Biography: Nick Lachey, Nick Leggatt, Nicola Piovani, Nicole Scherzinger, Nino Rota, NLT, Norman Gimbel, Natalie Grant, Natalie Imbruglia, Natalie Merchant,

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As the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC redefined pop music for the masses upon the closing of the 1990s, 98° were also making girls scream and swoon with their darling good looks and delightsome harmonies

Nick Leggatt Biography, Photos, Pictures

Nick Leggatt, while proud of his useless advanced degrees, has chosen to avoid a stodgy teaching career and instead fills his life with writing and cartooning He has written regular columns and freelance articles on a variety of subjects - from gossip to the best local live music to how to buy a gun to political humor - for several “alternative weeklies, ” many of which have not gone out of business since

Nicola Piovani Biography, Photos, Pictures

Italian film composer Nicola Piovani vaulted to international renown via his Academy Award-winning score for the 1998 feature La Vita è Bella, better known to North American audiences as Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful

Nicole Scherzinger Biography, Photos, Pictures

Pop singer and dancer Nicole Scherzinger was born Nicole Elikolani Prescovia Scherzinger on June 29, 1978, in Honolulu, HI, but was raised mostly in Louisville, KY, moving there at age six with her mom after her parents separated

Famed for his inspired work with director Federico Fellini, Nino Rota was one of the most prolific and acclaimed film composers of his era, with a list of soundtrack credits ranging from La Dolce Vita to Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather

NLT
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R&B-oriented pop group NLT (Not Like Them) began to take shape when the then 14-year-old V was told by producer Chris Stokes — whose group, B2K, was using V’s parents’ Los Angeles dance studio — that his demo would be given a shot, as long as he was part of a group

Norman Gimbel Biography, Photos, Pictures

Songwriter Norman Gimbel scored his first major hit authoring lyrics for Toots Thielemans’ 1961 tune “Bluesette”; he subsequently wrote the English-language adaptation of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s classic “The Girl From Ipanema,” also adapting compositions by Michel Legrand (“I Will Wait for You” and “Watch What Happens,” both from Jacques Demy’s celebrated film musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and Marcus Valle (“Summer Samba [So Nice]”)

Natalie Grant Biography, Photos, Pictures

At the age of 17, Natalie Grant decided to start arranging music for the youth choir at her church in Seattle, WA It was her desire to provide music that was relevant to her generation

Natalie Imbruglia Biography, Photos, Pictures

By mixing Lisa Loeb/Alanis Morissette-like singing with music that sounds similar to a more mainstream Portishead at times, Natalie Imbruglia became one of the biggest pop sensations in Europe

Natalie Merchant Biography, Photos, Pictures

First rising to fame at the helm of the popular folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant subsequently enjoyed even greater success as a solo performer as her plaintive vocals and literate, socially conscious songs established her among the preeminent female performers in contemporary pop

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