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Nicole Scherzinger
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Born: Jun 29, 1978
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Nicole Scherzinger was born in Honolulu, Hawaii,USA. Her mother is Hawaiian/Russian and her father is Filipino. She grew up in Louisville, Kentucky with stepfather Gary Scherzinger.
She began her life as a performer in Louisville, attending the Youth Performing Arts School and performing with Actors Theatre of Louisville. She majored in theater arts at Wright State University, but put her studies on hold.
In 2001, she 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. The group eventually disbanded.
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.
In 2002, Scherzinger worked with Yoshiki Hayashi 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.
In June 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.
The Pussycat Dolls now have world-wide status as a popular singing group; their Billboard top Five hits "Don't Cha", "Buttons", "Wait a Minute" and "Stickwitu" and the top 20 hit "Beep". The album PCD went double-platinum in 2006. Scherzinger sang nearly all lead vocals on the album, with Melody Thornton and Carmit Bachar 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 ...[MORE]
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Nicole Scherzinger Nude and Sexy
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