Nicole Morier
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nicole Morier |
| Also known as | Coco Morier |
| Born | January 12, 1982 |
| Genres | Pop, electropop, dance-pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Associated acts | Electrocute, Coco Morier, Charlotte Gainsbourg, INGRID |
| Website | www |
Nicole "Coco" Morier (lives in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. She began her career in 2002 as one half of the electronic rock duo Electrocute before becoming a songwriter for artists including Britney Spears, Tom Jones, Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, Demi Lovato, and Icona Pop. Her best-known compositions include "Heaven on Earth" and "How I Roll", recorded by Britney Spears, the latter of which was named the #1 song of 2011 by Rolling Stone.
As a songwriter Nicole has collaborated with the world's top-selling songwriters and producers including Max Martin, Ryan Tedder, Stargate, and Bloodshy and Avant.
She also toured as lead guitarist and backing vocalist with Charlotte Gainsbourg from 2009-2010.
In 2011, she began recording as a solo artist under the moniker Coco Morier. In 2016, V magazine called her "one of pop's best kept secrets" on the release of her debut solo album.
Morier was born in San Francisco but moved as a small child to Albuquerque, New Mexico with her parents Shiloh Napier and Johnny Morier. Johnny Morier, was a folk musician and songwriter who'd written a few minor hits for bands in the Sixties, including Spanky and Our Gang's top 10 "Makin' Every Minute Count, The Cowsills' "Yesterday's Girl" and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' "Banned in Boston". He had also spent time playing the local folk circuit in Greenwich Village, NYC and had befriended musicians such as Joan Baez and Taj Mahal whom Nicole met as a child. With her father she began singing in churches and local venues and she learned to play an array of instruments.
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