Girls Aloud's third album, Chemistry, was by far and away their most universally adored by both critics and fans. So why exactly did it - relatively - underperform compared to their previous releases?
It was always going to be a task for Daniel Powter to follow up the worldwide mega success of "Bad Day". But his fate as a one hit wonder was sealed by his label's costly failure to adhere to chart regulations...
For the first single from her second album, Nelly Furtado channeled her experiences of the industry and growing up in Canada into an empowering anthem about reclaiming identity and forging your own path...
Despite being on an almost constant losing streak with her solo material outside the Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham did smash a fair few preconceptions than her critics - or even she - gave herself credit for...
With his debut solo single away from Blue, Simon Webbe quickly confounded all predictions and expectations by letting the music do the talking...
Whilst his post-Ordinary Boys solo career was marked dead on arrival before it'd even been given a fair hearing, it helped Preston rebirth into a prosperous new career behind the scenes - crafting absolute bangers like this one...
The key cornerstone of Xenomania's branch out into an in-house record label, Mini Viva were positioned as the all new pop duo phenomenon to take them from their success in the 00s to the 2010s...
No one had due cause to think Janet Jackson was about to slip into the realm of only being as good as her last single. But for better or worse, that's what happened with the release of the third single from her All For You album...
Seeing Double, S Club's debut and only big screen jaunt, may have been marred in its execution, but one of its songs proved they were still at the top of their game musically prior to their split...
Even though it's intense pre-release airplay preceded it's overall success, Alda's debut single was one of the liveliest and most charismatic UK chart hits of 1998...
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