What Does Eminem Have In Common With Donny Osmond?

What's in a name? For Eminem, when it comes to Billboard Hot 100 success, it hardly seems to matter.

As Bad Meets Evil, the duo of Eminem and Da Royce da 5'9", soar into the top 10 (17-10) on the Hot 100 with "Lighters," featuring Bruno Mars, Eminem joins an exclusive group of artists who have notched top 10s under three wholly separate identities.



"Lighters" marks Eminem's 16th trip to the Hot 100's top 10. He has banked 14 such titles billed as Eminem and one as a member of D12, whose "My Band" rose to No. 6 in 2004.

Rarely have artists scaled the top 10 under three distinct billings. For those who have managed the feat, their talent, and not simply mere name recognition, has surely spurred their achievements.

Here's a look at the most prolific masters of disguise who've reached the Hot 100's top 10 under at least three monikers, a list that combines Eminem with the sonically disparate likes of Donny Osmond and Jimmy Page.


Eminem
Artists in this Article
Paul Carrack
Johnny Gill
Paul McCartney
Donny Osmond
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Eminem
Bruno Mars


Eminem
Solo: 14 top 10s, including four No. 1s
With D12: "My Band," No. 6, 2004
As half of Bad Meets Evil: "Lighters," No. 10 (to-date), 2011

Donny Osmond
Solo: six top 10s, including "Go Away little Girl," No. 1, 1971
With the Osmonds: four top 10s, including "One Bad Apple," No. 1, 1971
As half of Donny & Marie: two top 10s

(One other similarity between Eminem and Osmond: each artist has sent a song onto the Hot 100 with "soldier" in its title. Osmond posted his second-highest-charting solo single with the No. 2 "Soldier of Love" in 1989; Eminem transformed Martika's 1989 No. 1 "Toy Soldiers" into "Like Toy Soldiers," a No. 34 entry in 2005)



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