Nitzan Kaikov (; born 11 October 1987), also known as K-KOV, is an Israeli songwriter and music producer. He is currently based in Los Angeles.
Early life Refael Nitzan Kaikov, also known as K-Kov (11 October 1987), was born and raised in Bat Yam, Israel, to a family Bukharan Jews.
Musical career Career beginning K-Kov began his career by making beats in his parents' attic. In 2005, he participated in season three of the reality television show Kokhav Nolad. In 2006, he joined the Israel Defense Forces and was assigned to its 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," which featured well-known Israeli entertainers like Gal Gadot, Shiri Maimon, Shlomi Shabat, Oz Zehavi, and many more.
2009–2014 In 2009, K-Kov developed, produced, and co-wrote Avihu Shabat's debut album "Avihu." The album was a major success and achieved many awards such as the Platinum album for cellular downloads, "Best new artist of the year," and "Most played song of the year." In 2010, K-Kov developed, produced, and co-wrote Chen Aharoni's debut album. One of the singles, "Breath," became the most played song on Israeli radio stations during 2010 and that year's fourth most-viewed Israeli music video 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, K-Kov co-wrote and produced the winning song "Tzoeket Lecha"Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: (Calling You) for The Voice Israel's Season 1 winner, Kathleen Reiter. In 2013, K-Kov produced the official remix "Infinite Love," performed by two-time Academy Awards winning A.R. Rahman.
2015–present In 2015, K-Kov co-wrote and produced the theme song along with six other songs for seasons one and two of the Nickelodeon music series Make It Pop. That year, K-Kov started working with Keith Urban on the album Ripcord, which was nominated for "Country album of the year" in the Country Music Association Awards. The album was also nominated for "Best country album of the year" in the 2017 Grammy Awards and won the American Music Award for Favorite Country Album.
In 2016, K-Kov started working with The Shadowboxers as a co-writer. In June 2017, the band started to record its album with K-Kov and Justin Timberlake as co-producers. The band released its debut single on 22 September 2017, "Hot Damn!" co-written by K-Kov and The Shadowboxers and co-produced by Justin Timberlake and K-Kov.
Most recently, K-Kov co-wrote and produced the 2019 single "You Don't Even Know Me," co-written and performed by Faouzia.Faouzia, ASCAP, 2019
Discography Catch The festigl (2008) Avihu by Avihu Shabat (2009) Chen Aharoni (2010) Feels Good by Avihu Shabat (2011) Haamtzan (Oxygen) by Itzik Shamly (2011) Yom Ehad Tevakshy by Shir Levy (2011) Ken L'ahava by Idan Yaniv (2011) Nosea Rachok by Chen Aharoni (2012) Snow in the heat wave by Shiri Maimon (2012) Spy Festigal (2013) Derech by Avihu Shabat (2013) Kol hamilim Ha'smechot by Moshe Peretz (2014) HaLev by Shlomi Shabat (2015) Besof kol yom by Eyal Golan (2015) Make It Pop, Vol. 1 by the Make It Pop cast (2015) Make It Pop, Vol. 2 by the Make It Pop cast (2016) Simaney Hazman by Moshe Peretz (2016) Ripcord by Keith Urban (2016) Nisim Shkufim by Rita (Israeli singer) (2017) Apollo EP by The Shadowboxers (2018)
Singles
References
External links CMA Awards Nominees Keith Urban ‘Totally Blown Away’ by His Three Grammy Nominations New album by Keith Urban Ripcord out May 6th 2016 Kathleen Reiter is the winner of the "de Vise" Nitzan Kaikov Songs