Nikka Costa Biography

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Everybody Got Their Something

Can'tneverdidnothin' [Explicit Content]

Pebble To A Pearl

Domenica Costa, 4 June 1972, Tokyo, Japan. Like Alanis Morissette, Costa started out as a young bubblegum pop singer, before transforming herself into a more serious artist by her early twenties. Raised in Los Angeles, California, Nikka is the daughter of Don Costa, a renowned and respected record producer. When Nikka expressed interest to her father about becoming a pop singer, he landed the youngster a recording contract, albeit one outside America. Her 1981 self-titled debut became a sizeable hit in Europe, Israel, South America, and Central America. The same year, she lent her vocals to a recording by Frank Sinatra, "To Love A Child", for then-First Lady Nancy Reagan's To Love A Child Foundation (the duo even performed the song on the front lawn of the White House). Nikka released a second album in 1983, Fairy Tales, but her father died in January of the same year. As a result, his daughter's music career quickly came to a standstill.

After several years away from the music business, Costa reappeared in 1989 with a new look and updated sound, issuing another recording that was issued outside of the USA, Here I Am. The reappearance was a fleeting one, as Costa disappeared from the music scene once more. Later in the decade, by which time she had married musician Justin Stanley and relocated to Australia, she relaunched her music career. Albums such as 1996's Butterfly Rocket and Live At The Bridge both became hits on the Australian market, with Costa succeeding in a Morissette-like musical makeover. In 2001, she released her very first release stateside, Everybody Got Their Something. The single "Like A Feather" was prominently featured in a television advertisement for Tommy Hilfiger.

Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.