Nicco

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Nicco
Birth nameNiccolo Cruz DeFelice
Born (1977-08-07) August 7, 1977 (age 47)
Queens, New York City
Genres Rock metal
InstrumentGuitar

Nick Constantine Maniatty (born August 7, 1977), known by his mononym Nicco, is an American recording artist with pop, Europop, dance, reggae, house and electronic influences. He was signed to Sony in April 2011 and released his debut single "Downpour" in August 2011. [1] His continuous growing success in the Euro-dance scene led to his international hit "Party Shaker" with R.I.O. that made it to the Top Ten in Austria, [2] Germany [3] and Switzerland [4] and became a Top 40 hit in both France [5] and the Netherlands. [6]

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Early life and education

Nick Constantine Maniatty was born on August 7, 1977 in the borough of Queens, New York City. He attended Northeastern University. He had spending summers working in St. John U.S. Virgin Islands where his family lives.

Career

After collaborating with European dance producers, he became popular with European night clubs, particularly after collaborating with a number of European artists, most notably with Austrian DJs Darius & Finlay starting 2009 appearing in a number of mixes and recordings and making an impact in Austria and Germany with recordings like "Do It All Night" and "Destination" released by Trak Music and "Rock to the Beat", "Hold On" and "Till Morning" released by Sony Germany. He also collaborated with Polish producer and DJ Robert M. in "Dance Hall Track" that was a hit in Poland and was certified gold. He came back in 2012 with a new version of "Do It All Night" with Darius & Finlay featuring Zimbabwe-born German rapper Carlprit and Nicco. Nicco recently collaborated with R.I.O, as the voice of "Party Shaker", R.I.O.feat. Nicco, allowing him to broaden his international presence.

Musical style and influences

Nicco molded his craft over the years and during his studies at Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts. He moved to Queens, New York where he was singing and performing Dance-hall Reggae and Soca music in many of the well known Caribbean clubs in Brooklyn, New York. In the past 10 years Nicco has used his reggae influences to fuse both his vocals and rough chanting to formulate a new sound.

Nicco was influenced from a very young age with reggae music.

Awards and nominations

Discography

Solo

As Darius & Finlay featuring Nicco

Albums

  • "Destination" (2009)
  • "Do It All Night" (2009)

Singles

  • "Rock to the Beat" (2009)
  • "Hold On" (2010)
  • "Till Morning" (2011)
  • "Firestarter" (2015)

As Darius & Finlay featuring Carlprit & Nicco

As Nicco & Dank

Featuring

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUT
[7] 		BEL
(Wa)
[8] 		FRA
[9] 		GER NL
[10] 		NOR
[11] 		SWI
[12]
2012"Party Shaker"
(R.I.O. feat. Nicco)		10295102986Turn This Club Around (Deluxe Edition)

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References

  1. ↑ PRlog: Nicco Signs to Sony Music – His first solo single “Downpour” to be released on August 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ AustrianCharts Archived chart page for 22 June 2012 – "Party Shaker" #10
  3. ↑ Billboard: German Charts – Party Shaker
  4. ↑ Hit Parade.ch: Suchergebnisse in der Schweizer Hitparade – "Party Shaker" (in German)
  5. ↑ Charts in France: Pure Charts – R.I.O feat. Nicco "Party Shaker
  6. ↑ http://www.top40.nl/r-i-o-feat-nicco/r-i-o-feat-nicco-party-shaker_22914 Dutch Top 40 charts – "Party Shaker" page
  7. ↑ "R.I.O. feat. Nicco – "Party Shaker" – Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at/ Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "R.I.O. feat. Nicco "Party Shaker" – Belgian Charts (Wallonia)". ultratop.be/ Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "R.I.O. feat. Nicco "Party Shaker" – French Charts". lescharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "R.I.O. feat. Nicco "Party Shaker" – Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl/ Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "R.I.O. feat. Nicco "Party Shaker" – Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com / Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "R.I.O. feat. Nicco "Party Shaker" – Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch/ Hung Medien.
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