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Nina Simone Vidal (born April 20), is an American singer-songwriter and pianist known best by her stage name, Nina Vidal. In 2008, Vidal released her self-titled debut album, which gained her immense success in Japan. Within six days of the release, ''Nina Vidal'' became the most downloaded album on Japanese iTunes. From there, the album went on to become the number 1 Contemporary Jazz Album in Japan, with five of Vidal’s songs on the top 10 most downloaded Jazz songs on iTunes. In 2010, Nina Vidal released the singles "Cigarette & Wine" and the Paul McCartney written song "My Love" on iTunes. The singles were songs taken from her second full-length album, ''The Open-Ended Fantasy'' which was released in September 2010, and also became the #1 Jazz album in Japan. In July 2011 an album of cover songs entitled ''Love, Pop & Soul'' (The Cover Session Vol. 1) was released and hit the #1 spot as well. In first week of September 2013, Vidal's self-titled debut ''Nina Vidal'' once again became the #1 Jazz Album in Japan. Simultaneously her album ''The Open Ended Fantasy'' became the #6 Jazz album in the country that same week giving her 2 albums in the Top Jazz Albums for the month of September. The ''Nina Vidal'' debut album also peaked at #25 for the Top 200 albums in the country. 〔iTunes〕 Nina Vidal's album ''Silver Lining'' was released in November 2013, and not only became the #1 Jazz album in Japan, but also broke Vidal's previous records with 8 of the 11 songs on the album included in the top 200 singles in the country. ==Music career== Nina Vidal was born in Queens, New York. While a student at New York University, she attended a monthly open-mic night. On one such occasion she met musician, producer and composer Caté. Vidal passed her demo on to him and after hearing it Caté agreed to produce some of her songs. These songs would later be put together in an EP, entitled ''Do It Again''. Vidal was soon contacted by the Japanese label Uni-Village. Executives had heard her songs and wanted to sign her on their label for a full album. In 2008, Uni-Village released ''Nina Vidal'', which received extraordinary praise. The Soul Express (Finland) called it “A timeless masterpiece!” Adam Greenberg of Allmusic.com wrote that, “Nina Vidal takes her inspiration from a wide array of classic female singers…she breaks loose with a subdued, smoldering style.” Nina Vidal’s first album toppled Norah Jones ''Come Away With Me'' as the number one Contemporary Jazz album in Japan – a spot Vidal would hold for eight months straight. It also became the number 1 most downloaded album on Japanese iTunes in September of that year, and five of its tracks made it to the Japanese Top 10 most downloaded Jazz songs. She was only 25 years old. On September 15, 2010 Vidal’s album ''The Open-Ended Fantasy'' was released exclusively in Japan. It became the #1 Contemporary Jazz Album in that country in less than 24 hours. It had five songs on iTunes Japan Top Ten Jazz Singles simultaneously including the #1 Single ("Cigarette & Wine" ) which was written by Vidal. The album was released in the U.S. the following year. In 2010 Nina Vidal signed a Publishing deal with Universal Music Japan. In July 2011 Vidal released ''Love, Pop & Soul (The Cover Session Vol. 1)'' on the Japanese label Village Again. An album of cover songs she has again worked with her partner and producer, Caté. On July 28, 2011 it reached the #1 position on iTunes Japan and became Vidal's 3rd consecutive album to reach number 1 in Japan. In August 2011 ''The Open Ended Fantasy'' was released in Korea with two songs from the album, the Paul McCartney written "My Love" and Vidal's original composition "Cigarette & Wine", charted on the Korean Soul chart reaching the #5 and the #8 spot respectively. In first week of September 2013, Vidal's self-titled debut ''Nina Vidal'' once again became the #1 Jazz Album in Japan. Simultaneously her album ''The Open Ended Fantasy'' became the #6 Jazz album in the country that same week giving her 2 albums in the Top Jazz Albums for the month of September. The ''Nina Vidal'' debut album also peaked at #25 for the Top 200 albums in the country. On September 11, 2013 Vidal released the single "Paint The Sky". The single reached (#1 on iTunes Japan ) on November 14, 2013. Nina Vidal's latest album ''Silver Lining'' was released in Japan on November 6, 2013, early due to overwhelming demand. The album is a blend of Jazz, World, Soul & Pop music and prominently features pedal steel guitar and harmonica. Nina wrote 9 out of the 11 songs on the album. The album was again produced by Caté. On October 23rd 2013. In less than 12 hours it became the #1 Jazz Album in the country. 10 of the 11 songs from the album charted in the Top 100 Jazz Singles in a 4-day period. On December 18, 2013 Village Again & CCG Recordings released the album ''Covers'' in Japan. It became the #1 Jazz Album in less than 3 hours giving Nina her 6th #1 album and her second #1 album in 2 months. 〔iTunes〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nina Vidal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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