Nina Vidal

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Nina Vidal" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Nina Vidal
Background information
Genres	Contemporary Vocalist, Contemporary Jazz, Soul, Pop, World
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, pianist, arranger
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Village Again, VAA Urban, Sweet Mimosa, CCG Recordings,
Website	www.ninavidal.com

Nina Simone Vidal (born April 20), is an American singer-songwriter and pianist known best by her stage name, Nina Vidal.

In 2008, Vidal released her self-titled debut album, which gained her success in Japan. Within six days of the release, Nina Vidal became the most downloaded album on Japanese iTunes. From there, the album went on to become the number 1 Contemporary Jazz Album in Japan, with five of Vidal's songs on the top 10 most downloaded Jazz songs on iTunes.

In 2010, Nina Vidal released the singles "Cigarette & Wine" and the Paul McCartney written song "My Love" on iTunes.^[1] The singles were songs taken from her second full-length album, The Open-Ended Fantasy which was released in September 2010, and also became the No. 1 Jazz album in Japan.

In July 2011 an album of cover songs entitled Love, Pop & Soul (The Cover Session Vol. 1) was released and hit the No. 1 spot as well.

In first week of September 2013, Vidal's self-titled debut Nina Vidal once again became the No. 1 Jazz Album in Japan. Simultaneously her album The Open Ended Fantasy became the No. 6 Jazz album in the country that same week giving her two albums in the Top Jazz Albums for the month of September. The Nina Vidal debut album also peaked at No. 25 for the Top 200 albums in the country.

Nina Vidal's album Silver Lining was released in November 2013, and not only became the No. 1 Jazz album in Japan, but also broke Vidal's previous records with 8 of the 11 songs on the album included in the top 200 singles in the country.

On March 26, 2016, the album Best Of Nina Vidal was released by Village Again in Japan and included one new original song called "It's Time". The album became Vidal's seventh consecutive release to reach No. 1 on the iTunes Jazz chart.^{[citation needed]}