Nikki Flores was born Brandi Nichole Flores on 17 October 1988, and began writing songs and performing at eight years old. Her parents, who are both musicians, built a home studio to allow her to perform, and at aged 16 she signed to Epic Records. She recorded her debut album for the label in 2005, and 'This Girl' was due to be released in late 2005/early 2006, but Epic pushed back the release date numerous times, until in 2009 she was eventually dropped by the label. No singles were released from the album, but it did include 'Strike', which was written and produced by Ryan Tedder, and she collaborated with producer Brian Kennedy for a song entitled 'Let It Slide', which she uploaded to her Myspace page, receivinh over 19 million views and reaching No. 1 on the Myspace Top 100 charts. In 2010 she signed to Ryan Tedder's Patriot Records, but they soon parted ways, and from then on she concentrated on writing for other artists, co-writing and being featured on 'Roses' by Nas, and contributing lyrics and melodies to 'Coolin'' by Mýa, 'Empty Words' by Christina Aguilera, and 'One Bad Night', 'Palace', and 'Sleepover' by Hayley Kiyoko, as well as having multiple collaborations with JoJo. To get an idea of her song-writing ability, here is her cancelled 'This Girl' album from 2006.
Track listing
01 Let It Slide
02 Painkiller (feat. Hitmaka)
03 This Girl
04 Suffocate
05 I Wanna Know You Like That
06 Selfish
07 Beautiful Boy
08 Anyone Can Say
09 I Got You
10 Love (What You Do To Me) (feat. Novel)
11 Strike
12 Regret #99
13 It's OK
14 Insecure
15 Could You Ever Love Me That Way
