Nicole Marie Appleton is a Canadian singer and television presenter. She is a member of the British girl group All Saints and the Canadian duo Appleton with her elder sister Natalie Appleton.
In 1996 Appleton and her sister Natalie Appleton became the third and fourth members of the group All Saints, formed by Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis. All Saints released their debut single “I Know Where It’s At” in 1997 via London Records and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.
Since 2007 Nicole has been a host of the TV show The Hot Desk. She is also the host of Cover Me Canada, a Canadian reality singing competition that debuted on CBC Television on 18 September 2011.
In 2014, All Saints reformed to support the Backstreet Boys for five dates across the UK and Ireland 2014. On 27 January 2016, it was confirmed that All Saints will release their fourth studio album Red Flag on 8 April 2016. The lead single from the album, “One Strike”, preceded the album on 28 February 2016.
In 2000, Appleton started a relationship with Liam Gallagher, the frontman of the group Oasis. She gave birth to their son, Gene Gallagher, on 2 July 2001.
Gallagher recorded the song “Songbird” as a token of his love for Appleton. The couple married at Marylebone Town Hall in London on the morning of 14 February 2008.
In April 2014, the couple divorced after the media revealed Liam Gallagher was expecting a child with journalist and The New York Times freelancer Liza Ghorbani.
In March 2020, Appleton announced she had given birth to a daughter with her boyfriend Stephen Haines. Appleton and Haines married in October 2021.