Domenica "Nikka" Costa was born on June 4,1972 and is an American singer whose music combines elements of pop, soul, and blues.
16 Facts About Nikka Costa
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Nikka Costa had a career as a child singer starting in the early 1980s.
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Nikka Costa is the daughter of music producer Don Costa.
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Nikka Costa was born in Tokyo, Japan to Italian-American parents.
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Nikka Costa was musically-inspired from childhood, often surrounded by famous and talented artists as she traveled the world with her father, the well-known producer and musician Don Costa.
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At age five, Nikka recorded a single with Hawaiian singer Don Ho.
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In early 1981, two Italian producers, Danny B Besquet and Tony Renis, were working with her father on his album Don Costa Plays the Beatles when they were inspired to record an album featuring Nikka's vocals, with her father accompanying on guitar.
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The album would go on to be well-received in Europe, and Nikka Costa became known as a child star.
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At age 9, Nikka Costa sang with Frank Sinatra in an appearance on the lawn of the White House.
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The album Nikka Costa was released, outside of the US, in 1981.
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Don Nikka Costa died of a heart attack shortly after the album was recorded.
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In 2002, Nikka Costa was the opening act for Britney Spears' Dream Within a Dream Tour in the US and Canada.
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Nikka Costa toured with Lenny Kravitz, who performed on the record.
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Nikka Costa's song "Stuck To You" appeared in an episode of Grey's Anatomy and in The Peanuts Movie.
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Nikka Costa released the studio album Pebble to a Pearl on 14 October 2008.
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Nikka Costa co-wrote the song "Diamonds Made from Rain" on Eric Clapton's 2010 album Clapton.