Tania Doko - Bachelor Girl - Gavin Woods Podcast - Series 7 Episode 3

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Tania Doko become a pop sensation in 1998 as one half of Melbourne duo ‘Bachelor Girl’. Their 1998 debut single, "Buses and Trains", was a top-10 hit in Australia and New Zealand; it peaked in the top 30 in Sweden and charted in the UK. The follow-up single, "Treat Me Good", reached the top 40 in Australia and New Zealand and their debut studio album, Waiting for the Day, was released in 1998 and reached the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart and achieved platinum certification. A successful songwriter in her own right, Tania went on to write hit records with The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy, Eric Bazilian, Delta Goodrem, Sheppard, and Tina Arena, to name a few. She was also a judge on Channel 7’s Popstars. In 2012, Tania moved to Sweden where she worked as a singer/songwriter and vocal coach and is now an official APRA AMCOS Ambassador for the Nordic region. Bachelor Girl had already sold a total of more than 500,000 albums and singles worldwide when they reformed in 2017. In 2018 they released “Speak”, exactly 20 years to the day of their debut single. In February 2023, Bachelor Girl released "Calling Out Your Name", and in July this year she released “Harder Now”, her first single from her upcoming EP.