Nico Santos (singer)
{{short description|German singer-songwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nico Santos
| image = Nico Santos - 2023259153746 2023-09-16 Glücksgefühle Festival - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0642 - B70I4738 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Nico Santos on stage in 2023
| birth_name = Nico Wellenbrink
| alias = {{hlist|Santos|Santi}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|01|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bremen, Germany
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| genre = Pop
| years_active =
| label = Universal
| website = {{URL|www.nico-santos.de}}
}}
Nico Wellenbrink (born 7 January 1993), professionally known as Nico Santos or occasionally as Santos or Santi, is a German singer-songwriter. In 2017, after having been featured on Topic's hit "Home" (2015), he released his breakthrough solo single "Rooftop", which reached the top five in German-speaking Europe, Poland and Slovakia, as well as number one in the Czech Republic. It also received several certifications, including triple gold by the German {{Lang|de|Bundesverband Musikindustrie|italic=no}} (BVMI) and quintuple platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Switzerland (IFPI SWI). Santos' debut studio album, Streets of Gold, was issued in October 2018 and yielded other moderately successful singles alongside "Rooftop", such as "Safe" (2018) and "Unforgettable" (2019).
In May 2020, Universal Music Group released his self-titled second record, which fared well commercially and featured three top 40 hits on the German singles chart—"Better" (2019), "Play with Fire" (2019) and "Like I Love You" (2020). While the former was a collaboration with Lena Meyer-Landrut and the latter with Topic, respectively, "Play with Fire" notably reached number 11 in the Czech Republic. Another top 10, "Would I Lie to You", followed in 2021 in the territory, the same year as Santos released the single "Leere Hände" ("Empty Hands") to great commercial success in German-speaking Europe under his last name only. Santos collaborated again with Topic in 2022 on "In Your Arms (For an Angel)", which was listed on Billboard{{'s}} Euro Digital Singles Sales and Hot Dance/Electronic Songs charts, among others.
Apart from his solo releases, Santos has co-written or produced songs for a number of German artists, including Bushido, Shindy, Helene Fischer and Mark Forster. His visibility was aided by his participation in the German international song competition Free European Song Contest 2020, which he won with the song "Like I Love You", as well as by his involvement as a coach on The Voice of Germany from its ninth season to the eleventh season, and again for its fifteenth season.
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| GfK Entertainment charts
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| Ö3 Austria Top 40
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| Swiss Hitparade
{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Santos|title=hitparade.ch Santos discography}} |
| scope="row"| Streets of Gold{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/streets-of-gold/1438219734|title=Streets of Gold by Nico Santos on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|date=12 October 2018 |access-date=15 October 2018}}
|
| 25 || 69 || 29 | |
| scope="row"| Nico Santos{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/nico-santos/1501834864|title=Nico Santos by Nico Santos on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=3 May 2020}}
|
| 3 || 5 || 2 | |
| scope="row"| Ride
|
| 2 || 42 || 37 | |
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| TopHit ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| Croatian Radiotelevision
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| Rádio – Top 100 (Czech Republic)
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |Billboard charts ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| ZPAV ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| TopHit ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| Rádio – Top 100 (Slovakia)
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| Dance/Electronic Songs |
| scope="row"|"Symphony" {{small|(featuring B-Case)}} | 2016 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"|"Goodbye to Love" {{small|(with Broiler)}} | rowspan="2"|2017 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Rooftop" {{small|(solo or featuring Kool Savas and Kelvin Jones}} | 5 || 2 || — || — || 1 || — || 3 || — || 4 || 5 || — |
| rowspan="4"| Streets of Gold |
| scope="row"| "Safe"
| rowspan="2"|2018 | 24 || 23 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 36 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Oh Hello"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Oh Hello" did not enter the Official German Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the German Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Deutschland – Chartwoche 47/2018|accessdate=20 September 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207010914/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|archivedate=7 December 2018|publisher=RadioCharts. {{Lang|de|Bundesverband Musikindustrie|italic=no}}|url-status=live}}}} || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Oh Hello" did not enter the Ö3 Austria Top 40, but peaked at number 10 on the Austrian Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Österreich – Chartwoche 5/2019|accessdate=3 June 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214235142/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|archivedate=14 February 2019|publisher=RadioCharts. IFPI Austria|url-status=live}}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Unforgettable"
| rowspan="3"| 2019 | 66 || 65 || — || — || 7 || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Better" {{small|(with Lena)}} | 15 || 17 || — || — || 19 || — || — || — || 53 || 89 || — | | rowspan="3"| Nico Santos |
| scope="row"| "Play with Fire"
| 54 || 59 || — || — || 11 || — || — || — || — || 66 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Like I Love You" {{small|(with Topic)}} | rowspan="2"| 2020 | 24 || 32 || — || — || 68 || — || — || — || 41 || 54 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Running Back to You" {{small|(with Martin Jensen and Alle Farben)}} | 80 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Running Back to You" did not enter the Ö3 Austria Top 40, but peaked at number 29 on the Austrian Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Österreich – Chartwoche 14/2021|accessdate=3 June 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420123346/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|archivedate=20 April 2021|publisher=RadioCharts. IFPI Austria|url-status=live}}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="16" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Leere Hände" {{small|(as Santos featuring Sido and Samra)}} | rowspan="3"|2021 | 2 || 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 5 || — | |
| scope="row"| "End of Summer"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"End of Summer" did not enter the Official German Singles Chart, but peaked at number 65 on the German Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Deutschland – Chartwoche 37/2021|accessdate=20 September 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924073858/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|archivedate=24 September 2021|publisher=RadioCharts. {{Lang|de|Bundesverband Musikindustrie|italic=no}}|url-status=live}}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Would I Lie to You"
| 31 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Would I Lie to You" did not enter the Ö3 Austria Top 40, but peaked at number 35 on the Austrian Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Österreich – Chartwoche 41/2021|accessdate=3 June 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028195030/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|archivedate=28 October 2021|publisher=RadioCharts. IFPI Austria|url-status=live}}}} || — || — || 10 || — || — || — || 16 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "In Your Arms (For an Angel)" {{small|(with Topic, Robin Schulz and Paul Van Dyk)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mix1.de/music/topic-robin-schulz-nico-santos-paul-van-dyk/in-your-arms-for-an-angel/|title=Topic, Robin Schulz, Nico Santos & Paul Van Dyk – In Your Arms (For An Angel)|website=mix1.de|language=de|access-date=January 28, 2022}} | rowspan="3"|2022 | 36 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"In Your Arms (For an Angel)" did not enter the Ö3 Austria Top 40, but peaked at number 14 on the Austrian Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Österreich – Chartwoche 21/2022|accessdate=21 September 2022|archivedate=3 June 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603053551/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|publisher=RadioCharts. IFPI Austria|url-status=live}}}} || 7 || 10 || — || 12 || — || 9 || 9 || 61 || 31 | |
| scope="row"| "Candela" {{small|(with Álvaro Soler)}} | ―{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Candela" did not enter the Official German Singles Chart, but peaked at number 82 on the German Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Deutschland – Chartwoche 36/2022|accessdate=20 September 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920123952/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|archivedate=20 September 2022|publisher=RadioCharts. {{Lang|de|Bundesverband Musikindustrie|italic=no}}|url-status=live}}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Weekend Lover"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Weekend Lover" did not enter the Official German Singles Chart, but peaked at number one on the German Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Deutschland – Chartwoche 36/2022|accessdate=20 September 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920123952/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_de_main.htm|archivedate=20 September 2022|publisher=RadioCharts. {{Lang|de|Bundesverband Musikindustrie|italic=no}}|url-status=live}}}} || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Weekend Lover" did not enter the Ö3 Austria Top 40, but peaked at number 21 on the Austrian Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Österreich – Chartwoche 36/2022|accessdate=20 September 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920124135/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_at_main.htm|archivedate=20 September 2022|publisher=RadioCharts. IFPI Austria|url-status=live}}}} || — || 30 || 4 || — || — || — || 16 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Weekend Lover" did not enter the Schweizer Hitparade, but peaked at number 23 on the Swiss Radio chart.{{cite news|url=https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_ch_main.htm|title=Radio-Charts Schweiz – Chartwoche 36/2022|accessdate=20 September 2022|language=de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920124335/https://radiocharts.com/html/charts_ch_main.htm|archivedate=20 September 2022|publisher=RadioCharts. IFPI Switzerland|url-status=live}}}} || — | |
| scope="row"| "All You Need Is Love" (with Nicky Romero and Jonas Blue){{cite web|url=https://celebmix.com/nicky-romero-teams-up-with-jonas-blue-and-nico-santos-for-the-uplifting-summer-anthem-of-the-year-all-you-need-is-love/ |title=Nicky Romero teams up with Jonas Blue and Nico Santos for the uplifting summer anthem of the year "All You Need Is Love"|website=Celeb Mix|date= 20 May 2023|access-date=21 May 2023}} | rowspan=3|2023 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Number 1"
| — || — || — || — || 2 || — || — || — || 1 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Where You Are" {{small|(with Fast Boy)}} | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 74 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Himmel leer" {{small|(as Santos featuring Jazeek)}} | rowspan=4|2024 | 26 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 81 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Human Being"
| — || — || — || — || 21 || — || — || — || 65 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Geschlossene Augen" {{small|(as Santos featuring Sido)}} | 4 || 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 12 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Ray of Light"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 23 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Das Leben ruft" {{small|(as Santos featuring Montez)}} |rowspan=2|2025 | 24 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Party Girls Don’t Cry" {{small|(as Santos featuring Yakary)}} | 68 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| colspan="24" style="font-size:85%;" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
==As featured artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| ARIA Charts ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"|Sverigetopplistan |
| scope="row"| "Won't Let You Fall" {{small|(Gigo'n'Migo and Lifters featuring Nico Santos)}} | 2014 | — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="5" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Holding On" {{small|(Mr. Da-Nos featuring Nico Santos)}} | rowspan="2"|2015 | — || — || — || — || 42 | |
| scope="row"| "Home" {{small|(Topic featuring Nico Santos)}} | 12 || 11 || 10 || 2 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Fastlane" {{small|(Jamule featuring Nico Santos)}} | rowspan="2"|2020 | 9 || — || 17 || — || 29 | |
| scope="row"| "This City" (Remix) {{small|(Sam Fischer featuring Nico Santos)}} | — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Die Sonne" {{small|(Kontra K featuring Nico Santos)}} | 2023 | 1 || — || — || — || — | | Die Hoffnung klaut mir niemand |
| colspan="23" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
= Other charted songs =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"| GER |
| scope="row"| "Purple Rain" {{small|(with Capital Bra and Samra)}} | 2019 | 50 |
=Songwriting and production credits=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Wir sind groß"
| rowspan="2"| 2016 |
| scope="row"| "Roli"
| Shindy |
| scope="row"| "Achterbahn"
| rowspan="6" | 2017 |
| scope="row"| "Papa"
| Bushido |
| scope="row"| "So schön kaputt"
|SDP |
| scope="row"| "Lost In You"
| rowspan="2" |Lena |
| scope="row"| "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" |
| scope="row"| "Hellrot"
|Prinz Pi, Bosse |
| scope="row"| "Tausend Tattoos"
|2018 |Sido |
| scope="row"| "Mañana"
| rowspan="2" |2021 |
| scope="row"| "Vamos a Marte" |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable"
|+ !Year !Award !Nomination !Work !Result !Ref. |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" |{{center|2018}}
|Radio Galaxy Awards |Best Newcomer | rowspan="3" |Himself | {{Won}} |
|---|
| Audi Generation Awards
|Music | {{Won}} |
| rowspan="4" |1LIVE Krone Awards
|Best Newcomer | {{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |Best Single
|"Safe" | {{Nominated}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" |{{center|2019}}
|"Better" | {{Nominated}} |
| Best Male Artist
| rowspan="4" |Himself | {{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |Bravo Otto Awards
| rowspan="2" |Musician National | {{Nominated}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" |{{center|2020}}
| {{Won|place=Bronze}} |
| rowspan="2" |Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
|Favourite Singer (for DACH) | {{Nominated}} | rowspan="2" |{{center|{{Cite web|date=April 6, 2020|title=Nickelodeon bringt die Kids' Choice Awards 2020 nach Hause|url=https://www.hdaustria.at/blog/kids-choice-awards-2020/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=HD Austria Blog|language=de}}}} |
| Favourite Song (for DACH)
|"Better" | {{Won}} |
| 1LIVE Krone Awards
|Best Male Artist | rowspan="3" |Himself | {{Nominated}} |
| MTV Europe Music Awards
|Best German Act | {{Nominated}} |{{center|{{Cite web|title=MTV EMA 2020|url=https://www.mtvema.com/de-de/gewinner}}}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" |{{center|2021}}
| rowspan="2" |Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards |Favourite Singer (for DACH) | {{Nominated}} |
| Favourite Team (for DACH)
| {{Won}} |
| Bravo Otto Awards
|Musician National |Himself | {{Pending}} |
| 1LIVE Krone Awards
|Best Single |"Would I Lie to You" | {{Won}} |
Notes
{{notelist-ua|30em}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.nico-santos.de Official website]
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Nico}}
Category:German record producers