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Ting Tings suck. BIG TIME!
| Name of band = The Ting Tings
| Img = Ting_Tings_Toronto.jpg
| Img_capt = Performing at the [[Mod Club Theatre]], March 2009
| Img_size = 200px
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| Background = group_or_band
| Origin = [[Leigh, Greater Manchester]], England
| Genre = [[New Rave]]<br />[[Synth rock]]<br />[[Indie pop]]<br />[[New Wave]]
| Years_active = 2004–present
| Label = [[Sony Music]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/Red Ink
| Associated_acts = TKO, Babakoto, Mojo Pin, Dear Eskiimo
| URL = http://www.thetingtings.com
| Current_members = Katie White<br />Jules De Martino
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'''The Ting Tings''' is an English rock duo of Jules De Martino (drums, guitar, vocals, piano) and Katie White (born 1983<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/tings-can-only-get-better-why-sudden-pop-success-has-not-been-easy-on-the-ting-tings-949113.html | title=Tings can only get better: Why sudden pop success has not been easy on the Ting Tings | author=Craig Mclean | work=[[The Independent]] | date=2008-10-05 | accessdate=2009-01-05 }}</ref>) (vocals, guitar, bass drum). Originally from [[Leigh, Greater Manchester]], they formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill, Artist Studios in [[Salford]]. They have released four singles on their current label [[Columbia Records]] UK, including the single "[[That's Not My Name]]" which charted straight at Number 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 18 May 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = THE TING TINGS TOP U.K. ALBUM CHART | accessdate = 2008-06-10 | url = http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/the%20ting%20tings%20top%20uk%20album%20chart_1069647}}</ref> The album ''[[We Started Nothing]]'' was released on 19 May 2008 and also charted at Number 1 in the UK.<ref name="worldcharts">[http://acharts.us/album/35743 "World Album Charts"]. aCharts.us. Retrieved 10 June 2008.</ref>

==Members==
===Katie White===
Katherine Rebecca White (born 1983 in [[Lowton]], near [[Leigh, Greater Manchester]]). White grew up on a farm in [[Lowton]],<ref>http://www.leighreporter.co.uk/leisure/Katie-enjoys-the-fame-gam e.3986824.jp</ref> a suburb of [[Golborne]], part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]], in [[Greater Manchester]], England with her father David White, mother Lynne and sister Helena. White went to Lowton High School in [[Lowton]], near [[Warrington]] which has a large [[performing arts]] department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lowtonhs.digitalbrain.com/lowtonhs/News%20Pages/News%20Archive%20Pages/Archive%20Articles/December%202008%20Newsletter%20Page%201/|title=December 2008 Newsletter |accessdate=2009-03-07}}</ref> When she was 12 years old, White's grandfather Ken White won £6.6million on the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] and gave each of his three sons David, Stephen and Richard £1million each. As well as buying ponies for Katie and Helena, David used his share of the money to start a music management company.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/05/24/how-feud-tore-ting-tings-star-s-family-apart-115875-20427681/|title=How feud tore Ting Tings star's family apart|accessdate=2009-03-07}}</ref>

In 1998, White started her music career in a [[girl group]] [[punk rock|punk]] trio ''TKO'' - short for Total Knock Out - with two friends from Lowton school, Joanne Leeton and Emma Lally. TKO was managed by White's father's music management company. They had some success and supported [[Steps (group)|Steps]] and [[Atomic Kitten]]. TKO also appeared on [[ITV]]'s [[CD:UK]]. In March 2001, David White brought in songwriter Jules De Martino who wrote four songs for TKO.<ref name="Mirror" />

===Jules De Martino===

Julian De Martino (known as 'Jules') is a British singer-songwriter. De Martino was born in Albert Place, East London and grew up in [[Kirkby Stephen]], a [[small market]] town in [[Cumbria]], in [[North West England]] which is part of [[Westmorland]].{{Fact|date=March 2009}} He began playing drums at the age of 13.<ref name="Ting Tings">{{cite web|url=http://www.thetingtings.com/us/the-band|title=The Band|accessdate=2009-03-13}}</ref>

When he was 17, De Martino was drummer and song writer in a band called "Babakoto" ('Babakoto' is a rare [[lemur]] from [[Madagascar]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=&seq_num=160274&one=T|title=Indri, Babakoto |accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref> who once played as a backing group for [[Bros]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/index.asp?sessionx=IpqiNw7pNwIlJwU6IHqjNwB6IA|title=Tings ain’t what they used to be|last=McFadden |first=Danny|accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref> and released a single at the end of 1987 called "Just to Get By" which was in the charts for seven weeks in 1988.<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=14960|title=Chart Stats |accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref> After Babakoto broke up, De Martino became the lead singer in another indie band called "Mojo Pin", named after the first song on [[Jeff Buckley]]'s 1994 album ''[[Grace (album)|Grace]]''. Mojo Pin released two singles, "You" in 1995 and "My Imagination" in 1996.

==Career==
===Early years===
De Martino met White whilst she was with TKO and again at [[Leeds University]]. A few months later while De Martino was in Manchester, the pair bumped into each other, and after De Martino relocated to Manchester went on to form the [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]-influenced trio Dear Eskiimo who were signed to [[Mercury Records]] - but creative differences and the management style of the record label caused them to split.<ref name="TTHist"/><ref name="MEN1">[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/1008/1008617_ting_tings__the_hottest_party_in_town.html Ting Tings - the hottest party in town] Manchester Evening News - 8 June 2007</ref>

This earlier experience left White and De Martino with a distrust of the music industry, so with that common interest they formed ''The Ting Tings''. The name comes from the [[first name]] of a Chinese colleague of White at a shop who told her the name sounds like the pronunciation of "an old [[bandstand]]" in [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref name="TTHist">{{citeweb|url=http://www.thetingtings.com/us/the-band|title=Ting Tings - History|publisher=The Ting Tings|accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>

The group has also experienced much success in Japan.<ref>{{cite web | title = Just Doing Their Ting | accessdate = 2008-07-10 | url = http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2287682,00.html}}</ref> The band started out playing private parties at Islington Mill, [[Salford]].<ref name="Islington Mill website">[http://www.islingtonmill.com] Islington Mill website</ref> The Mill gigs ended up as some of the most sought after tickets on the Manchester party scene - with various [[A&R]] reps and record producers, such as [[Rick Rubin]], asking for tickets.<ref name="MEN1"/>

===Formation, exposure and debut album===
[[Image:Katie_White-Variety_Playhouse.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Performing at the [[Variety Playhouse]] in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]] on 23 October 2008]]
Their first double-A side single "[[That's Not My Name]]/[[Great DJ]]" was released on local label Switchflicker, and together with their second single "[[Fruit Machine (The Ting Tings song)|Fruit Machine]]", they were on heavy rotation in British radio (amongst others [[BBC 6 Music]], played regularly by many DJs including a session for [[Marc Riley]] who was first to have them in session on 6 Music and first to play their record on the station). "Fruit Machine" was a limited-edition, 500-only seven-inch single on Legendre Starkie Records, which was only available at the group's gigs at Islington Mill in [[Salford]], Electrowerkz in [[Islington]], Berlin in Germany and at Glasslands in [[Brooklyn]], New York City.<ref name="NME2007">[http://www.nme.com/news/Reverend-and-the-makers/31445 The Ting Tings release new single...] NME - 28 September 2007</ref> They had a notable performance at [[Glastonbury Festival]] 2007, and after an October 2007 tour of universities in the UK with [[Reverend and the Makers]], signed for [[Columbia Records]].<ref>[http://www.list.co.uk/article/5593-the-ting-tings Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Wed 17 Oct] The List (Issue 590) - 15 November 200</ref> On 14 December 2007 they appeared on ''[[Later with Jools Holland]]''. In May 2008 the band credited ''[[BBC Introducing]]'' for giving them their 'life changing' break after [[BBC Radio Manchester|BBC Radio Manchester's]] ''Introducing'' show spotted the band and put them forward for inclusion in the Glastonbury running order.

In January 2008 they were voted third in the annual BBC 6 Music poll of industry experts ''Sound of 2008'', for acts to emerge in the coming year.<ref name="S20086M">{{ cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7128858.stm | title=Sound of 2008: The Ting Tings | publisher=[[BBC News Online]] | date=2008-01-02 | accessdate=2009-04-26 }}</ref> In February 2008 they were the opening slot act on the 2008 [[Wella|Shockwaves]] [[NME Awards Tour]], performing with [[The Cribs]], [[Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong]] and [[Does It Offend You, Yeah?]].<ref>[http://www.manchesteracademy.net/nmeawardstour.html Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2008]</ref> In conjunction with the ''[[NME]]'' and [[HMV]] the band contributed a [[Demo (music)|demo]] version of "[[Great DJ]]" to a limited, 5000 copies only 10" vinyl release of all the artists on the NME Awards Tour.
[[Image:Ting Tings.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Performing at [[South by Southwest]] in 2008]]
The first single released on Columbia was "Great DJ", which received considerable airplay on [[BBC Radio 1]] and [[Xfm]] in the UK; and hyped by magazines such as the ''NME''. The band performed a live set on the In New Music We Trust stage at [[Radio 1's Big Weekend]] in [[Maidstone]], [[Kent]], which was made available by the [[BBC]]'s online video player application [[iPlayer]]. The single "[[Shut Up and Let Me Go]]" appeared in an [[iPod]] commercial in late April 2008, peaking at #55 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref name="NME2007">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003800930 Leona Lewis Holds Onto Hot 100 No. 1] Billboard - 8 May 2008</ref>

The band's debut album, ''[[We Started Nothing]]'', was released on 19 May 2008. It was, however, leaked onto the internet on 13 May 2008. Shortly after the release of the album, the band released a statement on the [[social network service]] [[MySpace]] which explained to fans that their single "That's Not My Name" had reached number 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]s, the statement went on to encourage fans to purchase legal copies of the single in order to keep it at the top position for the official Sunday Chart release on 18 May. The band went on to secure Number 1 in the UK Singles chart on 18 May.

The Ting Tings performed at the [[iTunes]] Live London Festival in the [[KOKO (venue)|KOKO nightclub]] on 9 July 2008, and the performance was released as a [[Paid download|downloadable]] [[Extended play|EP]] in the [[iTunes store]] under the title ''iTunes Live: London Festival ‘08''.

Their singles "Shut Up and Let Me Go" and "We Started Nothing" were featured in the ''[[Gossip Girl (TV series)|Gossip Girl]]'' series, while the song "[[Be the One (The Ting Tings song)|Be the One]]" was featured in ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]''. Their single "Great DJ" was featured in the theatrical trailers for the Anna Faris comedy "[[The House Bunny]]" and the Oscar-winning "[[Slumdog Millionaire]]".

The Ting Tings were one of four performers who played small interludes consisting of remixes of past hits throughout the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. They played a section from "Shut Up and Let Me Go" with [[Blink-182]] drummer [[Travis Barker]] and [[DJ AM]]. They also won Best UK Video for their single "Shut Up and Let Me Go". Other artists who were nominated in the same category included [[Coldplay]], [[Duffy]], [[Leona Lewis]] and [[Estelle]].

On 30 September 2008, it was announced that the Ting Tings will tour Australia and New Zealand in early 2009 as part of the [[Big Day Out]] Festival lineup. They also toured in Singapore as part of that festival's night counterpart, Big Night Out. A meet and greet with fans of the band was organized at Singapore Changi Airport prior to the show <ref name="SIN2009">[http://www.changiairport.com/Journalist/Press_Releases/2009/news_0003.html?__locale=en?title=nfa Changi Airport Media] Changi Airport Media- 15 April 2009</ref>. On 22&nbsp;November 2008 started a tour with [[Overflow Crowds Band]] in the US.

On 31 December 2008 they performed on [[Jools Holland]]'s [[Hootenanny (UK TV series)|Hootenanny]] show to a prerecorded backing track, to bring in the new year on [[BBC2]] in the UK along with numerous other singers and bands.

Columbia Records announced on 16 January 2009 the US release of the single, "That's Not My Name" for 27 January 2009 and a March/April US concert tour by the group.

===Next studio album===
The Ting Tings are set to write a second album in Paris. White has said that the band is planning to get inspiration for their new album in Paris and Berlin. "We're obsessed with Berlin," she said. "But I don't think we'd get much work done out there because there's too many distractions." She also said that the new album would show some subtle changes to their sound. "We'd like to have a brass section," she added.<ref name="second album in Paris">{{cite web
| url = http://www.nme.com/news/the-ting-tings/41396
| title = set to write second album in Paris
| first =
| last =
| publisher = NME.com
| date = [[2008-2-12]]
| accessdate = 2009-01-2}}</ref>

==Musical Style==
Katie White states that:<blockquote>
A few people have mentioned the childlike, singalong quality in our songs. I think it's because my voice isn't too high or too low, and the lyrics have that chanty quality, so anyone can sing along to them. Or maybe we've just got the brains of four-year-olds!<ref>[[The Guardian]]: 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear - Party Songs, pg.7</ref></blockquote>

==Discography==
{{main|The Ting Tings discography}}

==Awards and nominations==
*'''[[MTV Video Music Awards 2008]]
**Video of the Year - "Shut Up And Let Me Go" - Nominated
**Best UK Video - "Shut Up And Let Me Go" - '''Won'''
*'''Vodafone Live Music Awards 2008
**Xfm Live Breakthrough Act - '''Won'''
*'''BT Digital Music Awards 2008
**Best Pop Artist - Nominated
*'''[[Q Awards 2008]]
**Best New Act - Nominated
**Best Track - "That's Not My Name" - Nominated
**Best Video - "That's Not My Name" - Nominated
*'''[[MTV Europe Music Awards 2008]]
**Best UK Act - Nominated
*'''[[UK Festival Awards|UK Festival Awards 2008]]
**Festival Pop Act - '''Won'''
**Best Newcomer Awards - '''Won'''
**Anthem of the Summer - '''Won'''
*'''mtvU Woodie Awards 2008
**Best Performing Awards - Nominated
*'''[[Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2008]]
**MTV Hits Favourite Song - Nominated
*'''[[Triple J Hottest 100, 2008]]'''
**"Shut Up and Let Me Go" - position 78
**"That's Not My Name" - position 9
*'''[[BRIT Awards 2009]]'''
**Best British Breakthrough Act - Nominated
**Mastercard Best British Album - ''We Started Nothing'' - Nominated
*'''[[NME Awards|NME Awards 2009]]'''
**Best Track - "That Not My Name" - Nominated
*'''[[MTV Australia Awards 2009]]
**Best Breakthrough Act - Nominated

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.thetingtings.com Official site]
* {{IMDb name|id=3000654|name=The Ting Tings}}
* [http://www.thetingtings.info The Ting Tings Fansite]
* [http://www.muzu.tv/thetingtings MUZU TV Channel]
;Interviews
* [http://www.roxwel.com/player/thetingtingsuncut.html Ting Tings Interview and Live Performance 10/08]
* [http://www.coedmagazine.com/entertainment/9878 The Ting Tings interview from 6/17/08]
* [http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/ExclusiveRadiowavesinterviewwiththeTingTings Students interview The Ting Tings directly after their Glastonbury 2008 performance for Radiowaves]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=94315498&m=94313453 The Ting Tings Interview on NPR World Cafe]
* [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/04/06/the_ting_tings/?refid=0 The Ting Tings perform in The Current studios (MPR - 04/6/09)]
*[http://www.roxwel.com/artists/artistpage/The+Ting+Tings.html Ting Tings Videos-Interviews-Live Footage]

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The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings is an English rock duo of Jules De Martino (drums, guitar, vocals, piano) and Katie White (born 1983[1]) (vocals, guitar, bass drum). Originally from Leigh, Greater Manchester, they formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill, Artist Studios in Salford. They have released four singles on their current label Columbia Records UK, including the single "That's Not My Name" which charted straight at Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 18 May 2008.[2] The album We Started Nothing was released on 19 May 2008 and also charted at Number 1 in the UK.[3]

Members

Katie White

Katherine Rebecca White (born 1983 in Lowton, near Leigh, Greater Manchester). White grew up on a farm in Lowton,[4] a suburb of Golborne, part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England with her father David White, mother Lynne and sister Helena. White went to Lowton High School in Lowton, near Warrington which has a large performing arts department.[5] When she was 12 years old, White's grandfather Ken White won £6.6million on the National Lottery and gave each of his three sons David, Stephen and Richard £1million each. As well as buying ponies for Katie and Helena, David used his share of the money to start a music management company.[6]

In 1998, White started her music career in a girl group punk trio TKO - short for Total Knock Out - with two friends from Lowton school, Joanne Leeton and Emma Lally. TKO was managed by White's father's music management company. They had some success and supported Steps and Atomic Kitten. TKO also appeared on ITV's CD:UK. In March 2001, David White brought in songwriter Jules De Martino who wrote four songs for TKO.[6]

Jules De Martino

Julian De Martino (known as 'Jules') is a British singer-songwriter. De Martino was born in Albert Place, East London and grew up in Kirkby Stephen, a small market town in Cumbria, in North West England which is part of Westmorland.[citation needed] He began playing drums at the age of 13.[7]

When he was 17, De Martino was drummer and song writer in a band called "Babakoto" ('Babakoto' is a rare lemur from Madagascar)[8] who once played as a backing group for Bros[9] and released a single at the end of 1987 called "Just to Get By" which was in the charts for seven weeks in 1988.[10] After Babakoto broke up, De Martino became the lead singer in another indie band called "Mojo Pin", named after the first song on Jeff Buckley's 1994 album Grace. Mojo Pin released two singles, "You" in 1995 and "My Imagination" in 1996.

Career

Early years

De Martino met White whilst she was with TKO and again at Leeds University. A few months later while De Martino was in Manchester, the pair bumped into each other, and after De Martino relocated to Manchester went on to form the Portishead-influenced trio Dear Eskiimo who were signed to Mercury Records - but creative differences and the management style of the record label caused them to split.[11][12]

This earlier experience left White and De Martino with a distrust of the music industry, so with that common interest they formed The Ting Tings. The name comes from the first name of a Chinese colleague of White at a shop who told her the name sounds like the pronunciation of "an old bandstand" in Mandarin.[11]

The group has also experienced much success in Japan.[13] The band started out playing private parties at Islington Mill, Salford.[14] The Mill gigs ended up as some of the most sought after tickets on the Manchester party scene - with various A&R reps and record producers, such as Rick Rubin, asking for tickets.[12]

Formation, exposure and debut album

Performing at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia on 23 October 2008

Their first double-A side single "That's Not My Name/Great DJ" was released on local label Switchflicker, and together with their second single "Fruit Machine", they were on heavy rotation in British radio (amongst others BBC 6 Music, played regularly by many DJs including a session for Marc Riley who was first to have them in session on 6 Music and first to play their record on the station). "Fruit Machine" was a limited-edition, 500-only seven-inch single on Legendre Starkie Records, which was only available at the group's gigs at Islington Mill in Salford, Electrowerkz in Islington, Berlin in Germany and at Glasslands in Brooklyn, New York City.[15] They had a notable performance at Glastonbury Festival 2007, and after an October 2007 tour of universities in the UK with Reverend and the Makers, signed for Columbia Records.[16] On 14 December 2007 they appeared on Later with Jools Holland. In May 2008 the band credited BBC Introducing for giving them their 'life changing' break after BBC Radio Manchester's Introducing show spotted the band and put them forward for inclusion in the Glastonbury running order.

In January 2008 they were voted third in the annual BBC 6 Music poll of industry experts Sound of 2008, for acts to emerge in the coming year.[17] In February 2008 they were the opening slot act on the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards Tour, performing with The Cribs, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong and Does It Offend You, Yeah?.[18] In conjunction with the NME and HMV the band contributed a demo version of "Great DJ" to a limited, 5000 copies only 10" vinyl release of all the artists on the NME Awards Tour.

Performing at South by Southwest in 2008

The first single released on Columbia was "Great DJ", which received considerable airplay on BBC Radio 1 and Xfm in the UK; and hyped by magazines such as the NME. The band performed a live set on the In New Music We Trust stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone, Kent, which was made available by the BBC's online video player application iPlayer. The single "Shut Up and Let Me Go" appeared in an iPod commercial in late April 2008, peaking at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100.[15]

The band's debut album, We Started Nothing, was released on 19 May 2008. It was, however, leaked onto the internet on 13 May 2008. Shortly after the release of the album, the band released a statement on the social network service MySpace which explained to fans that their single "That's Not My Name" had reached number 1 in the UK Singles Charts, the statement went on to encourage fans to purchase legal copies of the single in order to keep it at the top position for the official Sunday Chart release on 18 May. The band went on to secure Number 1 in the UK Singles chart on 18 May.

The Ting Tings performed at the iTunes Live London Festival in the KOKO nightclub on 9 July 2008, and the performance was released as a downloadable EP in the iTunes store under the title iTunes Live: London Festival ‘08.

Their singles "Shut Up and Let Me Go" and "We Started Nothing" were featured in the Gossip Girl series, while the song "Be the One" was featured in One Tree Hill. Their single "Great DJ" was featured in the theatrical trailers for the Anna Faris comedy "The House Bunny" and the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire".

The Ting Tings were one of four performers who played small interludes consisting of remixes of past hits throughout the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. They played a section from "Shut Up and Let Me Go" with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM. They also won Best UK Video for their single "Shut Up and Let Me Go". Other artists who were nominated in the same category included Coldplay, Duffy, Leona Lewis and Estelle.

On 30 September 2008, it was announced that the Ting Tings will tour Australia and New Zealand in early 2009 as part of the Big Day Out Festival lineup. They also toured in Singapore as part of that festival's night counterpart, Big Night Out. A meet and greet with fans of the band was organized at Singapore Changi Airport prior to the show [19]. On 22 November 2008 started a tour with Overflow Crowds Band in the US.

On 31 December 2008 they performed on Jools Holland's Hootenanny show to a prerecorded backing track, to bring in the new year on BBC2 in the UK along with numerous other singers and bands.

Columbia Records announced on 16 January 2009 the US release of the single, "That's Not My Name" for 27 January 2009 and a March/April US concert tour by the group.

Next studio album

The Ting Tings are set to write a second album in Paris. White has said that the band is planning to get inspiration for their new album in Paris and Berlin. "We're obsessed with Berlin," she said. "But I don't think we'd get much work done out there because there's too many distractions." She also said that the new album would show some subtle changes to their sound. "We'd like to have a brass section," she added.[20]

Musical Style

Katie White states that:

A few people have mentioned the childlike, singalong quality in our songs. I think it's because my voice isn't too high or too low, and the lyrics have that chanty quality, so anyone can sing along to them. Or maybe we've just got the brains of four-year-olds![21]

Discography

Main article: The Ting Tings discography

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Craig Mclean (2008-10-05). "Tings can only get better: Why sudden pop success has not been easy on the Ting Tings". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  2. ^ "THE TING TINGS TOP U.K. ALBUM CHART". Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  3. ^ "World Album Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  4. ^ http://www.leighreporter.co.uk/leisure/Katie-enjoys-the-fame-gam e.3986824.jp
  5. ^ "December 2008 Newsletter". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  6. ^ a b "How feud tore Ting Tings star's family apart". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  7. ^ "The Band". Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  8. ^ "Indri, Babakoto". Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  9. ^ McFadden, Danny. "Tings ain't what they used to be". Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  10. ^ "Chart Stats". Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  11. ^ a b "Ting Tings - History". The Ting Tings. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
  12. ^ a b Ting Tings - the hottest party in town Manchester Evening News - 8 June 2007
  13. ^ "Just Doing Their Ting". Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  14. ^ [1] Islington Mill website
  15. ^ a b The Ting Tings release new single... NME - 28 September 2007 Cite error: The named reference "NME2007" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  16. ^ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Wed 17 Oct The List (Issue 590) - 15 November 200
  17. ^ "Sound of 2008: The Ting Tings". BBC News Online. 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  18. ^ Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2008
  19. ^ Changi Airport Media Changi Airport Media- 15 April 2009
  20. ^ "set to write second album in Paris". NME.com. 2008-2-12. Retrieved 2009-01-2. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  21. ^ The Guardian: 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear - Party Songs, pg.7
Interviews
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