Nickolas Gene Carter was born on January 28, 1980, in Jamestown, New York, to Jane Eleonora (Spaulding) and Robert Gene Carter. As a child, he appeared in various television commercials, and in 1989, he auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse Club, also known as The Mickey Mouse Club. Despite his early start in the entertainment industry, music remained his primary passion, and his mother encouraged his interest by paying for singing lessons.
Nick's music career took off in 1992 when he successfully auditioned to become one of the Backstreet Boys. He had previously met two other band members, A.J. McLean and Howie Dorough, through separate auditions, and the remaining members, Kevin Scott Richardson and Brian Littrell, joined the group shortly afterwards. Their first single, "We've Got it Going On," was released in 1995.
In recent years, Nick's team, Nick Carter Racing, won its category in the OS Worlds in Daytona, Florida. His first solo album, "Now Or Never," was released in March 2002, and his first solo single, "Help Me," was taken from the album. Nick's younger brother, Aaron Carter, born in 1987, also has a successful singing career.
