Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter and television personality. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, she began performing in singing and dancing competitions as a child. Scherzinger became interested in pursuing a career in the music industry following a minor role as a background singer in rock band Days of the New in late 1999. She later auditioned to be a member of Eden's Crush and won a role in the group, however after the split, was later cast as the lead vocalist of pop group The Pussycat Dolls, one of the world'sbest-selling girl groups of all time. After the success of the group's debut album, it brought Scherzinger into the media spotlight, which resulted in multiple solo guest appearances. Her first solo single "Baby Love" became a worldwide success and as early as 2007, a debut solo album by Scherzinger was anticipated, but never materialized
In college, Scherzinger majored in musical theatre at Wright State University, where she had a role in Chicago and in Show Boat. She then put her studies in art on hold in 1999 to sing backing vocals for the rock band, Days of the New. Band leader Travis Meeksclaims that after touring for the album, the two grew apart creatively and that despite being an "amazing entertainer," she "didn’t seem to understand music very well." In 2001, Scherzinger went on to audition on The WB's television show, Popstars in which she auditioned with Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You". Scherzinger later won the show as part of Eden's Crush, in which she was one of the lead vocalists for the group. The group released the single, "Get Over Yourself", which charted within the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. They later went on to tour with 'N Sync and Jessica Simpson. will.i.am approached Scherzinger to become a member of The Black Eyed Peas, but her boyfriend at the time, Nick Hexum forced her to decline as he controlled her entire career to try to make her a solo artist. The position was eventually given to Fergie. In late 2001, the band's record company, London-Sire Records, went bankrupt, and the group split.
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