Nikki Nelson

{{short description|American country music singer (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Nikki Nelson

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| background = solo_singer

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|01|03}}

| birth_place = La Mesa, California U.S.

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| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1987–present

| label = 19th Avenue, Columbia

| past_member_of = Highway 101

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Nikki Nelson (born January 3, 1969, in La Mesa, California){{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=293|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} is an American country music singer. When she was seven, she and her family moved to Topaz Lake, Nevada. In 1991, she replaced Paulette Carlson as lead vocalist for the band Highway 101, and their first album together was that year's Bing Bang Boom. She also sang lead vocals on the band's next album, 1993's The New Frontier.{{cite book|last=Carlin|first=Richard|title=Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWmyUQVUqhQC&q=%22nikki+nelson&pg=PA182|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=0-415-93802-3|pages=182–183|year=2003}}

Carlson returned to Highway 101 in 1995 for the album Reunited, and Nelson signed a solo recording deal with Columbia Records, Nashville. She released the single "Too Little Too Much" in 1997 and charted at No. 62 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Chrislynn Lee replaced Carlson after the Reunited album, and remained that band's lead vocalist until 2006, when Nelson rejoined.