Nicholas 'Nick' Howard (born 24 April 1982, Brighton) is an English singer-songwriter who has released six albums since 2008 and played over 1000 shows across the world.
His music has been featured on Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, The Hills, Jersey Shore, Next, True Life, Cougar Town, 90210, LA Ink, Greek and Army Wives.
He has toured with Lifehouse, Boyce Avenue, Eric Hutchinson, Tristan Prettyman and supported Train, Gavin Degraw & Jack Johnson He has performed several times on live television in the US and Europe, including appearances on NBC, Fox and the BBC along with a live performance in front of 1 million people in Berlin on New Year's Eve 2013/4.
[2][3] Howard moved to New York City in 2004, and had day and night jobs for several years before being able to make the transition to a full-time musician.
His debut album, Something To Talk About (2009), included songs which were featured in television shows and films, and received airplay across radio networks in the US and in Europe.
All four singles from the album broke into the Top 50 mainstream radio airplay charts in Germany, where Nick licensed "When The Lights Go Up" through Hamburg based independent label, Ferryhouse.
[4] Tickets for his European Tour began selling out, however he was forced to cancel all but two of the shows due to filming commitments for the next round of The Voice of Germany.
In September 2013, he confirmed via Facebook and Twitter that he was moving to Los Angeles to write and record his fourth album.
[9] Nick's European headlining tour in the Fall of 2014 saw him play 12 shows across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium & France.