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100 free Halsey trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Halsey went from posting a Taylor Swift parody on Tumblr to a Chainsmokers hook that sat at number one for 12 weeks and a solo chart-topper, Without Me, now certified diamond. Born Ashley Frangipane in Edison, New Jersey, she named herself after a Brooklyn subway stop, signed to Astralwerks off a SoundCloud upload called Ghost, and built each album as a concept piece, from the dystopian Badlands to the Romeo-and-Juliet Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. These 100 questions follow the career in order: Room 93, the Imagine Dragons support slot, Closer and its Grammy nomination, Bad at Love and Eastside, the move to Capitol, Manic and Graveyard, BTS and Boy with Luv, the Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross album, the So Good TikTok stand-off with Capitol, the move to Columbia and The Great Impersonator. There are also questions on her Wonder Woman voice role, her Saturday Night Live hosting gig and the Back to Badlands tour. Easy questions stick to the hits; the expert tier asks about producers, labels and chart positions. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a pop-music quiz night.
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Q 01What is Halsey's birth name?
Ashley Frangipane
Her stage name is an anagram of Ashley.
Q 02In which state was Halsey born and raised?
New Jersey
She was born in Edison and grew up across Central Jersey.
Q 03Halsey's stage name references a subway station in which New York borough?
Brooklyn
She spent a lot of time near Halsey Street station as a teenager.
Q 04Which label did Halsey sign with in 2014?
Astralwerks
She felt it offered more creative freedom than the other labels that called.
Q 05What was the title of Halsey's debut EP?
Room 93
It reached number three on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
Q 06In which year was Halsey's debut album Badlands released?
2015
2015: she wrote every song on Badlands at 19, and it hit number two on the Billboard 200.
Q 07Which song became Halsey's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100?
New Americana
It peaked at number 60.
Q 08Halsey's 2016 chart-topper Closer was a collaboration with which duo?
The Chainsmokers
It spent 12 consecutive weeks at number one in the US.
Q 09How many consecutive weeks did 'Closer', Halsey's hit with the Chainsmokers, spend atop the Billboard Hot 100?
12
12 weeks at number one; it also topped the charts in 12 other countries and sold more than 15 million units worldwide.
Q 10In which year was Hopeless Fountain Kingdom released?
2017
It debuted atop the Billboard 200.
Q 11Which Hopeless Fountain Kingdom single peaked in the US top five?
Bad at Love
It was her highest peak as a lead artist at the time.
Q 12Halsey's 2018 top-ten hit Eastside paired her with Khalid and which producer?
Benny Blanco
It was Blanco's debut single as an artist.
Q 13Which Halsey single topped the Billboard Hot 100 and went diamond?
Without Me
It was her first solo number one, in late 2018.
Q 14Which Halsey album became her best-selling worldwide?
Q 21Which art college did Halsey briefly attend before withdrawing?
Rhode Island School of Design
She left due to financial hardship and went to community college.
Q 22Which British band did Halsey tour with in August 2014?
The Kooks
She performed original songs as their support act.
Q 23Halsey opened for which band on the North American Smoke + Mirrors Tour in 2015?
Imagine Dragons
She had been the most-tweeted performer at SXSW that spring.
Badlands is a concept album about what?
Manic
Manic, her third album, came out on January 17, 2020, and outsold all her others.
Q 15Which label did Halsey sign with after leaving Capitol in 2023?
Columbia Records
Columbia Records put out The Great Impersonator in 2024.
Q 16What does Halsey's mother do for a living?
EMT
Her father manages a car dealership.
Q 17Which instrument did Halsey take up at 14, after playing violin, viola and cello?
Guitar
Guitar came fourth, after three string instruments from the orchestra.
Q 18Under what username did Halsey post on Tumblr in 2012?
se7enteenblack
She became known there for a Taylor Swift parody.
Q 19Halsey's early online fame came from parodying which Taylor Swift song?
I Knew You Were Trouble
'I Knew You Were Trouble' got the parody treatment, inspired by Swift's romance with Harry Styles.
Q 20Which self-posted SoundCloud song got Halsey signed in 2014?
Ghost
It was about an ex-boyfriend and gained popularity within hours.
A dystopian future society
Halsey called it a metaphor for her mental state at the time.
Q 25Which Norwegian producer, then her boyfriend, worked on Badlands?
Lido
Their breakup later inspired Hopeless Fountain Kingdom.
Q 26Badlands debuted at which position on the Billboard 200?
2nd
It sold 115,000 units in its first week.
Q 27Castle was re-recorded for the soundtrack of which 2016 film?
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Castle was the fourth single from Badlands.
Q 28In 2016 Halsey released a namesake lipstick with which cosmetics brand?
MAC
She was one of four performers in the Future Forward line.
Q 29Closer earned Halsey a Grammy nomination in which category?
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Billboard singled out her solo verse.
Q 30Not Afraid Anymore appeared on the soundtrack of which 2017 film?
Fifty Shades Darker
It was released in January 2017 ahead of her second album.