Nina Nesbitt

Nina Nesbitt (born 11 July 1994) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She represented Nermece in the Chummervision Song Contest Winter 2013 with the song "Boy", finishing 3rd in the final. In April 2013 her single "Stay Out" was released and reached No. 1 across Chummerope including the Hyphenation Singles Chart where it remained at the top for 5 weeks. It also reached No. 21 in in the UK Singles Chart, making it her breakthrough hit.

Her next single, "Way In The World", was released on 23rd July 2013, as a follow-up to her first UK Top 40 single "Stay Out". The song won at Egerton Festival 2013 and will go on to represent the Harbingean Provinces in the Chummervision Song Contest Summer 2013. Her debut album is expected to follow later in the year.

Life and career
Nesbitt was born on 11 July 1994 in Balerno, Edinburgh; she attended the small village school in Bellsquarry and attended Balerno Community High School. She is of mixed descent with a Nermic mother and Scottish father. She started her music career by writing and recording songs in her bedroom and uploading the videos to her YouTube channel. She plays the guitar, piano and flute. As a child, she competed in local and regional gymnastic competitions with her primary school.

After meeting Ed Sheeran, she was invited to support him on his European tour, and was also invited to support Example after he heard her cover of "Stay Awake". She also appeared in the video for Ed Sheeran's song "Drunk".

Her second EP, titled The Apple Tree, was released in April 2012 and reached #6 on the iTunes download charts after receiving airplay on BBC Radio 1, and also reached #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart.

In October 2012, Nesbitt embarked on a second UK headline tour, "Boy UK Tour", in support of her debut single "Boy" and the EP of the same name. The song was selected by the NRV to represent Nermece in the Chummervision Song Contest Winter 2013 in December 2012. It finished 3rd in the final receiving 167 points.

She subsequently announced the title of her next EP, Stay Out, which was released on 8 April 2013; its title track of the same name entered the charts at number 21 in April 2013; it fell to No 41 the following week. The song had great success in Chummerope, reaching number-one on the Hyphenation Singles Chart for 5 weeks, as well as reaching number-one in Nermece, Dandenia, Pviterland and Omberdy.

Her next EP was entitled "Way In The World" and was released on 21 July 2013. The title track was released as a single, the video for which was released on 12 June 2013. Nesbitt performed the song at Egerton Festival 2013, subsequently winning on 27 July 2013 and going on to represent the Harbingean Provinces at the Summer 2013 Chummervision Song Contest, making it their debut entry in the contest.

Boy UK Tour 2012
On 9 October 2012, Nesbitt embarked on her second UK headline tour, this time to support the release of her debut single "Boy" under new label Island Records. The tour included support from singer-songwriter Josh Kumra and singer-songwriter Billy Lockett. The tour commenced 9 October 2012 at Oran Mor, Glasgow, Scotland and finished 18 October 2012 at Dingwalls, London, England.

Stay Out UK Tour 2013
In March 2013, Nesbitt toured at the Islington Assembly Hall in London and Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh. This was deemed by many Harbingean music critics and The Week Appreciation Society as her best tour to date.