So Tell Me What You Want

Name: So Tell Me What You Want
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781408732304
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The must-read 2025 music memoir on life working with pop idols Take That, Prince, Amy Winehouse, the Spice Girls, David Bowie and more

By Nicki Chapman

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One of Waterstones' Best Entertainment Books of the Year 2024 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... Read More

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The riveting behind-the-scenes story of the 90s and 00s music scene from Nicki Chapman, who supported so many of the major artists who 'made it' during that time, and smashed through the glass ceiling while doing so.

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One of Waterstones' Best Entertainment Books of the Year 2024

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408732304

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sphere

Illustration: 8pp plate section

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 288

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Arts & Culture Nicki Chapman Non-Fiction

About the Author

NICKI CHAPMAN is an accomplished TV Presenter, radio broadcaster and inspirational speaker, as well as a fully qualified personal and professional coach and volunteer, who used to be a plugger and management exec in the music industry before switching to being front of camera, first on Pop Stars and Pop Idol.

She currently presents the nation's favourite TV show Escape To The Country, as well as its spin-off series' Celebrity Escape To The Country and I Escaped To The Country. As of January 2025, Nicki joined the Magic Radio presenting team and hosts the iconic Mellow Magic every Monday to Thursday. She has been a mainstay of the BBC presenting team at The RHS Chelsea Flower Show since 2006, broadcasting live, has appeared on numerous music, gardening, entertainment and lifestyle shows, and is a much sought after event host and speaker. Nicki has also been a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2, often sitting in for Zoe Ball, Claudia Winkleman and Michael Ball. She lives in London with her husband.