[chasing starlight]

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 become one of the most successful British pop groups of the decade, with a record-breaking 18 consecutive Top 10 singles (including three number ones) and five platinum albums (including a number one). They are Smash Hits poll winners, have won a TMF Award and have been nominated for two BRIT Awards.

Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation 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 achieve continued success. Guinness World Records lists them as "Most Successful Reality TV Group" in the 2007 edition, and they also hold the record for "Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group" in the 2008 edition, with 15 consecutive top tens from "Sound of the Underground" in 2002 through to "Walk This Way" in 2007. Girls Aloud have since extended this record to 18 consecutive Top 10s from debut — the most recent being "Can't Speak French" which reached #9 in March 2008.

For a contemporary pop group manufactured on reality television they have received unprecedented praise from broadsheet newspapers and the rock music press, with publications including the Observer Music Monthly and the NME giving their music rave reviews. The Observer has referred to "Biology" as the single of the decade.

Discography:
2003 – Sound of the Underground

2004 – What Will The Neighbours Say?

2005 – Chemistry

2006 – The Sound of Girls Aloud

2007 – Tangled Up


Campaigners:
Ginevra_Girl
Morgan_T
LillyLove
Kelly_Dylan

[Morgan_T]

Oooh, add me! I love their music.

[chasing starlight]

Hey Morgan! Adding your right now!

[Morgan_T]

Thanks. It would be awesome if they got a board.

[chasing starlight]

It would! Tons of discussion with their music, and with all 5 girls. Everyone has a favorite member. Endless amounts of discussion.

[Morgan_T]

Totally.

Cheryl and Nicola are my favorites.

Have you ever been to any of their concerts? I've been to two.

[chasing starlight]

No! I wish. They haven't done any concerts in the US. They don't even release their albums here! I've had to buy all their CDs as imports.

You're so lucky though! I've watched clips of their concerts on YT, and they look like they put on a really fun show.

[Morgan_T]

I was lucky, I spent all last summer in London. I probably wouldn't have been able to see them otherwise. I'd never heard of them before that, my aunt wanted me to do something fun while I was there. I usually hate girl bands but when I saw them I loved their songs so much I begged her to let me go to their next show.

Their concerts are really awesome, their music is something you can really dance too so it was really fun.

[chasing starlight]

Oh I never said, my favorites are Cheryl and Nicola too!

Wow, a summer in London! I'm like 10x more jealous now.

Yeah, I just love how their music is fun and upbeat. Really catchy. I always listen to it when I'm getting ready to go out. Gets me all hyped up!

[Morgan_T]

Awesome.

Same here, it's not like propper pop music either. It's not cheesy or anything like that, it's something all ages like to listen to.

[LillyLove]

Please sign me up!
I sooo love Girls Aloud

[chasing starlight]

Added you!

[Morgan_T]

Gotta keep this thread going.

[Kelly_Dylan]

Add me

[chasing starlight]

Oh jeez. I admit I kinda forgot about this thread and got wrapped up in my Privileged campaign! Good to see there's more people! We have to remember to keep this thread active if we want to see it on the polls.