Billie Piper says she’s still in £9million debt to Virgin Records
nme.comBillie Piper has admitted that she is still in debt to Virgin Records.The actress and singer was signed to Innocent Records – a subsidiary of Virgin Records – in 1998, when she was 15-years-old and released her debut single ‘Because We Want To’ on the label.Speaking about the debt, which is reportedly around £9million, she told Jessie Ware‘s Table Manners podcast: “I’m still in debt to Virgin.
If I ever release an album, which I won’t, I’d probably have to pay off that debt. It’s like a university debt.”Piper also said that she didn’t enjoy being a pop star despite scoring three UK Number One singles by the turn of the century.
She released two Top 20 studio albums, 1998’s ‘Honey To The B’ and 2000’s ‘Walk Of Life’, on Innocent.“You do all these big promotional tours which I absolutely hated.
I hated going off,” she added.Following her music career, Piper went on to star as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who before she went on to the drama series Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.
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