Girls Aloud discography explained

Artist:Girls Aloud
Studio:5
Compilation:2
Live:2
Option:1
Option Name:Remix albums
Singles:23
1Option:1
1Option Name:Extended plays
2Option:2
2Option Name:Box sets
3Option:11
3Option Name:Video albums
4Option:1
4Option Name:Promotional singles
5Option:24
5Option Name:Music videos

The discography of British-Irish girl group Girls Aloud consists of five studio albums, two compilation albums, twenty-three singles, one promotional single, two live albums, one remix album, two box sets, eleven video albums and twenty-four music videos.

Girls Aloud was formed in 2002 on the ITV1 talent show .[1] [2] Viewers voted for Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding to be members of the group. The following month they won the program by claiming the coveted Christmas number one ahead of the male group One True Voice. They released their debut single "Sound of the Underground", which became the Christmas number-one on both the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart.[3] Their second single, "No Good Advice", was released on both CD and DVD single formats in May 2003. A week later, the group released their debut album Sound of the Underground, which was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The third single to be taken from the album was "Life Got Cold". Their fourth single, "Jump", a cover version of "Jump (for My Love)" by the Pointer Sisters, was taken from the soundtrack for the film Love Actually, and appeared on the re-issue of Sound of the Underground.

What Will the Neighbours Say?, the group's second album, was released in November 2004 and produced four singles, "The Show", "Love Machine", "I'll Stand by You", and "Wake Me Up". Preceded by the singles "Long Hot Summer" and "Biology", their third album, Chemistry, was released in December 2005. It is their lowest-charting album to date, although it was still certified platinum in the UK. The following year, Girls Aloud released their compilation album, , which included their first twelve singles and three new songs, two of which, "Something Kinda Ooooh" and "I Think We're Alone Now", were released as singles. March 2007 saw the release of "Walk This Way", a charity single for Comic Relief, performed in collaboration with Sugababes.[4]

In November 2007, the album Tangled Up was released and entered the UK Albums Chart at number four. It was preceded by the lead single "Sexy! No No No...". The group's nineteenth single, "The Promise", was released in October 2008, and entered the UK and Irish Singles Charts at numbers one and two respectively. It was taken from Out of Control, their fifth studio album, which was released on 31 October 2008 in Ireland and 2 November in the UK. "The Loving Kind" was released on 12 January 2009 in the UK and peaked at number ten in the UK, becoming their 20th consecutive top-10 single, while "Untouchable" reached number 11, making it their first single to miss the UK top 10. In 2012, the group's second greatest hits album Ten was released and entered the UK Albums Chart at number nine. The album yielded two singles, "Something New" and "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me", which were both released in 2012.

Girls Aloud have sold over 4.3 million singles and 4 million albums in the United Kingdom.[5] In the United States, their digital song sales stand at 79,000, while their first four albums have sold 8,000.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope=col rowspan=2
Detailsscope=col colspan=3 Peak chart positionsscope=col rowspan=2 Salesscope=col rowspan=2 Certifications
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" UK
[6]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" IRE
[7]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" NLD
[8]
scope=row Sound of the Underground 2 6 53
  • UK: 380,885[9]
scope=row What Will the Neighbours Say?
  • Released: 29 November 2004
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming
6 12
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • IRMA: 2× Platinum[12]
scope=row Chemistry
  • Released: 5 December 2005
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
11 31
  • BPI: Platinum
  • IRMA: Platinum[14]
scope=row Tangled Up
  • Released: 19 November 2007
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
4 25
  • UK: 505,000
  • BPI: Platinum
  • IRMA: Gold[15]
scope=row Out of Control
  • Released: 3 November 2008
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
1 7
  • UK: 805,500
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • IRMA: 2× Platinum[16]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

Title! scope=col rowspan=2
Detailsscope=col colspan=2 Peak chart positionsscope=col rowspan=2 Salesscope=col rowspan=2 Certifications
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" UK
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" IRE
scope=row
  • Released: 29 October 2006
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
1 9
  • UK: 1,290,000
scope=row Ten
  • Released: 26 November 2012
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
9 10
  • BPI: Platinum

Live albums

Title! scope=col rowspan=2
Detailsscope=col colspan=1 Peak chart positions
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" UK
scope=row Girls A Live
  • Released: 3 November 2008
  • Label: Fascination
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
29
scope=row
  • Released: 5 October 2009
  • Label: Fascination
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Remix album

Title! scope=col rowspan=2
Detailsscope=col colspan=1 Peak chart positions
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" UK
scope=row Mixed Up
  • Released: 19 November 2007
  • Label: Fascination
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
56

Box sets

Title! scope=col rowspan=2
Detailsscope=col colspan=1 Peak chart positions
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" UK
scope=row Singles Box Set
scope=row The Collection (Studio/B-Sides/Live)
  • Released: 27 May 2013[21]
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD box set
165[22]

Video albums

Title! scope=col
Detailsscope=col Notes
scope=row
  • Released: 7 December 2002
  • Studio: 2 Entertain
  • Format: DVD
  • Footage of contestants' performances[23]
  • Interviews with the judges and contestants
scope=row Girls on Film
  • Released: 13 June 2005
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD
scope=row What Will the Neighbours Say? Live in Concert
  • Released: 7 November 2005
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD
scope=row
  • Released: 28 August 2006
  • Studio: Channel 4, Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • Features all six episodes of the reality television series[26]
scope=row Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Live from Wembley Arena
  • Released: 13 November 2006
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD
scope=row Get Girls Aloud's Style
  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • The group discuss their style and give fashion tips
  • Features their first sixteen music videos[28]
scope=row Ghosthunting With... Girls Aloud
scope=row Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008
  • Released: 27 October 2008
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
scope=row Out of Control Live from The O2 2009
  • Released: 5 October 2009
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
scope=row
  • Released: 26 November 2012
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • Contains fifteen music videos for songs from the standard edition of Ten[33]
scope=row
  • Released: 11 November 2013
  • Studio: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • Contains the live tour to celebrate ten years of Girls Aloud

Extended plays

Title! scope=col
Details
scope=row The Whole Damn Show Megamix
  • Released: 17 May 2024[34]
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Format: digital download, streaming

Singles

Title! scope=col rowspan=2
Yearscope=col colspan=11 Peak chart positionsscope=col rowspan=2 Salesscope=col rowspan=2 Certificationsscope=col rowspan=2 Album
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" UK
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" AUS
[35]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" BEL
(FL)

[36]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" FRA
[37]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" GER
[38]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" IRE
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" NLD
[39]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" NZ
[40]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" SCO
[41]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" SWE
[42]
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" SWI
[43]
scope=row 20021 31 13 55 42 1 9 1 39 25
  • UK: 1,065,000
  • BPI: Platinum
Sound of the Underground
scope=row "No Good Advice"20032 88 45 2 26 2
  • BPI: Silver
scope=row "Life Got Cold"3 64 2 2
scope=row "Jump"2 23 6 2 8 13 2 9 58
  • BPI: Gold
scope=row "The Show"20042 67 5 1 What Will the Neighbours Say?
scope=row "Love Machine"2 9 52 2
  • UK: 605,000
  • BPI: Platinum
scope=row "I'll Stand by You"1 3 85 1
  • BPI: Silver
scope=row "Wake Me Up"20054 6 4
scope=row "Long Hot Summer"7 16 13 Chemistry
scope=row "Biology"4 26 7 3
  • BPI: Silver
scope=row "See the Day"9 14 8
scope=row "Whole Lotta History"20066 18 2
scope=row "Something Kinda Ooooh"3 7 2
  • BPI: Gold
The Sound of Girls Aloud
scope=row "I Think We're Alone Now"4 11 3
scope=row "Walk This Way"
20071 14 1
scope=row "Sexy! No No No..."5 11 3
  • BPI: Silver
Tangled Up
scope=row "Call the Shots"3 9 4
  • UK: 475,000
  • BPI: Gold
scope=row "Can't Speak French"20089 12 3
  • BPI: Silver
scope=row "The Promise"1 2 3
  • UK: 783,000
  • BPI: Platinum
Out of Control
scope=row "The Loving Kind"200910 16 2
  • BPI: Silver
scope=row "Untouchable"11 19 2
scope=row "Something New"20122 4 2
  • BPI: Silver
Ten
scope=row "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me"97 80 75
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

Promotional singles

Title! scope=col rowspan=2
Yearscope=col colspan=1 Peak chart positionsscope=col rowspan=2 Album
scope=col style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" UK
scope=row "Theme to St. Trinian's"200851 St Trinian's

Music videos

Title! scope=col
Yearscope=col Directors
scope=row "Sound of the Underground"2002Phil Griffin[45]
scope=row "No Good Advice"2003
scope=row "Life Got Cold"
scope=row "Jump"Katie Bell
scope=row "The Show"2004Trudy Bellinger[46]
scope=row "Love Machine"Stuart Gosling[47]
scope=row "I'll Stand by You"Trudy Bellinger
scope=row "Wake Me Up"2005Harvey & Carolyn[48]
scope=row "Long Hot Summer"Max & Dania[49]
scope=row "Biology"Harvey & Carolyn[50] [51]
scope=row "See the Day"
scope=row "Whole Lotta History"2006Margaret Malandruccolo[52]
scope=row "Something Kinda Ooooh"Stuart Gosling[53]
scope=row "I Think We're Alone Now"Alex Hemming[54]
scope=row "Walk This Way"2007Trudy Bellinger[55]
scope=row "Sexy! No No No..."
scope=row "Call the Shots"Sean de Sparengo[56]
scope=row "Theme to St. Trinian's"Trudy Bellinger
scope=row "Can't Speak French"2008Petro[57]
scope=row "The Promise"Trudy Bellinger
scope=row "The Loving Kind"
scope=row "Untouchable"2009Marco Puig[58] [59] [60]
scope=row "Something New"2012Ray Kay[61] [62]
scope=row "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me"Paul Caslin[63]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Neil . Wilkes . 'Popstars' girl band chosen . . 30 November 2002 . 1 November 2008.
  3. Web site: Neil . Wilkes . Girls Aloud win Christmas No.1 . . 22 December 2002 . 1 November 2008.
  4. Web site: Dave . West . Comic Relief all-stars top singles chart . . 18 March 2007 . 1 November 2008 .
  5. Web site: Girls Aloud crowned the biggest selling girl group of the 21st Century. Official Charts Company. Kreisler. Lauren. 18 October 2012. 4 June 2018.
  6. Web site: Girls Aloud songs and albums full Official Chart history . . 3 June 2024 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120427034838/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/girls%20aloud/ . 27 April 2012.
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  9. Web site: Charts analysis: Charts analysis: Tom Grennan scores second consecutive No.1 album . . June 23, 2023 . June 23, 2023 . Jones, Alan.
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  12. Web site: IRMA 2005 Certifications Awards > Multi-Platinum . . 23 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604162431/http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum.htm . 4 June 2009.
  13. Girls Aloud: A Whole Lotta Chart History . Caulfield . Keith . 21 March 2013 . 21 March 2013 . Billboard.
  14. Web site: IRMA > 2005 Certifications Awards > Platinum . . 23 April 2011.
  15. Web site: IRMA 2007 Certifications Awards > Gold . . 23 April 2011.
  16. Web site: IRMA 2008 Certifications Awards > Multi-Platinum . . 23 April 2011.
  17. Web site: IFPI Platinum Europe Awards > 2008 . . 23 April 2011 . 10 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080510223513/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2008.html . dead.
  18. Web site: IRMA 2006 Certifications Awards > Platinum . . 23 April 2011.
  19. Web site: Charts analysis: Take That dominate albums Top 10 with This Life . . December 1, 2023 . December 1, 2023 . Jones, Alan.
  20. Web site: Single Box Set . . 23 April 2011.
  21. Web site: The Collection - Studio Albums / B Sides / Live . Amazon . 26 March 2022.
  22. Web site: CHART: CLUK Update 8.06.2013 (wk22) . Zobbel.de . 8 June 2013.
  23. News: Free DVD . Sunday Mirror. 3 November 2002 . 30 December 2008.
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  26. Web site: Girls Aloud - Off The Record (2006): Girls Aloud: DVD . . 30 December 2008.
  27. Web site: Girls Aloud – The Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena (2006) . 1 November 2008 . Amazon.co.uk.
  28. News: Glenn . Meads . DVD review: Girls Aloud - Style (Universal) . https://archive.today/20120903231751/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/s/1024292_dvd_review_girls_aloud__style_universal . dead . 3 September 2012 . . 14 November 2007 . 30 December 2008.
  29. Web site: Girls Aloud - Ghost Hunting With Girls Aloud: DVD . . 30 December 2008.
  30. Web site: Girls Aloud: Tangled Up Tour 2008 . . . 27 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120923135911/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280%3B-1%3B-1%3B-1%3B-1&sku=889360 . 23 September 2012.
  31. Web site: Girls Aloud: Tangled Up Tour Live From The O2 . . . 27 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120923140033/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280%3B-1%3B-1%3B-1%3B-1&sku=903729 . 23 September 2012.
  32. Web site: Out Of Control: Live From The O2: 2009 . . . 27 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915021712/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280%3B0%3B-1%3B-1%3B-1&sku=266531 . 15 September 2012.
  33. Web site: TEN Greatest Hits DVD . . . 2 December 2012.
  34. Web site: Girls Aloud Are Celebrating the Start of the Headline Tour with a Surprise New Release . Read Dork . 17 May 2024 . 19 May 2024.
  35. ARIA chart peaks:
  36. Web site: Belgium (Flanders) Charts > Girls Aloud . ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien . 29 March 2010.
  37. Web site: French Charts > Girls Aloud . fr . lescharts.com Hung Medien . 27 April 2011.
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  39. Web site: Dutch Top 40 > Girls Aloud . nl . Stichting Nederlandse Top 40 . 27 April 2011.
  40. Web site: New Zealand Charts > Girls Aloud. charts.nz. 27 April 2011.
  41. Web site: Girls Aloud full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . Official Charts Company . en . 9 March 2017.
  42. Web site: Swedish Charts > Girls Aloud . swedishcharts.com Hung Medien . 27 April 2011.
  43. Web site: Swiss Charts > Girls Aloud . swisscharts.com Hung Medien . 27 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021504/http://swisscharts.com/artist.asp?name=Girls_Aloud . 3 November 2012.
  44. Web site: Girls Aloud's Official Top 40 biggest songs ever revealed . Smith, Carl . 8 November 2023 . . 24 November 2023.
  45. 12 November 2007 . Style . DVD . .
  46. Web site: Credits . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240715082553/https://irp.cdn-website.com/e24ead6f/files/uploaded/trudybellinger-credits022024.pdf . 15 July 2024 . 15 July 2024 . Trudy Bellinger . pdf.
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  48. Wake Me Up . Wake Me Up (Girls Aloud song) . . 2005 . CD liner . .
  49. Long Hot Summer . Long Hot Summer (Girls Aloud song) . . 2005 . CD liner . Polydor Records.
  50. Biology . Biology (song) . . 2005 . CD liner . .
  51. See the Day . See the Day#Girls_Aloud_version . . 2005 . CD liner . Polydor Records.
  52. Web site: Margaret Malandruccolo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070107130759/http://www.mmfoto.com/Vidz/index.php . 7 January 2007 . 15 July 2024 . Margaret Malandruccolo.
  53. Baraka's Eliot Milbourn Gives New Girls Aloud Promo Funky Effects – Something Kinda Ooooh! . Baraka Post Production . October 2006 . 29 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071105005927/http://pixelution.co.uk/News/PR/PR_Baraka_Oct06.html . 5 November 2007.
  54. Web site: Music/Directors/Alex Hemming . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20080414010053/http://www.flynnproductions.com/music/director/alex_hemming/ . 14 April 2008 . 15 July 2024 . Flynn Productions.
  55. Web site: Trudy Bellinger Director Music Videos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240715082153/https://www.trudybellinger.com/music-videos . 15 July 2024 . 15 July 2024 . Trudy Bellinger .
  56. Web site: David Lanzenberg DOP . 29 December 2008 . My Management . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323024716/http://www.mymanagement.co.uk/credits.php?dopNum=32&listType=Promo . 23 March 2012.
  57. Web site: Knight . David . 26 February 2008 . Girls Aloud's Can't Speak French by Petro . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703004015/https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2008/02/26/girls-alouds-cant-speak-french-petro/495 . 3 July 2019 . 15 July 2024 . Promonews.
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  59. Web site: Girls Aloud Untouchable Promo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130430094211/http://www.machineshop.co.uk/special-effects/models/Girls_Aloud_Untouchable.html . 30 April 2013 . 6 April 2009 . Machine Shop.
  60. News: 25 March 2009 . See Picture Girls Aloud wear PVC outfits for new video . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206074725/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/313876/see-pic-girls-aloud-wear-pvc-outfits-for-new-video/1/ . 6 February 2012 . 15 July 2024 . Now.
  61. Web site: Brown . Jimmy . 24 October 2012 . Girls Aloud 'Something New' by Ray Kay . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924212656/https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2012/10/24/girls-aloud-something-new-ray-kay/15427 . 24 September 2020 . 14 July 2024 . Promonews.
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  63. Web site: Brown . Jimmy . 7 December 2012 . Girls Aloud 'Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me' by Paul Caslin . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211020152953/https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2012/12/07/girls-aloud-beautiful-cause-you-love-me-paul-caslin/16033 . 20 October 2021 . 14 July 2024 . Promonews.