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- ↑ "ARIA nominees announced", The Age, 17 September 2002
- ↑ "Best Children's Album", ARIA
- ↑ Hornery, Andrew (26 August 2002), "The secret life of tot pop", Sydney Morning Herald
- ↑ Ball, Ryan (30 May 2007), "Big Tent, Nicktoons on Planet Groove", Animation Magazine
- ↑ "Cheeky Star". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Angel Star". Archived from the original on 20 May 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 265.
- ↑ "Issue 643" (PDF), ARIA Report, 24 June 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2002