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Nikki Rocks!

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The wait is over! Nikki Webster is back with a hot new single, Something More Beautiful!

Are you just so excited that you have a new single out!!!
Yes!

What do you think of Something More Beautiful?
I love it! It’s different, because it’s in-between a pop song and a ballad.

How long did it take to make the album?
It took a week to record. Lots of songs are sent in and I listen to them an pick… There were so many good songs, but Something More Beautiful just stood out.

Is it fun to be in a recording studio?
Well, we had heaps of fun! Recording is also a lot of hard work, but it doesn’t feel like work because I love it so much!

How is this album different from the last?
It is a little bit older than Follow Your Heart, but that’s probably the only main … It’s also got some really amazing and fun things on it.

We’re glad you have another album out this year! There’s nothing worse than waiting! Did you have to work doubly hard to do that?
I didn’t want to wait too long either! It’s really hard waiting for the single to be released and the album to come out. I just want it all to happen now!

Have you changed?
I’m still me, but travelling has opened up my eyes a lot. You can always try different things. I don’t think that hurts! I’ve always had a lot of input into what I do, and I still do. I design all of my own clothes and I still say, “Why don’t we try this or that?” I’m definitely still the same person!

Source: Barbie magazine

Nikki’s Best Day

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When Nikki Webster flew to a beautiful Aussie island to film her latest video for “The Best Days”, she invited Big Hit along for the ride …

What was the best thing about filming the video?
Basically my last two videos have been in a studio, so being on location in Stradbroke Island in Queensland was such a fantastic time! You know, having all my friends around and actually sleeping over somewhere and just having such a great big party!

Your friends are also your dancers which you’ve used in all your videos, right?
Yeah that’s right. Most of them were there, although there were all new friends too, so that was great. There was Hayley, Melissa, Simone, Rainer, David, Shannon and Mitchell.

All up, how long did it take to film the video?
We were there for three days but we could have stayed there all week! (laughs) We actually had the night times off, which is when I suppose we all started to party! (laughs) We just went into each other’s rooms and watched TV, had lolly fights, stuff like that.

Lolly fights?
Well, not lolly fights … um, let’s just say that we ate lots of lollies!

OK. Describe the video?
With “Best Days” I just thought you have to say you are having the best days. So we thought about a beach and I really wanted to go somewhere other than a normal Sydney Beach. I wanted jet skiing and you know, just things that look like we’re having fun, like sand dunes. My mum found Stradbroke and when we got there it was just fantastic

Descibe your best day?
Just spending time with friends and family and having a life, basically. You can never ever not have fun if you’re having a life.

What’s your favourite line in the song?
Um … I probably remember all the good and bad times we had. There’s always going to be good and bad times in your life no matter what, you have just got to make sure the good ones come out really strong, and you remember them forever!

In the video, your brother Scott drives you around on the jet ski. Was he safe?
He was fine. There were a couple of my friends who got bogged down on a sand dune. We were riding around warning everyone, “Hey there is a sand dune there” and what did they do? Run straight into it! (laughs)

Were there any other scary moments during the filming?
When we were on top of the boat. It was a beautiful day, but on top of the boat it was quite windy, so everyone was being blown everywhere! Their hair is in the wrong place, but it was lots of fun. When we were going down the big sand dunes – that was fun!

Finally, was there anything bad about doing this video?
I don’t think so … Oh yeah, probably getting up early for the sunrise shot. But that was OK.

INTERVIEW: SANTI PINTADO

Source: Big Hit
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Olympic ‘hero Girl’ Nikki ‘kisses’ The Charts

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By CHRISTIE ELIEZER

It’s no surprise that an Australian label’s first marketing foray into the under-10s music market was with Nikki Webster. The elfin 14-year-old flew 98 feet into the air while playing the role of Hero Girl last September at the spectacular opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.

Her lead-off single, “Strawberry Kisses,” debuted on the Australian Record Industry Assn. charts at No. 2 in the week ending June 23. It remained at No. 6 in the week ending Aug. 18 and has so far sold 115,000 copies, according to BMG Australia (platinum here is 70,000), setting up the Aug. 20 release of an album, Follow Your Heart.

“Doing the Olympics was fantastic, but I was just playing a character,” Webster says. Since the age of 7, she has been in such musicals as The Sound of Music and Les Miserables, and she also sang onstage with Michael Jackson on his HIStory tour. “But I’d always wanted to do a pop record,” she tells Billboard. “My heroes are Kylie Minogue and Olivia Newton-John. The best thing about the Olympics to me was that Olivia came backstage and told me she thought I had a great voice.”
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Nikki Webster’s debut single soars high on the ARIA Chart

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Today sees former Olympic darling Nikki Webster, flying high once again. This time as her debut single “Strawberry Kisses” charts at #2 on the National ARIA singles chart.

The fourteen year-old Sydney schoolgirl joins an elite group of Australian artists such as Bardot and Scandal’us (both debuting at #1) and Madison Avenue (#3) who have also achieved a top five debut. Nikki, however, is the only solo debut artist, and definitely the youngest debut artist to do so.

Her remarkable chart debut and extensive airplay on Australian radio and television attests to Nikki’s massive appeal across a wide range of age groups.

New Managing Director of BMG Australia & NZ, Ed St John says “Everyone at BMG is thrilled with Nikki’s spectacular and historic chart debut. When our company signed this artist late last year, we did so with a vision for a chart-topping pop music career not only in Australia but all over the world. This is the first step in what promises to be a truly meteoric rise and we congratulate Nikki on her achievement.”

Ross Fraser, Managing Director of Gotham Records adds “what a great beginning to the pop career of somebody who has already done so much in her 14 years, Nikki is to be congratulated on her success, and I’m sure it’s only the start of something much, much bigger.”

“Strawberry Kisses” is available now at a record store near you.

Source: nikki.com.au

Nikki signs up for stardom

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OLYMPIC Games singing sensation Nikki Webster has signed a lucrative international recording deal with John Farnham’s record label, Gotham Records.

Farnham’s label, a joint venture with BMG Australia and his long-time producer Ross Fraser, beat several major local and international record companies for Nikki’s signature.

The 13-year-old singer and actor said the multi-album deal was a dream come true.

“I have always wanted to record an album that was loved by everyone,” she told The Sunday Telegraph.

“I want to be boppy – I love all different styles but particularly pop music. My idols are Kylie Minogue and John Farnham. I could never have dreamed I would be signed by him, that he would even ask.”

The world’s leading songwriters; including hitmakers for Christine Aguilera, Spice Girls and Britney Spears; have already been approached.

Fraser, who is Gotham Records managing director, said Nikki would be the first artist Australians have watched grow up in a long time.

“The whole country will watch Nikki grow up and that is very exciting when you consider how talented she is – she can do everything.”

Nikki will travel to Africa in February to begin filming her first movie, Vanilla Gorilla.

– KATHY McCABE

Source: The Sunday Telegraph
Thanks to Nikki Webster 2000