Beach Avenue
| Nick Fradiani | |
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Fradiani in 2015
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nicholas James Fradiani IV |
| Born |
November 15, 1985 Guilford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | |
| Associated acts | Beach Avenue |
Nicholas James Fradiani IV (born November 15, 1985) is an American singer from Guilford, Connecticut. He rose to regional attention as the lead singer of pop/rock band Beach Avenue when they won the Battle of the Bands at Mohegan Sun in 2011. They gained national recognition in 2014 when they competed on the ninth season of the reality talent show America's Got Talent, although they only made it to "Judgment Week".
In 2015, Fradiani entered as a solo singer on the fourteenth season of American Idol. Fradiani won the show in May 2015, becoming the first winner from the Northeast region. He released an album, Hurricane, with Big Machine Label Group in August 2016. He plans to release a six-song EP in fall 2017, as an indie artist and will be touring with The Alternate Routes.
Fradiani was born on November 15, 1985, in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the son of Nick Fradiani III, a musician, and Elizabeth Fradiani (née Maher). He is of three quarters Italian and one quarter Irish descent. His father performs in clubs and restaurants, and on cruise ships. He gave his son a drum set when he was two years old, and encouraged him to learn to play piano and later guitar. Fradiani has a sister, Kristen, who was born a day before his sixth birthday on November 14, 1991. Kristen and their paternal cousins Jamie and Nicole attend Southern Connecticut State University. Their paternal cousin, Dean Fradiani Jr., son of Nick Sr.'s late brother Dean Fradiani Sr., is the owner of Fradiani Landscaping, LLC, in East Haven.
Fradiani graduated from Guilford High School in 2004.
Fradiani has a bachelor's degree in history from Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. He intermittently worked as a substitute teacher at schools while mainly focusing on picking up gigs at local bars wherever he could. He also briefly held a daytime job as a computer software salesman.
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