Nikki Flores (born Brandi Nichole Flores; October 17, 1988) is an American independent pop singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer.

Career

Recording artist

Nikki Flores began writing songs and performing at eight years old. Her parents, who are both musicians, built a home studio allowing her to perform. Flores was signed to

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in 2005, at age 16. She recorded two unreleased albums, including ''This Girl'', which featured "Strike", written and produced by

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; she was released from the label in 2009. At this time Flores collaborated with producer Brian Kennedy for a song entitled "Let It Slide". She uploaded a demo version of "Let It Slide" to her Myspace page and it received over 19 million views and reached 1 on the Myspace Top 100 charts. She is proud of this song because of how relatable it is to her audience. "I was only writing about something that was so true for me in my life at that time. I released it on a whim and the response I got was overwhelming," she said. In 2010, Flores signed onto

's Patriot Records, administered by

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. Tedder and Flores parted ways when the label was dissolved in 2012, and she turned her attention to writing with and for other artists.

Songwriting career

In 2012, Flores co-wrote and was featured on "Roses" by

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which was a deluxe edition bonus track on ''Life is Good''. She contributed lyrics and melodies to "Coolin" on

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's ''

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''; "Empty Words" on

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's '' Lotus''; and "One Bad Night", "Palace", and "Sleepover" for

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. She had multiple collaborations with JoJo, including "Mad Love" on '' Mad Love'', 2017's "Wonder Woman" and "Save My Soul" from EP '' III'', which was praised by media outlets such as ''Billboard'', Rap Up and Idolator. Flores is also known in Asia, writing the song "Golden Touch" for

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'' which was a No. 1 album in

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. She wrote "Rush" and "Gold" for Riri, and "Whatta Man" for

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, which peaked at No. 2 on the

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on August 7–13, 2016, with 128,760 downloads sold and 2,752,097 streams. Flores has written for YG recording artists in South Korea.

''XII XV'' EP

In 2015, Flores enlisted the help of producer/musician Blake Stranathan, long time collaborators The Family (

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), and producers Glashaus to build her first release. The project was emotionally centered around ending a six-year relationship and the phases of finding herself in the aftermath. Her website noted influences of

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and

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. In 2016, Flores digitally released two promotional singles, "Canary" (September 9) and "How to Love Her" (October 28), along with music videos shot and directed by Topshelf Junior ( Jhene Aiko,

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). On December 8, Flores released ''XII XV'', a six-song EP which peaked at No. 20 on the US iTunes pop charts the week of its release.

Discography

Miscellaneous

Filmography

*2007 – '' Super Sweet 16: The Movie'' *2007 – ''

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'' *2016 – ''Dancey Dance''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flores, Nikki 1988 births Living people 21st-century American women singers American musicians of Mexican descent American women pop singers American pop pianists American women singer-songwriters American women pianists Musicians from Los Angeles Singer-songwriters from California 21st-century American pianists Hispanic and Latino American musicians 21st-century American singers