{{short description|English musician (born 1970)}} {{distinguish|Betty Boop}} {{redirect|Alison Clarkson|the Vermont politician|Alison H. Clarkson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Use British English|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Betty Boo at Let's Rock Liverpool on 31 July 2021.jpg | caption = Boo in 2021 | name = Betty Boo | birth_name = Alison Moira Clarkson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|3|6}} | birth_place = Kensington, London, England | origin = | genre = {{hlist|Dance-pop|hip-hop|pop-rap}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|rapper}} | years_active = 1987–present | label = {{hlist|Music of Life|Rhythm King|Sire|Instant Karma}} | website = {{URL|officialbettyboo.com}} }}
'''Alison Moira Clarkson''' (born 6 March 1970), better known by her stage name '''Betty Boo''', is a British singer, songwriter and rapper. She first came to mainstream prominence in the late 1980s following a collaboration with the Beatmasters on the song "Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)". Between 1990 and 1992 she had a successful solo career, which spawned a number of chart-placing singles, most notably "Doin' the Do", "Where Are You Baby?", and "Let Me Take You There".
In 2025, Betty Boo re-released her first two studio albums and toured in the UK for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/betty-boo-announces-first-ever-uk-tour-3851352|title=Betty Boo announces first ever UK tour |website=NME|date=2 April 2025|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
==Career== ===1987–1999: Betty Boo=== Clarkson studied sound engineering at the Holloway School of Audio Engineering<ref name="independent">{{cite news |first=Giles |last=Smith |title=ARTS / Show People: This Boo is made for talking |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts--show-people-this-boo-is-made-for-talking-37-betty-boo-1535728.html |date=26 July 1992 |work=The Independent |access-date=2 February 2010 | location=London}}</ref> before having several hits between 1989 and 1992. Originally nicknamed "Betty Boop"<ref name="independent"/> for her similarity to the cartoon character, she changed it to avoid trademark disputes. Of mixed Dusun and Scottish ancestry,<ref name="Pop comeback for fun-loving Betty">{{cite news |first=Neil |last=Smith | title=Pop comeback for fun-loving Betty | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4863968.stm |date=3 April 2006 |publisher=BBC | access-date=22 June 2009}}</ref><ref name="Take-off for the girl from Planet Boo">{{cite journal |author=O'Brien, Lucy |title=Feature: ''Take-off for the girl from Planet Boo'' |journal=The Guardian |issue=22 August 1990 |page=20 |author-link=Lucy O'Brien}}</ref> she had an unusual, striking Emma Peel-like look,<ref name="independent"/> dressed in mildly revealing outfits and proved to be an influential pop music figure whose "sassy, powerful music and image launched a thousand wannabes".<ref name="WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> Writing for ''The Guardian'' in August 1990, Lucy O'Brien noted the difference between the "quietly spoken" Clarkson and her "lovable toughie" pop star alter-ego, describing the latter as "a cartoon combination of Betty Boop, Barbarella and Buck Rogers".<ref name="Take-off for the girl from Planet Boo"/>
Whilst still at school, Boo began her musical career in hip-hop groups such as Hit 'N' Run<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/21/betty-boo-how-we-made-doin-the-do-slang-cunnilingus|title=Betty Boo on how she made Doin' the Do|date=21 June 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> and the She Rockers, the latter act who were signed to the British independent record label Music of Life. The She Rockers'<ref name="Take-off for the girl from Planet Boo"/> success led her to New York and work with Public Enemy,<ref name="Take-off for the girl from Planet Boo"/> who encouraged her to pursue a solo career.<ref name="WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> Commenting on her time spent supporting Public Enemy on tour in the US, as well as working with Professor Griff in the recording studio on the song "Give It a Rest",<ref name="Take-off for the girl from Planet Boo"/> Boo revealed that things did not go as expected: "They were producing our single and I thought it would sound like their stuff, but it didn't at all. And some of the crowds were hostile to us. They didn't throw anything, no, but they wanted to see Public Enemy and they just weren't interested in us."<ref name="Smash Hits Feature">{{cite journal |author=Sawyer, Miranda |title=Feature: ''The Spooky Double Life Of Betty Boo'' |journal=Smash Hits |issue=13–26 June 1990 |page=39 |author-link=Miranda Sawyer}}</ref>
Her big break came when she appeared as a guest vocalist on the 1989 number 7<ref name=occ/> UK hit single, "Hey DJ – I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" by the Beatmasters,<ref name="WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> which was included in original form on their album ''Anywayawanna''. Boo's first solo single, "Doin' the Do", followed and was also a UK singles chart number 7 success for her in 1990,<ref name=occ/> selling 200,000 copies<ref name="Take-off for the girl from Planet Boo"/> and reaching number one on Billboard's dance chart in the United States. One year later, the song was used as the title tune for ''Magic Pockets'' video game by the Bitmap Brothers. ''Boomania'', her platinum-selling debut album,<ref name="independent"/> was largely self-written and self-produced in her bedroom.<ref name = "WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> Her second solo single, "Where Are You Baby?", which reached number 3 in August 1990,<ref name=occ/> is her biggest solo hit to date. "24 Hours" was the third and final single to be issued from ''Boomania'', and although it was a hit, it was less so than previous releases, stalling at number 25 in December 1990.<ref name=occ/> Her initial success was compounded at the 1991 BRIT Awards ceremony where she was voted that year's best British Breakthrough Act.<ref name = "Pop comeback for fun-loving Betty"/><ref name = "Where have all the newcomers gone?">{{cite news | title=Where have all the newcomers gone? | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/brit_awards/277041.stm |date=15 February 1999 |publisher=BBC | access-date=22 June 2009}}</ref> In 1991, her "Why, Oh Why?" 1950s-style love ballad featured on the soundtrack of the American film ''A Rage in Harlem''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,150764,00.html |title=Rage in Harlem by Lloyd Price @ ARTISTdirect.com – Shop, Listen, Download |publisher=Artistdirect.com |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>
Her career suffered a setback when in July 1991, while touring Australia, Boo was revealed to be lip-synching at a concert rather than performing live.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=58}}</ref> The 21st Century Dance Club in Frankston, Australia received "hundreds of complaints" after her performance, during which Boo fled the stage after dropping her microphone, revealing she was miming to a backing track.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/qR3zFmL.jpg|title=Ocala Star Banner > Betty Boo Cuts Short Tour (archived on Google News)|date=30 July 1991|publisher=Imgur.com (original source published by James E. Doughton)|access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> The incident was widely reported, and Boo cancelled the remainder of her tour, citing influenza and fever.
Boo returned with a new record deal in 1992 having signed to WEA.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Her follow-up album, ''GRRR! It's Betty Boo'', suffered very disappointing sales in the UK, peaking at number 62 on the albums chart.<ref name=occ/> It did, nevertheless, spawn another UK hit single titled "Let Me Take You There", which reached number 12 in August 1992.<ref name=occ/> A further single, "I'm on My Way", featured a musical quote from the Beatles' "Lady Madonna" which, unusually, was not a sample—the song's brass riff was re-created using all the original players.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} However, the single did not sell well and entered the chart at number 44 in October 1992.<ref name="occ" /> Her next single, "Hangover", fared even worse, barely scraping the Top 50 upon release in April 1993.<ref name="occ" /> Following the release of ''GRRR!'', Clarkson turned down an offer to sign with Madonna's Maverick Records,<ref name="WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video" /> and in 1999 a ''Best Of'' compilation album—effectively an expanded version of ''Boomania'' with extra remixes and a different running order—was released and sold moderately well.
=== 2006–2014: Subsequent works === In 2006, Clarkson formed a pop duo called WigWam,<ref name = "Pop comeback for fun-loving Betty"/> with Alex James, bassist from Blur. Together, they worked with music producer Ben Hillier, along with former Boo collaborators the Beatmasters.<ref name = "WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video">{{cite web| title=WigWam – Check Out My WigWam Video | date=28 February 2006 | url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/wigwamx28x02x06 |publisher=Contactmusic.com | access-date=22 June 2009}}</ref> Despite working to create "an album of experimental yet accessible 21st century pop",<ref name = "WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> just one single emerged from their musical partnership, the self-titled "WigWam" released on 3 April 2006 via Instant Karma Records.<ref name="Pop comeback for fun-loving Betty"/>
In August 2007, Clarkson released a new single titled "Take Off". The song, which was playlisted on Radio 1's dance-orientated shows, was a joint project with the London-based dance act Jack Rokka and, as such, is much more dance-orientated than her previous work. She went on to perform the collaboration in a live set at Manchester Pride in 2007, along with some of her other songs. The video sees Betty Boo's trademark look resurrected and even features the 'Boosters' – Betty Boo's backing dancers, who always appear with identical hair and outfits to hers – and the Betty Boo spiral. Clarkson appeared on ITV's ''Loose Women'' on 16 October 2007 to promote the single, and has also appeared as an interviewee on BBC Three's ''The Most Annoying Pop Songs...'' show, passing comment on several songs that made the Top 100 list.
In July 2009, historian Kate Williams reported on BBC Radio 4's ''Broadcasting House'' that she is working with Clarkson to develop a musical version of Williams' biography ''England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kate-williams.com/ |title=Kate Williams, historian and author |publisher=Kate-williams.com |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref> In June 2011, Clarkson featured as Betty Boo (and is credited) on the track "Virtually Art" by the Feeling on the double-album edition of their 2011 release, ''Together We Were Made.'' In July 2014, Betty Boo performed on stage at the Penn Festival, while in 2021 she was announced as one of the artists performing as part of the Let's Rock retro music festival line-ups, at various dates throughout the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://letsrocknorwich.com/|title=Let's Rock Norwich|website=Let's Rock Norwich}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://letsrock80s.com/|title=Lets Rock 2025|website=Letsrock80s.com|access-date=6 September 2025}}</ref>
===2022–present: Return to music=== On 10 January 2022, Boo announced the release of the single "Get Me to the Weekend".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/betty-boo-comeback-new-music-b1990500.html|title=Betty Boo announces comeback single 30 years after retiring solo career|newspaper=The Independent|first=Maanya|last=Sachdeva|date=12 January 2022|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> The second single "Shining Star", was released on 12 May 2022. Her first album in 30 years, ''Boomerang'', was released on 14 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-third-album-boomerang/ | title=Betty Boo bounces back with long-awaited third album 'Boomerang' |website=Retropop| date=29 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/betty-boo-boomerang/ | title=Betty Boo / Boomerang – SuperDeluxeEdition | date=29 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2022/06/betty-boo-new-album-boomerang/ | title=Betty Boo announces new album Boomerang |magazine= Classic Pop Magazine |first=Steve |last=O'Brien|date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
On 14 June 2024, Boo released the single "It Was Beautiful" (featuring HEX) from her fourth album ''Rip Up the Rulebook''.
==Songwriter== After her solo career effectively ended when her mother contracted terminal cancer in the early 1990s,<ref name="The Power Behind Pop">{{cite news| title = The Power Behind Pop | url = https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/nov/23/artsfeatures2| access-date = 2 April 2009 | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Alexis | last=Petridis | date=23 November 2001}}</ref> Clarkson turned to songwriting, at the request of Chris Herbert,<ref name="Where have all the newcomers gone?"/><ref name="The Power Behind Pop"/> who was in the process of forming a new, all-girl group. Herbert asked her to contribute to the project after revealing that she was his inspiration in forming one of his previous projects, the Spice Girls:<ref name="WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> "He told me that when they were auditioning for the Spice Girls, they were looking for five Betty Boos – larger-than-life cartoon characters. He asked me to get involved in this other band he was putting together, Girl Thing, because he wanted this signature Betty Boo sound, a bit of hip-hop."<ref name="The Power Behind Pop"/>
Clarkson went on to co-write a number of songs for Girl Thing, including "Pure and Simple". Although the group's A&R man, Simon Cowell, initially rejected her song,<ref name="The Power Behind Pop"/> it was included in the Japanese edition of Girl Thing's self-titled debut album, released in 2001. The song became a huge, record-breaking hit single when it was re-recorded and released as the debut single of Hear'Say—winners of the reality TV show, ''Popstars''—in March of the same year. On the release, Clarkson commented: "The arrangement they used was almost identical. I never met the band. It was a bit disheartening".<ref name="The Power Behind Pop"/> The song went on to win the Ivor Novello Award for the biggest selling single of 2001,<ref name = "Pop comeback for fun-loving Betty"/><ref name="WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> however despite finding renewed success by writing for other artists, Clarkson criticised the audition-based, manufactured pop process which created them.<ref name="The Power Behind Pop"/>
Clarkson has also written songs for Girls Aloud<ref name="WigWam - Check Out My WigWam Video"/> (reunited with the Beatmasters), Louise, Dannii Minogue, The Tweenies<ref name = "The Power Behind Pop"/> and for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's fourth studio album ''Make a Scene'' (though her contributions did not make the final album).<ref name="Ellis-Bextor 75% done">{{cite web | title=Ellis-Bextor 75% done | url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/news/e8db69438ac587107cd8f0fc8290c000/Ellis-Bextor+75+done.aspx | access-date=22 June 2009 | archive-date=24 June 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624161143/http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/news/e8db69438ac587107cd8f0fc8290c000/Ellis-Bextor+75+done.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Nominee(s) ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan=3|Brit Awards | rowspan=3|1991 | rowspan=2|Herself | British Breakthrough Act | {{won}} | rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1991 | title=History | access-date=16 October 2023 | archive-date=21 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165301/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1991 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | British Female Solo Artist | {{nom}} |- | "Where Are You Baby?" | British Video of the Year | {{nom}} |- !scope="row"|Ivor Novello Awards | 2002 | "Pure and Simple" | Best Selling UK Single | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web | url=http://theivors.com/archive/2000-2009/the-ivors-2002/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622041304/http://theivors.com/archive/2000-2009/the-ivors-2002/ | archive-date=22 June 2016 | title=The Ivors 2002 - the Ivors }}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''NME'' Awards | 1991 | Herself | Object of Desire | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/poppoll.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910234949/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/poppoll.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=10 September 2012 | title=Rocklist.net...NME Lists readers Pop Poll Results }}</ref> {{end}}
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:225px;" | Album details ! colspan="7" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:130px;" |Certifications<br /><small>(sales thresholds)</small> |- ! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | UK<br /><ref name="occ" /> ! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | UK<br />Down.<br /><ref name="occ" /> ! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | AUS<br /><ref name="aus">Australian (ARIA) peaks: *"Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)": {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020822/http://i.imgur.com/j7baC6b.png |url=https://i.imgur.com/j7baC6b.png|archive-date=29 November 2014|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 January 2014|access-date=27 December 2015|publisher=Imgur.com|url-status=live}} *Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Betty+Boo|title=australian-charts.com > Betty Boo in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=1 October 2019}} *Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: {{cite Ryan|page=38}} *''GRRR! It's Betty Boo'': {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/sJBs6TQ.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 19 July 2017|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=1 October 2019}} *"I'm on My Way": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/9ehjEFX.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 13 September 2016|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | GER<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-31523|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Betty Boo – GRRR! It's Betty Boo (album)|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref>
! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | NED<br /><ref name="dutch">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Betty+Boo|title=dutchcharts.nl > Betty Boo in Dutch Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | NZ<br /><ref name="nz">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Betty+Boo|title=charts.nz > Betty Boo in New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | SCO<br /><ref name="SCO">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26209/betty-boo/|title=Betty Boo songs|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>
|- ! scope="row" |''Boomania'' | * Released: 10 September 1990 * Label: Rhythm King | 4 || — || 68 || — || 88 || 25 || 38 | * BPI: Platinum<ref name="bpi certs">{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/bwULuro.jpg|title=BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Betty Boo' (from bpi.co.uk)|via=Imgur.com (original source published by British Phonographic Industry)|access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''GRRR! It's Betty Boo'' | * Released: 12 October 1992 * Label: WEA International | 62 || — || — || 97 || — || — || 43 | |- ! scope="row" |''Boomerang'' | * Released: 14 October 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-title-track-comeback-album-boomerang/|title= Betty Boo releases title track from comeback album ''Boomerang''|website=Retropop Magazine|date=29 June 2022|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref> * Label: Betty Boo Records | 45 || 7 || — || — || — || — || 19 | |- ! scope="row" |''Rip Up the Rule Book'' | * Released: 30 August 2024 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/album-review-betty-boo-rip-up-the-rulebook/|title=Betty Boo – Rip Up The Rulebook|website=Retropop Magazine|date=30 August 2024|access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref> * Label: Betty Boo Records | — || 59 || — || — || — || — || 40 | |}
===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Title ! style="width:225px;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"|''Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo'' | * Released: 1999 * Label: BMG, Camden |}
===Video albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Title ! style="width:225px;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"|''Boomania – The Boomin Vids'' | * Released: 1990 * Label: Virgin Music Video |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:30em;"| Single ! colspan="11"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! style="width:35px;"| <small>UK</small><br /><ref name=occ>UK chart peaks: *solo peaks: {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26209/betty-boo/|title=Official Charts > Betty Boo|publisher=Official UK Charts Company|access-date=1 October 2019}} *"Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26807/beatmasters/|title=Official Charts > Beatmasters|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=1 October 2019}} *Wigwam peaks: {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/723/wigwam/|title=Official Charts > Wigwam|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>AUS</small><br /><ref name=aus/> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>BEL<br />(FL)</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Betty+Boo|title=Ultratop Vlaanderen > Betty Boo in Ultratop Vlaanderen|language=nl|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>GER</small><br /><ref>German singles chart peaks: *"Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)": {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-528870|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > The Beatmasters feat. Betty Boo – Hey DJ - I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)/Ska Train (single)|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 July 2016}} *"Where Are You Baby?": {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-2172|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Betty Boo – Where Are You Baby? (single)|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 July 2016}} *"24 Hours": {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-2210|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Betty Boo – 24 Hours (single)|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 July 2016}} *"Let Me Take You There": {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-2509|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Betty Boo – Let Me Take You There (single)|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>IRE</small><br /><ref>Irish singles chart peaks: *solo peaks: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/lbbmKcF.jpg|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for 'Betty Boo'|publisher=Fireball Media|access-date=1 October 2019}} *"Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/HAqqCfp.jpg|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for 'Beatmasters'|publisher=Fireball Media|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>NED</small><br /><ref name="dutch"/> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>NZ</small><br /><ref name=nz/> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>SWE</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Betty+Boo|title=swedishcharts.com > Betty Boo in Swedish Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>SWI</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Betty+Boo|title=hitparade.ch > Betty Boo in der Schweizer Hitparade|language=de|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>US</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/betty-boo/chart-history/hsi/|title=Betty Boo Chart History > Hot 100|publisher=Billboard|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> ! style="width:35px;"| <small>US Dance</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/betty-boo/chart-history/dsi/|title=Betty Boo Chart History > Dance Club Songs|publisher=Billboard|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> |- | 1989 ! scope="row"| "Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)"<br /><small>(The Beatmasters featuring Betty Boo)</small> | 7 || 88 || 35 || 93 || 17 || 14 || 10 || — || — || — || 8 | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Boomania'' |- | rowspan="3"| 1990 ! scope="row"| "Doin' the Do" | 7 || 3 || 8 || — || 9 || 9 || 4 || — || — || 90 || 1 | * ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIACert1990>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Betty Boo|type=single|certyear=1990|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Where Are You Baby?" | 3 || 19 || — || 29 || 6 || 16 || 11 || — || 13 || — || — | * BPI: Silver<ref name="bpi certs"/> |- ! scope="row"| "24 Hours" | 25 || 94 || — || 32 || 17 || 74 || — || — || 10 || — || — | |- | rowspan="3"| 1992 ! scope="row"| "Let Me Take You There" | 12 || 97 || — || 50 || 13 || 61 || — || 38 || 18 || — || — | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''GRRR! It's Betty Boo'' |- ! scope="row"| "I'm on My Way" | 44 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Thing Goin' On" <small>(US only)</small> |colspan="9"{{n/a}} || — || 5 | |- | rowspan="2"| 1993 ! scope="row"| "Hangover" | 50 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Catch Me" <small>(US only)</small> |colspan="9"{{n/a}} || — || 14 | |- | 2007 ! scope="row"| "Take Off" <small>(Jack Rokka vs Betty Boo)</small> | 92 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{non-album single}} |- | rowspan="5"| 2022 ! scope="row"| "Get Me to the Weekend"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-get-me-to-the-weekend-single/|title=Betty Boo returns with new single 'Get Me To The Weekend'|website=Retro Pop Magazine|date=23 January 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''Boomerang'' |- ! scope="row"| "Shining Star"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-new-single-shining-star/|title=Betty Boo returns with new single 'Shining Star'|website=Retro Pop Magazine|date=5 May 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Boomerang"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWNLC5Am_Vs|title=Betty Boo - Boomerang (Official Single Audio Static)|website=You Tube|date=29 June 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Right By Your Side"<small>(featuring David Gray)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-teams-up-with-public-enemys-chuck-d-on-new-single-miracle/|title=Betty Boo teams up with David Gray for new collaboration 'Right By Your Side'|website=Retro Pop Magazine|date=7 July 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Miracle" <small>(featuring Chuck D)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-teams-up-with-public-enemys-chuck-d-on-new-single-miracle/|title=Betty Boo teams up with Public Enemy's Chuck D on new single 'Miracle'|website=Retro Pop Magazine|date=2 September 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- | rowspan="3"| 2024 ! scope="row"| "It Was Beautiful" <small>(featuring Hex)</small> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Rip Up the Rulebook'' |- ! scope="row"| "One Day"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-to-release-one-day-as-second-rip-up-the-rulebook-single/|title= Betty Boo to release One Day as second Rip Up The Rulebook single|website=Retropop Magazine|date=12 July 2024|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Barbarella"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/betty-boo-blasts-off-with-intergalactic-new-single-barbarella/|title= Betty Boo will release intergalactic banger Barbarella as the latest single from her new album 'Rip Up The Rulebook'.|website=Retropop Magazine|date=6 December 2024|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> | – || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |}
==See also== *List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * ''Guinness Book of British Hit Singles'' – 16th Edition – {{ISBN|0-85112-190-X}} * ''Guinness Book of British Hit Albums'' – 7th Edition – {{ISBN|0-85112-619-7}}
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