Nico Santos (singer)
Nico Santos | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Nico Wellenbrink |
Born | Bremen, Germany | 7 January 1993
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Labels | Universal |
Website | www |
Nico Wellenbrink (born 7 January 1993), better known as Nico Santos, is a German singer-songwriter. He collaborated with DJ Topic who featured him on vocals for the hit song "Home" in 2016. Santos has a number of solo hit singles, most notably "Rooftop" in 2017 from his debut solo album Streets of Gold. He has also authored and produced for a number of German artists including Bushido, Shindy and Mark Forster among others. He currently lives in Berlin.[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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GER |
AUT |
SWI | ||
Streets of Gold |
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25 | 69 | 29 |
Nico Santos |
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3 | 5 | 2 |
Singles
As lead artist
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||||||
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GER |
AUT |
SWI | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | "Rooftop" | 5 | 2 | 5 | Streets of Gold | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | "Safe" | 24 | 23 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
2019 | "Unforgettable" | 66 | 65 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
"Better" (with Lena) |
15 | 17 | 89 | Nico Santos | ||||||||||||||||||
"Play with Fire" | 54 | 59 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||
2020 | "Like I Love You" (with Topic) |
24 | 32 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
"Running Back to You" (with Martin Jensen and Alle Farben) |
80 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||||||
2021 | "Would I Lie to You" | 31 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
2022 | "In Your Arms (For an Angel)" (with Topic, Robin Schulz and Paul Van Dyk) |
36 | — | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
As featured artist
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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GER |
AUS |
AUT |
SWI | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | "Holding On" (Mr. Da-Nos featuring Nico Santos) |
— | — | — | 42 | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | "Home" (Topic featuring Nico Santos) |
12 | 11 | 10 | — | |||||||||||||||||
2020 | "Fastlane" (Jamule featuring Nico Santos) |
9 | — | 17 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
Other charted songs
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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GER |
AUT |
SWI | |||
2019 | "Purple Rain" (with Capital Bra and Samra) |
50 | — | — | Berlin lebt 2 |
Songwriting / Producing
Year | Title | Artist |
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2016 | "Wir sind groß" | Mark Forster |
"Roli" | Shindy | |
2017 | "Achterbahn" | Helene Fischer |
"Papa" | Bushido | |
"So schön kaputt" | SDP | |
"Lost In You" | Lena | |
"If I Wasn't Your Daughter" | ||
"Hellrot" | Prinz Pi, Bosse | |
2018 | "Tausend Tattoos" | Sido |
2021 | "Mañana" | Álvaro Soler, Cali y El Dandee |
"Vamos a marte" | Helene Fischer, Luis Fonsi |
Awards and nominations
Results
Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Radio Galaxy Awards | Best Newcomer | Himself | Won | |
Audi Generation Awards | Music | Won | |||
1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Newcomer | Nominated | |||
Best Single | Safe | Nominated | |||
2019 | Better (with Lena) | Nominated | |||
Best Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | |||
Bravo Otto Awards | Musician National | Nominated | |||
2020 | Bronze | ||||
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favourite Singer (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) | Nominated | |||
Favourite Song (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) | Better (with Lena) | Won | |||
1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | ||
MTV Europe Music Awards | Best German Act | Nominated | |||
2021 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favourite Singer (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) | Nominated | ||
Favourite Team (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) | The Voice of Germany | Won | |||
Bravo Otto Awards | Musician National | Himself | Pending | ||
1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Single | Would I Lie To You | Won |