Brittney Rose "Nikki" Cleary (born May 11, 1988) is a pop-rock singer who was born in Albany

Albany, New York

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, New York

New York

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Cleary first hit the pop market with the catchy song "I.M. Me" while still using her given name. Her debut album, Everything I Wished For, was released independently under the Free Falls record label in 2002 after two years of recording. The album hit #45 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart. When Cleary signed with Jive Records

Jive Records

Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

 in the summer of 2002, they asked to change her name because they already had a Britney

Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

 on their roster. Her self-titled album, Nikki Cleary

Nikki Cleary (album)

Nikki Cleary is a self-titled album by Nikki Cleary released in 2003.The song "Summertime Guys" was featured in the episode The Golden Years of Kim Possible in 2003...

was released in the summer of 2003.

She was featured on a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards record in 2003. She also performed on Nickelodeon's "All That."
Cleary also did a version of "Summertime Guys". She contributed to the Mean Girls

Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy-drama film directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman, which describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have...

motion picture soundtrack with the song "Hated".

Nikki attended Clayton A. Bouton High School in Voorheesville, New York

Voorheesville, New York

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, and Mohonasen's Draper Middle School in Schenectady, New York

Schenectady, New York

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Discography

• Everything I Wished For (2002)
  1. "He's Got Nothin' On You"
  2. "Where Is My Love"
  3. "Something More"
  4. "Everything I Wished For"
  5. "If I Save My Heart for You"
  6. "Dream Away"
  7. "Freckle"
  8. "I Just Do"
  9. "Feel"
  10. "I.M. Me"
• Nikki Cleary
  Nikki Cleary (album)
  Nikki Cleary is a self-titled album by Nikki Cleary released in 2003.The song "Summertime Guys" was featured in the episode The Golden Years of Kim Possible in 2003...
  
  (2003)