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					<description><![CDATA[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 some of the greats.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Nicki was and always will be the <b>absolute queen of pop</b>&#8216; Mel B</p>
<p>&#8216;When it comes to the music industry, <b>Nicki was part of the medicine</b>, not the illness&#8217; Robbie Williams</p>
<p>&#8216;Nicki was<b> right at the centre of some of pop&#8217;s most memorable moments</b>&#8216; Sara Cox</p>
<p>&#8216;From the heights of pop music to the heart of television, Nicki&#8217;s journey is a <b>captivating story</b> of passion, perseverance and positivity&#8217; Peter Kay</p>
<p><b>1987.</b> 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.</p>
<p>But how did Nicki go from being a looked-over assistant running promo packages over to BBC Radio 1 to a judge on <i>Pop Idol</i> with 15 million viewers tuning in for the nail-biting moment Will Young triumphed over Gareth Gates?</p>
<p>Everyone knows there were the kingmakers in the heady days of 90s British pop music, but this is a queen&#8217;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&#8217;s world.</p>
<p>Empowering, entertaining and sprinkled with stardust, Nicki&#8217;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.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1987, 20-year-old Nicki Chapman wasn't meant to be walking through the seedy but sublime Soho streets towards MCA records; she was supposed to be living it up in the much sunnier climes of Australia. But fate, as it turned out, had much louder plans for her. Everyone knows that in the 90s and 00s there were king-makers in pop music, namely Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell. But this is the story of the queen - who wasn't so much a marionette pulling strings as a down-to-earth, no-nonsense team player who made it in the music industry when it was very much a man's world. How did she go from a looked-over assistant to the judge on Pop Idol. That - plus the rocketing highs and heart-breaking lows of promoting, managing and touring with Prince, Amy Winehouse, Bowie, Take That, Phil Collins, S Club 7, the Spice Girls and many more besides - is what you're about to find out.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>1987. </b>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.</p>
<p>But how did Nicki go from being a looked-over assistant running promo packages over to BBC Radio 1 to a judge on <i>Pop Idol</i> with 15 million viewers tuning in for the nail-biting moment Will Young triumphed over Gareth Gates?</p>
<p>Everyone knows there were the kingmakers in the heady days of 90s British pop music, but this is a queen&#8217;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&#8217;s world.</p>
<p>Empowering, entertaining and sprinkled with stardust, Nicki&#8217;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.</p>
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