Nicole Shortland (born 6 March 1996), known professionally as Nikki Ambers and previously as Little Nikki, is an English singer-songwriter from London. She is best known for her 2013 single "

Little Nikki Says "Little Nikki Says" is a song by British singer/songwriter Little Nikki. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 6 September 2013 as a digital download through Sony Music Entertainment. The song has peaked to number 53 on the UK Singles Ch ...

", which peaked at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart. She was also a member of

SoundGirl SoundGirl were a British girl group that consisted of Izzy Bizu, Izzy Beardshaw, Olivia Redmond, and Little Nikki, Nicole Shortland. Beardshaw and Shortland were friends and school classmates in London that sang together before another girl fro ...

Career

2010–12: SoundGirl

She started off as a member of

, They released the single " Don't Know Why" in June 2011, which peaked at 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 2013 she released her third single "

" 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 peaked at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart. She was featured on Maxsta's "

Wanna Go "Wanna Go" is a song by the British rapper Maxsta, featuring vocals from Little Nikki. It was released on 29 September 2013, through Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multi ...

", the song was released on 29 September 2013, the song peaked at number 43 on the UK Singles Chart. In addition, she co-wrote the song Towers from

Little Mix Little Mix are a British girl group, composed of group members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, and Perrie Edwards. Jesy Nelson was originally part of the group before she left in 2020. After becoming the first group to win the British ver ...

's second album '' Salute''. She has confirmed that her single "YoYo" was used in another Boohoo.com advert for their Autumn/Winter range. Nikki features on the 2014 DJ Fresh vs. TC single "

Make U Bounce "Make U Bounce" is a single by DJ Fresh vs. TC, and the third single from Fresh's forthcoming fourth studio album. It was released on 29 June 2014 in the United Kingdom and 30 June 2014 in Belgium. The song is a reworking of an old TC track by ...

", a rework of TC's 2012 song "Make You Bounce", released on 22 June. On 2 February 2019, she performed on '' The Voice UK''.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Music videos

References

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