Nick Cannon is an actor, singer, and comedian. He is the host of the television series Wild 'N Out. In 2007 he launched a successful career as a rapper under the stage name "Nicky Jam". In 2009 he released his debut album, "Platinum", which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified 4x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping four million copies in the United States
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His second album, "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out", was released in 2010 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.
In 1999 Nick started his acting career as a cast member on Nickelodeon's "All That". In 2002, he began hosting his own show titled "Wild 'N Out" for MTV. In 2005, Nick starred as himself in Mike Myers's film "The Love Guru".
He began hosting "Wild 'N Out" on MTV in 2004 and has remained with the show ever since.
He has appeared on multiple episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and became one of Oprah's Top 10 Favorite Moms. In 2009, Nick hosted the MTV Video Music Awards alongside rapper Ludacris, which aired live from Las Vegas. On June 23, 2010 Nick hosted the 2010 BET Awards along with comedian Steve Harvey and hip hop stars Usher & Will.i.am.
On June 11, 2011 Nick's self-titled debut album was released by Epic Records and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of over 161k units; it has since been certified Platinum by RIAA for shipping over 1 million copies in the U.S., making it his most successful album to date.
The first single from his first solo album was called "Let's Go", which peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and featured Young Jeezy; it was followed up by "Hangover", which peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and featured Lil' Wayne; both songs were certified Gold by RIAA for selling over 500,000 copies each in U.S. sales alone. Other singles include "Boom Dat", featuring Rick Ross, Fat Joe & Remy Ma; "#1 Fan" featuring Trey Songz & Birdman; & "Get Low".
On August 17, 2012 Nick released another album called "State of Mind".
This album debuted at #1 on US