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Miriam Nervo and Olivia Nervo are Australian musicians and songwriters, better known by their stage name Nervo or The Nervo Twins. After signing with Sony/ATV Music Publishing at 18 years of age, the twins pursued careers as songwriting partners, co-writing the Grammy Award-winning single, "When Love Takes Over", performed by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland.

Childhood and youth [link]

Miriam and Olivia are twins, born and raised in the Melbourne, Australia, suburb of Ivanhoe, and were students at the Genazzano FCJ College boarding school in Kew. The twins were originally models, signed by the Australian Chadwick Models Agency^[1] and were ambassadors at the L'Oreal Fashion Festival.^[2]

Career [link]

When the sisters were sixteen years of age, a modeling agency indicated interest in the pair's look, but Liv Nervo stated in April 2012 that music "was always the focus" for them.^[3] The twins were accepted into the Opera Australia Academy, but decided to pursue a pop music career instead.^[4] A contract was then signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and the duo subsequently embarked on a songwriting career.^[5] Initial recognition for the pair occurred following the single, "Negotiate with Love", written for British pop singer, Rachel Stevens, which reached tenth position in the United Kingdom (UK) music charts in 2006.^[6] The duo went on to write for Kesha, Richard Grey, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ashley Tisdale and the Pussycat Dolls.^[5] The group co-wrote David Guetta and Kelly Rowland's number one dance hit, "When Love Takes Over" which went on to win a Grammy Award, in addition to reaching the top position on numerous charts around the world.^[7]

In 2010, NERVO played on the Ultra Main Stage during the Winter Music Conference.^[8] In March 2010, Nervo announced a worldwide recording deal with Virgin Records/EMI Music, which included a joint venture to release new artists that Nervo discover and produce.^[9] A month later, NERVO released their club single "This Kind Of Love" through their independent UK-based dance record label, Loaded Records. It went number one on the world club charts, number two on the Music Week club charts and number six on the Music Week pop charts.^[10] In June 2010, Allison Iraheta released the single "Don't Waste the Pretty", co-written by Nervo. The twins also worked on records for Kylie Minogue's eleventh Aphrodite,^[11] Britney Spears,^[12] Cheryl Cole, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Armin Van Buuren^[13] and for Kelly Rowland's self-titled, third studio album.^[14] They also released the single "Irresistible" on Positiva/Armada, which reached number one on the UK Club Chart.^[15]

In June 2011, Nervo opened for pop singer, Britney Spears on her sixth concert tour, the Femme Fatale Tour, along with Nicki Minaj and Jessie and the Toy Boys.^[16] They then hit the iD festival tour.^[17] They also launched a Las Vegas DJ residency with the Wynn Las Vegas.^[18] In July, after DJing at Belgium's Tomorrowland, they wrote a track with Afrojack, "The Way We See The World (Tomorrowland Anthem)" and followed this with "We're All No One" featuring Afrojack and Steve Aoki which reached number one on the UK club charts.^{[citation needed]} In August, NERVO signed with modeling agency, Wilhelmina Models.^{[citation needed]} In September they DJ'd twice at Pacha in Ibiza, at two of the islands biggest club nights – David Guetta's Fuck Me I'm Famous,^[19] and then the closing party of Pete Tongs All Gone Pete Tong.^[20] They were also featured in Pacha magazine.^[21] They wrote the track "Night of Your Life" performed by Jennifer Hudson on David Guetta's new album Nothing but the Beat. They wrote, vocally produced and arranged Agnes Carlsson's single, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Agnes song)". The group also wrote Nicole Scherzinger's single "Try With Me". The twins began hosting a monthly show on Sirius Radio called NERVOnation in 2011.

In 2012, Nervo played at Creamfields in Brazil alongside Fat Boy Slim and the Sunset Music Festival in Tampa. They also played at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and the Spring Awakening Music Festival in Chicago in June 2012. The twins are scheduled to play at the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans in October. Their single, "YGLA (You're Gonna Love Again)",^[22] leaked in 2011 and reached the number one position on the Hype Machine chart.^[23] It was officially released in 2012. In July 2012, they DJ'd again at Belgium's Tomorrowland.

Discography [link]

Singles [link]

As featured artist [link]

Production [link]

References [link]

External links [link]

• Official Website
• Wilhelmina Models
• Chadwick Models
• William Morris Endeavor
• Loaded Records
• Podcast Nervo Twins auf bonedo.de