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American singer Nicole Scherzinger has recorded songs for two studio albums and other projects, including collaborations with other artists. She came to prominence in the early 2000s as a member of the girl-group Eden's Crush. Under her Hawaiian name, Nicole Kea, she began distributing demo CDs to different labels in hopes of a solo deal. In 2003 Scherzinger auditioned for and was cast as the lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls, a burlesque troupe turned recording music group.[1]
While recording the group's debut album, PCD (2005), Scherzinger began working on her own solo album titled Her Name Is Nicole, which was due to be released in 2007.[1] Over the course of two years, Scherzinger recorded around 100 songs while working with songwriter-producers Akon, Sean Garrett, Gary Lightbody, Ne-Yo, Polow da Don, T.I., Timbaland and will.i.am.[1] In September 2007 Scherzinger released her debut single, "Baby Love" featuring will.i.am, achieving moderate success.[1] The lack of success of the other three singles: "Whatever U Like", "Supervillain" and "'Puakenikeni", led Scherzinger to cancel her Then Debut Album Titled "Her Name Is Nicole", and focus on the Pussycat Dolls' second studio album.[2] Doll Domination (2008) included songs like "Happily Never After", "I Hate This Part", "When I Grow Up" and "Who's Gonna Love You" which were originally recorded by Scherzinger for her solo effort.[2] In 2009 Scherzinger was asked to re-write and record a pop music version of "Jai Ho", a song from the film Slumdog Millionaire.[3] The new English language version of the song was called "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)", and Scherzinger was credited as a featured artist causing internal strife within and the eventual split of the group.[3]
Following the disbandment of the Pussycat Dolls, Scherzinger once again began working on her debut studio album in 2010. Moroccan producer RedOne, famed for his work with Lady Gaga, worked extensively with Scherzinger, producing and writing half of the album's songs. The album was named Killer Love, after a song of the same name produced by RedOne.[4] Scherzinger would later confirm that it was her decision to not put out the previous incarnation of her debut album, Her Name Is Nicole.[5] Killer Love was released on March 11, 2011, featuring just one of the songs from the Her Name is Nicole recording sessions, Scherizinger's collaboration with Sting, "Power's Out".[6][7] Scherzinger and RedOne wrote the lead single "Poison", "Killer Love", "Desperate" and "Everybody" while "AmenJena" was co-written with Trina Harmon. Other contributions come from the likes of Jim Jonsin, StarGate, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Boi-1da. The second single, "Don't Hold Your Breath", was written by Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg and Toby Gad;[6] it reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and became Scherzinger's highest-charting single in the country,[8] while its third single "Right There" became the singer's highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100.[9]
In March 2013, Scherzinger released a new will.i.am-produced single "Boomerang", which was expected to be the lead single from her then untitled second album.[10][11] New recording sessions resumed with previous collaborators Tricky Stewart and The-Dream in the summer of 2013[12] and by 2014, Scherzinger had left her long time record label Interscope for a new multi-record deal with RCA Records and Sony Music.[13] Second album Big Fat Lie was released in October 2014 and features the singles "Your Love", "Run", "On the Rocks" and "Bang".[14] The album was written and produced almost entirely by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, with Scherzinger co-writing the title track, and Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels contributing to "Run". During her career, Scherzinger has also covered songs from various musicals, including "And I Am Telling You" (from Dreamgirls) with Sam Bailey, for Bailey's debut album The Power of Love, "Memory" (from Cats) and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (from Evita) amongst others.
† | Indicates single release |
# | Indicates promotional single release |
Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Album | Year | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
"AmenJena" | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger Trina Harmon |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"And I Am Telling You" | Sam Bailey & Nicole Schzinger | Tom Eyen Henry Krieger |
The Power of Love | 2014 | [15] |
"Baby Can't Drive" | Slash featuring Alice Cooper & Nicole Scherzinger | Saul Hudson Alice Cooper Nicole Scherzinger |
Slash | 2010 | [16] |
"Baby Love" † | Nicole Scherzinger featuring will.i.am | Nicole Scherzinger William Adams Kara DioGuardi Keith Harris |
Doll Domination (International deluxe edition) [note 1] | 2007 | [17] |
"Bang" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Big Fat Lie" | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Boomerang" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Danny Mercer Morgan Jackson Anthony Preston Sandy Wilhelm Azengo |
— | 2013 | [18] |
"Breakfast in Bed" | Nicole Scherzinger | Eddie Hinton Donnie Fritts |
50 First Dates | 2004 | [19] |
"Casualty" | Nicole Scherzinger | Matthew Samuels Andrea England Liz Rodrigues Bret Ryan Zalezy Epstein |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Club Banger Nation" | Nicole Scherzinger | RedOne Bilal "The Chef" Kinnda "Kee" Hamid |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Cold World" | Nicole Scherzinger | Justin Tranter Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Coconut Tree" † | Mohombi featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Mohombi RedOne Bilal "The Chef" AJ Junior BeatGeek |
MoveMeant | 2011 | [20] |
"Come to Me" † | Diddy featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Sean Combs Mike Winans Jacoby White Shay Winans Nicole Scherzinger Shannon "Slam" Lawrence Roger Greene Jr. Richard Frierson Yakubu Izuagbe |
Press Play | 2006 | [21] |
"Desperate" | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger RedOne Kinnda "Kee" Hamid |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Don't Ask Her That" | Shaggy featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Orville Richard Burrell Ricardo George Ducent Scott Storch |
Clothes Drop | 2005 | |
"Don't Hold Your Breath" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Josh Alexander Billy Steinberg Toby Gad |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Do You Love Me" | Colt Prattes, Nicole Scherzinger, and J. Quinton Johnson | Berry Gordy | Dirty Dancing: Original Television Soundtrack | 2017 | [22] |
"The Drop" † | with Dimitri Vegas and David Guetta; featuring Azteck | Clementine Douglas David Guetta Dimitri Thivaious Ki Fitzgerald Paul John Harris Toby Scott |
— | 2022 | [23] |
"Electric Blue" | Nicole Scherzinger featuring T.I. | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart Clifford Harris, Jr. |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Everybody" | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger RedOne Adil Khayat AJ Junior Bilal "The Chef" Jimmy Joker Beatgeek Trina Harmon |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Far Away from Home" | will.i.am featuring Nicole Scherzinger | William Adams Lukasz Gottwald Henry Walter |
#willpower | 2013 | [24] |
"Fino all'estasi" † | Eros Ramazzotti featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Eros Ramazzotti Luca Chiaravalli Anthony Preston Carlo Rizoli Saverio Grandi |
Noi | 2012 | [25] |
"Fire" | 50 Cent featuring Young Buck & Nicole Scherzinger | Curtis Jackson Andre Young Dawaun Parker Sylvester Jordan Nikki Grier |
Curtis | 2007 | [26] |
"First Time" | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Girl with a Diamond Heart" | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"God of War" | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"The Greatest Love of All" | Jahméne Douglas featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Michael Masser Linda Creed |
Love Never Fails | 2013 | [27] |
"Hasta el Éxtasis" †[note 2] | Eros Ramazzotti featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Eros Ramazzotti Anthony Preston Carlo Rizoli Saverio Grandi Mila Ortiz Martin |
Somos | 2012 | [28] |
"Heartbeat" †[note 3] | Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Enrique Iglesias Mark Taylor Jamie Scott |
Euphoria | 2010 | [29] |
"Heartbreaker" | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Hotel Room Service" (remix) † | Pitbull featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Armando C. Perez James Scheffer Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards Luther Campbell David Hobbs Mark Ross Christopher Wongwon Hugh Brankin Ross Campbell John Reid Graham Wilson |
Pitbull Starring in Rebelution | 2009 | [30] |
"Hush Hush; Hush Hush" † | The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger [note 4] | Andreas Romdhane Josef Larossi Ina Wroldsen Nicole Scherzinger Freddie Perren Dino Fekaris |
Doll Domination (re-release), Doll Domination 2.0 and Doll Domination: The Mini Collection |
2009 | [31] |
"Io Ti Penso Amore" | David Garrett featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Niccolò Paganini Bernard Rose |
Garrett vs. Paganini | 2014 | [32] |
"I Try Is Cool and All, But (Skit)" | Macy Gray featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Macy Gray Nicole Scherzinger Hal Wilner |
Covered | 2012 | [33] |
"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" † | A. R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger |
Nicole Scherzinger Ester Dean Ron Fair Evan Bogart Erika Nuri David Quiñones Nailah Thorbourne Nyanda Thorbourne Candace Thorbourne |
Doll Domination (re-release), Doll Domination 2.0 and Doll Domination: The Mini Collection |
2009 | [34] |
"Just a Girl" | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Killer Love" | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger RedOne AJ Junior Bilal "The Chef" Beatgeek Jimmy Joker |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Lie About Us" † | Avant featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Beau Dozier Bruce Boniface |
Director | 2006 | [35] |
"Little Boy" | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Love Song to the Earth" † | Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Colbie Caillat, Natasha Bedingfield, Leona Lewis, Sean Paul, Johnny Rzeznik, Krewella, Angélique Kidjo, Kelsea Ballerini, Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Grimmie, Victoria Justice & Q'orianka Kilcher | Toby Gad John Shanks Natasha Bedingfield Sean Paul |
— | 2015 | [36] |
"Memory" (from Cats) | Il Divo featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Andrew Lloyd Webber Roberto Ferri |
A Musical Affair | 2013 | [37] |
"Memory" (from Cats) | Nicole Scherzinger | Andrew Lloyd Webber Trevor Nunn |
Unmasked: The Platinum Collection | 2018 | [38] |
"Missing You" † | Alex Gaudino featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino Giuseppe D'Albenzio Autumn Rowe |
— | 2013 | [39] |
"Mona Lisa Smile" | will.i.am [note 5] | William Adams George Pajon, Jr. Antônio Maria Luis Bonfa |
— | 2016 | [40] |
"Nandito Ako" | Regine Velasquez & Nicole Schzerzinger | Aaron Paul del Rosario | Giliw: A Troy Laureta OPM Collective, Vol. 2 | 2021 | [41] |
"No Llores por Mi Argentina" (from Evita) | Andrea Bocelli & Nicole Schzerzinger | Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice |
Cinema | 2015 | [42] |
"No One Loves Me" | Black Eyed Peas & Nicole Scherzinger | Damien LeRoy, William Adams Arnel Pineda Jaime Luis Gomez, James Brown |
Elevation | 2022 | [43] |
"O Holy Night" | Nicole Scherzinger | Adolphe Adam | A Very Special Christmas – Essential | 2013 | [44] |
"On the Rocks" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart Carlos McKinney |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [45] |
"Pangako" | Nicole Scherzinger | Ogie Alcasid | Kaibigan: A Troy Laureta OPM Collective, Vol. 1 | 2020 | [46] |
"Papi" | Todrick Hall featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Jean-Yves Ducornet Todrick Hall Carl McGrier Kofi Ofori-Owusu |
Straight Outta Oz | 2016 | [47] |
"Papi Lover" | Daddy Yankee featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Raymond Ayala Nicole Scherzinger Kara DioGuardi |
El Cartel: The Big Boss | 2007 | [48] |
"Poison" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger RedOne Bilal "The Chef" Beatgeek AJ Junior Kinnda "Kee" Hamid |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Power's Out" | Nicole Scherzinger featuring Sting | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart Thaddis Harrell |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Puakenikeni" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger Aliaune Thiam Giorgio Tuinfort Nailah Thorbourne Nyanda Thorbourne |
— | 2007 | [49] |
"Right There" † | Nicole Scherzinger | James Scheffer Ester Dean Frank Romano Daniel Morris |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Right There" † | Nicole Scherzinger featuring 50 Cent | James Scheffer Ester Dean Curtis Jackson Frank Romano Daniel Morris |
Killer Love (deluxe edition) | 2011 | [6] |
"Rio" (Caress Brazilian Mix) # | Nicole Scherzinger | Simon Le Bon John Taylor Roger Taylor Andy Taylor Nick Rhodes |
— | 2008 | [50] |
"Run" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Justin Tranter Felix Snow Julia Michaels |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"Say Yes" | Nicole Scherzinger | RedOne Jimmy Joker Jonas Saeed Pontus Söderqvist Nailah Thourbourne Nyanda Thourbourne Tasha Thourbourne Candace Thourbourne |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Scream" † | Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger | Tim Mosley Keri Hilson Nate Hills |
Shock Value | 2007 | [51] |
"Serenity" | David Garrett and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Franck van der Heijden featuring Nicole Scherzinge | David Garrett Franck van der Heijden Eliot Kennedy |
Explosive (deluxe edition) | 2015 | [52] |
"She's Bingo" # | MC Blitzy featuring Luis Fonsi & Nicole Scherzinger | Daniel Vangarde Jean Kluger Luis Fonsi Roy Uadri Tomer Biran |
— | 2021 | [53] |
"Smile Mona Lisa" | will.i.am[note 6] | William Adams George Pajon, Jr. Antônio Maria Luis Bonfa |
#willpower | 2013 | [24] |
"Supa Hypnotic" | Shaggy featuring Nicole Scherzinger | Alex Cantrall Carsten Schack Kenneth Karlin Lindy Robbins Orville Richard Burrell |
Clothes Drop | 2005 | [54] |
"Supervillain" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Timothy Thomas Theron Thomas Theodore Thomas |
— | 2008 | [55] |
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | The Cast of Dirty Dancing featuring Colt Prattes, Abigail Breslin, J. Quinton Johnson, Nicole Scherzinger, Debra Messing, and Bruce Greenwood |
Dave "Curlee" Williams James Faye "Roy" Hall |
Dirty Dancing: Original Television Soundtrack | 2017 | [22] |
"Tomorrow Never Dies" | Nicole Scherzinger | Andrew Harr Jermaine Jackson Bonnie McKee Kelly Sheehan Alex Delicata |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Trust Me I Lie" | Nicole Scherzinger | Diane Warren | Killer Love (deluxe edition) | 2011 | [6] |
"Try with Me" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Carsten Schack Sean Hurley Olivia Nervo Miriam Nervo |
Killer Love (deluxe edition) | 2011 | [6] |
"Until U Love U" | Nicole Scherzinger | Diane Warren | Doll Domination (deluxe edition) | 2008 | [34] |
"Unison" | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [14] |
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" † | Artists for Haiti | Michael Jackson Lionel Richie |
— | 2010 | [56] |
"Wet | Nicole Scherzinger | Mikkel S. Eriksen Tor Erik Hermansen Sandy Wilhelm Ester Dean Traci Hale |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Whatever U Like" † | Nicole Scherzinger featuring T.I. | Sean Garrett Clifford Harris Nicole Scherzinger Jamal Jones |
— | 2007 | [17] |
"Where You Are | Christopher Jackson, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Auliʻi Cravalho & Louise Bush | Lin-Manuel Miranda Opetaia Foa'i Mark Mancina |
Moana | 2016 | [57] |
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | Nicole Scherzinger and Abigail Breslin | Dave "Curlee" Williams James Faye "Roy" Hall |
Dirty Dancing: Original Television Soundtrack | 2017 | [22] |
"Wings" | Black Eyed Peas featuring Nicole Scherzinger | William Adams Arnel Pineda Jaime Luis Gomez |
Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 | 2018 | [58] |
"You Are My Miracle" † | Vittorio Grigolo and Nicole Scherzinger | Romano Musumarra Giorgio Flavio Pintus |
In the Hands of Love | 2006 | [59] |
"You Will Be Loved" | Nicole Scherzinger | Timothy Thomas Theron Thomas Julian Swirsky |
Killer Love | 2011 | [6] |
"Your Love" † | Nicole Scherzinger | Terius Nash Christopher Stewart |
Big Fat Lie | 2014 | [60] |
Song | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|
"Alienated" |
|
|
"Better Than This" |
|
[62] |
"Break Yo Chest" |
|
[63] |
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" |
|
[64] [65] |
"Feels So Good" |
|
[66] |
"Feels So Good" |
|
[67] |
"Freedom" |
|
[68] |
"Get Over Yourself" |
|
[69] |
"Happily Never After" |
|
[70] [7] [34] |
"Holding On" |
|
[71] |
"How Do You Let Go of the One You Love" |
|
[72] |
"I Blow" |
|
[7] |
"I Hate This Part" |
|
[34] |
"I Miss U" |
|
[7] |
"Just Say Yes" |
|
[73] [74] [75] |
"Last Goodbye" |
|
[76] |
"Love Like This" |
|
[62] [7] |
"March" |
|
[62] [7] |
"Metamorphosis" |
|
[77] |
"Need You Now" |
|
[78] |
"Never Going Back" |
|
[79] [80] |
"Nobody Can Change Me" |
|
[81] [82] |
"On My Side" |
|
[7] [83] |
"Peep Show" |
|
[84] [85] |
"The Phantom of the Opera" |
|
[86] [87] |
"Physical" |
|
[7] [88] |
"Pretty" |
|
[84] [89] |
"Satellite 4" |
|
[90] |
"Save Me from Myself" |
|
[7] [91] |
"Steam" |
|
[62] |
"When I Grow Up" |
|
[34] |
"When You're Falling" |
|
[62] [7] |
"Who's Gonna Love You" |
|
[62] [7] [92] |
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