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Artist
Nikki Hassman
12+ albums
female vocalistpop
about
In small town Waverly, Iowa, Nikki Hassman began her journey as many other little girls do, taking dance, piano and gymnastics classes in the town of 10,000. The journey quickly turned less typical, however, when at the age of 7, veteran coaches saw Olympic potential and gymnastics classes turned to gold medal dreams and serious training. The life of a carefree child soon turned to the life of an adult; training 40 hours/week and traveling throughout the country on the weekends for gymnastics competitions. By the age of 12, Nikki had moved away from home to pursue her Olympic dreams even further, but returned home a year later, homesick and yearning to experience normal life as a teenager. This "normal life" would not last long, however. Within a year, Nikki's voice caught the attention of a local studio owner when she and some friends went into a studio at a shopping mall to record a song for a friend's birthday. He detected the music gifts that first appeared at ages 5-10 when Nikki had won state and regional piano competitions against children much older with only one hour of practice per week. The studio owner encouraged her and "produced" her first demo at age 14 which connected Nikki with a Minneapolis management team who voluntarily advanced her skills and encouraged her to pursue every singing opportunity she could given her "late" singing start! One such singing performance was heard by a Christian recording artist who encouraged Nikki to move to Nashville and purs
