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Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger (also known as
Nicole Kea) (born
June 29,
1978) is an
American pop/
R&B singer-songwriter,
dancer, and occasional
actress best known for her work as the lead vocalist for the
Pussycat Dolls.
Early life
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 lived in an
inner city neighborhood and separated from her father when Nicole was a baby. The family moved to
Louisville, Kentucky with her sister Ke'ala and
German American stepfather Gary Scherzinger. She stated she'd a "conservative Catholic" upbringing. 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. 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.
Recording career
1999 – 2001
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.
Eden's Crush
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 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 and
Her Name is Nicole.
In November 2007, Scherzinger talked of her time in Eden's Crush
During her time with Eden's Crush Nicole was offered a position to be part of
The Black Eyed Peas but was forced to turn down and let
Fergie take place because she was under contract with Eden's Crush.
2001 – 2003
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.
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
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, with "
Don't Cha", "
Buttons" and "
Stickwitu" as top five 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 twenty-two on
Maxim's Hot 100 in 2006.
Scherzinger appeared on the March 2008 cover of Men's Fitness magazine.
2008 - 2009
Scherzinger will be featured on a song called "Step It Up" which will be on pussycat doll bandmates Melody Thornton's album.
Duets
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. The following year she sang on
Avant's single "
Lie About Us" and
P. Diddy's hit "
Come to Me" (which she also co-wrote). She has recently also been on a track by
will.i.am along with many other musicians called "
Yes We Can". Other appearances are listed in
her discography.
Solo album
Scherzinger worked on her debut album from 2006-2008 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 originally slated for a 2007 release but is currently without an official release date.
The first 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. After both these singles were unsuccessful in North America ("Baby Love" charted well in Europe however), a poll was placed on Scherzinger's website, asking fans to vote for the third single. Choices include: "Supervillian", "Happily Never After", "Who's Gonna Love You" and "Power's Out". However on
November 28, the poll was updated and the songs "Power's Out" and "Supervillian" 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, however it has yet to be fully released internationally.
"Supervillian" and "Puakenikeni" were both released as
iTunes downloads only. As with Scherzinger's earlier solo singles, they failed to make any impact on the U.S. charts.
To date, both
Interscope and Scherzinger have not made any announcement on the official release date, however a recent interview with
Robin Antin confirmed that the second
Pussycat Dolls album will be released first, followed by a revised solo album from Scherzinger.
Non-album singles
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. It has been announced that this will be her next single, and a commercial video has already been released
. "Rio" will be released to radio in early May 2008, and the full length music video will be premiering on
MTV and other music channels on the following months.
Discography
» See also Eden's Crush and Pussycat Dolls discography for information about Scherzinger's releases with those groups.
Album
Singles
2007: "Whatever U Like" (featuring T.I)
2007: "Baby Love" (featuring will.i.am)
2007: "Supervillian" (featuring Mad Scientist)
2007: "Puakenikeni" (featuring Brick and Lace)
2008: "Rio"
Featured singles
2006: "Lie About Us" Avant (featuring Nicole Scherzinger)
2006: "Come to Me" P.Diddy (featuring Nicole Scherzinger)
2007: "You are my Miracle" Vittorio Grigolo (featuring Nicole Scherzinger)
2008: "Scream" Timbaland (featuring Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger)
Filmography
Scherzinger appeared in the TV comedy My Wife and Kids. She briefly appeared in the movie Chasing Papi as Miss Puerto Rico, whose appearance as a candidate was impersonated by the character of Roselyn Sanchez, with whom Scherzinger shared a physical resemblance. She also had a small role in the 2003 film Love Don't Cost a Thing. Scherzinger has recently done a commercial for The CW Television Network promoting their 2007-2008 Fall Primetime schedule – Get Into The CW.
In October 2007, Scherzinger appeared on two episodes of UK TV show X Factor Season 4 in which she helped Sharon Osbourne pick her finalists in her home in Los Angeles. Scherzinger also turned up as a member of the audience in the finale of X Factor Season Four. None of the other Pussycat Dolls were present.
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