Lene

There's no denying that Lene Nystrom has always confounded expectations with spirit and panache. When her internationally massive previous four-piece Aqua scored a 1997 Number One smash with 'Barbie Girl', curious audiences anticipated a fluffy, saccharine-sweet pop princess. What they were actually dealt was a gorgeously wry frontwoman, stomping all over the Smash Hits roadshow in bondage trousers. A flood of infectious hits followed; from second chart-topper 'Dr. Jones', then a third No. 1 hit with 'Turn Back Time' (which featured on the 'Sliding Doors' Soundtrack) through to 2000's technicoloured 'Cartoon Heroes'. 'I didn't want to be looked upon as cute, so I kind of went the opposite way,' she explains. 'I've always loved dressing up, playing around and creating a different kind of image - musically and visually, I'm just not a slave to designer fashion!'