Megan Nicole

Megan Nicole Flores was born on September 1, 1993, in Katy, Texas to Frankie and Tammy Flores. She has a younger sister named Madison.

She discovered her love for music at the age of ten when her father bought her a karaoke machine. During this time, she also started to learn playing the piano.

While in middle-school, she enjoyed singing in the choir. In her freshman year, she learned to play the guitar and joined the church band at Katy Community Fellowship.

After school, her parents used to take her to late night open-mic sessions around the neighborhood.

She attended Katy High School in her home city. However, after she became more involved in her music career, she had to drop out of school due to time constraints and started homeschooling.

In December 2009, Megan Nicole started her YouTube channel and posted her very first video, a cover of 'Use Somebody' by Kings of Leon. She soon started to post cover versions of popular songs by artists like Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Lorde, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez. Her cover of 'The Lazy Song' by Bruno Mars is the most watched video on her YouTube channel with over 66 million views.

As her popularity grew on YouTube, she started to collaborate with other famous YouTube artists. She has so far worked with Tiffany Alvord, Alyssa Bernal, Madilyn Bailey, Tyler Ward, Dave Days, Conor Maynard and Lindsey Stirling.

In 2010, after watching her videos, Los Angeles-based songwriter and producer Lairs Johnston became interested in working with her. As her manager, he helped her make a large number of songs and videos, working with influential people from the music industry.

On July 15, 2011, she released her first original music video, 'B-e-a-utiful'. The song, written by Nicole herself along with Lairs Johnston, Stephen Folden, and Tom Mgrdichian, gained one million views within two days.

She signed her first major deal with the American label, 'Bad Boy Records', in August 2012. The founder of the record label, Sean “Diddy” Combs, mentioned her as a complete package.

Megan Nicole, who already had a steady fan base thanks to her YouTube popularity, strengthened her foothold as a singer with her debut EP 'Escape'. This EP included the highly successful single, 'Fun', which has garnered over 22 million views online.

The movie 'Summer Forever' is one of her major works so far. The official soundtrack of the film was also released on the same day as the film. The film showcased her singing prowess as well as her acting potential.