Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger (2012)

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Nicole Scherzinger (* 29. June 1978 as Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente in Honolulu , Hawaii ) is an American singer and dancer . She became known as the front woman of the Pussycat Dolls . In addition to her musical career, she also works as an actress .

youth

Nicole Scherzinger was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1978 as the daughter of Filipino Alfonso Valiente and his wife Rosemary Elikolani, who is of Ukrainian and Hawaiian descent. A few years after the couple split up, Scherzinger's mother moved with Nicole and her sister to Louisville , Kentucky , as her new husband, German American soldier Gary Scherzinger, was transferred there. After adopting the children, Nicole took the stepfather's family name.

While at school Scherzinger took acting lessons; for her first play she was on stage at the Louisville Actors Theater. During the three years she studied acting and dance after school, she made her living doing smaller jobs as a model . When Travis Meeks from the rock band Days of the New was looking for a singer, Scherzinger recorded a number of demo tracks with him , but then initially continued her training. Eventually the producer Scott Litt heard their demo tapes and invited them to Los Angeles to record their second album with the band. After the tour that followed, Scherzinger worked on her own music.

Career

2001-2002: Eden's Crush

In 2001 Scherzinger applied for the American edition of Popstars and became a member of the resulting group Eden's Crush . The debut album Popstars was followed by a tour with * NSYNC and Jessica Simpson . The group broke up in 2002.

Nicole Scherzinger (2006)

2003–2010: Pussycat Dolls and own projects

→ Main article : The Pussycat Dolls

In 2003, Scherzinger learned from a former colleague at Eden's Crush that the Pussycat Dolls dance ensemble, which had existed since 1995, was looking for a lead singer. Scherzinger sang and was accepted into the group. In the summer of 2005, the successful first album PCD was released , from which five singles in Great Britain made the top 10. The album was also accompanied by a world tour. After that, the group worked for a long time on their second album, Doll Domination , which was released in autumn 2008. Scherzinger was the only member of the group who also wrote the songs himself.

In 2009 and 2010 she was a juror in the first two seasons of the American a cappella show The Sing-Off . During her time with the Pussycat Dolls, she worked on her own pieces again and again, with which she supported producers such as Bryan Michael Cox, Scott Storch , Sean Garrett , Timbaland , Polow Da Don, Pharrell and Akon . On November 2, 2007, the single Baby Love was released in Germany.

In May 2010 she won the 10th season of Dancing with the Stars . In August 2010, Scherzinger starred with Vanessa Hudgens in the musical Rent, directed by Neil Patrick Harris . Scherzinger sang the title song for the remake of the video game Goldeneye 007 , which was released in November 2010 . In December 2010, Scherzinger announced her exit from the Pussycat Dolls after the other members had already left the group.

2011–2013: Killer Love and The X-Factor

At the beginning of 2011 Scherzinger released the single Poison , which placed in the charts in many countries. As a second single she released Dont Hold Your Breath , this is her most successful solo hit so far. Other songs from the album Killer Love are Right There with 50 Cent , Wet and Try with Me . The album was released in the UK in March 2011, where it was # 8 on the UK charts. The album was ranked 85 in Germany and 55 in Switzerland.

In the fall of 2011, Scherzinger was on the first season of the American version of the talent show The X Factor alongside Simon Cowell , Paula Abdul and LA Reid on the jury. Originally, she was supposed to lead through the program alongside British presenter Steve Jones, but then replaced ex-jury member Cheryl Cole . The following year she switched to the UK version of The X Factor , replacing Kelly Rowland on the jury. Scherzinger was also hired as a juror for the 10th season a year later. Another single called Boomerang was released in the UK in March 2013.

Since 2014: Big Fat Lie and TV shows

In February 2014 it was announced that Scherzinger had signed a contract worth US $ 4.5 million for several albums with Sony . This ends her long-term record deal with Interscope . At the end of May Your Love was released as the first single from their second studio album; the song was released in Germany in July 2014. The second studio album is called Big Fat Lie and was released on October 17, 2014 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Further single releases are Run and On the Rocks .

From May to the end of June 2015, Scherzinger was on the NBC entertainment show I Can Do That! Alongside Ciara , Joe Jonas , Alan Ritchson and others . to see where she emerged victorious. From September 15 to November 3, 2015, she starred alongside Neil Patrick Harris on the NBC entertainment show Best Time Ever . For the 13th season of the British show The X Factor , Scherzinger was hired again as a juror. In September 2016, she appeared as a guest judge on an All-Stars episode of RuPaul's Drag Race , and on the occasion of Prince's death , she performed in Saint Paul at the Xcel Energy Center in October 2016 at a tribute evening in honor of the musician.

In 2017 she starred in the remake of Dirty Dancing .

Scherzinger has been a juror on the US show The Masked Singer since the beginning of 2019 . The series proved to be a commercial success, with the season 1 finale seeing over 10 million viewers. The second season ran in the USA from September 25 to December 18, 2019, the third from February 2 to May 20, 2020. Since the summer of 2019, Scherzinger has been on the Australian version of the talent show Got Talent . At the same time the shooting of the British edition of The X Factor took place, in which she is in turn a juror.

In November 2019 Nicole Scherzinger and four of her former The Pussycat Dolls colleagues announced that they would start a comeback including a UK tour and an appearance in the X-Factor finals.

Personal

Between 2008 and 2014, Scherzinger was temporarily in a relationship with Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton . From the end of 2015 until the summer of 2019, Scherzinger was in a relationship with the Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov .

In a documentary published in fall 2012, Scherzinger revealed that she suffered from bulimia : “I have never used drugs. Hurting myself was my addiction. It was the music that saved me. "

In November 2013 Scherzinger was appointed ambassador for the Special Olympics . Scherzinger has a bond with people with disabilities as her aunt has Down syndrome and Lewis Hamilton's half-brother has infantile cerebral palsy . In June 2014 she traveled to Guyana with UNICEF and got involved with children with disabilities.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Killer love	DE85 (1 week) DE	-	CH55 (2 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (29 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 20, 2011
2014	Big Fat Lie	-	-	CH95 (1 week) CH	UK17 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 17, 2014

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2007	Baby love	DE5 (12 weeks) DE	AT21 (12 weeks) AT	CH14 (17 weeks) CH	UK14 (9 weeks) UK	-	First release: November 2nd, 2007 feat. will.i.am
2010	Poison Killer Love	-	-	-	UK3 silver (14 weeks)UK	-	First published: December 6, 2010
2011	Don't Hold Your Breath Killer Love	-	AT65 (1 week) AT	CH62 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (23 weeks)UK	US86 (1 week) US	First published: March 21, 2011
	Right There Killer Love	DE61 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 gold (18 weeks)UK	US39 gold (12 weeks)US	First published: July 4th 2011 feat. 50 cents
	Wet killer love	-	-	-	UK21st silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 3, 2011
	Try with Me Killer Love	-	-	-	UK18 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 23, 2011
2013	boomerang	-	-	-	UK6 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 10, 2013
2014	Your Love Big Fat Lie	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	CH67 (1 week) CH	UK6 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 30, 2014
	Run Big Fat Lie	-	-	-	UK46 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 30, 2014
	On the Rocks Big Fat Lie	-	-	-	UK90 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 10, 2014

More singles

• 2014: Bang
• 2017: Where You Are (US:gold, UK: silver)

Singles as a guest musician

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	Come to Me Press Play	DE6th gold (18 weeks)DE	AT8 (16 weeks) AT	CH3 (23 weeks) CH	UK4 (12 weeks) UK	US9 (20 weeks) US	First published: September 29, 2006 with P. Diddy
2008	Scream Shock Value	DE9 (12 weeks) DE	AT18 (16 weeks) AT	CH45 (12 weeks) CH	UK12 (14 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 7, 2008 with Timbaland & Keri Hilson
2010	We Are the World (25 for Haiti )	-	-	-	UK50 (1 week) UK	US2 (5 weeks) US	First published: February 22nd, 2010 as Artists for Haiti
	Heartbeat Euphoria	-	-	-	UK8th silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 5th, 2010 with Enrique Iglesias
2016	#WHEREISTHELOVE	-	-	CH41 (4 weeks) CH	UK47 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 31, 2016 with Black Eyed Peas & others

Further guest contributions

• 2006: Lie About Us (with Avant )
• 2011: Coconut Tree (with Mohombi )
• 2013: Fino All'Estasi (with Eros Ramazzotti )
• 2013: Missing You (with Alex Gaudino )
• 2015: Love Song To Earth (with Paul McCartney , Leona Lewis , Natasha Bedingfield , Fergie , Sean Paul , Bon Jovi , Sheryl Crow , Victoria Justice , Colbie Caillat )

Further appearances

Collection of other musical works
year	Interpreter	album	song	Participation
2001	FOB	Love's a Woman's Game	I saw you	singer
2003	Various artists	50 first dates - soundtrack	Breakfast in Bed	singer
2005	Will Smith	Lost & Found	If U Can't Dance	Guest singer
	Shaggy	Clothes drop	Supa Hypnotic	Guest singer
			Don't ask her that	Guest singer
2006	Vittorio Grigolo	Vittorio	Il Mio Miracolo	Guest singer
2007	Rihanna	Winning Women	Guest singer
	Daddy Yankee	-	Papi lover	Guest singer
	50 cents	Curtis	Fire	Guest singer
2008	Madonna	Hard candy	Heartbeat	Demo recording with Pharrell Williams
2010	Slash	Slash	Baby Can't Drive	singer
	Flo Rida feat. David Guetta	Only One Flo (Part 1)	Club Can't Handle Me	Guest singer (not mentioned by name)
	Nicole Scherzinger	-	Cold	singer
	Nicole Scherzinger	-	Nobody Can Change Me	singer
2011	Nicole Scherzinger	-	Guns & Roses	singer
2012	Flo Rida	-	Hollywood	Guest singer
2013	Will.i.am	#willpower	Far away from home	Guest singer
			Smile Mona Lisa	Background vocals (not mentioned by name)
	David Garrett	Garrett vs. Paganini	Io ti penso amore	singer
	Jahméne Douglas	Love Never Fails	The Greatest Love of All	Guest singer
	Il Divo	A musical affair	Memory	Guest singer
	Various artists	A Very Special Christmas - Essential	O Holy Night	singer
2014	Sam Bailey	The Power of Love	And I Am Telling You	Guest singer
2016	James Arthur	Let Me Love The Lonely	Black from the Edge	Guest singer

Filmography (selection)

• 2001: Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , an episode)
• 2002: What's Up, Dad? (TV series, two episodes)
• 2003: Love Don't Cost a Thing
• 2003: Chasing Papi
• 2005: Be Cool - Everyone is looking for the next big hit (Be Cool)
• 2009: Big Time Rush
• 2010: How I Met Your Mother (TV series, episode)
• 2012: Men in Black 3
• 2016: Vaiana - Paradise has a catch ( Moana , voice of Sina)
• 2017: Dirty Dancing (TV movie)

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1. ↑ Nicole Scherzinger. Accessed December 6, 2019 (German). 
2. ↑ Scherzinger in "The Sing-Off" . In: imdb.de . Retrieved January 19, 2011.
3. ↑ Scherzinger is DWTS winner . In: Bunte.de . Retrieved May 26, 2010.
4. ↑ Scherzinger in the RENT musical . In: bluewin.ch . Retrieved on August 4, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ New addition to "Goldeneye" . In: nintendo-lan.de . Retrieved October 25, 2010.
6. ↑ Scherzinger leaves Pussycat Dolls . In: fan-lexikon.de . Retrieved December 5, 2010.
7. ↑ Scherzinger gets a place on the jury . In: news.ch . Retrieved June 28, 2011.
8. ^ ^{A b} Nicole Scherzinger: 'Boomerang' - Single review . In: digitalspy.co.uk . Retrieved June 19, 2013.
9. ↑ Scherzinger has a new record label ( English ) In: onepopz.com . Retrieved February 19, 2014.
10. ↑ Big Fat Lie release . In: amazon.de . Retrieved September 22, 2014.
11. ^ I Can Do That . In: bigfm.de . Retrieved July 2, 2015.
12. ↑ Scherzinger will be a juror again in 2016 . In: promiflash.de . Retrieved May 11, 2016.
13. ↑ Andrea Swensson: Prince tribute brings pop stars, purple family together for five-hour marathon at Xcel. In: Startribune.com. October 14, 2016, accessed March 18, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Success rates The Masked Singer . In: quotenmeter.de . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
15. ↑ The Pussycat Dolls are back. In: Spiegel.de. November 28, 2019, accessed November 29, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Scherzinger and Hamilton split up . In: sueddeutsche.de . Retrieved August 4, 2014.
17. ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news/2015/02/gab-nicole-scherzinger-lewis-hamilton-den-laufpass-15020404.html
18. ↑ Scherzinger & Dimitrov . In: blick.ch . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
19. ^ Separation with Dimitrov . In: nau.ch . Retrieved August 8, 2019.
20. ↑ Scherzinger suffered from bulimia . In: gala.de . Retrieved October 8, 2012.
21. ↑ Nicole Scherzinger as Special Olympics ambassador ( English ) In: bestdaily.co.uk . Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 15, 2013. 
22. ↑ joy.de: Nicole Scherzinger helps children with Down syndrome , accessed on September 2, 2014
23. ↑ Scherzinger and UNICEF in Guyana . In: gala.de . Retrieved June 30, 2014.
24. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
25. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: DE UK US
26. ↑ We Are the World 25 for Haiti
27. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6685835/love-song-earth-climate-change-paul-mccartney-jon-bon-jovi
28. ↑ Music database Scherzinger (under the heading Songs) In: hitparade.ch . Retrieved September 2, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Nicole Scherzinger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Nicole Scherzinger at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website (English).