Origin Bat Yam, Israel Name Nitzan Kaikov Genres Pop music | Years active 2005 – present Role Musical Artist | |
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Born 11 October 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-10-11 ) Occupation(s) Music producer, Songwriter Website Nitzan kaikov Music Producer/Songwriter Associated acts Chen Aharoni, Shiri Maimon, A. R. Rahman Similar People Chen Aharoni, Avihu Shabat, Shlomi Shabat, Shiri Maimon | ||
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Nitzan Kaikov (Hebrew: ניצן קייקוב; born 11 October 1987), also known as K-KOV, is an Israeli Grammy Award and Country Music Association Awards nominee songwriter and music producer. He is currently based in Los Angeles.
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Biography
Refael Nitzan Kaikov, PKA K-Kov (October 11, 1987) was born and raised in Bat Yam, Israel.
Career beginning K-Kov began his career by making beats in his parents attic. In 2006, he joined the Israeli army and was assigned to IDF Education Corps as a singer and music producer in the corps's band. During his service, K-Kov got his first big break as a music producer and songwriter for the 2008 annual Hanukkah show "Festigal" Featuring the biggest stars in the israeli market such as: Gal Gadot, Shiri Maimon, Shlomi Shabat, Oz Zehavi and many more.
2009-2014 In 2009, K-Kov developed , music produced and co-wrote Avihu Shabat's debut album "Avihu". The album was a major success and achieved many awards such as: Platinum album for cellular downloads, "Best new artist of the year" and Most played song of the year. In 2010, K-kov developed, music produced and co-wroteChen Aharoni's debut album. One of the singles "Breath" became the most played song on Israeli radio stations during 2010 and number 4 on most viewed songs on Youtube. In 2011, he produced Avihu's second album. In 2012, Nitzan produced the theme song for the hit TV series "Galis" for HOT. In March 2012 Nitzan co-wrote and produced the winning song "Tzoeket Lecha" (Calling You) for The Voice Israel- Season 1 winner Kathleen Reiter. In 2013, K-Kov produced the official remix "Infinite Love" performed by A.R. Rahman two-time Academy Awards winning, the song gained much success and became the tour title. In 2014, K-kov signed a management deal with "Creative Currency" owned and managed by Jon Lind and started working on various projects for the U.S market.
2015-Present In 2015 K-kov Co-wrote and produced the theme song along with six other songs for Nickelodeon music series Make It Pop seasons 1 & 2. That year K-Kov started working with Keith Urban on the album Ripcord an album that made K-Kov one of the nominees for "Country album of the year" in the Country Music Association Awards and the Grammy Awards.