Jaki Nelson

Jammerzine interviews Jaki Nelson (The Week in #Indie Segment)

Two time Top 10, four-time Billboard charting pop/dance artist Jaki Nelson is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. Her single, “What We Wanna Do” spent six weeks on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and peaked at #29. Her follow-up single, “Uh Oh”, spent 12 weeks on the same chart and peaked at #9. “Uh Oh” also debuted at #12 on Beatport Future House chart, peaking at #4, and was featured numerous times as a Spotify Discover Weekly track.

Jaki has performed at NY Fashion Week (2016/2017), LA Fashion Week (2017) and prestigious clubs including TigerHeat at the legendary Avalon Hollywood 2018 & 2019 (Previous performers include Lady Gaga) as well as LA Pride Weekend (2018) and a headlining spot on the main stage with powerhouse DJ Hector Fonseca (Beyonce, Rihanna) at San Francisco Pride (2018).

In 2018, Jaki released “Dancing With Strangers”, written and produced with GRAMMY winner Dave Aude who has created over 120 #1 Billboard dance remixes (Madonna, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Rihanna). “Dancing With Strangers” peaked at #10 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and was the only single by an independent artist in the top ten for her week. Jaki shared the honor with greats including U2, Ariana Grande, Cher, Lenny Kravitz, Kygo, and Calvin Harris featuring Sam Smith. The track also peaked at #41 and debuted above Steve Aoki and Vanessa Hudgens on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Chart.

Now, Jaki is debuting her track “High Wasted” by Rayne & Jaki Nelson, produced and co-written with Rayne (“America’s Got Talent”). The “High Wasted” music video continues the story in “Dancing With Strangers” as a prequel.

Jaki is also the featured artist on “The End” (Want It All), the new single from Disco Fries & LoaX. Production duo Disco Fries have worked with everyone from Britney Spears and Katie Perry to Selena Gomez.

LINKS:
https://www.jakinelson.com
https://www.facebook.com/jakinelsonent
https://www.twitter.com/jakinelsonent
https://youtube.com/jakinelson
https://instagram.com/jakinelson

Jammerzine’s The Week in #Indie for 4/29/2019

Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, and singer Jaki Nelson as well as premieres from Cellista, Earnhardt, Nervous City Nervous Self, Secrecies, Submotile, The Flashpot Moments, and Where We Sleep.

 

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