Nivea Hamilton Nash (born March 24, 1982), is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B singer and songwriter who rose to sucess during the early 2000s. She is best known for hits such as "Don't Mess With My Man," "Laundromat," and "Okay."

Nivea is a large global skin- and body-care brand, owned by German company Beiersdorf. The company began in 1911 when Beiersdorf developed a water-in-oil emulsifier as a skin cream with Eucerit, the first stable emulsion of its kind. The company's owner, Oskar Troplowitz, named it Nivea, from the Latin word niveus/nivea/niveum (meaning snow-white).

During the 1930s, Beiersdorf began producing products such as suntan lotions, shaving creams, shampoo and facial toners. The trademark "Nivea" was expropriated in many countries following WWII. Beiersdorf completed buying back the confiscated trademark rights in 1997.

Internationalisation during the 1980s propelled the Nivea brand to a wider global market.

Nivea Nash (née Hamilton, born March 24, 1982), professionally known as Nivea, Nivea first appeared on rapper Mystikal’s 2000 single “Danger (Been So Long)”. She signed with Jive Records and released her debut single, “Don’t Mess With The Radio”, in 2001. The single failed to become a hit, and her album was pushed back to the following year. After some overseas success with the Australian release of the album, Nivea was reintroduced in the U.S. in 2002 with her second single, “Don