Nick Carter

Throughout his career, this prominent recording artist struggled with drugs and alcohol addiction but became abstemious after being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy.

He has a been involved in the efforts for preserving the environment and the oceans and has worked with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Convention on Migratory Species, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and the Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN).

He is engaged to be married to his long-time girlfriend Lauren Kitt, a personal trainer.

Nickolas Gene Carter was born to Jane Elizabeth and Robert Gene Carter in Jamestown, New York. At a very early age, he started playing several songs recorded by other artists; the most popular being ‘Breaking Up Is Hard to Do’ and ‘Uptown Girl’.

Singing apart, he was cast in several commercials and auditioned for several acting roles at a young age. His first appearance in a movie as a kid was in ‘Edward Scissorhands’ along with Johnny Depp in 1990.

When he was 13, Nick joined fellow Floridians, Howie Dorough and AJ McLean and subsequently Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell to form the Backstreet Boys.

As a part of Backstreet Boys, Nick recorded including, ‘Backstreet Boys’ in 1996, and ‘Backstreet’s Back’ in 1997.

His first solo album, ‘Now or Never’, released in October 2002 and reached the #17 on the Billboard 200. The album sold millions and was certified ‘gold’ in both, the United States and Canada.

He started working on his second solo album, in 2003 but gave it up when the Backstreet Boys returned to record their next album. In 2006, he and his siblings starred in the reality television show, ‘House of Carters’, which featured the reunion of all five Carter siblings, their ups and downs and constant efforts to harmoniously live in the same house.

Despite the departure of Kevin Richardson from the band, the group still recorded two albums as a quartet entitled, ‘Unbreakable’ and ‘This is Us’ is 2007 and 2009, respectively.

Nick’s first solo album ‘Now or Never’, in 2002, debuted at #17 in its first week on Billboard 200 and sold 70,000 copies. Although the two singles released from the album had little impact on the US charts, the album sold more than 550,000 copies worldwide.

Of the tracks in his second solo album, ‘I’m Taking Off’, the song ‘Just One Kiss’ peaked at #12 on Japan Hot 100 Countdown. The album sold more than 20,000 copies in Japan; the US version was released digitally and peaked at #14 on the US Digital Charts.