Nicole Scherzinger - Her Name Is Nicole (2007)
Her Name Is Nicole by Nicole Scherzinger
Biography
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger (also known as Nicole Kea) (born June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and occasional actress best known for her work as the lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls.
Scherzinger was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Filipino father and a Hawaiian/Russian mother. Her mother Rosemary was 18 at the time of Nicole’s birth, and separated from her father when Nicole was a baby. Then they moved to Louisville, Kentucky with her sister Ke’ala and German-American stepfather Gary Scherzinger, who adopted the children. She has described her upbringing as “conservative Catholic”.
She began her life as a performer in Louisville, attending the Youth Performing Arts School at duPont Manual High School and performing with Actors Theatre of Louisville. Scherzinger majored in theater arts at Wright State University, but put her studies on hold in 1999 to sing backing vocals for the rock band Days of the New. According to her official website, Scherzinger possesses a five-octave vocal range.
Career Overview
In 2001, Scherzinger competed in the premiere season of The WB’s television show Popstars, on which she earned a spot in the all-girl pop group Eden’s Crush. She became one of the main vocalists for the group. The group’s 2001 single “Get Over Yourself” peaked at #1 in sales and hit the top ten on Billboard Hot 100. “Love This Way” was the second single chosen from the Popstars album; however, their record company, London-Sire Records, folded and the group eventually disbanded. Songwriter Kara DioGuardi contributed one track to the album, and later went on to co-write with Scherzinger for PCD (Pussy cat Dolls) and Her Name is Nicole.
In May 2003, Scherzinger joined The Pussycat Dolls burlesque troupe, who were being re-cast as recording artists. She had first seen them performing on The Late Show with David Letterman in November 2002, where Carmen Electra sang “Big Spender” from the Bob Fosse musical Sweet Charity.
In 2006, Scherzinger said “It caught my eye because I’d played Velma Kelly in [Fosse's] Chicago in college.” The Pussycat Dolls now have world-wide status as a popular singing group; their Billboard top five hits “Don’t Cha“, “Buttons“,”Stickwitu“, and “Wait a Minute” and the top 20 hit “Beep“. The album PCD went double-platinum in 2006. Scherzinger sang nearly all lead vocals on the album, with Melody Thornton and Carmit Bachar also contributing.
Scherzinger is the only group member with songwriting credits on PCD; she co-wrote “I Don’t Need a Man” with Kara DioGuardi and producer Rich Harrison, and co-wrote “Buttons” with producer Sean Garrett. Another collaboration with DioGuardi, “Flirt“, became a B-side to “Stickwitu” and a bonus track on PCD.
Scherzinger worked on her debut album from 2005-2007 with record producers including will.i.am, Timbaland, Kara DioGuardi, and Bryan-Michael Cox. Scherzinger announced in a March 17, 2007 interview in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that the album would be called Her Name is Nicole; It was due for a 2007 release but is now proposed for January 2008. The first single, “Whatever U Like“, featuring rapper T.I., was released in July 2007. The song was a commercial flop however, and it was soon announced that “Baby Love” (released September 2007) would replace “Whatever U Like” as the “lead single” from the album.
Media reports commented on the fact that both Interscope’s and Scherzinger’s official websites started in September 2007 to refer to “Baby Love” as her first single. After both these singles failed to hit in North America (”Baby Love” charted well Europe), a poll was placed on Scherzinger’s website, asking fans to vote for the third single. Choices include: “Supervillain“, “Happily Never After“, “Who’s Gonna Love You” and “Powers Out“.
Whatever You Like feat T.I.
Her Name Is Nicole album tracklists are:
01
Breakfast in Bed
02
Groove Tonight feat. Mannie Fresh
03
I’ll Be Your Love
04
Whatever You Like feat. T.I.
05
Papi Lover feat. Daddy Yankee
06
On & On feat. Mannie Fresh
07
Steam feat. Eva
08
Lie About Us feat. Avant
09
Scream feat. Keri Hilson & Timbaland
10
Come to Me feat. P. Diddy
11
Winning Women feat. Rihanna
12
Supa Hypnotic feat. Shaggy
13
Don’t Ask Her That feat. Shaggy
14
Syncity(prod by B.Cox)
15
Whatever U Like (ft. T.I.)
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