Nick Lachey Biography: Age, Family, Height, Education, Personal Life, Net Worth , Kids, Music and Netflix Career, Awards and Nominations 2024

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Nick Lachey Biography: Age, Family, Height, Education, Personal Life, Net Worth , Kids, Music and Netflix Career, Awards and Nominations 2024

Nick Lachey, born on November 9, 1973, is an American singer, dancer, actor, television personality, and host.

He gained popularity as the lead singer of the highly successful boyband 98 Degrees and later appeared in the reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica alongside his then-wife, Jessica Simpson.

Lachey has launched four solo albums: SoulO, What’s Left of Me, A Father’s Lullaby, and Soundtrack of My Life. Additionally, he had a recurring role on the television series Charmed.

Lachey has hosted several shows including NBC’s The Sing-Off, co-hosted VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live from 2014 to 2015, and Nickelodeon’s America’s Most Musical Family.

He also co-hosts the Netflix shows Love Is Blind and The Ultimatum with his wife Vanessa Lachey, and is the sole host of Perfect Match for Netflix. In 2021, Lachey emerged as the winner of the fifth season of The Masked Singer.

Lachey in March 2012
Born Height	Nicholas Scott Lachey November 9, 1973 (age 50) Harlan, Kentucky, U.S. 1.75
Occupations	Actor singer-songwriter producer television personality
Years active	1995–present
Spouses	Jessica Simpson (m. 2002; div. 2006) Vanessa Minnillo (m. 2011)
Children	3
Relatives	Drew Lachey (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Pop rock R&B
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels Official Website	Motown Universal Jive Zomba Official website

Table of Contents

Early Life

Lachey was born in Harlan, Kentucky, to Cathalyn (née Fopma) and John Lachey. He is the sibling of singer and actor Drew Lachey, with whom he has collaborated closely. His maternal grandfather, Robert James Fopma, had Dutch roots.

Nick’s additional heritage includes English, Scottish, German, and some Welsh, Yiddish, and French ancestry. He studied at Clovernook Elementary School in North College Hill, Ohio, and the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati.

Later, he attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he became a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In the autumn of 1992, he reportedly registered at the University of Southern California, as mentioned during his appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show on December 12, 2013.

Career

Lachey started his professional singing career at Kings Island with close & best friend Justin Jeffre in the mid-1990s singing in a do-wop singing group quartet throughout the park and water park.Lachey was a member of the 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, Pennsylvania, 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 in the 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 personal 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 long form four-part American singing competition featuring a cappella groups, a role he reprised in December 2010 for the show’s second and third seasons on NBC.

Lachey was a contestant in the NBC celebrity reality competition series called Stars Earn Stripes.

On January 16, 2014, VH1 announced Lachey would resume hosting Big Morning Buzz Live, upon its return on March 3, 2014.

On September 6, 2017, Lachey was announced as one of the celebrities who will take part in the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars, competing against his wife Vanessa.

He was paired with professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd. Murgatroyd’s husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, was paired with Vanessa. On October 23, Lachey and Murgatroyd were the fifth couple to be eliminated from the competition, leaving in ninth place.

Lachey hosted a musical competition on Nickelodeon titled America’s Most Musical Family which premiered on November 1, 2019.

Lachey and his wife currently co-host the Netflix reality shows Love Is Blind and The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On. Lachey also hosts Perfect Match for Netflix, solo

Other ventures

Lachey is part owner of the Hollywood Fame, a team in the American Basketball Association that began play in fall 2006, and was part of an ownership group of the Tacoma Rainiers, the Seattle Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate. Lachey is also a die-hard Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bearcats fan.On April 7, 2009, Lachey threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the MLB Opening Day game in Cincinnati, Ohio. On July 9, 2011, Lachey sang the National Anthem for the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.Lachey was among a group of investors that placed a marijuana legalization initiative on the Ohio ballot in 2015. The initiative sought exclusive grow rights for the group members while prohibiting all other cultivation except small amounts for personal use. Lachey appeared in a TV ad advocating for passage of the initiative, but it was ultimately defeated.Lachey is on the Entertainment Council of the hunger-relief organization Feeding America.In 2021, Lachey competed on season five of The Masked Singer as “Piglet”. He was declared the winner of the season.

Personal life

In December 1998, Lachey and fellow singer Jessica Simpson were introduced by their shared manager at a Christmas event. They subsequently began dating after meeting again at a Teen People event in January 1999, but broke up for five months beginning in April 2001 until getting back together following the September 11 attacks. They became engaged in February 2002, and married on October 26, 2002, in Austin, Texas. In November 2005, after months of tabloid speculation, Lachey and Simpson announced they were separating. Simpson filed for divorce on December 16, 2005, citing “irreconcilable differences”. The couple’s divorce was publicized worldwide and was reportedly finalized on June 30, 2006.Soon after the release of “What’s Left of Me”, Lachey’s 2006 music video starring Vanessa Minnillo, he and Minnillo began dating. They briefly broke up in June 2009, but by October 2009, Lachey confirmed that they were back together after having been “single for a minute”.Lachey and Minnillo became engaged in November 2010, and married on July 15, 2011, on Sir Richard Branson’s private Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. The wedding was filmed and televised on TLC. They have three children, two sons and a daughter.

Discography

98 Degrees

98° (1997)
98° and Rising (1998)
Revelation (2000)
2.0 (2013)

Solo albums

SoulO (2003)
What’s Left of Me (2006)
A Father’s Lullaby (2013)
Soundtrack of My Life (2014

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	City Guys	Himself
2003–2005	Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica	Himself
2003	Room Raiders	Guest
2003	Christmas in Rockefeller Center	Musical guest
2004	American Dreams	Tom Jones	Episode: “To Tell the Truth”
	Charmed	Leslie St. Claire	6 episodes
	I’m with Her	Tyler Vance	Episode: “I’m Not With Her”
	Hope & Faith	Chris	Episode: “Just-In Time”
2005	Bewitched	Vietnam soldier	Cameo
2006	Twins	Charlie	Episode: “Himbo”
2006	Overhaulin’	Himself	Episode 73
2007	The Hard Easy	Jason Burns	Main role
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Dwayne	Cameo
2008	Clash of the Choirs	Choir Director
2009	One Tree Hill	Himself	2 episodes (Season 6, episodes 21 and 23)
2009	Taking the Stage	Himself/Guest
2009–2014	The Sing-Off	Host
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Tyler	Episode: “Powa Maka Moana (Pirate)”
2011	Nick & Vanessa’s Dream Wedding	Himself
2012	Stars Earn Stripes	Himself

2013	The Winner Is	Host
2014–2015	Big Morning Buzz Live	Host
2015	Lachey’s: Raising the Bar	Himself
2016	Burgers, Brew & ‘Que	Himself	Reality television Episode: “Phenomenal Philly Food Feast”
2017	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	Contestant (season 25)
	Top Chef Junior	Himself	Guest judge
	Drop the Mic	Himself	Episode: “Mayim Bialik vs. Kunal Nayyar / Ashley Tisdale vs. Nick Lachey”
2018	Miss USA 2018	Co-host/performer (98 Degrees)
2019	Sugar Rush	Himself	Guest Judge, Episode: “Made with Love”
2019	Miss USA 2019	Co-host/performer (solo)
2020–present	Love Is Blind	Co-host
2021	The Masked Singer	Himself/Piglet	Season 5 Winner
2021	Alter Ego	Judge
2022–present	The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On	Co-host
2023-present	Perfect Match	Host

Awards and nominations

ASCAP Pop Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	“What’s Left of Me”	Most Performed Song	Won

American Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Himself	Favorite Male Pop/Rock Artist	Nominated

Groovevolt Music and Fashion Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	What’s Left of Me	Best Pop Album – Male	Nominated
2007	“What’s Left of Me”	Best Pop Song Performance – Male	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	What’s Left of Me	Best Male Video	Nominated

Teen Choice Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2000	“Where You Are” (with Jessica Simpson)	Choice Music: Love Song	Won
2003	Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica	Choice TV: Reality Hunk	Nominated
2004	Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica	Choice TV: Reality/Variety Star – Male
2005	Himself	Choice TV: Personality – Male
2005		Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Male
2006		Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Male	Won
		Choice Hottie: Male	Nominated
	“What’s Left of Me “	Choice Music: Love Song	Won