Nico Santos (singer)

Nico Wellenbrink (born 7 January 1993), better known as Nico Santos, is a German singer-songwriter. He collaborated with DJ Topic who featured him on vocals for the hit song "Home" in 2016. Santos has a number of solo hit singles, most notably "Rooftop" in 2017 from his debut solo album Streets of Gold. He has also authored and produced for a number of German artists including Bushido, Shindy and Mark Forster among others. He currently lives in Berlin.

Nico Santos
Santos performing at an event hosted by Radio Pilatus in 2018
Background information
Birth nameNico Wellenbrink
Born (1993-01-07) 7 January 1993
Bremen, Germany
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
LabelsUniversal
Associated actsBushido, Shindy, Topic, Samra, Capital Bra, Lena
Websitewww.nico-santos.de

Discography

Albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
GER
[1]		 AUT
[2]		 SWI
[3]
Streets of Gold[4] 256929
Nico Santos[5]
  • Released: May 8, 2020
  • Label: Universal Music Group
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 352

Singles
Santos in 2016

As lead artist
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
GER
[1]		 AUT
[2]		 SWI
[3]
2017 "Rooftop" 525 Streets of Gold
2018 "Safe" 242336
2019 "Unforgettable" 6665—
"Better"
(with Lena)		 151789 Nico Santos
"Play with Fire" 545966
2020 "Like I Love You"
(with Topic)		 243254
"Running Back to You"
(with Martin Jensen and Alle Farben)		 80—— Non-album singles
2021 "Would I Lie to You" 31——
2022 "In Your Arms (For an Angel)"
(with Topic, Robin Schulz and Paul Van Dyk)[6]		 36—61
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[1]		 AUS
[7]		 AUT
[2]		 SWI
[3]
2015 "Holding On"
(Mr. Da-Nos featuring Nico Santos)		 ———42 Non-album singles
2016 "Home"
(Topic featuring Nico Santos)		 121110—
2020 "Fastlane"
(Jamule featuring Nico Santos)		 9—1729
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Other charted songs
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
GER
[1]		 AUT
[2]		 SWI
[3]
2019 "Purple Rain"
(with Capital Bra and Samra)		 50—— Berlin lebt 2

Songwriting / Producing
Year Title Artist
2016 "Wir sind groß" Mark Forster
"Roli" Shindy
2017 "Achterbahn" Helene Fischer
"Papa" Bushido
"So schön kaputt" SDP
"Lost In You" Lena
"If I Wasn't Your Daughter"
"Hellrot" Prinz Pi, Bosse
2018 "Tausend Tattoos" Sido
2021 "Mañana" Álvaro Soler, Cali y El Dandee
"Vamos a marte" Helene Fischer, Luis Fonsi

Awards and nominations

Results
Year Award Nomination Work Result Ref.
2018 Radio Galaxy Awards Best Newcomer Himself Won [10]
Audi Generation Awards Music Won [11]
1LIVE Krone Awards Best Newcomer Nominated [12]
Best Single Safe Nominated
2019 Better (with Lena) Nominated [13]
Best Male Artist Himself Nominated
Bravo Otto Awards Musician National Nominated [14]
2020 Bronze [15]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favourite Singer (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) Nominated [16]
Favourite Song (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) Better (with Lena) Won
1LIVE Krone Awards Best Male Artist Himself Nominated [17]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best German Act Nominated [18]
2021 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favourite Singer (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) Nominated [19]
Favourite Team (for Switzerland, Germany, Austria) The Voice of Germany Won
Bravo Otto Awards Musician National Himself Pending [20]
1LIVE Krone Awards Best Single Would I Lie To You Won [21]

References
  1. "Diskografie Nico Santos". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. "Austriancharts.at: Nico Santos discography".
  3. "hitparade.ch Nico Santos discography".
  4. "Streets of Gold by Nico Santos on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "Nico Santos by Nico Santos on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. "Topic, Robin Schulz, Nico Santos & Paul Van Dyk - In Your Arms (For An Angel)". mix1.de (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  9. "Aria Charts Accreditations". Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  10. "Radio Galaxy Award 2018 für Nico Santos". Lokalrundfunktage Nürnberg (in German). 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  11. "Preistraeger | Audi Generation Award". www.generationen.de. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  12. WDR (2018-11-05). "Let's get ready - 1LIVE KRONE 2018: Voting-Startschuss ist gefallen - Presselounge - WDR". presse.wdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  13. "1Live Krone 2019 in Bochum: Das sind die Nominierten". www.duesseldorf-tonight.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  14. "BRAVO-Otto-Wahl 2019: Vote für deinen Star! | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  15. "BRAVO Otto-Wahl 2020: Diese Stars haben gewonnen! | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  16. "Nickelodeon bringt die Kids' Choice Awards 2020 nach Hause". HD Austria Blog (in German). 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  17. Einck, Henry. "1LIVE Krone 2020: Das sind die Nominierten". Dance-Charts.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  18. "MTV EMA 2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. "Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2021: Voting gestartet – ViacomCBS Networks International DE" (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  20. "BRAVO Otto Wahl 2021: Vote für deinen Star! | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  21. "Die Nominierten in der Kategorie "Beste Single"". www1.wdr.de (in German). 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
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