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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.

— M.I.A.

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I tend to name albums after one of the songs.

— Dan Auerbach

I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.

— Keith Urban

The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye's 'Late Registration.'

— Theophilus London

I made the first Feist album in '98. So at that point, it was my nickname. It was as far as with my circle of friends, and just felt more accurate than two names.

— Feist

My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.

— Rebecca Ferguson

The first album was a very successful record. It made me very visible and it's an immediate association, but I don't do that anymore. Now I'm true to myself as an artist again. I'm more vocally oriented.

— Phoebe Snow

One day when I have a band I will have a band name, but since it's just me I feel it should just be my name. For me it doesn't make much sense since the music is from me and about me. I haven't ever been in a band.

— Sharon Van Etten

My career was really odd, because I literally had a greatest hits album out and nobody knew who I was. They knew the songs, but they didn't know me.

— Kenny Chesney

I named my album 'So Uncool' because it defies the ordinary: you're different from everyone else. It's like, being uncool makes you cool because you're different!

— Keke Palmer

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna.

— Madonna Ciccone