Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts released her debut solo single Beat Of My Drum last week, shortly after it premiered on Scott Mills' Radio 1 show.

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Other performers include Jennifer Lopez, who has decided to debut her new single "Love Don't Cost a Thing" at the show.

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Then came the wild success of her 1983 debut LP, "She's So Unusual, " from which the single "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was taken.

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"Country Girl, " the first single off Palmer's self-titled 2007 debut album, made her the first African-American female in 20 years to hit Billboard's country chart, according to Country Music Television.

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Smith is best known for her 1975 debut album Horses, considered one of the most influential rock albums of all time, and the hit single Because the Night that she co-wrote with Bruce Springsteen.

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