Nico

Nico (born Christa Päffgen; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988) was a German singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress who became famous as a Warhol superstar in the 1960s. She is known for her vocals on The Velvet Underground's debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), and her work as a solo artist. She also had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966).

Early life

Nico was born Christa Päffgen in Cologne. When she was two years old, she moved with her mother and grandfather to the Spreewald forest outside of Berlin to escape the bombardments of Cologne. Her father Hermann, born into a dynasty of Colognian master brewers, was enlisted as a soldier during World War II and sustained head injuries that caused severe brain damage and ended his life in a psychiatric institution; according to an unproven rumor, he was variously said to have died in a concentration camp, or to have faded away as a result of shell shock.

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Nico & Vinz

Nico & Vinz are an African-Norwegian group singing and songwriting duo composed of Kahouly Nicolay "Nico" Sereba from Holmlia, Oslo and Vincent "Vinz" Dery from Lambertseter, Oslo. They formed in 2009 as Envy and are based in Oslo. They changed their name to Nico & Vinz in January 2014 after the international success of "Am I Wrong".

Music career

2010–11: Formation and debut mixtape

Nico Sereba of Norwegian-Ivorian origin and Vincent Dery of Norwegian-Nigerian origin created their music as a fusion of genres as diverse as pop to reggae to soul, having been exposed by the various musical influences of their parents with whom they did recurring trips to the West Coast of Africa. The duo was launched as Envy with its main debut appearance at Emergenza Festival in 2011. They won first place at the Taubertal Open Air Festival World's "Emergenza Final" for new emerging artists. Following that success, the duo released the mixtape Dreamworks: Why Not Me under the name Envy. The materials were also made available online through WiMP.

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Nico (Romanian singer)

Nicoleta Matei, known by her stage name Nico (born on 1 February 1970), is a Romanian singer, TV personality and spokesperson for Catena in Romania. In her country, she is known for having collaborated with several Romanian hip hop artists, such as Morometzii (in 1999), B.U.G. Mafia (in 2000, 2002), Cabron (in 2003, 2007, 2010), Puya, Blat Jargon, and Codu Penal. She is considered one of the best Romanian voices ever. She represented Romania along with Vlad in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Pe-o margine de lume".

Biography

1970-2000: Early life and career beginnings

Nico was born and raised in Ploiești, where she still lives. In 1990, she graduated from The Popular Art School and starting with 1996, she attended several Romanian music contests, winning many prizes. Since 1996 she is the main voice of the Toma Caragiu Theater in Ploiești, winning for 4 years in a row the award for the Best Female Vocal Performer on The National Festival of Variety Shows in Theatres in Romania. In 1998 she made her first TV appearance, together with Horia Brenciu on a show called Sarabanda, where she used to cover many of Romanian and international hits. In 1999 she made her first major participation on a national music competition, called Mamaia Music Festival, finishing 2nd on the Composing Section with the song Si Daca Viata Mea.

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Nico (given name)

Nico is the given name, and is also used as a shortened form of the name Nicholas (particularly in Italian, Spanish and French, but also occasionally in English), Domenico and Dominic. It means Victorious People.

People who have this given name include:

Dr Nico Kasanda (1939-1985), guitarist and composer

Nico Naldini (born 1929), Italian novelist, poet, and film director

Nico Pulzetti (born 1984), Italian football (soccer) midfielder

Nico Pepe (born 1917), Italian film actor

Nico Perrone (born 1935), Italian journalist

Nico Colaluca (born 1986), American professional soccer player

Nico Assumpção (1954-), Brazilian bass player

Nico Covatti (born 1988), Italian-Argentine professional motorcyclist

Nico Casavecchia (born 1981), Argentine film director

Nico Fidenco (born 1933), Italian singer

Nico Vascellari (born 1976) Italian artist and musician

Nico Hülkenberg (born 1987), Formula One driver for Force India

Nico Jalink (born 1964), Dutch football player

Nico Landeweerd (born 1954), Dutch water polo player

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Nico (disambiguation)

Nico was a German singer-songwriter, fashion model and actress.

Nico may also refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Nico (album), the 1996 album by the group Blind Melon

Nico (TV series), a cartoon about a blind boy

Above the Law (film), a 1988 film known as Nico in some countries

Shadow of the Colossus, a video game called Nico while in development

Nico di Angelo, a fictional character in the books Percy Jackson & the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Nico Bellic, the main protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV

Nico Yazawa, a character in the anime and franchise Love Live!

People

Nico (Romanian singer) (born 1970)

Antonio Mariño Souto (born 1935), Cuban painter, known as Ñico

Nico Tortorella (born 1988), American actor

Klaus Peter Cadsky, Swiss cartoonist

Other uses

Neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis, a medical condition

Naftiran Intertrade Co. (trading code "NICO"), Swiss-based subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company

Nico (TV series)

Nico (known as Nicholas in most non-Spanish-speaking countries) was a 2001 Spanish animated television series produced by BRB Internacional and the National Organization of the Spanish Blind about the title character, Nico a boy that is blind. Blind people in the cartoon are usually referred to by the more politically correct term "visually impaired" (invidente) regardless of how severe, or otherwise, their blindness is.

The series raised awareness of progresses being made in cities as they became more blind-friendly. It also educated children about blind people.

Characters

Nico is initially introduced as moving to a new school, where the rest of the main characters, his classmates, are introduced. In the first episode, he states that he progressively lost his sight, and was therefore integrated into a school for visually impaired people for the last few years. This is later retconned to him being blind from birth: This was expressed explicitly in one episode, he tells a supermodel that has recently lost her sight that it is best to have been able to see once, than to never have seen like him.

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