Britt Nicole
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Brittany Nicole Waddell (born August 2, 1985) is a Christian music
artist who performs under the name Britt Nicole. She is signed to EMI CMG
/Sparrow
.
Waddell began singing at the age of three in her home church, Truth Temple of (Kannapolis, North Carolina). She, along with her brother and cousin, eventually became involved with the church's daily program on Charlotte TV station WAXN. At South Rowan High School, she was a member of the school's advanced chorus group, and had the opportunity to perform with them at Carnegie Hall
in New York. Waddell is also an alumna of Duke University
's Brightleaf Music Workshop.
in Nashville, Tennessee
, to pursue a full-time music career. She felt that God was calling her to concentrate on music instead of going to college. In 2004, she signed a management deal with Vertical Entertainment, and then signed a development deal with Word Records
. Sparrow Records
signed her in 2006, and her first album Say It was released on May 22, 2007. Britt Nicole was the opening act on the Winter Jam Tour with Sanctus Real
, Hawk Nelson
, Jeremy Camp
, Steven Curtis Chapman
, and Newsong
.
Her song "Indestructible" was featured on the WOW Next 2007 compilation CD, and her summer festival plans include Creation East/West
, Spirit West Coast Monterey/Del Mar, and Celebrate Freedom. She was featured on Christian hip-hop group GRITS
' 2006 release, Redemption
, on the song Right Back (credited as "Brittany Waddell".) she also performed at the ALIVE 11 Festival in Mineral City Ohio.
The debut single from the album, "You", was released on March 27, 2007. It hit the Top 10 on the R&R
chart. It was the 12th most played song on Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007, according to R&R magazine
. It also peaked at #6 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs, her highest charting song to date.
Britt Nicole's song "Sunshine Girl" was featured on MTV
's teen reality show Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County
on September 5, 2007.
Britt's first music video, for the song "Believe", premiered on the Gospel Music Channel
on September 22, 2007. The song was later released as the album's second single on October 30, 2007. It was the 21st most-played song of 2008 on U.S. Contemporary Christian music
radio stations according to R&R magazine's
Christian CHR
chart.
On November 20, 2007, Britt released her first extended play titled Holiday Trio
. The EP Christmas-themed and was only released digitally. It featured her song "Holiday", plus two never before released songs; one is an original titled "Come What May", and the other is a cover song of the holiday hit "Last Christmas
".
"Set the World On Fire" was released as Say Its third and final United States single in early 2008. The song peaked at #11 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs. In 2007 and 2008, "Holiday" and "When She Cries" were both released as UK singles, while "Don't Worry Now" was serviced to radio in Australia.
. The song debuted on the Top 20 of Billboard Hot Christian Songs, entered as #20, and has since peaked at # 8. It peaked at #1 on Christian radio. The music video for the song was released as a single on iTunes on November 17, 2009. The single also included a remix and karaoke version of the track.
The Lost Get Found
was released on August 11, 2009 and peaked at #1 on Billboard's Christian Albums Chart and #62 on the Billboard 200. The same month, a music video for her song "Holiday" (from Say It) surfaced on the internet.
Her second United States single from The Lost Get Found, "Walk On The Water", peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs and #1 on Christian radio. It was further promoted on the NBC
television show "The Biggest Loser". Overseas, the song "Headphones" was promoted as her second single in the UK. It peaked at no. 2 on the country's Christian CHR chart.
On January 1, 2010, a compilation titled Acoustic Playlist: Bold was released under StarSong Records. It featured an acoustic remix of Britt Nicole's single "Believe".
Her second extended play Acoustic was released August 24, 2010 to stores and digital outlets. It includes 5 acoustic versions of previous hits and a brand new song, "Found By You". The album debuted at #22 on the Hot Christian Albums chart. Her third single from The Lost Get Found, "Hanging On", was released in July to coincide with the release of the album. It peaked at no. 19 on on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.
In early 2010, "Welcome to the Show" was released to radio stations in the UK. It peaked at no. 4 on the country's Christian CHR chart. Later, during the middle of the year, the song "Safe" was released to radio stations in the UK. It peaked at no. 3 on the country's Christian CHR chart. A music video for the song "Headphones" was released on November 9, 2010. In December 2010, "Have Your Way" was released to radio stations in the UK. It has so far peaked at no. 4 on the country's Christian CHR chart.
Notes
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
artist who performs under the name Britt Nicole. She is signed to EMI CMG
EMI Christian Music Group
EMI Christian Music Group is a subsidiary of EMI which contains its Christian music record labels, and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee...
/Sparrow
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
.
Childhood
Britt Nicole was born on August 2nd 1985.Waddell began singing at the age of three in her home church, Truth Temple of (Kannapolis, North Carolina). She, along with her brother and cousin, eventually became involved with the church's daily program on Charlotte TV station WAXN. At South Rowan High School, she was a member of the school's advanced chorus group, and had the opportunity to perform with them at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in New York. Waddell is also an alumna of Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
's Brightleaf Music Workshop.
Early career (2004-2006)
Waddell turned down a scholarship from Belmont UniversityBelmont University
Belmont University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University.-Belmont Mansion:Belmont Mansion...
in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, to pursue a full-time music career. She felt that God was calling her to concentrate on music instead of going to college. In 2004, she signed a management deal with Vertical Entertainment, and then signed a development deal with Word Records
Word Records
Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records...
. Sparrow Records
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
signed her in 2006, and her first album Say It was released on May 22, 2007. Britt Nicole was the opening act on the Winter Jam Tour with Sanctus Real
Sanctus Real
Sanctus Real is an American Christian rock band formed in Toledo, Ohio, in 1996. The group is composed of Matt Hammitt , Chris Rohman , Dan Gartley , Pete Prevost , and Mark Graalman...
, Hawk Nelson
Hawk Nelson
Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...
, Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...
, Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...
, and Newsong
NewSong
NewSong is a Contemporary Christian Music group that was founded in 1981, at Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia. They have had eight GMA Dove Award nominations. They are the founders of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, the United States' largest annual Christian music tour. It began in...
.
Her song "Indestructible" was featured on the WOW Next 2007 compilation CD, and her summer festival plans include Creation East/West
Creation Festival
Creation Festival consists of two annual, four-day Christian music festivals held in the United States. According to www.Creationfest.com, the festivals have become the "Nation's Largest Christian Music Festivals." This is in reflection to Creation Northeast being known to attract 100,000...
, Spirit West Coast Monterey/Del Mar, and Celebrate Freedom. She was featured on Christian hip-hop group GRITS
GRITS
GRITS, also known as G.R.I.T.S., is a Christian Hip Hop group from Nashville, Tennessee. Their name is an acronym, which stands for "Grammatical Revolution In The Spirit." GRITS is made up of Stacey "Coffee" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter, both of whom were DC Talk dancers.Their song "Ooh Aah"...
' 2006 release, Redemption
Redemption (GRITS album)
Redemption is the eighth studio album released by American Southern rap duo Grits for the CCM market. It was co-produced by Grits.- Track listing :- Reception :...
, on the song Right Back (credited as "Brittany Waddell".) she also performed at the ALIVE 11 Festival in Mineral City Ohio.
Say It, Holiday Trio (2007-2008)
On May 22, 2007 she released her debut album Say It. It peaked at #40 on Billboard's Christian AlbumsThe debut single from the album, "You", was released on March 27, 2007. It hit the Top 10 on the R&R
R&R (magazine)
R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
chart. It was the 12th most played song on Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007, according to R&R magazine
R&R (magazine)
R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
. It also peaked at #6 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs, her highest charting song to date.
Britt Nicole's song "Sunshine Girl" was featured on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's teen reality show Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County
Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County
Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, also known simply as Newport Harbor, is the replacement show of MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Just like its predecessor, the show documents the lives of several teenagers living in Newport Beach, California, a beachside community located in...
on September 5, 2007.
Britt's first music video, for the song "Believe", premiered on the Gospel Music Channel
Gospel Music Channel
gmc is an American satellite and cable television channel, known from its 2004 launch until February 1, 2010 as Gospel Music Channel. It is also available in high-definition as a separate channel called gmcHD ....
on September 22, 2007. The song was later released as the album's second single on October 30, 2007. It was the 21st most-played song of 2008 on U.S. Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
radio stations according to R&R magazine's
R&R (magazine)
R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
Christian CHR
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
chart.
On November 20, 2007, Britt released her first extended play titled Holiday Trio
Holiday Trio (Britt Nicole EP)
Holiday Trio is the first extended play by Christian pop recording artist Britt Nicole. It includes her song "Holiday" , a version of the song "Last Christmas", and a previously unreleased song titled "Come What May"....
. The EP Christmas-themed and was only released digitally. It featured her song "Holiday", plus two never before released songs; one is an original titled "Come What May", and the other is a cover song of the holiday hit "Last Christmas
Last Christmas
"Last Christmas" is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1984, on a double A-side with "Everything She Wants". It was written by George Michael, one half of the duo...
".
"Set the World On Fire" was released as Say Its third and final United States single in early 2008. The song peaked at #11 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs. In 2007 and 2008, "Holiday" and "When She Cries" were both released as UK singles, while "Don't Worry Now" was serviced to radio in Australia.
The Lost Get Found, Acoustic (2009-present)
In 2009, Britt Nicole released her new song "The Lost Get Found" to promote her second album by the same nameThe Lost Get Found
The Lost Get Found is the second studio album by Britt Nicole. It was released on August 11, 2009 and features the Christian radio #1 hits, "The Lost Get Found" and "Walk On the Water". It debuted at #1 on Billboards Hot Christian Albums Chart, and #62 on the Billboard 200, a career high for the...
. The song debuted on the Top 20 of Billboard Hot Christian Songs, entered as #20, and has since peaked at # 8. It peaked at #1 on Christian radio. The music video for the song was released as a single on iTunes on November 17, 2009. The single also included a remix and karaoke version of the track.
The Lost Get Found
The Lost Get Found
The Lost Get Found is the second studio album by Britt Nicole. It was released on August 11, 2009 and features the Christian radio #1 hits, "The Lost Get Found" and "Walk On the Water". It debuted at #1 on Billboards Hot Christian Albums Chart, and #62 on the Billboard 200, a career high for the...
was released on August 11, 2009 and peaked at #1 on Billboard's Christian Albums Chart and #62 on the Billboard 200. The same month, a music video for her song "Holiday" (from Say It) surfaced on the internet.
Her second United States single from The Lost Get Found, "Walk On The Water", peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs and #1 on Christian radio. It was further promoted on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
television show "The Biggest Loser". Overseas, the song "Headphones" was promoted as her second single in the UK. It peaked at no. 2 on the country's Christian CHR chart.
On January 1, 2010, a compilation titled Acoustic Playlist: Bold was released under StarSong Records. It featured an acoustic remix of Britt Nicole's single "Believe".
Her second extended play Acoustic was released August 24, 2010 to stores and digital outlets. It includes 5 acoustic versions of previous hits and a brand new song, "Found By You". The album debuted at #22 on the Hot Christian Albums chart. Her third single from The Lost Get Found, "Hanging On", was released in July to coincide with the release of the album. It peaked at no. 19 on on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.
In early 2010, "Welcome to the Show" was released to radio stations in the UK. It peaked at no. 4 on the country's Christian CHR chart. Later, during the middle of the year, the song "Safe" was released to radio stations in the UK. It peaked at no. 3 on the country's Christian CHR chart. A music video for the song "Headphones" was released on November 9, 2010. In December 2010, "Have Your Way" was released to radio stations in the UK. It has so far peaked at no. 4 on the country's Christian CHR chart.
Studio Albums
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U.S. 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
U.S. CHR Hot Christian Albums Christian Albums is a Billboard chart of the best-selling Christian music albums of the week.-1980 number one Christian Albums:-1981 number one Christian Albums:-1982 number one Christian Albums:... |
U.S. Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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2007 | Say It
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2009 | The Lost Get Found The Lost Get Found The Lost Get Found is the second studio album by Britt Nicole. It was released on August 11, 2009 and features the Christian radio #1 hits, "The Lost Get Found" and "Walk On the Water". It debuted at #1 on Billboards Hot Christian Albums Chart, and #62 on the Billboard 200, a career high for the... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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Extended Plays
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U.S. 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
U.S. CHR Hot Christian Albums Christian Albums is a Billboard chart of the best-selling Christian music albums of the week.-1980 number one Christian Albums:-1981 number one Christian Albums:-1982 number one Christian Albums:... |
U.S. Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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2007 | Holiday Trio Holiday Trio (Britt Nicole EP) Holiday Trio is the first extended play by Christian pop recording artist Britt Nicole. It includes her song "Holiday" , a version of the song "Last Christmas", and a previously unreleased song titled "Come What May"....
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2010 | Acoustic Acoustic (Britt Nicole album) -Tracklisting:#Hanging On#Set The World On Fire#Headphones#Walk On the Water#The Lost Get Found#Found By You-Charts:Album... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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Singles
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US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US CHR Hot Christian Songs Christian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.... |
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2007 | "You" | — | 6 | Say It | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Believe" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | "Set the World on Fire" | — | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | "The Lost Get Found The Lost Get Found (Britt Nicole song) "The Lost Get Found" is the lead single from Christian pop artist Britt Nicole's second album The Lost Get Found. A mid-tempo pop song, "The Lost Get Found" was released on June 16, 2009 to digital stores. It peaked at no. 1 on Christian radio and no. 8 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs... " |
— | 8 | The Lost Get Found The Lost Get Found The Lost Get Found is the second studio album by Britt Nicole. It was released on August 11, 2009 and features the Christian radio #1 hits, "The Lost Get Found" and "Walk On the Water". It debuted at #1 on Billboards Hot Christian Albums Chart, and #62 on the Billboard 200, a career high for the... |
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"Walk On the Water Walk On the Water "Walk On the Water" is the second single from Christian pop artist Britt Nicole's second album The Lost Get Found. A ballad pop song, "Walk On the Water" was released in November 2009 to radio. It peaked at No. 1 on Christian radio and No. 17 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs chart.-Chart... " |
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2010 | "Hanging On" | — | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | "Headphones" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other releases
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UK Christian CHR | US Christian CHR Hot Christian Songs Christian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.... |
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2007 | "When She Cries" 1 | 2 | — | Say It | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Holiday" 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | "Don't Worry Now" 2 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | "Headphones" 1 | 2 | — | The Lost Get Found | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | "Welcome to the Show" 1 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Safe" 1 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Have Your Way" 1 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes
- 1: UK Single.
- 2: Australian Single.
Music videos
- "Believe" (2007)
- "Holiday" (2009)
- "The Lost Get Found" (2009)
- "Headphones" (2010)