Undeterred by their "Flopstars" label after missing out on a place in Hear'Say, Liberty X proved to be the true winners in the long run with their iconic BRIT Award winning number one smash...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 20)
Category: Pop
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 19)
Tapping into the modern America country song book was continuing to pay dividends for Ronan Keating, as he launched his second solo album Destination with another number one...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 18)
The path from soap to pop was a well trodden one, but with a rewritten cover of a Turkish hit from Tarkan and a racy new image, Holly Valance successfully crossed over from Ramsay Street to the top of the charts...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 17)
On a new label and with a brand new lineup, Sugababes not only bought the mashup to the mainstream but also delivered one of the year's most redefining pop smashes courtesy of a Gary Numan sample and lyrics from Adina Howard...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 16)
Although no longer at the apex of their mega stardom from the 90s, when Oasis returned with a brand new album, it was still guaranteed to be a big success, as Heathen Chemistry proved...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 15)
Signed to the same label that had made Fatboy Slim a success, X-Press 2 teamed up for an unlikely collaboration with Talking Heads frontman David Byrne for one of the year's biggest dance anthems...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 14)
The signature tune from her big screen debut in the movie Crossroads, "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" also found Britney Spears at her own personal crossroads as she navigated her journey into womanhood...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 13)
Although they were to be much maligned by the serious rock crowd, no one could deny the enduring popularity of the debut UK hit from Canadian rock band Nickelback following its Stateside success...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 12)
Even with the huge sales for his fellow finalist and Pop Idol winner Will Young, Gareth Gates proved he had a sizeable fanbase awaiting his debut with an equally record setting number one smash with a song as old as the charts themselves...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 11)
Sacha Baron Cohen's best known comic creation made the potentially rocky leap from the small screen to the big one with Ali G Indahouse, thanks to help from Mr Lover Lover himself on the film's theme song...
The Niche Reference 