Nikki Williams (born 9 November 1988) is a South African singer-songwriter.

Early life

Williams was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She has two older sisters who live in South Africa and a younger sister, Jade Williams, who moved to the USA with her and her mother, Mandy Morgan (née Williams) when she was 16 years old. They lived in Los Angeles for seven months and then moved to

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. Several years later, Nikki moved back to

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where she met Breyon Prescott and signed with his label Chameleon Entertainment/

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Career

Her songwriting credits include

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's " Like My Mother Does", Demi Lovato's platinum selling "

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", Laura Pausini's "Le Due Finestre" (the latest single off Laura's Latin Grammy nominated album Fatti Sentire album). She has also co-written "Fly Again" from the ''Country Strong'''' ''soundtrack,

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's "You Don't Get 2 Do That," "Brand New Man" and "Magnetic," L2M's "Girlz," and Ronnie Milsap's "Make Up (Feat. Mandy Barnett)." Her debut single "Kill, Fuck, Marry", which was produced by Stargate and co-written by

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, was released on 19 November 2012. Her second single "Glowing" was released on 4 December 2012. The song was written by Williams,

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, Daniel James,

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, and produced by Vee. It debuted at No. 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart later reaching No. 3 It also reached No. 21 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Songs chart, and No. 1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. In May 2013, she was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on the American television network

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's ''

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'' show hosted by

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and

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, where she performed live her song "Glowing". Her third single "Thank God It's Friday" was released on 15 November 2013 along with the lyric video which was posted on her YouTube

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channel that same day. Williams is currently signed to Big Yellow Dog Publishing and Atlantic Records. On 16 November 2018, she released her first single in five years, titled "Trouble" with DJ and producer

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Personal life

She married

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's son, Weston on 24 April 2011 in

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. Cage filed for divorce in October 2011, which was finalised in June 2013.

Discography

*"Kill, Fuck, Marry" (2012) *"Glowing" (2012) *"Thank God It's Friday" (2013) *"Trouble" (2018) * “You Don’t Own Me” (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Nikki 1988 births 21st-century South African women singers Def Jam Recordings artists Living people Musicians from Port Elizabeth South African dance musicians South African pop singers South African singer-songwriters White South African people South African emigrants to the United States