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Artist
Crystal Nicole
12+ albums
popsoulfemale vocalistsr&bfemale soul vocalists
about
As a songwriter, Crystal Nicole has amassed an impressive string of hits for a litany of artists that include Mariah Carey (“Touch My Body,” “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time,”) Jennifer Hudson (“I Got This”), Rihanna (“Only Girl (In The World)”), Monica (“Love All Over Me”), J.Lo (“Gotta Be There”) and Beyoncé (“Scared Of Lonely”), just to name a few. In addition, she has also contributed to Mary J. Blige’s latest project. Now the audiences who have unknowingly embraced her talent will be let in on a secret music industry insiders have known for some time: That girl can sing! “I never stopped being an artist because singing was always the first thing and then the writing came,” Crystal Nicole explains of her transition from behind the scenes to the spotlight. “The crazy thing is writing helped me sing better and the singing helped me write better. They’re like my right and left hand.” Born and bred in Atlanta, Crystal Nicole can’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t singing. The youngest of three kids, Crystal Nicole says there was always music in her Decatur home. She credits her father for encouraging the whole family to harmonize in the car on trips to the grocery store and her mother for introducing her to Stevie Wonder, an artist whose songwriting skills she studied to hone her own. As a youngster, Crystal Nicole claims her older sister was the family star – but she earned the full support of her loved ones when it became clear, even in childhood, that she was deter
