Girls Aloud
Name:Girls Aloud
She is a British and Irish girl group that were created on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group, consisting of Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, have been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles (including four number ones), two UK number one albums,
and having been nominated for four BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for “The Promise”.
Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one in the UK Charts (with their platinum-selling debut single “Sound of the Underground”), and have since become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of ￡25 million by May 2009. Guinness World Records lists them as “Most Successful Reality TV Group” in the 2007 edition. 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.
On 6 January 2008, “Theme to St. Trinian’s” became the first Girls Aloud song to enter the UK Singles Chart without any plans of a physical release, peaking at number fifty-one. Additionally, the girls also performed covers of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab”, Robyn’s “With Every Heartbeat”, and Timbaland & OneRepublic’s “Apologize” for Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge programme on BBC Radio 1.
Girls Aloud recorded backing vocals for “My Love Is Better” from Norwegian pop singer Annie’s second album Don’t Stop. It was reported that their mutual producer Brian Higgins didn’t ask for permission, which upset Girls Aloud. However, Annie herself revealed in an interview that “Brian asked them if they’d like to help out. They were really up for it and came into my studio and it was really fun.” She continued, “of course their record company said no and they ended up not singing on the song after all. I thought it was a little bit stupid but what can you say? It wasn’t my choice. They were really nice, very sweet.”
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