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Nicole Holness (born April 13, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario) is a TV host and R&B singer. Between 2002 and 2005, she was part of the Canadian girl band trio X-Quisite alongside Melanie Fiona Hallim]] and Nirvana Savoury. In 2006, Nicole was chosen as one of the original seven co-hosts of MTV Canada and their flagship series MTV Live. Nicole continues to co-host MTV Live alongside host Paul now "Big Boy" Lemieux, host Sheena Snively and comedian, Dave Merheje.

Since joining the MTV team, Nicole has found a new meaning for Fresh Meat Dave. Nicole has interviewed numerous guests including Akon, Ciara, Ken Tamplin and Lily Allen.

In X-Quisite

In 2002, Holness was part of a Canadian R&B girl group called X-Quisite[1] alongside Melanie Fiona Hallim and Nirvana Savoury. Signed to Warner Music (Canada), the group released its debut self-titled album X-Quisite also in 2002. In 2004, during the Juno Awards, an equivalent of Canadian Grammies, the band was nominated as one of five finalists for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" for the album X-Quisite. The band had a number of singles from the album, notably "Bad Girl" and "No Regrets" The band broke up in 2005.


Solo career

On March 1, 2011, Holness released her debut album Unreleased. The album was preceded by her debut single, "Epic", which was released May 5, 2009. A second single "Pop Yo Bottles" was later released on June 29, 2010.

X-Quisite discography (2002)

  1. Colors
  2. Sassy Thang
  3. Bad Girl
  4. Don't Say
  5. No Regrets
  6. How We Swing Featuring Skitz
  7. Best Friends Featuring Zoë
  8. Who’s The Man
  9. Showing Love
  10. Why You Do
  11. Ex-Girlfriend
  12. Foolio
  13. Through The Week
  14. Bad Girl - Remix Featuring Bigz (bonus)
  15. No Regrets - Dance Remix (bonus)
  16. Don’t Say - Slow Jam Remix (bonus)
  17. No Regrets - Remix featuring Ish (bonus)

About Nicole

Nicole hails from a Jamaican, Native Aboriginal Canadian, Scottish and West Indian background. A Toronto native, Nicole is fluent in French and attended Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute. She has a history in ballet and jazz dance, and has been a model in several national print advertisement campaigns.

See also

References

  1. ^ Patch, Nick (January 28, 2010). "Grammy Watch: Melanie Fiona". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 18 April 2010. ((cite web)): Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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