Coleen Nolan didn't make "any money" from her time in The Nolans.
Coleen Nolan reveals that she and her sisters made no money from their time as a band despite selling 30 million records
The 58-year-old star replaced her sister Anne in the lineup of the pop group in 1980 and performed alongside her other sisters Maureen, Linda, and the late Bernie explained that despite selling millions of records worldwide, none of them are in a position where they can choose not to work.
Speaking on the 'Learning As I Go' podcast, she said: "We sold 30 million records and we didn't get any money from that. My dad ran it when we were doing working men's clubs so he got the payment for that all that but when we got discovered, we signed all sorts of deals that we didn't know about and we didn't have help with so we basically signed out lives away and we were the only ones out of all of that that didn't make any money. Technically, 30 million records, we should not be having to work or choosing when want to work but we can't. I still have to work to pay a mortgage."
Coleen is these days best known as a panellist on ITV's 'Loose Women' and is currently touring the UK with her show 'Naked' until the end of March whilst her sisters went on to carve out careers in musical theatre, all notably taking on the role of Mrs. Johnstone in 'Blood Brothers' at different times, and they enjoyed a reunion tour in 2009.
But, the TV star alleged that all the money they should have earned from hit records like 'I'm In the Mood For Dancing' was spent on "lavish parties" and other expensive luxuries without their knowledge.
She said: "[It all went to] record labels, accountants, management companies. We didn't realise that when we'd go on tour or go to 'Top of the Pops', they'd send this amazing limousine or they'd throw a big end-of-tour party for hundreds of people.
"We didn't know until much later on that we were paying for all of that. We just thought the record company were lovely for putting all these lavish parties on not realising that it was all coming out of our money."
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