10 Billboard Hot 100 Hits Named After Movie Stars, From ADÉLA’s ‘Nicole Kidman’ to Taylor Swift’s ‘Elizabeth Taylor’

One of the buzziest songs to emerge from the latter half of 2026 was a song that borrowed its title from a major A-list actress: Nicole Kidman.

After entering the Billboard Hot 100 in September and climbing to No. 11 the following month, ADÉLA’s homage-turned-hit united pop music lovers and cinephiles alike. Even Kidman is a fan. “I can’t believe it,” the Hollywood icon gushed to Jimmy Fallon. “She wrote a song called ‘Nicole Kidman,’ [and] I’m like, ‘Who is that person?’ She’s so talented.”

“It’s just wild watching [her] movies, being like, ‘This person, for some reason, is doing charity work and supporting me,'” ADÉLA later joked in an interview with Billboard. “The fact that she embraces me is such an honor — I have trouble processing it still.”

But “Nicole Kidman” is just one of many hits in a long history of musical odes to stars of the screen, penned by stars of the stage. SZA famously named one of her most beloved Ctrl songs after one Drew Barrymore — albeit one that never reached the Hot 100 (though a similarly titled hit from Bryce Vine did around the same time) — while Taylor Swift paid tribute to Elizabeth Taylor in a track on The Life of a Showgirl. “She and my mom do seem like kindred spirits,” the late legend’s son Christopher told People of Swift after the song dropped. “The way she has deftly captured the similarities and parallel tracks in their careers and personal lives is delightful.”

Fall Out Boy, Gorillaz and Logic have also named songs after an assortment of famous actors and actresses, and we’d be remiss not to give a special shoutout to Kim Carnes’ enduring 1981 classic “Bette Davis Eyes.” Below, check out Billboard‘s list of 10 Hot 100 hits named after movie stars.

• ADÉLA, “Nicole Kidman”

  

  Release year: 2026
  Namesake: Nicole Kidman
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 11 (as of Oct. 3, 2026)

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• Duck Sauce, “Barbra Streisand”

  Release year: 2010
  Namesake: Barbra Streisand
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 89 (May 14, 2011)

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• Fall Out Boy, “Uma Thurman”

  Release year: 2015
  Namesake: Uma Thurman
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 22 (Sept. 12, 2015)

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• Gorillaz, “Clint Eastwood”

  Release year: 2001
  Namesake: Clint Eastwood
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 57 (Sept. 22, 2001)

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• Kim Carnes, “Bette Davis Eyes”

  Release year: 1981
  Namesake: Bette Davis
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 (nine weeks, starting on May 6, 1981)

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• Logic, “Keanu Reeves”

  Release year: 2017
  Namesake: Keanu Reaves
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 38 (Feb. 2, 2019)

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• Mika, “Grace Kelly”

  Release year: 2007
  Namesake: Grace Kelly
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 57 (Apr. 14, 2007)

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• Bryce Vine, “Drew Barrymore”

  Release year: 2017
  Namesake: Drew Barrymore
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 46 (Sept. 8, 2018)

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• Taylor Swift, “Elizabeth Taylor”

  

  Release year: 1974
  Namesake: James Dean
  Hot 100 Peak: No. 77 (Oct. 12, 1974)

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