How were Atomic Kitten different from other girlbands?
“I think Atomic Kitten were really successful because we had a truly global reach. We went to Japan to launch ourselves before we even released anything in Britain. When our second single was coming out over here, we were already releasing our first single in Germany and other parts of Europe. It was really nuts. If you look at Girls Aloud for example, they don’t really go abroad, which is alien to me.” ‘Whole Again’ really turned things around for you, didn’t it? “Yeah, it was our fourth single but it saved us from the brink. I remember our manager phoned us early in the week asking if we wanted to know the midweeks and I panicked a little bit. His voice was really monotone but then he told us we’d gone to number one. U2 had a single out that week and we were miles ahead! I literally felt ill and could have been sick. Tash was in the adjoining room in the hotel and came through and went nuts. It sold more each of the four weeks it was at number one which is normally unheard of.” What
