Re: Nicole Scherzinger-Her Name Is Nicole Full Album Zip
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At the age of 14, she joined Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she was cast in her first professional play, La Bête.[14] She graduated in 1996 from the Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) at duPont Manual High School, where she participated in many plays, including Alice in Wonderland, in which she portrayed Alice. Scherzinger was surprised she got the part as she was up "against a girl with blue eyes and blonde hair."[10] In 2007, she was inducted to DuPont Manual Alumni's Hall of Fame as one of the youngest inductees.[15] Since 2013, Scherzinger has endowed YPAS with a yearly $2,000, namesake scholarship.[16] After earning a scholarship, she attended Wright State University and majored in theatre arts with a dance minor.[15]During this period, Scherzinger garnered the lead roles in regional productions of the musicals Chicago, Guys and Dolls, and Show Boat.[14] In her final year of college, Scherzinger was hired by Days of the New band leader Travis Meeks to contribute vocals on their self-titled second studio album. Meeks sought out a singer who could "deliver some more world/operatic textures and sounds."[17] The album's supporting tour followed, which led Scherzinger to drop out of college.[18] Towards the tour's conclusion, Meeks stated that the two grew apart creatively, claiming she "didn't seem to understand music very well" but noted she is an "amazing entertainer."[17] In 2018, Scherzinger received the 2017 Alumna of the Year Award from the Wright State Alumni Association.[19]
In 2001, Scherzinger's mother saw a commercial for the WB's show Popstars USA,[10] a reality series with the aim to chronicle the group's formation until the recording of their debut album,[20] Warner Bros. imprint London-Sire Records signed the group to a recording contract before the band was named and had finalized its membership, due to the hours of network television exposure the group would receive.[21] Initially reluctant to audition, Scherzinger later opted otherwise as she saw it as an opportunity to travel to Los Angeles.[10] For her audition she sang Whitney Houston's version of Dolly Parton's song "I Will Always Love You" and alongside Ana Maria Lombo, Maile Misajon, Ivette Sosa, and Rosanna Tavarez, established the girl group Eden's Crush.[22] Their debut single, "Get Over Yourself", was released in March 2001 and debuted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first female act to debut at number one on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart.[23] Their debut studio album, Popstars (2001), debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 chart.[24] They went on to tour with 'N Sync and Jessica Simpson, but, by the end of the year, their label went bankrupt and the group disbanded.[25] During this time, will.i.am, front man of The Black Eyed Peas, approached Scherzinger to become a member of the group, but her then-boyfriend, Nick Hexum declined.[26] Following the band's dissolution, Scherzinger took a detour into acting and guest-starred in television shows such as My Wife and Kids (2002) and had a cameo in the independent comedy, Chasing Papi (2003).[27]
In August 2003, opting for a solo recording contract, Scherzinger traveled to Arista Records office in New York with a demo CD of her own written material under her Hawaiian family name Nicole Kea. Her performance was interrupted by a citywide blackout, and she was forced to leave. Meanwhile, Robin Antin, the creator of the burlesque troupe the Pussycat Dolls, struck a joint venture with Interscope Records and, along with record producers Jimmy Iovine and Ron Fair, launched an open audition for a separate recording group.[28] After will.i.am recommended Scherzinger to Iovine,[26] and in hopes to obtain a solo deal, she successfully auditioned in December 2003 along with Melody Thornton joining Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta and Kimberly Wyatt.[27][29] As the lead singer, Scherzinger assumed the majority of the vocals and is the only member of the group to have songwriting credits on their debut album PCD, which was released in September 2005.[29] The album was preceded by "Don't Cha", which became their international breakthrough, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[30] The album spawned other number-one hits, "Stickwitu" and "Buttons", the former of which was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.[31]
She cited Janet Jackson's sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope (1997), as her main inspiration for her second album, Big Fat Lie (2014), while the music video for "Your Love" was inspired by Jackson's Love Will Never Do (Without You) (1989) clip.[121] During the recording process, she stated that Sam Smith's 2014 album In the Lonely Hour inspired her to get "emotionally raw."[122] Scherzinger has also incorporated her Hawaiian heritage into her music; her single "Puakenikeni" (2007) was named after the flower that is indigenous to that state.[123] The music video of the song "Right There" featured Hawaiian and Tahitian fashion and dance moves.[124] Stylistically, Scherzinger draws inspiration from Jennifer Lopez, Sienna Miller, and Gwen Stefani.[125] During her twenties, Scherzinger tried to emulate Lopez by dying her hair blonde.[126]
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Her Name Is Nicole (in English: "Her Name Is Nicole") is the name of the unreleased demo album by US singer Nicole Scherzinger with Interscope Records. Originally scheduled for release on October 16, 2007, the album was postponed to November 12, due to the poor success of the single "Whatever U Like" (with TI) produced by Don Polow. The tracks "Baby Love", "Supervillain" and "Puakenikeni" were released as second, third and fourth singles respectively, but had no major impact. As a result, the album was archived indefinitely. The singer recorded 75 to 100 songs for this project, with some of them being revised and ending on both albums of the Pussycat Dolls. Among those who worked with her at the studio were producers Akon, Gary Lightbody, Dr. Dre, Ne-Yo, T.I., Timbaland, Will.i.am, and Kanye West. In 2016, following their second studio album, Big Fat Lie, rumors of an official mixtape with the preparation of these tracks appeared online. Once again nothing followed and the album remains unreleased unreleased to this day.
Globally known as the leader of pop group Pussycat Dolls, Nicole began planning her album after the release of their first album, PCD (2005). With a wide range of producers and songwriters, the album had a number of formulations and release dates, the first of which was announced in 2007, then signaled a possible release for October 2008 but, with the release of the group's second album, the album release was again canceled.
In 2009 it was announced that Nicole has returned to the project of her solo album and that it should be released in the same year. However, the album was not released. The following year, 2010, a new song was presented as a possible single from the album, "Nobody Can Change Me", which was not officially released. Scherzinger later said he would be abandoning the "Her Name Is Nicole" project and developing a new album that producer RedOne says is ready.
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Rap-Up was one of the first media outlets to hear seven full tracks off the album, which is scheduled for release in October. After our listening, we have no doubt Nicole is on her way to becoming a household name.
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