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Official Chart Flashback 2001: Battle of the girl bands as Atomic Kitten and Destiny's Child duke it out for Number 1

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You may think times are strange now, but is anything happening today stranger than the time in 2001 when Atomic Kitten were embroiled in a heared chart battle with Destiny's Child (as in, it was Liz McClarnon vs.

Beyoncé, the actual Beyoncé)? If you can believe it, 11 years ago this week - Atomic Kitten's Eternal Flame and Destiny's Child's Bootylicious were both duking it out for the spot at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

One was a tender cover of the Bangles' pop classic, another was a frantic re-invigoration of Stevie Nick's Edge of Seventeen...but which came out on top?

Interestingly enough, though, both bands had something to prove, each coming out swinging with a new line-up. Eternal Flame was their first single as the trio comprising of Liz McClarnon, Natasha Hamilton and new member Jenny Frost (Jenny had contributed vocals post-release to Number 1 single Whole Again, which was originally released with founding member Kerry Katona), while Bootylicious was the third single from the Survivor album, which saw Destiny's Child solidify its final, and greatest, combination of members; Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

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