Every Day I'm Hustlin'
Georgia Lewis Anderson explores the reality of pop stars' side jobs, businesses and backup plans to discover what it takes to make it in the music industry.
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Georgia Lewis Anderson investigates exactly what it takes to make it to the top in the pop world. Artists can no longer rely on album sales to make their money, being a star often means becoming a business as well.
Georgia meets Tinchy Stryder and finds out how his t-shirt business has made him more money than record sales; she hears how bands such as Man Like Me have still kept their labouring jobs despite being signed by Mike Skinner; and new duo Nimmo and The Gauntletts discuss how they manage to juggle admin and bar jobs alongside making music videos with Agyness Deyn.
When pop stars do manage to give up their part time jobs, the nature of the industry means that success doesn't always last. Georgia will hear from former popstars about the wide-ranging careers they have gone back to, including roofing and personal training, while former All Saint Shaznay Lewis is writing songs for a new generation of stars. We also discover the unlikely career backup plans of current artists. And Georgia, now a successful TV and radio presenter, recalls her own days of hustling and blagging - including the times she's been in front of the cameras in a designer outfit, with the label still in so it can go back to the shop in the morning!
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Music Played
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Rick Ross
Hustlin'
- Def Jam.
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Tinchy Stryder
Bright Lights (feat. Pixie Lott)
- Island.
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Tinchy Stryder
Take Me Back (feat. Taio Cruz)
- 4th and Broadway.
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Tinchy Stryder
Stryderman
- Takeover Ent.
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Cleo Sol
Never The Right Time (Who Do You Love)
- Universal Island.
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Cleo Sol
High
- Dirty Canvas.
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Wiley
Wearing My Rolex
- Atlantic/Asylum.
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Mikill Pane
Good Feeling
- Mercury.
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Clement Marfo & The Frontline
Champion
- Warners.
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Clement Marfo & The Frontline
Mayhem (feat. Kano)
- Warner Brothers.
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B*Witched
C'est La Vie
- Bad Girls (Various Artists).
- Sony Music TV.
- 1.
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Mutya Keisha Siobhan
Lay Down In Swimming Pools
- White.
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Stooshe
Black Heart
- The Qworkz / Future Cut Records / Warner.
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All Saints
Under The Bridge
- Under The Bridge.
- London.
- 3.
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Man Like Me
Sleaze
- Pillow Talk.
- Cartoon Records.
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Drake
Started From The Bottom
- Cash Money Records/Young Money Ent/Universal.
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Cleo Sol
High
- Dirty Canvas.
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Wiley
Wearing My Rolex
- Asylum.
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Clement Marfo & The Frontline
Mayhem (feat. Kano)
- Warner Brothers.
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Mutya Keisha Siobhan
Lay Down In Swimming Pools
- White.
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All Saints
Under The Bridge
- Under The Bridge.
- London.
- 3.
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Drake
Started From The Bottom
- Cash Money Records/Young Money Ent/Universal.
Broadcasts
- Mon 15 Apr 2013 21:00成人快手 Radio 1
- Sun 28 Apr 2013 21:00成人快手 Radio 1Xtra