Nico & Vinz are a Norwegian singing and sogwriting duo, composed of Kahouly Nicolay "Nico" Sereba from Holmlia, Oslo and Vincent "Vinz Dery From Lambertseter, Oslo. They formed in 2009 as Envy and are based in Oslo. They changed their name to Nico & Vinz in January 2014 after the international success of "Am I Wrong" and because of their signing with Warner Bros. Records to avoid confusion with similar artists.
Nicolay and Vincent are Norwegian and African as they have Ivorian and Ghanian backgrounds. Due to their mix of cultures and living in a country that welcomes immigrants from all over the world, Nico and Vinz have become inspired to make music that has a message. Vinz says, "It is important for us to inspire. We sing about things we've been going through and about finding ourselves. To us it's important to have a message, and the goal for us is to inspire people to find happiness".
Due to the success of "Am I Wrong", Nico & Vinz chnaged the credits of the song to the new adopted name. The song reached #2 in Norway, Sweden and Netherlands as well as #1 in America.
Take a listen to their hit single as well as another of their other songs.
"Am I Wrong"
"Hold it Together"
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