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Nikka Costa (born Domenica Costa, June 4, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan), is an United States|American singer whose music combines elements of funk, soul music|soul, and blues.
Nikka Costa recorded her first single 45rpm record in Italy in 1981 with the song ''"(Out Here) On My Own"'' (from the musical ''Fame (musical)|Fame''), which rose to #1 on European charts in September of that year and stayed on the top spots for several weeks.
Audiences in the United States had not yet been exposed to her until her song "Like A Feather" was featured in a Tommy Hilfiger television advertising campaign. That exposure coupled with the track's music video helped launch her U.S. music career. The album ''Everybody Got Their Something'' managed to garner another radio hit with the title track.
In 2006 Nikka and her husband Justin recorded and performed the theme to the short-lived CBS sitcom "Courting Alex", which starred Jenna Elfman.
Costa is currently signed with EMI Records.<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/nikkacosta/ Costa's MySpace page]</ref>
Person life
Costa is the daughter of Don Costa, an arranger and Record producer|producer of pop music, with whom she recorded several albums as a child. Frank Sinatra, a close friend of her father's, was her godfather. She is married to her songwriting partner and producer Justin Stanle... read all