King admits solo phobia

Scare-meister Stephen King has a horror of single-named singers.

The best-selling author of Misery, Carrie and The Green Mile won’t listen to Beyonce, Jewel or Ashanti.

He confessed: "I refuse to listen to any musical artist who goes by a single name - except Eminem."

He listens to the rapper "because he’s funny and savage", according to the National Enquirer.

Celine Dion gives him the willies, he added. Stephen would rather listen to the Baha Men’s hit Who Let The Dogs Out saying it "is better than all the songs Ms Dion has recorded, put together".