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Nicole Holness Nicole Holness (born April 13, 1984) is a TV host and R&B singer. Between 2002 and 2005, she was part of the Canadian girl group X-Quisite alongside Melanie Fiona and Nirvana Savoury. In 2006, Holness was chosen as one of the original seven co-h ...

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(Then distributed by

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Canada) soon after the group was established in 2002. The group released their self-titled debut studio album ''X-Quisite'' in 2003. In 2004, the album earned the group a

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nomination for " R&B/Soul Recording of the Year". The group had a number of singles from their debut album, most notably "Bad Girl", "No Regrets" and "Sassy Thang". The group disbanded in 2005, with all three members moving on to pursue solo music careers.

After break-up

Nicole Holness

(born April 13, 1984, in Toronto, Ontario) became a television host as one of the original seven co-hosts of

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and their flagship series '' MTV Live''. On March 1, 2011, she released her debut solo album ''Unreleased''. The album was preceded by her debut single, "Epic" (May 5, 2009) and "Pop Yo Bottles" (June 29, 2010). She has also been a model in several Canadian national print advertisement campaigns.

Melanie Fiona Hallim

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, and Portuguese descent. followed a very lucrative musical career. After a brief period in another group called The Renaissance with rapper

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, and recorded a

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song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the

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Syren Hall. The song was included in the ''Reggae Gold 2008'' compilation album. She went solo with her debut album '' The Bridge'' released in 2009, having collaborated with Future Cut,

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, J. Phoenix and

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. The debut single "

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" (February 28, 2009) was a hit on Canadian Hot 100 chart and reached number 41 on the

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. The second single, "

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", became her breakout song on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 where it entered the Top 50, along with topping the

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chart. The song earned her a

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nomination for

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. The song " Monday Morning" is her biggest hit in Europe to date. ''The Bridge'' also earned her a

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nomination for Outstanding New Artist. In 2012, Hallim won two Grammy Awards for Best Traditional R&B Performance and

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for the song "Fool for You" with

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. In 2011, Hallim began recording her second studio album ''

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''. She has co-written songs for recording artists

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, working with, amongst others, super producer

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Andreena Mill

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and

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Nirvana Savoury

Nirvana Savoury quit music for a while after her brother died in 2008. He had been suffering for many years of

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. She also

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some time later as a lesbian. She has made a comeback in the 2010s, with release of a single "Lipstick Lover" in 2011 in addition to a dance mixtape version with Jester and Kid Kut from Toronto. The mixtape also contains three original tracks, "Ambulance", "Flavors" and "Throb". Savoury also appeared in

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's 2012 album '' Finally Free'' with the track "Tell Me" featuring Nirvana Savoury. She is working on a solo album for release in 2013.

Discography

Albums

*2003: ''X-Quisite'' Track list #"Colors" (1:00) #"Sassy Thang" (4:10) #"Bad Girl" (3:36) #"Don't Say" (2:58) #"No Regrets" (3:22) #"How We Swing" (3:31) #"Best Friends" (3:47) #"Who's the Man" (3:32) #"Showing Love" (4:20) #"Why You Do" (3:42) #"Ex-Girlfriend" (3:13) #"Foolio" (1:13) #"Through the Week" (5:21) #"Bad Girl" #"No Regrets" (4:30) #"Don't Say" (2:57) #"No Regrets" (3:26)

Singles

*"No Regrets"(2002) *”Bad Girl” (2003) *"Sassy Thang" (2004)

References

External links

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