Early life[edit]
Megan Nicole was born in Houston, Texas to parents Tammy and Frankie Flores.[2] She was raised in Katy, Texas and became interested in music around age 10, when her father purchased a karaoke machine for her.[2] Nicole also participated in her church's music programs, taking part in a church band during high school and choir during middle school.[2]
Career[edit]
In 2009, Nicole uploaded her first video to YouTube, her cover of "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon.[3] She followed with more covers on her YouTube channel, which includes songs by Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and other artists.[2][3] She has several collaborations from fellow YouTube artists such as Tiffany Alvord, Alyssa Bernal, Tyler Ward, Conor Maynard and Lindsey Stirling
Nicole released her first original song, "B-e-a-utiful", on July 15, 2011.[3] Written by Nicole, Lairs Johnston, Stephen Folden, and Tom Mgrdichian,[4] the "pop ditty" received one million hits after two days and had 27 million hits by November 2013.[3]
In August 2012, Nicole signed with Bad Boy Records.[3][5] In September 2012, Nicole reached number 29 on the Billboard Social 50 in her fourth week on the popularity chart.[6] Bad Boy Records closed in 2014.[7]
An April 2014 article in The News Tribune said that on YouTube, Nicole had 1.5 million subscribers and 350 million video views.[8] She also performed at the Pre-Show Party for the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards.[9]
On August 19, 2014 Megan Nicole released her single "Electrified". This was her first single off of her debut album Escape,[10] which is an independent release on Hume Records. Escape has 5 new, original songs all co-written by Nicole and Mgrdichian and is released on October 14, 2014.[1] The 80's-inspired music video for "Electrified" premiered on People.com on September 16, 2014.[11]
Discography[edit]
EP[edit]
| EP and studio album Information |
|---|
ESCAPE
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Singles[edit]
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "B-e-a-utiful"[12] | 2011 |
| "Summer Forever"[13] | 2013 |
| "Never Wanna Let You Go"[14] | 2014 |
| "Never Have I Ever"[15] | |
| "Electrified"[16][17] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Escape - EP by Megan Nicole". iTunes. October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014. EP released on Hume Records.
- ^ a b c d e Piña, Kimberly (August 16, 2011). "Katy teen breaks into music industry". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Hadi, Eddino Abdul (November 14, 2013). "YouTube pop princess goes unplugged". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "B-e-a-utiful - Megan Nicole - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ McGloster, Niki (August 29, 2012). "YouTube Sensation Megan Nicole Signs to Bad Boy". VIBE Vixen. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Gruger, William (September 14, 2012). "Psy Still No. 1 on Social 50 Chart, 50 Cent Makes 'Sexy' Return". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 22, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ "End Of An Era: Diddy Closing Bad Boy Records". EbenGregory.com. January 29, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ^ Sailor, Craig (April 9, 2014). "YouTube sensation Megan Nicole to appear at NW Family Expo in Tacoma". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "ARDY's Pre-Show Party - RDMA 2014 - Disney Video". Disney.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ^ "Megan Nicole Releases Electrified AND Its Lyric Video". Fanlala.com. August 19, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ^ Corriston, Michele (September 16, 2014). "Megan Nicole Premieres '80s-Inspired Music Video for 'Electrified'". People.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - B-E-A-Utiful - Single by Megan Nicole". iTunes. August 21, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Summer Forever - Single by Megan Nicole". iTunes. May 28, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Never Wanna Let You Go - Single by Megan Nicole". iTunes. March 18, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Never Have I Ever - Single by Megan Nicole". iTunes. June 10, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ^ http://twitter.com/megannicole/status/501746637782282240
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Electrified - Single by Megan Nicole". iTunes. August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
External links[edit]
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