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Natalie and Nicole Albino (born March 13, 1986 in New York City) are
identical twin sisters who sing under the name "Nina Sky".
Trademark of Nina SkyTheir parents immigrated from Puerto Rico and were
divorced when the girls were very young. The twins' mother remarried with a
DJ, who also happened to be Puerto Rican. They grew up in the Queens and
Roosevelt Island sections of New York.
Since their stepfather worked as a DJ, the twins were influenced by
different types of music. When the sisters were only 7 years old, they wrote
their first song, "Sisters", and by the time they were 10, they already knew
that they wanted to become singers.
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The twins' parents were very supportive of their daughters' ambitions. The
stepfather even gave them guitar and drum lessons. They were taken to
auditions and, on some occasions, they even performed on some showcases. The
sisters wanted to come up with a name of their own and by using the first
two syllables of their names "Ni" and "Na", came up with Nina. They then
added Sky, which for them represented "the sky's the limit".
They continued to go to school and, on their spare time, worked as DJ's. In
the year 2000, they met the Jettsonz, a pair of music producers who helped
them develop their own sound.
Nina Sky on Album CoverIn 2004, Jettsonz introduced the girls to Cipha
Sounds, a hip hop DJ who worked for the Star Track record label. Cipha
Sounds was impressed when he heard the girls sing and suggested that they
use the Coolie Dance Riddim. The twins then proceeded to write "Move Ya Body",
mixing riddim with Caribbean moves and made a demo.
The demo fell into the hands of Eddie O'Loughlin, the president of Next
Plateau Entertainment (which is a division of Universal Records). O'Loughlin
signed the twins to a contract and they started working on their debut
album.
The single "Move Ya Body" was released on April 27, 2004 and reached number
17 in the hit charts. Urban music and rhythmic top 40 stations quickly added
the song to their play lists, sending the song up the charts. By July 17,
"Move Ya Body" had gone to the top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic and had
also reached the top 5 of a world combined r&b chart based on the US, UK,
Germany, France and Australia. The song had also reached the top 50 of the
Australian charts. The band released a self-titled album in June 2004. On
June 29, 2004 they released their first album "Nina Sky" featuring Betty
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