Nikolas Gene Carter (born January 28th, 1980) is an American dancer, singer and songwriter who is known being a member of the iconic 90s boyband group of Backstreet Boys. Nick was born out in Jamestown, New York and later moved out to Florida where he began his acting and singing career at a very young age as he participated in talent shows and musicals he found interest in doing at 10 years old. Nick had auditioned to be on the Mickey Mouse Club and was offered contract with a pay of $50,000 but instead turned it down, as he set out joining Backstreet Boys, being the youngest in the group.

Nick was the oldest of his four siblings including being the big brother of former pop sensation Aaron Carter who passed away on November 5th of 2022, who became known a few years later in 1997 and opened up for his brother and the Backstreet Boys in the same year. He joined the group when he was 13 years old to be exact and later came out with their first international self-titled debut that was released in Germany in 1996 and later rereleased it making their full self-titled debut in America in 1997. Their album was a huge success topping the Billboard charts with 40,000 copies sold in its first week and selling out tons of shows, later going 14x platinum with over a million records sold. Already at the in the point in his career was the moment Nick had became a huge pop star and having the status of being a heartthrob.

In 2002 for the first time ever Nick had began working on his first ever solo project, which was something he had always wanted to do and released his first debut studio record “Now or Never” on October 29th. “Help Me” was the lead off single being a success going topping the charts in other countries along with his other hits “Do I Have to Cry For You” and “I Got You” were a major hit in parts of Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Along the way Nick later released his second studio record “I’m Taking Off” in 2011 and his third last record “All American” in 2015 as he continued recording and performed around the world with the group selling out shows and making records.

In 2015 he had announced on competing in the 21st season of Dancing with the Stars and came home winning in second place, and surprised fans by participating on the Masked Singer coming home, winning in third place as he was revealed as the Crocodile. From this day on Nick is still recording music and is performing around with the group on their DNA, attending events of various organization charities and hosting shows on live television.