’s Child, Ozzy Osbourne, Crowded House, Brian Wilson, Fugees, Captain Beefheart, MC Hammer, Hole, The Mamas and the Papas, Pantera, Tori Amos, Sam Cooke

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My thanks to all who have participated in the “Artist of the Week” quizzes so far.

Congrats to all those who correctly identified Sam Cooke last week.

The results after 39 weeks (as of Tuesday evening – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #40?

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Quiz Rules/Format
(Same as last year, feel free to skip to the quiz if you know the rules already)

Your Task: Name the mystery Artist, ideally with as few clues as possible.

Correctly guess the artist on the first clue? 500 points.

After scrolling down to the second clue? 400 points.

Still don’t know after the fifth clue? 0 points, but a crisp high-five for participating.

I’ll use google translate to put the correct answer at the bottom in Arabic (if you read Arabic, that’s fantastic, but no cheating by reading ahead!) and you can translate it back to the language of your choice to confirm your answer.

In the comments, please enter your POINTS earned (not the artist name) and I’ll keep track of the running totals in a spreadsheet.

In addition to eternal bragging rights, the winner at the end of the year may even get something as prestigious as a digital certificate.

Here goes!

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Artist of the Week #40
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

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500 points………………..American artist (Birth name Richard Hall), born in New York in 1965.

His 1999 album, Play, is on the 1001 list.

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400 points……………….His middle name is Melville (which may help to explain his stage name) and some of his hit singles include one-word track names such as Porcelain, Bodyrock, and Honey

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300 points……………………Speaking of one-word titles, this artist (who holds the distinction of having the best selling electronica album of all time) is known mononymously, as shown in the puzzle below:

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200 points………………..One-word, two syllables:

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100 points………………..The artist is M____.

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Answer: موبي

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

I appreciate his perspective on why he licensed his music for use in films/commercials, I remember seeing him being interviewed, very articulate in his reasoning.