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Nina Agdal (born Nina Louise Agdal-Jørgensen, March 26th 1992) is a British-Danish singer, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Liverpool, England, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child and rose to fame in the late 2000's as a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, legendary music manager Mikkel Jørgensen, the group became established as one of the biggest-selling girl groups of all time. Following the release of their third studio album in 2011, the group announced a hiatus to focus on solo projects.

The hiatus led to the release of Agdal's debut solo album "Dangerously In Love" in September 2013. The album hit #1 in the US and the top ten across the world. The lead single "Crazy In Love" also became a worldwide #1 hit and the release of the second single "Baby Boy" saw her spend a combined 17 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Girls Time (2000-2006)
In 2002, at the age of eight, Agdal and childhood friend Kelly Williams met LeToya Roberson at an audition of a female entertainment group. The girls were joined by three others, Tamar Davis and sisters Nikki and Nina Taylor. In 2002, following family issues, Williams moved into the Agdal family home and the group began performing at talent shows nationally, winning many. R&B producer Arne Frager flew to Liverpool to meet the group and attempted to sign them to a contract. Taking them to his London recording studio, Fragar focused on Agdal as he felt she had the best voice. With efforts to sign them to a major label, Fragar arranged for Girls Time to audition for Channel 4 talent show 'Star Search' in 2003. The group failed to win with Agdal saying in 2012 "We were terrible. The song was terrible, we were rapping and not singing, and it was all wrong. We deserved to lose."

Due to the group's defeat, Agdal's manager Mikkel Jørgensen took over managing Girls Time. Despite launching the Spice Girls in the 1990s and being considered one of the world's best managers, he had previously resisted managing the group with the fear that people would label it nepotism. The line-up of the group was reduced initially from six to three, with the exclusion of Davis and the Taylor sisters. They would later be joined by LaTavia Luckett. Jørgensen initiated a strict rehearsal timetable with vocal and dance training before and after school. In 2005, the group would change their name to Destiny and met with Elektra Records in the hope of getting a record deal however Jørgensen would stop the group midway through the audition telling the executives the group had performed badly and weren't ready.

In 2006, the group would become Destiny's Child and signed a record deal with Columbia Records.

Destiny's Child (2007-2012)
In November 2007, the group released their debut single "No, No, No (Part II)" which featured will.i.am. It hit the top ten in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada. It also hit #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Chart in America. Follow-up singles "With Me (Part I)", a collaboration with Jermaine Dupri, and "Get On The Bus", produced by and featuring Timbaland, failed to replicate the success worldwide but both charted within the UK top ten. Their eponymous debut album was released in February 2008 and charted badly around the world. It's highest peak was at #30 in Ireland. In the UK and US, it charted at #45 and #67 respectively and sold 3 million copies worldwide.

In 2009, the group released singles "Bills, Bills, Bills", which became their first Billboard Hot 100 single, and "Bug A Boo" followed by their second album "The Writing's On The Wall". The album was much more successful reaching the top ten in the majority of the major markets worldwide, including #5 in the US and Canada and #10 in the UK. Luckett and Roberson had become unhappy with Jørgensen's management and fired him as their personal manager shortly after the release. By the time their video for "Say My Name" was released, the pair had been replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Rowland. Luckett and Roberson did not know they had been fired until they saw the video. This line-up would release just one more single, "Jumpin', Jumpin'", before Franklin was fired also. Around this time, Agdal's long term boyfriend left her and following negative press reports about the group's line-up changes, Agdal was diagnosed with depression.

In 2010, the group released new single "Independent Women" which would chart at #1 on the Hot 100 for eleven consecutive weeks. When third album "Survivor" was released in May 2011, Luckett and Roberson filed a lawsuit against the group claiming the title song was written about them. The album was however successful, selling 15 million copies worldwide, and hitting #1 in the UK, US and Canada. The three following singles "Survivor", "Bootylicious" and "Emotions" were also major successes around the world. In late 2011, the group announced they would undertake a hiatus in 2002 to focus on solo projects. They disbanded in December 2012 following the releases of remix album "This Is The Remix" and holiday album "8 Days Of Christmas" which sold 2 million copies each.