Nicole Holness (born April 13, 1984) is a TV host and R&B singer. Between 2002 and 2005, she was part of the Canadian girl group X-Quisite alongside Melanie Fiona and Nirvana Savoury. In 2006, Holness was chosen as one of the original seven co-hosts of MTV Canada and their flagship series MTV Live. Holness co-hosted MTV Live alongside host Paul Lemieux, Sheena Snively, and Dave Merheje. She has interviewed guests including Akon, Ciara, Ken Tamplin and Lily Allen.

Contents

• 1 Beginnings
• 2 Part of X-Quisite
• 3 Solo career
• 4 Discography
  • 4.1 Albums
  • 4.2 Singles
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 Sources
• 8 External links

Beginnings

Holness hails from a Guyanese, Indigenous Canadian, Scottish and West Indian background. A Toronto native, Holness is fluent in French and Tagalog and attended Cedarbrae Collegiate Ins*ute. She has a history in ballet and jazz dance, and has been a model in several national print adverti*t campaigns.

Part of X-Quisite

Main article: X-Quisite

In 2002, Holness was part of a Canadian R&B girl group called X-Quisite alongside Melanie Fiona and Nirvana Savoury. Signed to Warner Music (Canada), the group released their self-*led debut studio album X-Quisite in 2003. In 2004, during the Juno Awards, an equivalent of the Grammies, the band was nominated as one of five finalists for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" for the album X-Quisite. The group had a number of singles from the album, notably "Bad Girl" and "No Regrets" The group disbanded in 2005.

Solo career

On March 1, 2011, Holness released her debut album Unreleased. The album was preceded by her debut single, "Epic", which was released May 5, 2009. A second single "Pop Yo Bottles" was later released on June 29, 2010.

Discography

Albums

in X-Quisite

• 2002: X-Quisite (for details and track list, see X-Quisite)

Solo

• 2011: Unreleased

Singles

in X-Qusite

• "Bad Girl" (2004)
• "No Regrets"

Solo

• 2009: "Epic"
• 2010: "Pop Yo Bottles"

See also

• MTV Live (Canada)

References

Sources

• http://www.openingday.com/ X-Quisite's label
• http://www.canadianmusicnetwork.com/archivestories/111NEW%20ARCHIVE%20FOLDER/April%20Archive/Apr6openingday.html
• http://www.muchmusic.com/music/artists/index.asp?artist=312
• http://www.treymills.com/treymills.swf
• Mihsin, Andre (2004-02-12). "Juno Nominees Chit-Chat: X-Quisite Look Forward To Hitting West Edmonton Mall". Chart. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
• http://www.myspace.com/officialxquisite
• http://mtvnicole.mtvblogs.ca/default.asp?item=166025

External links

• Nicole Holness