Nina Sky

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Nina Sky (2007)

Nina Sky is a reggae - duo consisting of identical twins Natalie and Nicole Albino (* 13. March 1984 in Queens , New York City ).

Life

Nina Sky are descendants of Puerto Rican immigrants and grew up in the boroughs of New York City , especially in Queens .

The name Nina Sky is formed from the first two letters of her first names Ni cole and Na talie (Nina) and the word Sky (sky) as her striving for the top of the music business ( "The sky is the limit" ).

Services

They became known in the summer of 2004 for their song Move Ya Body , which is based on the then extremely popular Riddim Coolie Dance , which was produced in 2003 by Cordel & Everton Burrell.

Their music is shaped by influences from almost all genres, the following should be emphasized; Pop , hip-hop , rap , R'n'B , dance , reggae and rock .

Nina Sky also deal with the new genre of music reggaetón - since their feature with NORE by Oye mi canto , where artists such as Daddy Yankee (in the more well-known of the two remixes) and Tego Calderón also participated. In 2005 they could be heard with the reggaetón artist Tony Touch in his track Play That Song (on the album Reggaetony ), also with Sean Paul in the song Connection (on the album The Trinity ). With the reggaetón artists Yaga y Mackie they recorded the song Bailando for their album La Moda , the reggaetón track Ladies' Night with Ivy Queen and the reggaetón track Más maíz with Fat Joe .

At the beginning of August 2005 they released their new mixtape album La Conexión on their homepage . According to the two, this album is " an album for the fans ". It could be downloaded there for free and legally , like their first mixtape album.

Guests on the album are u. a. the reggaetón artists Pitbull , Ivy Queen , Tony Touch , Yaga y Mackie and DJ Kazzanova as well as the band Aventura .

In addition, there was an album for free and legal download on her homepage, on which Nina Sky remixed songs from the eighties.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Nina Sky DE62 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH95 (1 week)
CH 		- US44 (12 weeks)
US
First published: June 22, 2004

More albums

  • 2005: La Conexión
  • 2006: 80's babies
  • 2006: Back to the Future
  • 2008: The Musical
  • 2010: The Other Side (EP)
  • 2012: Nicole and Natalie

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Move Ya Body
Nina Sky 		DE7 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT20 (13 weeks)
AT 		CH2 (20 weeks)
CH 		UK6th
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK 		US4th
gold
gold

(26 weeks)US
First published: April 27, 2004
feat. Jabba

More singles

  • 2004: Turnin 'Me On
  • 2005: Time To Go ( feat.Angie Martínez )
  • 2005: Ladies Night ( feat.Ivy Queen )
  • 2005: Lovin You (feat. Notch)
  • 2005: Your Time
  • 2006: Sugar Daddy
  • 2006: Flippin 'That (feat. Rick Ross )
  • 2008: Curtain Call (feat. Rick Ross)
  • 2008: On Some Bullshit
  • 2010: You Ain't Got It (Funk That)
  • 2012: Day Dreaming
  • 2012: Heartbeat
  • 2012: Comatose
  • 2015: Forever
  • 2016: Champion Lover

As a guest musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Oye Mi Canto
N.ORE y la Familia ... Ya Tú Sabe 		- - - - US12 (22 weeks)
US
First published: October 5, 2004
N.ORE featuring Gemstar & Big Mato, Daddy Yankee , Tego Calderón & Nina Sky
Hold You Down
1st Infantry 		- - - - US95 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 19, 2004
Alchemist featuring Prodigy , Illa Ghee & Nina Sky

Further guest appearances

  • 2005: You're Lying ( Aventura featuring Nina Sky)
  • 2005: Connection ( Sean Paul featuring Nina Sky)
  • 2005: Play That Song ( Tony Touch featuring B-Real & Nina Sky)
  • 2005: Bailando (Yaga & Mackie featuring Nina Sky)
  • 2006: Más Maíz (NORE featuring Fat Joe , Lumidee , Big Mato, Chingo Bling, La Negra of LDA, Lil Rob & Nina Sky)
  • 2007: Things You Do ( Red Café & DJ Envy featuring Nina Sky)
  • 2007: Don't Be Shy ( Belly featuring Nina Sky)
  • 2009: Move (NORE featuring Jim Jones & Nina Sky)
  • 2009: Celle qu'il te faut ( Kenza Farah featuring Nina Sky)
  • 2009: Keep It Goin 'Louder ( Major Lazer featuring Ricky Blaze & Nina Sky)
  • 2009: Boom (Play-N-Skillz featuring Pitbull & Nina Sky)
  • 2011: Cocoa Butter ( Statik Selektah & Action Bronson featuring Nina Sky)
  • 2015: Afterhours (TroyBoi featuring Diplo & Nina Sky)
  • 2016: Riot ( Azealia Banks featuring Nina Sky)
  • Gal Yuh Lead (Remix) ( TOK featuring Beenie Man & Nina Sky)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US UK