It was 1992 and a white light illuminated a sultry young singer on a black-shrouded stage. Asked to perform the famous song, "Summertime", Chelsea Nichole engulfed the crowd and in that instant found her element. She knew in that moment that she would sing professionally. Soon after, in early 1993, she was cast as the lead vocalist of the R& B singing group, LaTre. Though signed to an independent record label the group split up in 1994 as the girls sought to fulfill their separate dreams of solo-stardom. Chelsea continued to sing and write through the following year.  In 1995 Chelsea was introduced to the famous jazz artist/producer Jeff Lorber who invited her to debut on his 1998 album "Midnight". Her two contributions included "I Ain't Thinkin' About You" and "Never". This proved to be an amazing opportunity and relationship in which Chelsea and Jeff Lorber continued to collaborate as a writing team.

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In addition, Chelsea Nichole has and continues to collaborate with many well-known producers including Randy Jackson, Guy Roche and Wah WahWatson. Some of her credits include writing for Hanna Barbara's Flinstones CD (1994) and artists such as Jeff Lorber, Tabiha Faire,Martine Mai, Wah Wah Watson, Andre Delano, Chris Camozzi, Dave Koz, Victor Fields, and gospel artist Kenny Smith. Her collaboration and vocal performance of the song "If I didn't have love" written with Dave Koz and Jeff Lorber was featured on the album "Slow Burn" by artist Chris Camozzi, which released on April 24, 2001 under the Samson Records umbrella.  In 2010 Chelsea co-wrote the theme song for the organization “Rosemary Children Services” and has been offered her own internet radio show. She is currently performing locally in Los Angeles and New York and her debut album is available through CDBaby.com, Itunes.com, Amazon.com and at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. Her single, “Tonight”, which was a collaborative effort between her and famous jazz producer Jeff Lorber, is now in rotation on East Coast stations, and internet radio.  Currently, Alexander Boynton Jr's remake single entitled "Eyes of a Stranger" is in heavy rotation on Los Angeles' famous smooth jazz station,  "94.7 the wave".