Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Nick Carter


Nickolas Gene "Nick" Carter was born on January 28, 1980 in Jamestown, New York to parents Jane Elizabeth and Robert Carter. Several years later, the family moved to Ruskin, Florida and managed a retirement home, Garden Villa Retirement Home. He grew up with four younger siblings Bobbie Jean, Leslie Barbara and twins Aaron and Angel Charisma Carter. Carter also has an older half-sister, Virginia Marie Carter from his father’s first marriage, a half-brother Kaden Brent Carter, and a stepsister, Taelyn Carter from his father’s third marriage. After parents’ dissolved marriage in 2003, his father remarried a year after.
Carter is best known as one of the lead vocalist of the pop group, Backstreet Boys. During the group’s hiatus, he went on to pursue a solo career and subsequently released a pop-rock solo album called “Now Or Never” which was a certified Gold. He has also made occasional television appearances and starred in his own reality show, House of Carters. As a solo artist he sold over 570,000 records worldwide. He gained fame in the late 90s and early 2000s as a Teen Idol.

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