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Girls Aloud are a British girl group created by ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group, consisting of Cheryl Cole (née Tweedy), Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, has gone on to become one of the most successful British pop groups of the decade, with a record-breaking sixteen consecutive Top 10 singles (including three number ones), four platinum albums (including a number one), and record sales in excess of 4.2 million in the UK. They are Smash Hits Poll Winners, have won a TMF Award, and have been nominated for a BRIT Award.
Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between forming and reaching number one in the UK Charts (with their platinum-selling début single "Sound of the Underground"), and have since become one of the few reality television groups to have had continued success with Guinness World Records listing them as the Most Successful Reality TV Group in the 2007 edition, and also the Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group in the 2008 edition.
2003.After the huge success of "Sound of the Underground" the newly formed group took several months to record their début album.
They followed their début single with the number two hit "No Good Advice" in May 2003. The song received critical acclaim and the video, whilst known to have been the girls' least favourite video due to problems in production, was deemed one of the sexiest videos of the year.
In November 2003 the girls released "Jump"—a cover of a Pointer Sisters song. The song featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 film Love Actually. It entered the chart at number two behind Westlife's single "Mandy". "Jump" helped increase sales of the album, which went platinum after a re-issue was released on 1 December 2003.
The album stayed on the Top 75 chart for 20 non-consecutive weeks, over a period of over three years.
In early 2005, the girls won a Glamour Magazine Award for Band of the Year, and were also nominated for a BRIT Award for Best Pop.
After a short break following their first tour, the girls began work on their third album. The first single to be released from "Chemistry" was "Long Hot Summer" in August 2005 and charted at number seven, ending their consecutive top five run but continuing their unbroken run of top ten singles. The single that launched their third album was "Biology".
Girls Aloud released their début DVD Girls on Film in June 2005, featuring the first eight music videos and television performances. It peaked at number five on the DVD Music chart. This was followed by What Will the Neighbours Say? Live DVD in November 2005, which reached number six.
"Whole Lotta History" was the fourth and final single to be taken from Chemistry. Released on March 13, 2006, it became the fourth highest download-only entry at eighty - this was the first time singles had ever been able to chart on downloads alone. The week after its download release the song reached number six, and as the number-eighty position was outside the top seventy-five, this became the week's highest new entry. The single is accompanied by a video filmed in Paris, their first outside the UK.
The girls embarked on their second UK tour Chemistry (their first Arena Tour) in May 2006. During the tour, the girls performed at ten large arenas in the UK, playing to over 100,000 people in total. The tour got rave reviews, with the majority of tabloids awarding 4/5 marks. In the same month, Girls Aloud were moved to Fascination Records, a sub-label of Polydor Records; all future Girls Aloud releases will be published by Fascination Records. Girls Aloud also won the Heart Award for the single "See the Day" at the O2 Silver Clef Lunch, with Roberts and Walsh attending the awards presentation ceremony.
Girls Aloud then collaborated with the Sugababes on their fifteenth single, a cover of the song "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith. The track was released on March 12, 2007 as the official single for Comic Relief, as "Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud". It became the group's third British number one, and their fifteenth consecutive top-ten single selling 52,000 copies in its first week.. Despite a strong start the single dropped quickly down the chart and failed to match the success of other charity records. It's possible that their version of the song was criticized by fans of the original from Aerosmith and the calibration with Run-DMC for a girl group doing a cover of it.
Girls Aloud signed a one-year deal to endorse hair care brand Sunsilk. The endorsement is reportedly worth £1.25m. The girls filmed a television advertisement and magazine advertisements were also ran. Each of the five members have their own magazine ad as well. They are each the face of a different shampoo.
In April 2007, Girls Aloud filmed a cameo appearance on the new St. Trinian's movie, playing the St. Trinian's School Band. The film is scheduled to be released in the UK on December 21, 2007, with Girls Aloud rumoured to be performing the official single for the movie. The Girls also make a cameo in the Oasis documentary, Lord Don't Slow Me Down. |
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