Nicholas Joseph Pitera (born March 7, 1986) is an American singer, animator and

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. , Pitera worked as a 3D Modeler at

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. Pitera sung the Triple Dent Gum jingle in Pixar's ''

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''. He was also known as the singing voice of Clarence from 2013 ''

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''.

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Nick Pitera is a baritone. Pitera gained his popularity for his extensive vocal range and his unusual feminine

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, as he first demonstrated in his most popular video, a cover of "A Whole New World", from the movie ''

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'' where he sang both Aladdin and Jasmine's parts. In 2011, Pitera released "One Man Disney Movie" using a "'

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'-style grid" to perform "an eight-minute-plus mashup of songs from various big-screen musical fairy tales, from "

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" to " Enchanted," taking on the roles of the heroes, heroines, villains, sidekicks and their furry choirs." In 2012, Pitera released a medley cover of

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songs entitled "One Man Phantom of the Opera." Pitera has also appeared on ''

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'' as one of the audience acts. He sang "

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" from Disney, with himself singing both

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's and

's parts. He released his first self-written original single album called "Better Days" on

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and

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on December 4, 2012. He released an EP of five original songs in 2015. For his work on '' Onward'', Pitera was jointly nominated in 2021 for a VES Award in the category Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature.

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* Living people 1986 births American Internet celebrities American baritones Countertenors American male singers Singers from Minnesota People from Woodbury, Minnesota Pixar people 21st-century American singers American people of Italian descent Ringling College of Art and Design alumni {{US-singer-stub

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