Short introduction

Born in Germany and still internationally successful? Not everyone can do that. Nico Santos did it – at the mid-twenties, the young singer can already look back on a fulfilling career.

Early life

Nico Santos, whose last name is really called Wellenbrink, was brought into the world in Bremen in mid 1993. His folks are performers, the younger sibling fills in as a photograph model. At the point when Santos was nine months old, the little family moved to Mallorca. 

At three years old, Santos got a Michael Jackson tape from his folks, which he said gave the stimulus for his truly amazing line of work as an artist. As a little kid, he figured out how to play the piano, drums and guitar. His folks additionally encouraged the kid to sing and move. 

Nico Santos previously performed at Spanish celebrations in his childhood. Subsequent to moving on from secondary school, he moved to Cologne to concentrate on strong designing. The young fellow initial acquired distinction through his YouTube channel, on which he transferred cover melodies and his own tunes like the unexpected achievement “Eres Perfecta”.

Career

Santos started his music vocation fundamentally as a maker. Here he worked with B-Case, for instance, together they fostered the pieces “Feel It” and “Fortunate L” in 2013 and 2014. Santos had worked with rapper KY before this achievement, yet the team immediately disbanded. 

In 2015 Santos functioned as a co-maker and vocalist on the soundtrack of “Fack ju Göhte 2”. He additionally chipped away at Mr. Da-No’s “Hanging On” and Topics “Home”. Through these singles, Santos took the jump into the Swiss outlines and furthermore his first platinum achievement. 

Further co-creations continued in 2016 with Mark Forster’s “We’re Big” and in 2017 with Lena Meyer-Landrut’s “In case I Wasn’t Your Daughter”. In 2019 Santos worked again with Meyer-Landrut for the two part harmony “Better”. He can likewise be seen with her at “The Voice of Germany”, where Santos is a rebound judge. 

In 2017 Santos at last became known through his first independent collection “Roads of Gold”. The decoupled single “Housetop” immediately turned into a uber hit in Europe. Additionally known is Santos’ single “Protected” from 2018.

Career highlights

Indeed, even before his singing achievement, Nico Santos was exceptionally effective as a maker. So he protected the primary acknowledgment with “Fortunate L” by arriving at number 6 on the global DJ diagrams. “Home” with the artist Topic put in the main 10 in Austria, likewise in Germany and Australia. 

In 2015 Santos dealt with the soundtrack for “Fack ju Göhte 2”. His tunes “Here Comes The Sun” and “It’s Gonna Be Alright”, which he sang for himself, were the best of the film dependent on the quantity of downloads. Imprint Forster’s single “We Are Great”, which was co-created by Santos, likewise arrived at the main 10 and a platinum grant. 

Nico Santos’ initially own prosperity was the collection “Roads of Gold” delivered in 2017, which was in the best 25 for a very long time. The decoupled single “Roof” was put in the main ten out of a few nations, remained in the German graphs for quite some time and was granted gold. In 2018, the artist added one more hit with “Safe”, which was on the outlines for a very long time.

Amazing facts

– Nico Santos might want to sing a two part harmony with Sarah Connor subsequent to having added to her verses. 

– The youthful artist featured in five scenes of “Repetition Rosen” and showed up as a youngster in ads for C&A. 

– Santos is the child of Egon Wellenbrink, who became popular as a “Melitta man”. As a kid, the performer thought nothing about it until he saw his dad on TV. 

– His stage name was given to him by his schoolmates: he comes from the Spanish vocalist Romeo Santos, whose super hit Nico got a kick out of the chance to sing as a kid.