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's hit single " Give Me Everything", and releasing her single " Suave (Kiss Me)" featuring Pitbull and

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which was a success in Europe and the Middle East. Her other known collaborations include songs with

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, Enrique Iglesias,

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, Yomil (of the Cuban duo Yomil y el Dany), Jean-Roch and

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Career

Nayer was discovered by Cuban-American rapper

whom she had the opportunity to do a collaboration with a few years back while signed to Sony. She immediately started working with producers on her music and songwriting. While in the process she appeared on various videos of the rapper from his albums '' Rebelution'', '' Armando'' (2010) and '' Planet Pit'' (2011), such as "

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" and " Shut It Down" (feat.

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). She then did a joint venture with RedOne. Nayer was also featured on Enrique Iglesias' single " Dirty Dancer (Remix)" along Usher and

, and she held a cameo appearance in Enrique Iglesias' " I Like How It Feels" music video. She was also a featured artist on Pitbull's smash " Give Me Everything", along with

and

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. Nayer was nominated in 2012 for MTV Video Music Award as Best Collaboration, and up for four Latin Billboard Nominations in 2013 with "Give Me Everything", being the 2nd female to have the most Nominations. On August 2, 2011, the singer released her single, a song titled " Suave (Kiss Me)", which features Pitbull and Swedish-Congolese singer

. She then joined as opening act Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull on the "Euphoria Tour" across the U.S., Europe and Canada. During 2011 and 2012, Nayer was working on her debut album with RedOne but the project was never released. In 2012, a "promo" video appeared on the Internet. In this video, Nayer talked about recording her album and played snippets of 3 new songs: "Wet", "Love Drum", "Body Talk" (featuring Jason Derulo). In 2013, the full version of "Body Talk" was posted on the Internet. In 2012, Nayer was featured in the official remix of Fonseca's single " Eres Mi Sueño" and on Jean-Roch's single " Name of Love". After going independent in 2013, Nayer changed the direction of her album to urban. In September 2013, she announced a collaboration with rapper

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titled "Thirsty". The song was released for free on

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. In 2014, Nayer decided to go back to her roots. In April 2015, she filmed two music videos. In August, she announced the release of her new single "Mi Cuerpo" (and its fully English version "My Body"). The music videos for "Mi Cuerpo" and "My Body" were released on her

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channel on August 11, 2015. The singles were released on all the music platforms on August 14. The second music video that she filmed in the beginning of that year was for the song "Leila". In 2017, Nayer posted a teaser of the music video on her Instagram but the full video hasn't been released yet. Spanish artist Juan Magán announced on his Twitter that he would release his collaboration with Nayer and Dasoul, produced by

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in "a couple of weeks". The song was released in the beginning of July 2016 as a part of his "Quiero Que Sepas" EP. On April 14, 2017, Nayer released a new single "Yo Soy Lo Que Tu Quieres" featuring Chacal. The music video premiered on June 14. In December 2017, Nayer appeared on AllStar 305's single "Miami Se Calienta". The music video was released on February 27, 2018. The music video for Nayer's song "Adiccion" featuring Yomil was released on May 23, 2018. In July, Nayer announced that the music video for her collaboration with the Lebanese (arabic) singer

called "Leily Leily" would be released on July 20. The song was also released as a single on all the big music platforms on August 20. On September 10, 2018, Nayer launched her own makeup brand.

Discography

Singles as lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances

List of other recorded songs

References

External links

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