Born: Nicholas Scott Lachey on 9 November 1973, in Cincinnati, Ohio, US.

Nick Lachey is an American pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the late-1990s as a writer and lead-vocalist of the boy-band, 98 Degrees. The group also included Lachey's brother Drew Lachey, classmate Justin Jeffre and Jeff Timmons. They sold over ten million records worldwide and charted top-forty singles.

Attitude is so important. Confidence and spunk. I like a little drama now and then too...I think that's incredibly sexy.

Lachey starred in the hit reality television series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, fellow pop singer Jessica Simpson. The series ran on MTV for two seasons, from 2003 until 2005.

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