Nivea
Country	Atlanta, Georgia
Years active	2001-present
Genre(s)	R&B
Label(s)	Jive (2001-2005)

Nivea Hamilton (born March 24, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia), professionally known as Nivea, is a female African-American R&B singer. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Jive Records is an American record label that specializes in producing and releasing pop and hip hop music. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town, The ATL Official website: http://www. ... An African American (also Afro-American or Black American, or black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...

Career

Nivea Hamilton debuted in the music industry on Mystikal's #1 2001 hit "Danger (Been So Long)". She was quickly signed to Jive Records, and they released her debut single, the pop "Don't Mess With The Radio". However, the single failed to hit, and her album was pushed back to the following year. It wasn't until they regrouped (and she had overseas success with the Australian release of her album), and reintroduced Nivea with her second single, "Don't Mess With My Man" featuring Brian & Brandon Casey (of R&B group Jagged Edge), that her album saw a release date. Michael Tyler, also known as Mystikal (born September 22, 1970) is an American rapper. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Jagged Edge is an American R&B singing group that was originally signed through Jermaine Dupris SoSo Def Records to Columbia Records. ...

Retooled with a few newly-recorded songs and a couple left off the Australian release, her self-titled debut was released in December 2002. The album disappointed, barely debuting in the top 100. By 2003, the success of "Don't Mess With My Man" geared her for her first Grammy nomination, for "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal". She lost to acappella group Take 6. Her third single "Laundromat" was released during the R. Kelly controversy, so instead of him appearing in her music video, he was replaced with Nick Cannon playing the boyfriend character. The next singles ("Ya Ya Ya" and "25 Reasons") were only released to radio. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1985 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. ... Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois), who goes by the stage name of R. Kelly, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer who first appeared on the R&B scene in 1992 and came to dominate it throughout the 1990s and in... Nick Cannon in Drumline. ...

It wasn't until 2004 that Nivea reappeared, with a new marriage (to music producer Terius "The Dream" Nash), and her Lil' Jon-produced single "Okay" which had moderate success, but was lost due to the introduction of R&B singer Ciara. Soon, her album followed in Spring 2005, but was severely underpromoted. The album was a huge commercial failure. Lil Jon This article is about the American rap producer. ... Ciara (Ciara Harris, born October 25, 1985 in Austin, Texas) is an American rhythm and blues singer best known for her 2004 US #1 single Goodies. ...

Her impending pregnancy caused Jive Records to put promotional plans on hold, but by the time of her child's birth, Jive had given up on the project all together. "Parking Lot", produced by hitmaker Jermaine Dupri, was the planned second single, but plans fell through, and by the Fall, her third single "Complicated" was set to be released. However, her contract with Jive Records ends in 2005, and any more plans for her second album are left unfinished. Jive Records is an American record label that specializes in producing and releasing pop and hip hop music. ... Jermaine Dupri (born Jermaine Dupri Mauldin on September 23, 1972 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American record producer and rapper. ... Jive Records is an American record label that specializes in producing and releasing pop and hip hop music. ...

Discography

Albums

• Nivea (2001) #80 US (325,000 copies sold)
• Complicated (2005) #37 US (84,000 copies sold)

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Singles

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External links

• Official website
• Fansite