Historical clue formulations

• One-named Senegalese American singer with the #1 hits "I Wanna Love You" and "Don't Matter" — 2026-08-25
• One-named singer featured on the 2013 hit "Play Hard" — 2024-12-04
• Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end — 2024-06-29
• "Don't Matter" singer, 2007 — 2023-03-12
• Singer whose name becomes a city if you add an "R" in the middle — 2021-02-20
• One-named singer with the 2006 hit "Smack That" — 2020-02-28
• One-named singer with the 2006 hit "Smack That" — 2018-10-25
• One-named singer with the 2007 #1 hit "Don't Matter" — 2018-01-26
• "I Wanna Love You" singer, 2006 — 2015-09-16
• "Smack That" singer — 2015-07-05
• One-named singer with the hit "Locked Up" — 2013-11-24