Nicholas Megalis
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=May 2008}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nicholas Benjamin Megalis
| background = solo_singer
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|8}}
| origin = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| genre = {{hlist|Rock|hip hop}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|piano|vocals|production}}
| years_active = 2005–present
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| associated_acts = Carrot Three, Ema, Oh The Sides, Pagan Pecan
| website = [http://www.nicholasmegalis.com www.nicholasmegalis.com]
}}
Nicholas Benjamin Megalis (born April 8, 1989) is an American visual artist, singer-songwriter, director, and social media personality. He is best known for his videos on Vine.
History
Megalis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Cleveland, Ohio at age 13. In Cleveland he found relatively quick success performing solo and with various bands at local venues, all under his name. At age 16, he met a producer in Cleveland and recorded a studio album titled "I See The Moon". Up until that point, Megalis had mostly recorded in his bedroom, playing guitar to a drum machine.{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/nicholas_megalis_of_cleveland.html|title=Nicholas Megalis of Cleveland is an Internet superstar with two million followers on Vine|last=Petkovic|first=John|date=1 August 2013|work=Northeast Ohio|publisher=Cleveland.com|accessdate=3 September 2013}} He moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2009. Starting in March 2013,{{Cite web |last=Langer |first=Eli |date=July 21, 2013 |title=Vine tips from the video-sharing app's most popular user |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/07/21/vine-tips-from-the-videosharing-apps-most-popular-user.html |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=CNBC}} he began to publish content on the social networking video sharing service Vine, on which as of May 2014 he had 4.9 million followers.{{cite web|last=Taintor|first=David|title=This Guy Has the Second-Most Followed Account on Vine. Marketers are taking notice|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/guy-has-second-most-followed-account-vine-152130|publisher=Adweek|accessdate=3 September 2013|date=1 September 2013}} As of January 2019 Megalis was finishing a studio EP titled “Not Funny” with producer Frankie Siragusa. Megalis is producing fine art and lives in the Palm Springs area of Southern California. He has one child named Lady Ophelia.
Discography
- Hands To The Sky, We All Wave Goodbye To Our Mothers
- I See The Moon
- Whatever I Am, You'll Understand
- Praise Be, Hype Machine
- I Find It Sexy How You Mislead Me
- Side A
- Gummy Money
- Forget It in a day
- Not Funny
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nicholasmegalis.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130618061757/http://seenive.com/u/914781099446636544 Nicholas Megalis on Vine]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/Nicholasmegalis Nicholas Megalis' YouTube page]
- [https://archive.org/details/IFindItSexyHowYouMisleadMeRe-issue I Find It Sexy... download page]
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Category:Singer-songwriters from Ohio
Category:Singers from Cleveland
Category:American people of Greek descent
Category:American Vine (service) celebrities
Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters
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