Nicole Valiente (commonly known as Nicole Scherzinger) is a famous American musician, actress, and television personality. Nicole was born in Hawaii (United States of America). She initially rose to prominence as a contestant on the reality show Popstars.
Later, Nicole became the lead singer of the musical group Pussycat Dolls. She has become one of the most popular and best-selling girl groups in the world. Before the musicians announced themselves as a group, they released two hits - PCD and Doll Domination.
After the disbandment of the group, she took part in the American show "Dancing with the Stars", as well as in the show The X Factor. Her debut studio album Killer Love was released in 2011.
With hits like Poison and Don't Hold Your Breathe, this album became a success and became the 20th best selling female artist album of the year. She is also known for her philanthropic work.
Being closely associated with UNICEF, she was awarded the Global Gift Philanthropist Award at the Global Gift Gala. The actress also starred in films such as Men in Black 3 and Moana.
Childhood and youth of Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prascovia Elicolani Valiente was born on June 29, 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States. Her father (Alfonso Valiente) is of Filipino descent. Mother (Rosemary Elikolani) hails from Hawaiian and Ukrainian countries. Her parents divorced when she was still a child. Her mother later married Gary Scherzinger, whose surname Nicole took.
She was inspired to become a singer after she received a Whitney Houston tape. She attended the Youth School for the Performing Arts at DuPont Manual High School.
Although her family was modest, she is still grateful to her parents for the support she has always received. She later also attended Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where she studied theater and dance.
Career Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger decided to leave college when she was hired by the popular band Days of the New. She participated in the recording of the group's second self-titled album.
She then left the group and auditioned for the reality show Popstars. She later joined girl group Eden's Crush. The group's debut single, Get Over Yourself, was a hit that peaked at number 8 on the US Hot 100. It also peaked at number 1 on Canadian albums.
Around the same time, the actress made her film debut in 2003 in the comedy film Chasing Dad, where she played a cameo role (directed by Linda Mendoza). This is a film about the funny adventures of three women. They find out that their boyfriend dated three at the same time. In the same year, she starred in another comedy film Love Doesn't Cost a Thing.
She later joined another girl group, The Pussycat Dolls. The band's debut album PCD was released in September 2005. It included singles such as Don't Cha and Wait a Minute.
Debuting at number 5 on the US Billboard 200, the album became a huge commercial success selling over 7 million copies worldwide.
Following the success of the group's debut album, Nicole also began working on her first solo album. And also on the band's second album, Doll Domination. In September 2008, the band's album was released, peaking at number 4 on the US Billboard 200. However, the compilation was not successful. It received mixed reviews from critics.
Nicole Scherzinger in the project "Dancing with the Stars"
In 2010, Nicole took part in the show "Dancing with the Stars", in which she won with Derek Hough.
The following year, Nicole Scherzinger released her debut solo album, Killer Love. The album with the hit singles Poison, Don't Hold Your Breath and Right There took 8th position in the UK charts. This record was a commercial success.
Her next album Big Fat Lie (2014) was also successful. It included singles: Your Love, On the Rocks and Girl With a Diamond Heart. It received mostly mixed reviews.
The main works of the singer
The studio album PCD, released by Nicole Scherzinger's group The Pussycat Dolls in 2005, is considered the first significant work in her career. The album, which explored the themes of feminism and romance, debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 (USA).
It was also very successful and sold 7 million copies worldwide. Featuring hits like Don't Cha, Wait a Minute, I Don't Need A Man and I Feel Good, the album topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
The debut solo album Killer Love was released in 2011. It peaked at number 4 in the UK charts. The compilation was successful, becoming the 20th best-selling female artist. The album included singles such as Killer Love, Don't Hold Your Breath, Right There and Wet.
The most successful film was Men in Black 3 (2012). It was directed by popular American director Barry Sonnenfeld. He featured her as Lilly Poison (Boris' ex-girlfriend).
The film grossed over $600 million worldwide. It received mostly mixed reviews.
Awards and achievements
When Nicole was in high school, she won a Coca-Cola talent. Later she got the role of the lead singer of the group Eden's Crush. After that, she became the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls. Double platinum status was awarded to PCD's first album in the United States. The band then released their second album, Doll Domination (2008). It successfully charted at number 4 on the Hot-200.
She later started her solo career with Her Name is Nicole. She also sang the song Jai Ho for the film Slumdog Millionaire in 2008. In 2010, she took part in the show Dancing with the Stars. She also became a judge on the X-Factor show and The Sing-off competition. Nicole received the Glamor Award for Television Personality in 2013.
Personal life of Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger dated Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov in 2016. She was 13 years older than him. However, in May 2017, the couple broke up. She was spotted with DJ Calvin Harris in 2016. She dated Matt Terry (winner and contestant of The X Factor in 2016).
In 2015, Nicole was very close with Ed Sheeran, musician and singer. And also with singer and rapper Jay-Z. He was rumored to have been cheating on his wife Beyoncé at the time. She was seen with R&B singer Chris Brown in 2012. She has also been associated with Steve Jones, Derek Hough and Drake. She also met Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton. It was a mutually beneficial relationship from 2007 to 2015.
Inspired by her aunt with Down syndrome, she made significant contributions to charities. She has partnered with UNICEF and traveled to countries like the Philippines to find ways to help children in need.
Nicole is active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. She has over 7,26 million Facebook followers, 3,8 million Instagram followers and 5,41 million Twitter followers. She has over 813k subscribers on her YouTube channel.
Her net worth is $8 million and her salary is $1,5 million.
Nicole Scherzinger in 2021
Nicole Scherzinger at the beginning of March 2021 presented the video clip of She's BINGO. Luis Fonsi and MC Blitzy helped her to create the video. The video was filmed in Miami.
The new celebrity song is a perfect reimagining of the late 1970s disco classic. In addition, it turned out that the clip is an advertisement for the mobile game Bingo Blitz.
