Little Nikki

For the 2000 film, see Little Nicky.
Little Nikki
Birth name Nicole Shortland
Born (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996[1]
Origin West London, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments Singing
Years active 2009–present
Labels Mercury
Associated acts

Nicole Shortland[2] (born 5 March 1996), better known by her stage name Little Nikki, is a singer-songwriter from London.[2] She is best known for her 2013 single "Little Nikki Says", which peaked to number 53 on the UK Singles Chart. She was also a member of SoundGirl.

Career

2010–12: SoundGirl

Main article: SoundGirl

She started off as a member of SoundGirl,[3] They released the single "Don't Know Why" in June 2011, which peaked to number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. They also put two singles that were never released on their YouTube account, "The Game" and "Walking On Air". The band split up in April 2012.

2012–present: Breakthrough

On 2 November 2012 she released her debut single "Intro Intro". On 26 April 2013 she released her second single "Where I'm Coming From". On 6 September 6, 2013 she released her third single "Little Nikki Says" which was used for the advertisement for the summer range for Boohoo.com where Little Nikki and Boohoo created the "first ever shoppable music video", the song has peaked to number 53 on the UK Singles Chart. She was featured on Maxsta's "Wanna Go",[4] the song was released on 29 September 2013, the song has peaked to number 43 on the UK Singles Chart. In addition, she co-wrote the song Towers from Little Mix's second album Salute.[5] She has confirmed that her single "YoYo" was used in another Boohoo.com advert for their Autumn/Winter range.[6] Nikki features on the 2014 DJ Fresh vs. TC single "Make U Bounce", a rework of TC's 2012 song "Make You Bounce". It was released on 22 June.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[7]
2012 "Intro Intro" N/A
2013 "Where I'm Coming From"
"Little Nikki Says" 53
2014 "Right Before My Eyes"
(feat. DJ S.K.T)
140
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[7]
2013 "Wanna Go"
(Maxsta featuring Little Nikki)
43 Non-album single
2014 "Make U Bounce"
(DJ Fresh vs. TC featuring Little Nikki)
10 TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos

Year Title Director
2012 "Intro Intro"[8] N/A
2013 "Where I'm Coming From"[9]
"Little Nikki Says"[10]
2014 "YoYo"[11]

References

  1. Twitter post
  2. 1 2 "Little Nikki". Skiddle.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. "Little Nikki". MTV. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. "Wanna Go (Ft. Little Nikki) Video". MTV. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  5. Salute (booklet). Little Mix. Syco Music/Columbia Records. 2013.
  6. "Boohoo - AW13". Tvadmusic.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  7. 1 2 Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  8. Little Nikki - Intro Intro (KG Refix) - YouTube
  9. Little Nikki - Where I'm Coming From - YouTube
  10. Little Nikki - Little Nikki Says - YouTube
  11. Little Nikki - YoYo - YouTube
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