The winners from ITV's Popstars talent search arrive at Heathrow Airport from Oslo, Monday, February 5, 2001. From left, Kym Marsh, 24 from Wigan, Noel Sullivan, 20, Myleene Klass, Danny Foster and Suzanne Shaw,19.The winners from ITV's Popstars talent search arrive at Heathrow Airport from Oslo, Monday, February 5, 2001. From left, Kym Marsh, 24 from Wigan, Noel Sullivan, 20, Myleene Klass, Danny Foster and Suzanne Shaw,19.
The winners from ITV's Popstars talent search arrive at Heathrow Airport from Oslo, Monday, February 5, 2001. From left, Kym Marsh, 24 from Wigan, Noel Sullivan, 20, Myleene Klass, Danny Foster and Suzanne Shaw,19.

IN PICTURES: It's 20 years since Kym Marsh and group Hear'Say were top of the charts

It’s 20 years since a TV-made pop group featuring a Wigan singer, Kym Marsh from Ashton-in-Makerfield, had their first number one hit.

The group Hear’Say were created through the ITV reality TV show Popstars in 2001, the first UK series of the international Popstars franchise.

Here we look back at the career of Kym Marsh ...

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