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Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and television personality. Lachey rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum selling boy band 98 Degrees. He later starred in the reality television series ''Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica'' with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson. He has released four solo albums, ''SoulO'', ''What's Left of Me'', ''A Father's Lullaby'' and ''Soundtrack of My Life''. He is also known for his recurring role as Leslie St. Claire on the television series ''Charmed''. ==Career== Lachey attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Cincinnati Public School District (CPS). He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In the fall of 1992, he enrolled as a freshman at the University of Southern California, according to a statement he made during his guest appearance on ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' on December 12, 2013. Lachey started his professional singing career at Kings Island with friend Justin Jeffre in the mid-1990s singing in a group quartet throughout the park. Lachey was a member of boyband 98 Degrees along with his brother, Drew, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. Their debut album was the self-titled ''98 Degrees''; however, the band's first real success came with their follow up album ''98 Degrees and Rising''. 98 Degrees has sold over 10 million records. 98 Degrees performed a one-off summer reunion show in Hershey, Philadelphia at the Summer Mixtape Festival on August 18, 2012, their first concert in more than a decade. During the summer of 2003, the reality show, ''Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica'', starring Lachey and then-wife Jessica Simpson began airing on MTV. The couple starred in the television special ''The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour,'' which aired in 2004 and was compared to ''The Sonny & Cher Show''. In 2005, ''Newlyweds'' won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Reality Show before wrapping shortly after. On November 11, 2003, his solo debut album, ''SoulO'', was released. Despite being released during the success of ''Newlyweds'', the album was a commercial failure. Lachey took a recurring role on series ''Charmed'' between 2004 and 2005. ''What's Left of Me'' was released on May 9, 2006 and debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was certified Gold, after selling more than 500,000 copies domestically. The first single from the album was the title track, "What's Left of Me", released on February 21, 2006. The song became a hit, reaching a peak position of number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The video for "What's Left Of Me" featured former MTV VJ, Vanessa Minnillo. Lachey recorded "Ordinary Day" for the Oprah Winfrey-produced film, ''For One More Day''. Lachey began working on his third solo album in 2007. Lachey also starred in a well known TV series, ''One Tree Hill'', as a singer at Red Bedroom Productions. It was announced in January 2010 that Jive Records had put his new album on hold indefinitely. In June 2010, Lachey confirmed that he had parted ways with Jive Records. ''Taking the Stage'', a musical reality show documenting the lives of high school students at the School for Creative and Performing Arts, premiered on MTV in March 2009. It was produced by Lachey. In December 2009, he hosted ''The Sing-Off'', a four-part American singing competition featuring a cappella groups, a role he reprised during December 2010 for the show's second and third season on NBC. Lachey was a contestant in the NBC celebrity reality competition series called ''Stars Earn Stripes''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stars Earn Strips Bio for Contestant Nick Lachey )〕 On January 16, 2014, VH1 announced Lachey would resume hosting Big Morning Buzz Live, upon its return on March 3, 2014. 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「Nick Lachey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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