1. Nina Lindberg Nesbitt was born on 11 July 1994 and is a Scottish singer and songwriter.
45 Facts About Nina Nesbitt
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Nina Nesbitt is best known for her UK and Scottish top 40 hit singles "Stay Out" and "Selfies".
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Nina Nesbitt earned further recognition with her rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" which was featured in an advert for the department store John Lewis.
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Nina Nesbitt has supported live artists such as Stevie Nicks, Jake Bugg, Justin Bieber, and Lewis Capaldi.
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Nina Nesbitt was born on 11 July 1994 in Livingston, to Mike, a Scottish manager in the defence industry, and Caty, a Swedish social worker.
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Nina Nesbitt attended the small village school in Bellsquarry, Livingston.
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Nina Nesbitt began playing the guitar at the age of fifteen.
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Nina Nesbitt was part of the Scottish team training for the Commonwealth Games.
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At age 14, Nina Nesbitt started modelling, due to her love of fashion.
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Nina Nesbitt was registered to Colours modelling agency, based in Glasgow.
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Nina Nesbitt released her debut extended play Live Take under the independent label N2 Records on December 5,2011.
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Nina Nesbitt then met musician Ed Sheeran before a radio gig he was scheduled to perform in Edinburgh.
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Nina Nesbitt was invited to support Example after he heard her cover of his song "Stay Awake".
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Nina Nesbitt appeared in the music video for Sheeran's single "Drunk".
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On 9 October 2012, Nina Nesbitt embarked on her second UK headline tour, to support the release of her debut single, "Boy", under new label, Island Records.
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Nina Nesbitt's next single was a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song, "Don't Stop", and is used in an advert for the department store John Lewis.
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On 6 September 2013, Nina Nesbitt sang "Flower of Scotland" at Hampden Park before Scotland played Belgium in a Group A World Cup Qualifier.
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On 25 November 2013, Nina Nesbitt announced on her Twitter and Facebook pages that her debut studio album, Peroxide, would be released on 17 February 2014 in the United Kingdom.
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Nina Nesbitt did an album signing tour around the UK, starting in Edinburgh on the day the album was released.
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Nina Nesbitt released her fifth EP, Nina Nesbitt, exclusively in the US on 1 April 2014.
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In May 2016, Nina Nesbitt disclosed that she had left her record label and was now an independent artist.
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In November 2016, Nina Nesbitt signed a recording contract with indie label Cooking Vinyl.
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Nina Nesbitt released a new single, "The Moments I'm Missing", on 14 July 2017.
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Nina Nesbitt then released "Somebody Special" as the third single from her second album.
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In December 2017, Nina Nesbitt won the 'Evolution Award' at the SSE Scottish Music Awards.
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Between March and April 2018, Nina Nesbitt toured the United States with Jake Bugg.
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In summer 2018, Nina Nesbitt played twelve festivals in the UK, and performed at SXSW, Midem and The Great Escape.
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Nina Nesbitt later sold out three consecutive London shows, and supported acts such as James Arthur, Jesse McCartney, MAX and Lewis Capaldi on tours.
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On 10 August 2018, Nesbitt released her fourth single from the album, "Loyal to Me", which was produced by Fraser T Smith.
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In October 2018, Nina Nesbitt announced that her second album, The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change will be released on 1 February 2019 through Cooking Vinyl.
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In March 2019, it was announced that Nina Nesbitt would be supporting Jess Glynne on the American leg of the Always in Between Tour.
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Nina Nesbitt was part of the mothers2mothers fund raising dinner, raising half a million pounds for the charity.
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Nina Nesbitt attended the Women in the World Summit, discussing the impact of body image in the Internet era.
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Nina Nesbitt has worked with brands such as Calvin Klein and American Eagle and was chosen to attend the Women in the World Summit alongside Nicole Kidman and Cara Delevingne.
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Nina Nesbitt was in a relationship with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran in 2012.
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Nina Nesbitt appeared in his music video for "Drunk" in January 2012.
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Nina Nesbitt is well-known for being an ex of Sheeran's due to the publicity around the relationship at the time, and claims she finds it 'disheartening' that people associate her with this rather than her music.
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Nina Nesbitt's parents divorced in 2024, and no longer live in Edinburgh.
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In 2016, Nina Nesbitt reported that two people were stalking her.
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Nina Nesbitt is managed by Vicky Dowdall, who is co-founder of Nina Nesbitt label Apple Tree Records.
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In December 2012, shortly after her breakup from Sheeran, Nina Nesbitt started dating Mike Duce from the band Lower than Atlantis.
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Nina Nesbitt is the subject of her later songs Summer Fling, and Colours of You.
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Nina Nesbitt had a cat called Bob Marley, after the singer songwriter.
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Nina Nesbitt later gave up Bob Marley to her mum, Caty.
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Nina Nesbitt now has a Pomeranian dog called Timmy that she got during lockdown.