Megan Nicole Green (née Flores, born September 1, 1993), simply known as Megan Nicole, is an American singer-songwriter and actress who debuted on YouTube in 2009.

Early life

Megan Nicole was born in Houston, Texas to parents Tammy and Frankie Flores, she has a sister named Maddie Taylor. Her mother is of German and Native American descent and her father is Mexican American. She was raised in

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and became interested in music around age 10, when her father purchased a karaoke machine for her. Nicole also participated in her church's music programs, taking part in a church band during high school and choir during middle school.

Career

In 2009, Nicole uploaded her first video to YouTube, her cover of "

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. She followed with more covers on her YouTube channel, which includes songs by

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and other artists. She has several collaborations from fellow YouTube artists such as Tiffany Alvord, Alyssa Bernal,

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and

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. Nicole released her first original song, "B-e-a-utiful", on July 15, 2011. Written by Nicole, Lairs Johnston, Stephen Folden, and Tom Mgrdichian, the "pop ditty" received one million hits after two days and had 27 million hits by November 2013. In August 2012, Nicole signed with

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. In September 2012, Nicole reached number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Social 50 in her fourth week on the popularity chart. An April 2014 article in ''

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'' said that on YouTube, Nicole had 1.5 million subscribers and 350 million video views. She also performed at the Pre-Show Party for the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards. On August 19, 2014, Nicole released her single "Electrified". This was her first single off of her debut album ''Escape'', which is an independent release on Hume Records, following her departure from Bad Boy Records. ''Escape'' has 5 new, original songs all co-written by Nicole and Mgrdichian and is released on October 14, 2014. EP released on Hume Records. The 80's-inspired music video for "Electrified" premiered on People.com on September 16, 2014. Nicole then starred in her first feature film '' Summer Forever'' alongside

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and Anna Grace Barlow, it was released on September 4, 2015, through

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. In 2017, Nicole performed "Get Your Cape On", a cover of the theme song from the animated web series '' DC Super Hero Girls'', originally performed by Jordyn Kane.

Personal life

In March 2017, Nicole became engaged to Cooper Green. They were married on July 1, 2017.

Discography

EP

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Videography

Filmography

Film

Web

References

External links

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