Nico Santos | |
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.jpg) Santos in 2025 | |
| Background information | |
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| Born | Nico Wellenbrink (1993-01-07)7 January 1993 (age 32) Bremen, Germany |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Labels | Universal |
| Website | www |
Nico Wellenbrink (born 7 January 1993), better known asNico Santos or occasionally asSantos orSanti, is a German singer-songwriter. In 2017, after having been featured onTopic's hit "Home" (2015), he released his breakthrough solo single "Rooftop", which reached the top five inGerman-speaking Europe,Poland andSlovakia, as well as number one in theCzech Republic. It also received severalcertifications, including triple gold by the GermanBundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) and quintuple platinum by theInternational Federation of the Phonographic Industry Switzerland (IFPI SWI). Santos' debut studio album,Streets of Gold, was issued in October 2018 and yielded other moderately successful singles alongside "Rooftop", such as "Safe" (2018) and "Unforgettable" (2019).
In May 2020,Universal Music Group released his self-titled second record, which fared well commercially and featured three top 40 hits on theGerman singles chart—"Better" (2019), "Play with Fire" (2019) and "Like I Love You" (2020). While the former was a collaboration withLena Meyer-Landrut and the latter with Topic, respectively, "Play with Fire" notably reached number 11 in the Czech Republic. Another top 10, "Would I Lie to You", followed in 2021 in the territory, the same year as Santos released the single "Leere Hände" ("Empty Hands") to great commercial success in German-speaking Europe under his last name only. Santos collaborated again with Topic in 2022 on "In Your Arms (For an Angel)", which was listed onBillboard'sEuro Digital Singles Sales andHot Dance/Electronic Songs charts, among others.
Apart from his solo releases, Santos has co-written or produced songs for a number of German artists, includingBushido,Shindy,Helene Fischer andMark Forster. His visibility was aided by his participation in the German international song competitionFree European Song Contest 2020, which he won with the song "Like I Love You", as well as by his involvement as a coach onThe Voice of Germany from itsninth season to theeleventh season, and again for itsfifteenth season.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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| GER [1] | AUT [2] | SWI [3] | |||
| Streets of Gold[4] |
| 25 | 69 | 29 | |
| Nico Santos[6] |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Ride |
| 2 | 42 | 37 | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||||||
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| GER [1] | AUT [2] | CIS [7] | CRO [8] | CZR [9] | EUR Dig. [10] | POL [11] | RUS [12] | SVK [13] | SWI [3] | US Dance/ Elec. [10] | |||||||||||||
| "Symphony" (featuring B-Case) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Goodbye to Love" (with Broiler) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Rooftop" (solo or featuringKool Savas andKelvin Jones) | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 5 | — | Streets of Gold | |||||||||||
| "Safe" | 2018 | 24 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | |||||||||||
| "Oh Hello" | —[A] | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Unforgettable" | 2019 | 66 | 65 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Better" (withLena) | 15 | 17 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | 53 | 89 | — | Nico Santos | |||||||||||
| "Play with Fire" | 54 | 59 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Like I Love You" (withTopic) | 2020 | 24 | 32 | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | 41 | 54 | — | |||||||||||
| "Running Back to You" (withMartin Jensen andAlle Farben) | 80 | —[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||
| "Leere Hände" (as Santos featuringSido andSamra) | 2021 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||||||||||
| "End of Summer" | —[D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Would I Lie to You" | 31 | —[E] | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "In Your Arms (For an Angel)" (with Topic,Robin Schulz andPaul Van Dyk)[21] | 2022 | 36 | —[F] | 7 | 10 | — | 12 | — | 9 | 9 | 61 | 31 |
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| "Candela" (withÁlvaro Soler) | ―[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Weekend Lover" | —[H] | —[I] | — | 30 | 4 | — | — | — | 16 | —[J] | — | ||||||||||||
| "All You Need Is Love" (withNicky Romero andJonas Blue)[27] | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Number 1" | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Where You Are" (withFast Boy) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Himmel leer" (as Santos featuring Jazeek) | 2024 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | — | |||||||||||
| "Human Being" | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Geschlossene Augen" (as Santos featuring Sido) | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Ray of Light" | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Das Leben ruft" (as Santos featuring Montez) | 2025 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Party Girls Don’t Cry" (as Santos featuring Yakary) | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Body" (with Topic and Fireboy DML) | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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| GER [1] | AUS [28] | AUT [2] | SWE Heat. [29] | SWI [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Won't Let You Fall" (Gigo'n'Migo and Lifters featuring Nico Santos) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||||
| "Holding On" (Mr. Da-Nos featuring Nico Santos) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| "Home" (Topic featuring Nico Santos) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | — |
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| "Fastlane" (Jamule featuring Nico Santos) | 2020 | 9 | — | 17 | — | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| "This City" (Remix) (Sam Fischer featuring Nico Santos) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Die Sonne" (Kontra K featuring Nico Santos) | 2023 | 1 | — | — | — | — | Die Hoffnung klaut mir niemand | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| "Purple Rain" (withCapital Bra andSamra) | 2019 | 50 | Berlin lebt 2 |
| Title | Year | Artist |
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| "Wir sind groß" | 2016 | Mark Forster |
| "Roli" | Shindy | |
| "Achterbahn" | 2017 | Helene Fischer |
| "Papa" | Bushido | |
| "So schön kaputt" | SDP | |
| "Lost In You" | Lena | |
| "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" | ||
| "Hellrot" | Prinz Pi, Bosse | |
| "Tausend Tattoos" | 2018 | Sido |
| "Mañana" | 2021 | Álvaro Soler,Cali y El Dandee |
| "Vamos a Marte" | Helene Fischer,Luis Fonsi |
| Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Radio Galaxy Awards | Best Newcomer | Himself | Won | |
| Audi Generation Awards | Music | Won | |||
| 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Newcomer | Nominated | |||
| Best Single | "Safe" | Nominated | |||
2019 | "Better" | Nominated | |||
| Best Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Bravo Otto Awards | Musician National | Nominated | |||
2020 | Bronze | ||||
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favourite Singer(forDACH) | Nominated | |||
| Favourite Song(for DACH) | "Better" | Won | |||
| 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | ||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best German Act | Nominated | |||
2021 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favourite Singer(for DACH) | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Team(for DACH) | The Voice of Germany | Won | |||
| Bravo Otto Awards | Musician National | Himself | Pending | ||
| 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Single | "Would I Lie to You" | Won |
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