So Tell Me What You Want: My story of making it in the mad, bad and fab pop music industry (Hardback)
Nicki Chapman (author)Published: 29/08/2024
The music business insider behind such iconic acts as the Spice Girls, Take That and Billie Piper, Nicki Chapman reveals all about making it as a woman in an industry dominated by men and how Pop Idol turned her into a household name.
1987. Armed with a Filofax, a brick of a mobile phone and steely determination, 20-year-old Nicki Chapman is walking through the seedy streets of Soho towards her first job in the music biz.
But how did Nicki go from being a looked-over assistant running promo packages over to BBC Radio 1 to a judge on Pop Idol with 15 million viewers tuning in for the nail-biting moment Will Young triumphed over Gareth Gates?
Everyone knows there were the kingmakers in the heady days of 90s British pop music, but this is a queen's side of the story; a down-to-earth, no-nonsense team player who fought to make it in an industry that was very much a man's world.
Empowering, entertaining and sprinkled with stardust, Nicki's inspirational behind-the-scenes story takes in the rocketing highs and heart-breaking lows of promoting, managing and touring with the Spice Girls, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Take That, Billie Piper, Phil Collins and S Club 7, all whilst confronting chauvinism and smashing through the career glass ceiling.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781408732304
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 520 g
Dimensions: 236 x 156 x 32 mm
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