Nikki Ambers

Nicole Shortland[2] (born 6 March 1996), known professionally as Nikki Ambers and previously as Little Nikki, is a singer-songwriter from London.[2] She is best known for her 2013 single "Little Nikki Says", which peaked to number 53 on the UK Singles Chart. She was also a member of SoundGirl.

This article is about the singer. For other uses, see Little Nicky (disambiguation).

Nikki Ambers
Birth nameNicole Shortland
Born (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996[1]
OriginWest London, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • dancer
InstrumentsSinging
Years active2009–present
LabelsMercury, Columbia, Sony
Associated acts

Career

2010–12: SoundGirl
Main article: SoundGirl

She started off as a member of SoundGirl,[3] They released the single "Don't Know Why" in June 2011, which peaked to number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. They also put two singles that were never released on their YouTube account, "The Game" and "Walking on Air". The band split up in April 2012.

2012–present: Breakthrough

On 2 November 2012, she released her debut single "Intro Intro". On 26 April 2013, she released her second single "Where I'm Coming From". On 6 September 2013 she released her third single "Little Nikki Says" which was used for the advertisement for the summer range for Boohoo.com where Little Nikki and Boohoo created the "first ever shoppable music video", the song has peaked to number 53 on the UK Singles Chart. She was featured on Maxsta's "Wanna Go",[4] the song was released on 29 September 2013, the song has peaked to number 43 on the UK Singles Chart. In addition, she co-wrote the song Towers from Little Mix's second album Salute.[5] She has confirmed that her single "YoYo" was used in another Boohoo.com advert for their Autumn/Winter range.[6] Nikki features on the 2014 DJ Fresh vs. TC single "Make U Bounce", a rework of TC's 2012 song "Make You Bounce". It was released on 22 June.

On 2 February 2019, she performed on the Voice UK.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[7]
"Intro Intro" 2012 — Non-album singles
"Where I'm Coming From" 2013 —
"Little Nikki Says" 53
"Right Before My Eyes"
(featuring DJ S.K.T)		 2014 140
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[7]
"Wanna Go"
(Maxsta featuring Little Nikki)		 2013 43 Non-album single
"Make U Bounce"
(DJ Fresh vs. TC featuring Little Nikki)		 2014 10 TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos
Title Year Director
"Intro Intro"[8] 2012 N/A
"Where I'm Coming From"[9] 2013
"Little Nikki Says"[10]
"YoYo"[11] 2014
gollark: I'm still just extremely slowly adding code to minoteaur.
gollark: In most cases the implementation is much harder than the language choice.
gollark: Yes, ALL are to utilize SKI combinator calculus.
gollark: I think I've managed to have a decent enough idea of the underlying fundamental things to be able to switch languages without any awful problems, apart from frequently running into the weird quirks of whatever language.
gollark: ++deploy 🐝

References
  1. Twitter post
  2. "Little Nikki". Skiddle.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. "Little Nikki". MTV. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. "Wanna Go (Ft. Little Nikki) Video". MTV. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  5. Salute (booklet). Little Mix. Syco Music/Columbia Records. 2013.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Boohoo – AW13". Tvadmusic.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  7. Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  8. Little Nikki – Intro Intro (KG Refix) - YouTube
  9. Little Nikki – Where I'm Coming From - YouTube
  10. Little Nikki – Little Nikki Says - YouTube
  11. Little Nikki – YoYo - YouTube
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