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Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente
Scherzinger[1] (also known as Nicole Kea; born June 29, 1978) is an
American pop singer, songwriter, dancer, model, and occasional actress
best known as the lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls.[1] She took the
surname Scherzinger when she was adopted by her stepfather.
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Background information
Birth name Nicole Elikolani Prescovia Valiente[1]
Also known as Nicole Kea, Queen Doll
Born June 29, 1978 (1978-06-29) (age 30)
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Genre(s) Pop, dance-pop, R&B, hip hop
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, dancer, actress,
model, music producer
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Polydor, A&M, Interscope
Associated acts Pussycat Dolls, Days of the New,
Timbaland, Sean Combs, Keri Hilson, T.I., Will.I.Am, Sean Garrett, Will Smith,
Nelly, Rihanna, Eden's Crush, Violet UK missy elliot
Website www.hernameisnicole.com
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Early
life
Scherzinger was born in Honolulu to a Filipino
father and an Hawaiian/Russian mother.[2] Her mother Rosemary was eighteen at
the time of Scherzinger's birth and lived in an inner city neighborhood and
separated from her father when she was a baby. The family moved to Louisville,
Kentucky when she was six years old,[3][4] with her sister Ke'ala and stepfather
Gary Scherzinger.[4] She stated she had a "conservative Catholic" upbringing.[5]
Scherzinger 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.[4] As a teenager, she was the first runner-up at the 1996
Kentucky State Fair's Coca-Cola Talent Classic contest.[6] 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.[7]
Early
career
Scherzinger appeared on the second album by Days of
the New, released in 1999. She also recorded two songs with Barry Drake's F.O.B,
which were released in 2001. 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 (Goodbye)" peaked at number
one 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, Doll Domination and Her Name Is Nicole.
In November 2007, Scherzinger spoke of her time in
Eden's Crush
“ ...It was hell... I was in a band with five other
girls and every day was torture for me. We were on TV all the time and the
atmosphere was awful.... Every day I was in that band I cried my eyes out. The
band was meant to be fun and frivolous but the reality was that it was
miserable.... I was too sensitive back then, but I got toughened up. I couldn't
have gone into the Dolls without my experience in Crush.[8] ”
After the disbanding of Eden's Crush, Scherzinger
made a few promotional solo appearances under the stage name of Nicole Kea,
including covering "Breakfast in Bed" for the soundtrack to 50 First Dates in
2003. This track was produced by Nick Hexum who was her boyfriend for three
years.[9]
Scherzinger worked with Yoshiki of Japanese rock
band X Japan on in his Violet UK project. She sang the English version of "I'll
Be Your Love" live with the Tokyo Symphonic Orchestra. The track also appeared
on the 2003 Various Artists album Exposition of Global Harmony.
Pussycat Dolls
Main article: Pussycat Dolls
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."[10] The Pussycat Dolls now have
world-wide status as a popular singing group, with "Don't Cha", "Buttons",
"Stickwitu" and "When I Grow Up" as Top 10 hits in the U.S.. The album PCD went
double-platinum in 2006. Scherzinger sang nearly all lead vocals on the album,
with Carmit Bachar and Melody Thornton 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.
In 2006, Scherzinger toured with the Pussycat Dolls
for their album promotion. It was revealed in 2006 that the Dolls are salaried
employees of Interscope Records, giving the label a high level of control over
the group's finances and business decisions.
She was ranked at number 22 on Maxim's Hot 100 in
2006 and 21 in 2007.[11]
Scherzinger appeared on the March 2008 cover of
Men's Fitness magazine.[12] She was called the lead or "Queen Doll". As with
PCD, Scherzinger is the only group member to have songwriting credits on the
second Dolls' album Doll Domination.
Solo
career
Following the popularity of "Don't Cha" and the
continuing rise of the Pussycat Dolls, Scherzinger recorded a series of duets or
"guest appearances", predominantly with male vocalists. In 2005, she appeared on
recordings by Shaggy, Vittorio Grigolo, and Will Smith.
2006-2007
In 2006 she sang on Avant's single "Lie About Us" ,
and P.Diddy's hit "Come to Me" (which she also co-wrote). Other appearances are
listed in her discography.
Scherzinger worked on her debut album from
2006-2007 with record producers including will.i.am, Timbaland, Kara DioGuardi,
and Bryan-Michael Cox. Scherzinger announced in a March 17, 2007 interview that
the album would be called "Her Name is Nicole"; It was originally slated for a
2007 release, a full tracklisting was posted at commercial sites,[13] and four
singles were released but the album was put on hold in late 2007/early 2008.
Her first solo single, "Whatever U Like", featuring
rapper T.I., was released in July 2007. The song was unsuccessful commercially
and with critics, 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.[14] After both these singles were unsuccessful in North America ("Baby
Love" charted well in Europe and Brazil however), a poll was placed on
Scherzinger's website, asking fans to vote for the third single. Choices
included: "Supervillain", "Happily Never After", "Who's Gonna Love You", and
"Power's Out". On November 28 the poll was updated and the songs "Power's Out"
and "Supervillain" were removed and replaced with "Puakenikeni" and "Physical".
It was announced via the website on December 10 that "Puakenikeni" was to be the
next official single to be taken from the album, subsequently "Supervillain" and
"Puakenikeni" were both released as iTunes downloads only.[15][16] As with
Scherzinger's earlier solo singles, they failed to make any impact on the U.S.
charts. Following this, Interscope announced that Scherzinger's album would be
put on hold, and she said she would continue to record new tracks.
2008
In April 2008, Scherzinger recorded a cover version
of "Rio" by Duran Duran for an advertising campaign for Unilever's Caress brand
of body wash. A commercial video was released,[17] and the single was released
via download only, after May 2008.[18] In 2008, in support of Barack Obama, she
was one of many musicians to contribute to a track by will.i.am called "Yes We
Can". Also on September 5, 2008, Scherzinger joined an all-star cast to perform
the charity song "Just Stand Up" on live TV. This is currently Scherzinger's
last performance as a solo artist before embarking on the Pussycat Dolls new
World Tour.
Speaking about the delayed release of her solo
album, in September 2008 Scherzinger said "Despite what other people might
write, it was my decision, ultimately. I actually put some of my solo songs on
the Pussycat Dolls' new album Doll Domination. Everything is all about timing. I
believe it will come out next year, and it will be able to coexist wonderfully
with the Dolls' album. It's completely separate from what you've heard with
"Baby Love" and "Whatever U Like," and I'm still working on it — that's what
happens when you're a perfectionist."[19]
In October 2008, she was invited to promote Clear
Shampoo and Conditioner through a commercial, succeeding Rain who also endorsed
Clear Shampoo and Conditioner. Both commercials were reportedly aired throughout
Southeast Asia. In 2008, she also had done a commercial with Lebron James in a
sneaker commercial. She had also made a "Bench Body" commercial which was
promoting underwear for "Bench Body".
Acting
Scherzinger has made minor appearances as an actor.
She appeared in the TV comedy My Wife and Kids, in the movie Chasing Papi, and
the 2003 film Love Don't Cost a Thing.
Personal life
Scherzinger is currently in a relationship with
2008 Formula One Champion Lewis Hamilton.[20]
Discography
Main article: Nicole Scherzinger discography
See also Eden's Crush and Pussycat Dolls
discography for information about Scherzinger's releases with those groups.
Albums
Unreleased: Her Name Is Nicole
Singles
2007: "Whatever U Like" featuring T.I.
2007: "Baby Love" featuring Will.i.am
2007: "Supervillain" featuring Mad Scientist
(Digital Release Only)
2007: "Puakenikeni" featuring Brick & Lace (Digital
Release Only)
2008: "Rio" (Caress Brazilian Mix) (Promo)
Featured singles
2006: "Lie About Us" (Avant featuring Nicole
Scherzinger)
2006: "Come to Me" (Diddy featuring Nicole
Scherzinger)
2007: "You Are My Miracle" (Vittorio featuring
Nicole Scherzinger)
2007: "Winning Women" (Rihanna & Nicole Scherzinger)
(Promo)
2008: "Scream" (Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson &
Nicole Scherzinger)
Guest
appearances
2003: "I'll be your love" (Yoshiki featuring Nicole
Scherzinger)
2005: "Supa Hypnotic" (Shaggy featuring Nicole
Scherzinger)
2005: "Don't Ask Her That" (Shaggy featuring Nicole
Scherzinger)
2005: "If You Can't Dance (Slide)" (Will Smith
featuring Nicole Scherzinger)
2007: "Papi lover" (Daddy Yankee featuring Nicole
Scherzinger)
2007: "Fire" (50 Cent featuring Young Buck, Nicole
Scherzinger)
2008: "Freak With You" (Erre XI featuring Arcangel,
& Nicole Scherzinger)
References
1.
^ a b c "Nicole Scherzinger". http://www.nndb.com/people/015/000110682/.
2.
^ "Nicole Scherzinger - Askmen.com".
http://www.askmen.com/women/singer_300/313_nicole_scherzinger.html.
3.
^ http://www.sindhtoday.net/world/16640.htm
4.
^ a b c "Pussycat Dolls Nicole She says
she's 'only a 5 out of 10 for looks'". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article1626064.ece.
Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
5.
^ "Stray Pussycat Doll Nicole
Scherzinger goes solo". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/live/live.html?in_article_id=492661&in_page_id=1889.
6.
^ "Nicole Scherzinger - Askmen.com".
http://www.askmen.com/women/singer_300/313_nicole_scherzinger.html.
7.
^ Days Of The New Singer Reveals Past On
Nicole Scherzinger | Hip Hop News > HipHopDX.com
8.
^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/moslive/article-492661/Stray-Pussycat-Doll-Nicole-Scherzinger-goes-solo.html
9.
^ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article1626064.ece
10.
^ "The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State".
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/05/02/20060502-F3-01.html.
11.
^ [1] Maximonline.com
12.
^ In 2008 she ranked #62 in the U.S
version of FHM and #49 in the U.K.
13.
^ [2]
14.
^ [3] Buddytv.com
15.
^ iTunes.com
16.
^ iTunes.com
17.
^ YouTube - Nicole Caress Commercial
(Full Version)
18.
^ Rio single released for download at
this commercial site
19.
^ http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Cu&article_code=6116
20.
^ Austin, Simon. "How will Hamilton's
life change?", BBC Sport, 2008-11-03. Retrieved on 2008-11-28.
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