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{{Short description|British girl group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Girls Aloud
| landscape         = yes
| alt               = Girls Aloud performing live on tour
| image             = Girls Aloud @ The O2, 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Girls Aloud performing at [[the O2 Arena]] in June 2024 during [[the Girls Aloud Show]] {{break}} ({{abbr|L–R|Left to right}}): Walsh,  Coyle, Cheryl, and Roberts
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = London, England
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[electropop]]
* [[dance-pop]]
* [[pop rock]]
* [[progressive pop]]}}
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
* 2002–2009
* 2012–2013
* 2023–present}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Polydor]]
* [[Fascination Records|Fascination]]}}
| website           = {{URL|girlsaloud.com}}
| current_members   =
* [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl]]
* [[Nadine Coyle]]
* [[Nicola Roberts]]
* [[Kimberley Walsh]]
| past_members      = [[Sarah Harding]]
}}

'''Girls Aloud''' are a British-Irish [[pop music|pop]] [[girl group]] that was created through the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] talent show ''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]'' in 2002. The line up consisted of members [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl]], [[Nadine Coyle]], [[Sarah Harding]], [[Nicola Roberts]] and [[Kimberley Walsh]]. In 2012, the group was named Britain's biggest selling girl group of the 21st century so far, with over 4.3 million singles sales and 4.0 million albums sold in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 October 2012 |title=Girls Aloud crowned the biggest selling girl group of the 21st Century. |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/girls-aloud-crowned-the-biggest-selling-girl-group-of-the-21st-century__2472/ |author=Kreisler, Lauren |access-date=4 August 2024 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> The group achieved a string of twenty top-ten singles on the [[UK singles chart]], including four number ones. They also achieved seven [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] certified albums, two of which debuted at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. They have been nominated for five [[Brit Awards]] and won one of them, Best Single in 2009 for "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|The Promise]]".

The group's main musical style is pop, and they have also experimented with other sounds including [[electropop]], [[dance-pop]] and [[dance-rock]] throughout their career. The group's collaborations with [[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]] and the production team [[Xenomania]] earned the group critical acclaim,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polydor.co.uk/topstories.php?story=56 |title=Girls Aloud Critical Acclaim |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421044546/http://www.polydor.co.uk/topstories.php?story=56 |website=Polydor |archive-date=21 April 2013}}</ref> because of an "innovative" approach to mainstream pop music. The group became one of the few British reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of [[Pound sterling|£]]30 million by May 2010 (a value equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK-GDP|30|2010|2023|fmt=c}} million in 2023). ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' listed them as the "Most Successful Reality TV Group" in the 2007 and 2011 edition. They also hold the record for "Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group" in the 2008 edition.<ref name=sales>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/girls-aloud-a-whole-lotta-chart-history/ |title=Girls Aloud: A Whole Lotta Chart History |author=Caulfield, Keith |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=21 March 2013 |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> 

The group disbanded in March 2013 following the conclusion of the [[Ten: The Hits Tour]]. Harding died of breast cancer on 5 September 2021 at the age of 39. The remaining members reunited for a 2024 concert tour, [[The Girls Aloud Show]], becoming the biggest UK arena tour of 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Carl |date=19 November 2024 |title=Girls Aloud's The Girls Aloud Show TV air date confirmed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/girls-aloud-show-tour-o2-tv/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=[[Official Charts Company|The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>

==History==
===2002: ''Popstars: The Rivals''===
Girls Aloud was formed on 30 November 2002 on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]''. The concept of the programme, hosted by ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]'' presenter [[Davina McCall]], was to produce a [[boy band]] and a [[girl group]] who would be "rivals" and compete for the 2002 [[Christmas number one]] single. Following the initial success of [[Hear'Say]] (winners of the original ''Popstars'' show), several thousand applicants attended auditions across the United Kingdom in hope of being selected. Ten girls and ten boys were chosen as finalists by judges [[Pete Waterman]], [[Louis Walsh]] and [[Spice Girls]] member [[Geri Halliwell]]. However, two of these were disqualified before the live shows began: [[Hazel Kaneswaran]] was found to be too old to participate,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbizireland.com/news/october02/02-kaneswarren02.shtml |title=Hazel is no longer a Popstar Rival... |publisher=ShowBiz Ireland |date=10 October 2002 |access-date=20 April 2008}}</ref> while Nicola Ward refused to sign the contract, claiming the pay the group would receive was too low.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2324000/2324519.stm |title=''Popstar Rivals''{{'}} Nicola quits show |publisher=[[CBBC Newsround]] |date=13 October 2002 |access-date=20 April 2008}}</ref> [[Kimberley Walsh]] and [[Nicola Roberts]] were chosen as their replacements.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wilkes, Neil |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a9682/popstars-girl-band-chosen/ |title=''Popstars'' girl band chosen |date=30 November 2002 |access-date=5 September 2020 |publisher=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>

During October and November, the finalists took to the stage participating in weekly Saturday night live performances (alternating week-by-week between the girls and boys). Each week the contestant polling the fewest [[Televoting|phone votes]] was eliminated until the final line-ups of the groups emerged. The five girls who made it into the group were Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh, and Sarah Harding; [[Javine Hylton]] missed out on a place in the group, despite previous expectations that she would be placed in the line-up.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2532667.stm |work=BBC News |title=''Popstars'' 'vote blunder' denied |date=2 December 2002 |access-date=3 May 2010}}</ref> The group was named Girls Aloud and were managed by Louis Walsh, until 2005 when Hilary Shaw replaced him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/04/26/Girls-Aloud-turns-to-new-manager/29301114543034/ |title=Girls Aloud turns to new manager |date=26 April 2005 |access-date=5 September 2020 |publisher=[[United Press International]]}}</ref>

The new group competed with the boys' winning group, [[One True Voice]] to have 2002's Christmas number-one single. Girls Aloud won the battle with their single "[[Sound of the Underground (song)|Sound of the Underground]]", produced by [[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]] and [[Xenomania]]. The song spent four consecutive weeks at number one and was certified platinum in March 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Takin%27%20Hold |title=''Sound of the Underground'' |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=28 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30821 |title=Certified Awards – ''Sound of the Underground'' | work=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |date=14 March 2003 |access-date=24 February 2008}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The song received critical acclaim; [[Alexis Petridis]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' stated that "it proved a first: it was a reality pop record that didn't make you want to do physical harm to everyone involved in its manufacture".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/may/23/popandrock.artsfeatures1 |title=Girls Aloud: "Sound of the Underground" | author=Petridis, Alexis |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=23 May 2003 |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref>

===2002–2005: ''Sound of the Underground'' and ''What Will the Neighbours Say?''===
[[File:Girls Aloud (cropped).jpg|thumb|200x200px|Girls Aloud performing at the [[Bristol International Balloon Fiesta]] in August 2004]]
After the success of their first single "Sound of the Underground", Girls Aloud spent five months recording the follow-up single and their debut album. ''[[Sound of the Underground (Girls Aloud album)|Sound of the Underground]]'' was completed in April 2003 and released the following month.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/popstars/a11004/girls-aloud-prepare-for-album-release.html |title=Girls Aloud prepare for album release |author=Wilkes, Neil |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] |date=30 April 2003 |access-date=31 July 2009}}</ref> The album entered the charts at number two and was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32027 |title=Certified Awards – ''Sound of the Underground'' (Platinum) |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |date=28 November 2003 |access-date=24 February 2008 |archive-date=18 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218231514/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32027 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The second single, "[[No Good Advice]]", was also released in May 2003 to similar success. Girls Aloud's third single, "[[Life Got Cold]]", charted at number three in August 2003. In November 2003, Girls Aloud released a cover version of [[the Pointer Sisters]]' 1980s dance hit "[[Jump (for My Love)#Girls Aloud version|Jump]]". The single, which charted at number two, accompanied a new edition of ''Sound of the Underground''.

After a brief hiatus, Girls Aloud released "[[The Show (Girls Aloud song)|The Show]]" in June 2004, the first single from ''[[What Will the Neighbours Say?]]'', the group's second album. The single entered the charts at number two. The next single, "[[Love Machine (Girls Aloud song)|Love Machine]]", also peaked at number two in September 2004. Girls Aloud then recorded a cover of [[The Pretenders]]' "[[I'll Stand by You#Girls Aloud version|I'll Stand by You]]" which was released as the official [[Children in Need]] charity single. The song was not well received by critics.<ref name="guardianwwtns">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/nov/26/popandrock.shopping3 |title=Girls Aloud, ''What Will The Neighbours Say?'' |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=26 November 2004 |access-date=7 May 2006 |author=Petridis, Alexis}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/albumreviews/girlsaloud_whatwilltheneighbourssay.php |title=Girls Aloud – ''What Will The Neighbours Say?'' |work=[[Virgin Media]] |publisher=[[Virgin Group]] |access-date=28 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071011061321/http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/albumreviews/girlsaloud_whatwilltheneighbourssay.php |archive-date=11 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bwqv/ |title=Girls Aloud, ''What Will The Neighbours Say?'' |author=Hooper, David |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> The cover became Girls Aloud's second number-one single, holding the position for two weeks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4030000/4030705.stm |title=Girls Aloud seize number one slot |work=BBC News |date=21 November 2004 |access-date=28 February 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=998 |title=Girls Aloud – "I'll Stand By You" |publisher=[[The Official UK Charts Company]] |date=27 November 2004 |access-date=28 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112164658/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=998 |archive-date=12 November 2006 }}</ref>

The album ''What Will the Neighbours Say?'' was entirely written and produced by Xenomania. Upon its release on 29 November 2004, the album charted just outside of the top five and was quickly certified platinum. The final single from the album, "[[Wake Me Up (Girls Aloud song)|Wake Me Up]]", was released in February 2005. It charted at number four, making it their first to miss the top three. In early 2005, the group was nominated for a [[BRIT Award]] for Best Pop Act. Following the album's success, Girls Aloud announced their first tour, the [[What Will the Neighbours Say...? Tour]], which took place in May 2005. The group also released their first DVD, ''[[Girls on Film (DVD)|Girls on Film]]''.

===2005–2007: ''Chemistry'' and ''The Sound of Girls Aloud''===
[[File:Girls Aloud at Rock On! by David Jones (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Girls Aloud performing at the Capital Radio Help a London Child fundraiser in December 2005]]
Following their first tour, Girls Aloud began work on their third studio album, ''[[Chemistry (Girls Aloud album)|Chemistry]]''. The album peaked on the UK Albums Charts at number 11 and received platinum certification. The first single from the album, "[[Long Hot Summer (Girls Aloud song)|Long Hot Summer]]" was released in August 2005. The single ended Girls Aloud's run of top five singles when it charted at number seven.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4193272.stm |title=Oasis single hits number one spot |work=[[BBC News]] |date=28 August 2005 |access-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> The follow-up single from the album, "[[Biology (song)|Biology]]" was released in November 2005. The song was critically acclaimed; Peter Cashmore of ''The Guardian'' labeled it "the best pop single of the last decade".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/oct/21/previews.theguide10 |title=New releases |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=21 October 2006 |access-date=28 February 2008 |author=Cashmore, Peter}}</ref> The release was followed by a cover of [[Dee C. Lee]]'s "[[See the Day#Girls Aloud version|See the Day]]", released in the Christmas week of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-21086648-details/A+formula+one+pop+act/article.do|title=A formula one pop act |author=Thrills, Adrian |work=This Is London |publisher=[[Evening Standard]] |date=2 December 2005 |access-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827101834/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-21086648-details/A%2Bformula%2Bone%2Bpop%2Bact/article.do |archive-date=27 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4547974.stm |title=Hometown launch for X Factor song |work=BBC News |date=21 December 2005 |access-date=28 February 2009 |quote=Other contenders include See the Day by Girls Aloud...}}</ref> Following this, they presented a one-off TV Special, Christmas Mania, on ITV, where they sang songs taken from their Christmas album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057606|title=Profile |work=IMDb |date=17 December 2005 |access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOKwTukdiM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/FrOKwTukdiM |archive-date=3 November 2021 |url-status=live |title=Profile |work=YouTube |date=12 September 2011 |access-date=24 March 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Girls Aloud won the Heart Award for the single at the O<sub>2</sub> Silver Clef Lunch. The group travelled to Australia and New Zealand in February 2006 to release "Biology" and ''Chemistry''. Despite, a one-week promotional tour, "Biology" peaked at number 26 on the [[ARIA Singles Chart]], failing to break the group in the Australian market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/7223 |title="Biology" |work=aCharts.us |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> "[[Whole Lotta History]]", the fourth and final single to be taken from ''Chemistry'', was released in March 2006 and charted at number six.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59042/orson-rae-lead-new-uk-charts |title=Orson, Rae Lead New U.K. Charts |magazine=Billboard |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=20 March 2006 |access-date=9 March 2008}}</ref>

In 2005, Girls Aloud filmed a one-off documentary entitled ''[[Girls Aloud: Home Truths]]'' for [[ITV2]]. The success of the show later made way for ''[[Girls Aloud: Off the Record]]'', a six-part [[fly on the wall]] documentary series for [[E4 (channel)|E4]]. Girls Aloud then appeared in an episode of ''[[Ghosthunting with...]]'' (without Nadine) towards the end of 2006, in which [[Yvette Fielding]] guided them through haunted locations.<ref>{{IMDb title|0913956| Ghost Hunting with Girls Aloud}}</ref> In May 2006, Girls Aloud embarked on their first arena tour, named [[Chemistry: The Tour]]. In the same month, Girls Aloud were moved to [[Fascination Records]], a sub-label of [[Polydor Records]]. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

In October 2006, Girls Aloud released their first greatest hits collection, ''[[The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits]]''. It debuted at number one on the UK album chart and went on to sell over one million copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ | title=''The Sound Of – The Greatest Hits'' |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=13 February 2009}}</ref><ref name="million">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1036788&c=1 |title=Take That shine among IFPI Platinum elite |work=[[Music Week]] |publisher=[[United Business Media]] |date=29 January 2009 |access-date=30 January 2009}}</ref> The album was accompanied by the single "[[Something Kinda Ooooh]]". Girls Aloud became the first British act to reach the top five purely on download sales;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6075238.stm |title=US punk band retains chart lead |work=BBC News |date=22 October 2006 |access-date=9 March 2008}}</ref> the single peaked at number three following its physical release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Destination%20Calabria |title="Something Kinda Ooooh" |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=17 April 2008 }}</ref> The next single was a cover of "[[I Think We're Alone Now (Girls Aloud)|I Think We're Alone Now]]" which peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6208115.stm |title=X Factor's Leona has festive No 1 |work=BBC News |date=25 December 2006 |access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref> In March 2007, Girls Aloud collaborated with fellow British girl group [[Sugababes]] for the cover of the song "[[Walk This Way#Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud version|Walk This Way]]" by [[Aerosmith]]. Billed as "Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud", the song served as the official single for ''[[Comic Relief]]'' which became the group's third number one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/13032007/babes_aloud_at_no_1 |title=Babes Aloud at No 1 |publisher=[[MTV News]] |author=James, Sarah-Louise |date=13 March 2007 |access-date=20 April 2008 |archive-date=17 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317215216/http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/13032007/babes_aloud_at_no_1 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2007, Girls Aloud embarked on their third tour, [[The Greatest Hits Tour (Girls Aloud)|The Greatest Hits Tour]].

===2007–2009: ''Tangled Up'' and ''Out of Control''===
[[File:Girls Aloud - Tangled Up Tour 04 (cropped).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Girls Aloud performing in London during the [[Tangled Up Tour]] in May 2008]]
Girls Aloud released their fourth studio album, ''[[Tangled Up (Girls Aloud album)|Tangled Up]]'', in November 2007. The first single from the album, "[[Sexy! No No No...]]" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "[[Call the Shots]]" entered the top three. The third and final single from the album, "[[Can't Speak French]]", continued Girls Aloud's top ten streak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/33857 |title=Girls Aloud – "Can't Speak French" |publisher=aCharts.us |access-date=1 April 2008}}</ref> The release of the single coincided with Girls Aloud's second television series, ''[[The Passions of Girls Aloud]]''.<ref name="digitalspy.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a75551/girls-aloud-star-to-dance-in-compton.html |title=Girls Aloud star to dance in Compton |author=Fletcher, Alex |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=13 September 2007 |access-date=20 February 2008}}</ref> The show revolved around each member, with the exception of Coyle, achieving aspirations outside of the group.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2715781.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517082829/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2715781.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2011 |title=Why it's OK to love Girls Aloud |work=The Times |date=27 October 2007 |access-date=20 February 2008 |location=London |author=Davis, Johnny}}</ref> The group received their second Brit Award nomination in 2008, nominated for the Best British Group award.<ref name="brits2008">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7188029.stm |title=Take That lead Brit nominations |work=BBC News |date=18 January 2008 |access-date=20 April 2008}}</ref> In May 2008, Girls Aloud embarked on the [[Tangled Up Tour]] which consisted of 34 concerts around the United Kingdom.

Girls Aloud then recorded two tracks for the soundtrack to the 2007 film, ''[[St Trinian's (2007 film)|St Trinian's]]''. They made a [[cameo appearance]] in the film, as the school band. The [[St. Trinian's: The Soundtrack|soundtrack]] was released on 10 December 2007,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3515599/-/Product.html |title=''St. Trinians: Original Soundtrack'' |access-date=22 November 2007 |date=22 November 2007 |publisher=Play.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124120357/http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3515599/-/Product.html |archive-date=24 November 2007}}</ref> and the music video for "Theme to St. Trinian's" premiered in December 2007.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

In November 2008, Girls Aloud released their fifth studio album, ''[[Out of Control (Girls Aloud album)|Out of Control]]''. The album entered the [[UK Albums Chart]] at number one and<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml |title=Top 40 Albums : 09.11.2008 |work=BBC News |date=9 November 2008 |access-date=9 November 2008}}</ref> became their most successful studio album to date, being certified double platinum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf |title=UK Year End Chart 2008 (lists ''Out of Control'' as 2× Platinum) |work=[[ChartsPlus]]/[[The Official Charts Company]]/[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> The album's lead single, "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|The Promise]]", became the group's fourth number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1035978&c=1 |title=Retail find a Hero in SyCo |author=Clarke, Stuart |work=[[Music Week]] |date=28 October 2008 |access-date=1 November 2008}}</ref> The single also returned the group to the top two on the [[Irish Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/38513 |title=Girls Aloud – "The Promise" |work=aCharts.co |access-date=1 November 2008}}</ref> "The Promise" was awarded Best British Single at the 2009 Brit Awards; the group also performed the song during the ceremony.<ref name="bestsingle">{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/the-promise-by-girls-aloud-is/ |title="The Promise" by Girls Aloud is the 2009 British Single |work=[[The Brit Awards]] |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |date=18 February 2009 |access-date=26 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129065843/http://www.brits.co.uk/news/the-promise-by-girls-aloud-is/ |archive-date=29 November 2009 }}</ref> For the promotion of the album, Girls Aloud appeared in a variety show entitled ''[[The Girls Aloud Party]]'' which aired on 13 December 2008 on ITV.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

[[File:GirlsAloudOOCLive.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Girls Aloud performing in Manchester during the [[Out of Control Tour]] in April 2009]]

The second single from ''Out of Control'', "[[The Loving Kind]]" was produced by Xenomania. Peaking at number ten, it became the group's twentieth consecutive top ten single.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a143432/lady-gaga-grabs-second-week-at-no1.html |title=Lady GaGa grabs second week at No.1 |author=Levine, Nick |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] |date=18 January 2009 |access-date=20 January 2009}}</ref> The final single from the album, "[[Untouchable (Girls Aloud song)|Untouchable]]" was released in April 2009. It peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the first single of the group to miss the top ten. The group embarked on the [[Out of Control Tour]], from April to June 2009. A singles boxset collection was released to coincide with the tour.

In February 2009, Girls Aloud signed a new record deal with Fascination that would see the group release another three studio albums.<ref name="3more">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7889067.stm |title=Three more albums for Girls Aloud |work=BBC News |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=13 February 2009}}</ref> In July 2009, the group announced that they were taking a year-long hiatus to pursue solo projects, and would reunite for a new studio album in 2010 which did not materialise.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/girls-aloud/46150 |title=Girls Aloud deny split rumours |work=NME |location=UK |publisher=IPC Media |date=16 July 2009 |access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref> In September 2009, the group briefly interrupted the hiatus to do two shows supporting [[Coldplay]] along with [[Jay-Z]] at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref name="coldplay">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7762000/7762708.stm |title=Girls Aloud to support Coldplay |date=3 December 2008 |access-date=3 December 2008 |publisher=BBC Newsbeat}}</ref>

===2012–2013: ''Ten''===
[[File:Ten Tour 2013.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Girls Aloud performing during the [[Ten: The Hits Tour]] in March 2013]]

After three years of hiatus, Girls Aloud reunited for the group's tenth anniversary. On 16 November 2012, the group released their new single, "[[Something New (Girls Aloud song)|Something New]]" – the official charity single for [[Children in Need]]. The single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20121125/7501/ |title=Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref> The group released their second greatest hits compilation, ''[[Ten (Girls Aloud album)|Ten]]'' on 23 November 2012. The second single taken from ''Ten'', "[[Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me]]," was released on 17 December 2012 and failed to chart in the top 40.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a437776/girls-aloud-premiere-new-single-beautiful-cause-you-love-me-listen.html |title=Girls Aloud premier new single, :Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me" – Listen |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=13 November 2012 |access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> A documentary special entitled ''[[Girls Aloud: Ten Years at the Top]]'' aired on [[ITV1]] on 15 December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/10-years-of-girls-aloud |title=10 Years of Girls Aloud |work=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV Media]] |publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |access-date=19 November 2012 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104234829/http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/10-years-of-girls-aloud |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/tenyearsofgirlsaloud/week51/default.html |title=''Girls Aloud: Ten Years At The Top'' |work=[[ITV Press Centre]] |publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |access-date=1 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216043003/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/tenyearsofgirlsaloud/week51/default.html |archive-date=16 December 2012 }}</ref> In February 2013, the group embarked on [[Ten: The Hits Tour]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20001884 |title=Girls Aloud reveal reunion plans |author=Savage, Mark |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=BBC.co.uk |access-date=19 October 2012 |date=19 October 2012}}</ref> On 20 March 2013, the group performed their final concert at [[Echo Arena Liverpool]]. A few hours later, they announced their split on Twitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/girlsaloud/status/314528635996479488 |title=Twitter / GirlsAloud: Dear Alouders, we just want |access-date=9 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216124652/https://twitter.com/girlsaloud/status/314528635996479488 |archive-date=16 December 2013}}</ref>

===2021: Death of Sarah Harding===
On 26 August 2020, group member [[Sarah Harding]] stated that she had been diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] that had [[metastasis|advanced]] to "other parts" of her body.<ref>{{cite web|author=Beaumont-Thomas, Ben |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/26/girls-aloud-singer-sarah-harding-receiving-chemotherapy-for-cancer |title=Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding receiving chemotherapy for cancer |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 August 2020 |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref> In March 2021, she said that the disease was [[terminal illness|terminal]] and that she "won't see another Christmas".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/sarah-harding-wont-see-another-161312675.html |title=Sarah Harding: 'I won't see another Christmas' |publisher=[[Yahoo]] |date=16 March 2021 |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=15 March 2021 |title=Sarah Harding: 'I won't see another Christmas' |publisher=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56402388 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> She died on 5 September 2021 at the age of 39.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58456170 |title=Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding dies aged 39 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=5 September 2021 |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> On 24 July 2022, Girls Aloud appeared in [[Hyde Park, London]], to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research. Tweedy, Roberts and Coyle participated in the event, with Walsh taking part in a remote event.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62283989 |title=Girls Aloud race for late Sarah Harding in Hyde Park |work=[[BBC News]] |date=24 July 2022 |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref>

===2023–present: The Girls Aloud Show and Reissue Campaign===
[[File:Girls Aloud performing "The Show" at the 3Arena in Dublin during The Girls Aloud Show tour in 2024.jpg|thumb|left|Girls Aloud performing "[[The Show (Girls Aloud song)|The Show]]" at the [[3Arena (Dublin)|3Arena in Dublin]] on the second date of [[The Girls Aloud Show]] tour in May 2024.]]

In November 2023, the group announced a [[reunion tour]], [[The Girls Aloud Show]], as a dedication to the memory of [[Sarah Harding]] and a "celebration" of the group's music.<ref>{{cite magazine
 |author=Aniftos, Rania
 |title=Girls Aloud Announce 2024 Reunion Tour In Memory of Sarah Harding
 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/girls-aloud-2024-reunion-tour-1235509767/
 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
 |publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]]
 |access-date=22 November 2023
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123143041/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/girls-aloud-2024-reunion-tour-1235509767/
 |archive-date=23 November 2023
 |location=United States
 |issn=0006-2510
 |date=22 November 2023
 |url-status=live}}</ref> The tour consisted of thirty shows, opening in [[Dublin]], Ireland in May 2024 and concluding in [[Liverpool]], England in June.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/girls-aloud-reunion-tour-sarah-harding-dublin-b2547270.html
 |title=Girls Aloud reunite for first time in 11 years on tour dedicated to late bandmate Sarah Harding
 |author=Muir, Ellie
 |date=18 May 2024
 |website=[[The Independent]]
 |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> It became the biggest UK arena tour of 2024.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/girls-aloud-reunion-tour-best-moments/
 |title=Best Moments of the Girls Aloud Reunion
 |author=Benjamin, Jeff
 |date=27 August 2024
 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
 |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |last=Smith
 |first=Carl
 |date=19 November 2024
 |title=Girls Aloud's The Girls Aloud Show TV air date confirmed
 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/girls-aloud-show-tour-o2-tv/
 |access-date=22 December 2024
 |website=[[Official Charts Company|The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> Following the main tour, the group held a concert at [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]] in
London on 2 July and performed at [[Brighton Pride]] a month after.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/girls-aloud-fans-furious-tickets-145150888.html
 |title=Girls Aloud fans furious as tickets are slashed to £21 after some paid more than £200 as tour fails to sell out
 |author=Kirwin, Ellen
 |date=22 June 2024
 |website=[[Yahoo!]]
 |access-date=28 June 2024
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/brighton-pride-2024-lineup-girls-aloud-and-mika-to-headline-460661/
 |title=Brighton Pride 2024 lineup announced: Girls Aloud and Mika to headline
 |author=Fox, Dale
 |date=29 February 2024
 |website=[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]
 |access-date=29 June 2024
}}</ref> On 17 November 2024, the group released "I'll Stand By You (Sarah's Version)" as the 2024 [[Children in Need|BBC Children in Need]] single, which featured newly discovered lead vocals from Harding and was a centerpiece of the set list for the 2024 tour.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Girls Aloud official Instagram post
 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DCBf4EHifip
 |website=Instagram
 |author=Girls Aloud
 |date=7 November 2024
 |access-date=9 November 2024
 |quote=This year marks the 20th anniversary of our BBC @bbccin single ‘I’ll Stand By You’. To celebrate and honour our amazing Sarah, we're releasing a brand-new studio version of the track once again in support of BBC’s @bbccin. ‘I’ll Stand By You (Sarah’s Version)’ features Sarah on lead vocal throughout using vocals we discovered in the Girls Aloud vault from the original recording sessions. The track played a key part in our ‘The Girls Aloud Show’ arena tour this summer and was an emotional moment for us all 🎙 Listen to @bbcradio2 for the first play of the new studio version this morning at 9.15am GMT 📻 Download from 15th November 2024 in support of Children in Need 🧸
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
 |last=Savage
 |first=Mark
 |date=6 November 2024
 |title=Sarah Harding takes lead on new Girls Aloud single
 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5wkyq37wvo
 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109020537/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5wkyq37wvo
 |archive-date=9 November 2024
 |access-date=9 November 2024
 |work=[[BBC]]
}}</ref> Official recordings of the tour were released in June 2025 on video and as a live album.<ref>{{cite web
 |last1=Armstrong
 |first1=Sam
 |title=''The Girls Aloud Show'' Gets Deluxe Blu-Ray Box Set Release
 |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/the-girls-aloud-show-gets-deluxe-blu-ray-box-set-release/#:~:text=The%20iconic%20girl%20group%20announced,for%20fans%20of%20Girls%20Aloud.
 |website=[[uDiscover Music]]
 |publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]
 |access-date=19 May 2025
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250519151433/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/the-girls-aloud-show-gets-deluxe-blu-ray-box-set-release/
 |archive-date=19 May 2025
 |location=United States
 |date=27 March 2025
 |url-status=live
}}</ref>

This tour was preceded by and ran parallel to a re-release campaign, celebrating
each album's 20th anniversary. Each reissue includes a collection of alternative cuts, rarities, unreleased songs, never-before-heard [[Demo (music)|demos]], and [[Remix|remixes]]. The campaign began in December 2022 with a limited-edition [[Single (music)|7" vinyl]] of "[[Sound of the Underground (song)|Sound of the Underground]]", which included a previously unreleased alternative vocal version with profits donated to The Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shop.girlsaloud.com/collections/sotu20/products/sound-of-the-underground-7-single |title=Sound of the Underground: 7" Single |website=Girls Aloud Official Shop |publisher=Girls Aloud |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref> In June 2023, the full ''[[Sound of the Underground (album)|Sound of the Underground]]'' album was reissued. The release featured the album's [[LP record|vinyl]] debut as a [[picture disc]] and a three-[[Compact disc|CD]] deluxe edition containing two CDs of rarities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shop.girlsaloud.com/collections/sotu20/products/sound-of-the-underground-20th-anniversary-exclusive-picture-disc-vinyl-lp |title=Sound Of The Underground (20th Anniversary): Exclusive Picture Disc Vinyl LP |website=Girls Aloud Official Shop |publisher=Girls Aloud |date=16 June 2023 |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://shop.girlsaloud.com/collections/sotu20/products/sound-of-the-underground-20th-anniversary-edition-3cd |title=Sound Of The Underground (20th Anniversary Edition): 3CD |website=Girls Aloud Official Shop |publisher=Girls Aloud |date=16 June 2023 |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Girls_Aloud_-_Chemistry_(20th_Anniversary)_bundle_-_LP,_Picture_Disc,_3CD.webp|thumb|right|20th-anniversary edition deluxe set of ''[[Chemistry (Girls Aloud album)|Chemistry]]'', including picture disc vinyl, a pink vinyl LP, and a 3CD set.]]

'' [[What Will the Neighbours Say?]]'' was reissued in March 2024 on vinyl and as a three-CD set featuring three previously unreleased tracks: a cover of British-pop duo [[Mania (group)|Mania]]'s "Baby When You Go," the original song "Disco Bunny", and a cover of [[Chris Isaak]]'s "[[Wicked Game]]" originally slated for a cancelled 2005 re-issue of the album.<ref name="GAStoreW">{{cite web |title=What Will The Neighbours Say? (Deluxe Edition): Blue Vinyl, Picture Disc, 3CD & Sticker Sheet Bundle 
|url=https://shop.girlsaloud.com/collections/music/products/what-will-the-neighbours-say-deluxe-edition-blue-vinyl-picture-disc-3cd-sticker-sheet-bundle 
|website=Girls Aloud Shop 
|publisher=Universal Music 
|access-date=9 March 2024
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309231422/https://shop.girlsaloud.com/collections/music/products/what-will-the-neighbours-say-deluxe-edition-blue-vinyl-picture-disc-3cd-sticker-sheet-bundle 
|archive-date=9 March 2024|
url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |last=Cragg
 |first=Michael
 |title='God bless them for singing "Let's go Eskimo" without question': How Girls Aloud made Britain's best 21st-century pop album
 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/girls-aloud-2024-what-will-the-neighbours-say-b2511399.html
 |website=The Independent
 |date=2024-03-13
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628032039/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/girls-aloud-2024-what-will-the-neighbours-say-b2511399.html
 |archive-date=2024-06-28
 |access-date=2024-07-13
 |quote= Higgins: "Wicked Game" was for an album reissue. The album went double platinum, but they'd run out of stuff that they felt confident releasing after "Wake Me Up".
}}</ref> During an August 2025 appearance on [[BBC Radio 2]]'s [[The Radio 2 Breakfast Show]], Nicola Roberts announced her new role in the [[Hadestown#West End (2024–present)|West End production]] of [[Hadestown]] and unveiled "Singapore (Definitive Edition)."<ref>{{cite news |author=Hannah Roberts |title=Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts joins cast of West End musical Hadestown |work=The London Standard |date=12 August 2025 |access-date=9 November 2025 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/nicola-roberts-west-end-london-sarah-harding-greek-b1242564.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://readdork.com/news/girls-aloud-chemistry-20th-anniversary/ |title=Girls Aloud are marking 20 years of ‘Chemistry’ with a deluxe edition and a new ‘Singapore’ mix |website=Dork |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=14 August 2025 |access-date=14 August 2025 }}</ref> Produced by Brian Higgins and mixed by Manon Grandjean, the updated track features a new pre-chorus by Sarah Harding<ref name="SimonJonesPR">{{cite web |title=Girls Aloud to release special deluxe edition of Chemistry |url=https://www.simonjonespr.com/news/2025/8/14/girls-aloud-to-release-special-deluxe-edition-of-chemistry |publisher=Simon Jones PR |date=14 August 2025 |quote=Produced by Brian Higgins and mixed by Manon Grandjean, 'Singapore' (Definitive Version) is now expanded with new sections including a gorgeous previously unheard pre-chorus from Sarah.}}</ref> and appears on the [[Chemistry (Girls Aloud album)|Chemistry]] 20th-anniversary edition.<ref name="GAStoreC">{{cite web |title=Chemistry (20th Anniversary): Exclusive Picture Disc + Pink Vinyl LP + CD |url=https://shop.girlsaloud.com/products/chemistry-20th-anniversary-exclusive-picture-disc-pink-vinyl-lp-cd |website=Girls Aloud Shop |publisher=Universal Music |access-date=27 September 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927040130/https://shop.girlsaloud.com/products/chemistry-20th-anniversary-exclusive-picture-disc-pink-vinyl-lp-cd |archive-date=27 September 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Released in September 2025, the re-issue's deluxe edition also includes the unreleased tracks "Naked in the Shower" and "You Go Too Fast (Demo)."<ref name="GAStoreC" />

In October 2025, the group announced the standalone release of their 2005 collection of Christmas songs as a [[Christmas music|Christmas album]] called ''[[Christmas 'Round at Ours]]'', issued on multiple formats with [[Remaster|remastered]] audio, new sleeve notes, and a new "Christmas Party" remix of "Not Tonight Santa".<ref name="GAShopXmas">
{{cite web
 |url=https://shop.girlsaloud.com/products/christmas-round-at-ours-red-vinyl-lp-cd
 |title=Christmas 'Round At Ours: Red Vinyl LP + CD
 |website=Girls Aloud Official Shop
 |access-date=25 October 2025
}}</ref><ref name="oc2025">
{{cite web
 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/girls-aloud-christmas-song-round-at-ours/
 |title=Girls Aloud's Christmas 'Round At Ours: release date, tracklist, formats and more
 |first=Carl
 |last=Smith
 |website=Official Charts Company
 |date=23 October 2025
 |access-date=25 October 2025
}}</ref>

==Other endeavours==
Girls Aloud came together with [[Mattel]] in 2005 to produce Fashion Fever [[Barbie]]s. Each member designed the outfit and look of a doll modelled after themselves. In addition to live DVDs of their tours and both of Girls Aloud's television series, the group has also released ''Girls on Film'' and ''[[Style (DVD)|Style]]''. Official calendars were also issued annually from 2004 to 2009, the only exception being 2005. Girls Aloud co-wrote an autobiography titled ''[[Dreams that Glitter - Our Story|Dreams That Glitter – Our Story]]''.<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://girlsaloud.co.uk/site.php |title=''Dreams That Glitter – Our Story'' |publisher=GirlsAloud.co.uk |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=8 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028182353/http://www.girlsaloud.co.uk/site.php |archive-date=28 October 2007 }}</ref> The book, named after a lyric in "Call the Shots", was published in October 2008 through the [[Transworld (company)|Transworld]] [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] [[Bantam Press]].<ref name="amazon">{{cite book|title=Girls Aloud: Our Story, Our Style, Our Life |id={{ASIN|0593061225|country=uk}}}}</ref><ref name="bookseller">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/56111-girls-aloud-and-westlife-sign-book-deals.html |title=Girls Aloud and Westlife sign book deals |publisher=The Book Seller |author=Flood, Alison |date=4 April 2008 |access-date=8 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407000717/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/56111-girls-aloud-and-westlife-sign-book-deals.html |archive-date=7 April 2008 }}</ref> Before the release, [[OK!]] magazine bought the rights to preview and serialise the book.<ref>[http://www.ok.co.uk/celebnews/view/3486/EXCLUSIVE-Cheryl-speaks-out/ OK! magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927040427/http://ok.co.uk/celebnews/view/3486/EXCLUSIVE-Cheryl-speaks-out/ |date=27 September 2008 }}. Ok.co.uk (24 September 2008). Retrieved on 5 August 2011.</ref>

In 2007, Girls Aloud signed a £1.25M one-year deal to endorse [[hair care]] brand [[Sunsilk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itn.co.uk/news/1989ab8b4eeeec8d8bf2ea72ecd29bce.html |title=Girls Aloud land shampoo deal |publisher=ITN News |date=2 April 2007 |access-date=7 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224211211/http://itn.co.uk/news/1989ab8b4eeeec8d8bf2ea72ecd29bce.html |archive-date=24 February 2008 }}</ref> The girls filmed a television advertisement and appeared in and magazine advertisements, with each of the five members being the face of a different shampoo. The same year, Girls Aloud also signed a deal with the UK division of [[Samsung]]. They endorsed mobile phones and MP3 players, made personal appearances and sang at Samsung events, and contributed to competition prizes, among other activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4151a69586472f436fbf38e96168960b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234655/http://billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4151a69586472f436fbf38e96168960b |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2007 |title=Girls Aloud seal Samsung deal |publisher=Billboard.biz |date=26 June 2007 |access-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> The Samsung F210 Purple came with a 1GB memory card featuring Girls Aloud content.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/artman/publish/article_651.shtml |title=Samsung launches Girls Aloud phone |publisher=Mobile Choice Magazine |date=28 September 2007 |access-date=7 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601174220/http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/artman/publish/article_651.shtml |archive-date=1 June 2012 }}</ref> Girls Aloud appeared in television advertisements for [[Nintendo DS]] the following year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/20/advertising-nintendo |title=Girls Aloud to appear in Nintendo ads |author=Mark Sweney |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=20 October 2008 |access-date=20 October 2008}}</ref> The group signed a deal to front a promotional campaign for a new low-calorie [[KitKat]] bar called "Senses" in March 2008. Sales increased 6.8% in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://money.aol.co.uk/uk-chocolate-sales-bolster-nestle/article/2009081208412386742213 | title=UK chocolate sales bolster Nestle |work=[[The Press Association]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=13 August 2009 |access-date=21 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511222803/http://money.aol.co.uk/uk-chocolate-sales-bolster-nestle/article/2009081208412386742213 |archive-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Beginning in 2009, Girls Aloud teamed with Eylure to release five sets of [[false eyelashes]], each set designed by a different member of the band. A range of [[music festival|festival]]-themed lashes followed in 2010, while limited edition "10th Anniversary" lashes were released in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/beauty/451772/girls-aloud-launch-festival-false-lashes.html |title=Girls Aloud launch festival false lashes |author=Hutchings, Lucy |work=[[Marie Claire]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] | date=22 April 2010 |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=10 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710052129/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/beauty/451772/girls-aloud-launch-festival-false-lashes.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.reveal.co.uk/miss-mode-fashion-beauty/news/a432751/girls-aloud-launch-limited-edition-false-lashes-to-celebrate-reunion.html |title=Girls Aloud launch limited edition false lashes to celebrate reunion |author=Ascroft, Amber |work=Reveal |publisher=[[Nat Mags]] |date=23 October 2012 |access-date=20 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421053810/http://m.reveal.co.uk/miss-mode-fashion-beauty/news/a432751/girls-aloud-launch-limited-edition-false-lashes-to-celebrate-reunion.html |archive-date=21 April 2013 }}</ref> Similarly, to celebrate their tenth anniversary, each member designed a [[charm bracelet]] for Pandora, available as either a complete bracelet or a "starter" bracelet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/539060/cheryl-cole-designs-charm-bracelet-to-celebrate-girls-aloud-anniversary.html#index=1 |title=Cheryl Cole designs charm bracelet to celebrate Girls Aloud anniversary |author=Twomey, Rebecca |work=[[Marie Claire]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
All five members of the group have been involved in charity work. Girls Aloud's cover of The Pretenders' "[[I'll Stand by You]]" was released as the official 2004 Children in Need single, with proceeds going to the charity.<ref name="cincbbc">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_3986000/3986493.stm |title=Girls Aloud help Children in Need |work=[[CBBC Newsround]] |publisher=BBC |date=5 November 2004 |access-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> Nicola Roberts said, "Hopefully if our single does well it's a lot of money going to the charity."<ref name=cincbbc/> Their cover of Aerosmith and [[Run DMC]]'s "[[Walk This Way]]", a collaboration with the Sugababes, was the official charity single for [[Comic Relief]] in 2007, recorded at Comic Relief co-founder and trustee [[Richard Curtis]]' request.<ref name="crbbc">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6317377.stm |title=Girl groups get red noses rolling |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=31 July 2007 |access-date=31 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=''The Singles Boxset'' |others=Girls Aloud|year=2009 |chapter=Walk This Way |author=Robinson, Peter |author-link=Peter Robinson (journalist) |page=35 |type=Booklet |publisher=[[Fascination Records]] |location=London, England}}</ref> Kimberley Walsh said, "It's a fantastic song and hopefully will raise tons of money for people living in really difficult situations here and in Africa."<ref name=crbbc/> In March 2009, Cheryl, Kimberley Walsh, and various other celebrities climbed [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] in aid of Comic Relief.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Thorpe, Vanessa |author2=Davies, Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/08/comic-relief-celebrities-kilimanjaro |title=Stars beat the pain barrier to conquer Kilimanjaro |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 March 2009 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413204156/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/08/comic-relief-celebrities-kilimanjaro |archive-date=13 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Walsh is also a charity ambassador for [[Breast Cancer Haven]]. She helped open a £2.2 million breast cancer centre in 2008 and participated in a "heel-a-thon" in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/news_behind/3800594.Girls_Aloud_s_Kimberley_helps_open___2_2_million_breast_cancer_centre/ |title=Girls Aloud's Kimberley helps open £2.2 million breast cancer centre |work=[[Telegraph & Argus]] |publisher=[[Newsquest]] |date=29 October 2008 |access-date=30 December 2010}}</ref> In February 2011, Cheryl Cole launched her own charitable foundation named the "Cheryl Cole Foundation with [[The Prince's Trust]] following a meeting with The Trust's President, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]". The foundation provides vital funds for The Trust in the North East, helping disadvantaged young people from her own region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/the_cheryl_cole_foundation.aspx |title=The Cheryl Cole Foundation |work=[[The Prince's Trust]] |access-date=22 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224162220/http://princes-trust.org.uk/the_cheryl_cole_foundation.aspx |archive-date=24 February 2011 }}</ref> Girls Aloud celebrated their 10 years as a group by releasing another Children in Need single, "[[Something New (Girls Aloud song)|Something New]]", which they performed on the ''[[Children in Need]]'' TV special on 16 November 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Girls Aloud: "Something New" |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0119n1h |work=BBC |access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref>

==Artistry==

===Musical style===
Girls Aloud worked closely with [[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]] and his songwriting and production team [[Xenomania]] throughout their career. Xenomania produced all of Girls Aloud's albums and singles, excluding nine songs from their debut album, ''Sound of the Underground'', the charity single "Walk This Way" and two songs from ''Ten''. Of Higgins and Xenomania, Girls Aloud's former manager Louis Walsh says, "He just makes great songs for radio. They just jump out at you and stay in your brain."<ref name="bbcxeno">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4562375.stm |title=The Hitmakers: Xenomania |author=Savage, Mark |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=24 May 2005 |access-date=23 November 2009}}</ref> In a review of the group's debut single "Sound of the Underground", ''The Guardian'''s [[Alexis Petridis]] exclaimed it "proved a first: it was a reality pop record that didn't make you want to do physical harm to everyone involved in its manufacture."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/may/23/popandrock.artsfeatures1 |title=Girls Aloud: "Sound of the Underground" |author=Petridis, Alexis |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=23 May 2003 |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> In response to Girls Aloud's debut album, Jacqueline Hodges of [[BBC Music]] said that "Higgins injects an element of instant-catchy-cool to the songs without going overboard in trying to shape uber-chic dance floor hits."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/r4jw/ |title=Girls Aloud, "Sound of the Underground" |author=Hodges, Jacqueline |work=[[BBC Music]] |publisher=BBC |date=11 June 2003 |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref>

Petridis of ''The Guardian'' described ''What Will the Neighbours Say?'' as "a great album: funny, clever, immediate, richly inventive."<ref name="wwtnsguardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/nov/26/popandrock.shopping3 |title=Girls Aloud, ''What Will The Neighbours Say?'' |author=Petridis, Alexis |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=26 November 2004 |access-date=7 May 2006}}</ref> He later wrote that ''Chemistry'' is "a record that dispenses with the tiresome business of verses and instead opts for songs apparently constructed by stitching eight different choruses together."<ref name="chemguardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/02/popandrock.shopping5 |title=Girls Aloud, ''Chemistry'' |author=Petridis, Alexis |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=2 December 2005 |access-date=12 February 2009}}</ref> Talia Kraines of BBC Music exclaimed that Girls Aloud "have resuscitated [pop music's] corpse by wedding chart-friendly melodies to experimental avant-garde sounds".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/wqf9/ |title=Girls Aloud – ''Chemistry'' |work=[[BBC Music]] |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 March 2008 |author=Kraines, Talia}}</ref> "Biology" was described as "about as far from tired formula as you can possibly get. It sounds like three separate melodies condensed into one."<ref name=musicomh/> [[Popjustice]] referred to the song as "pop music which redefines the supposed boundaries of pop music."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://girlsaloudmedia.com/smf/index.php?topic=3196.0 |title=Let's get 'physics'-al: It's the new Girls Aloud album! |author=Robinson, Peter |work=[[Popjustice]] |date=9 November 2005 |access-date=13 February 2009 |author-link=Peter Robinson (journalist) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711100854/http://girlsaloudmedia.com/smf/index.php?topic=3196.0 |archive-date=11 July 2011 }}</ref> In a review for 2007's "Sexy! No No No...", Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] complimented Xenomania's work on the song: sacrificing "conventional song structure in the name of keeping [...] hooks coming thick and fast – and quite right too."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a75051/girls-aloud-sexy-no-no-no.html |author=Levine, Nick |date=3 September 2007 |title=Music – Singles Review – Girls Aloud: "Sexy! No No No..." – Digital Spy |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=11 June 2010}}</ref>

Despite being most generally associated with the pop genre Girls Aloud have experimented with other genres.<ref>{{cite news|author=Parkinson, Hannah Jane |date=29 November 2023 |title=Girls Aloud are back – and pop will be better and weirder for it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/29/girls-aloud-are-back-and-pop-will-be-better-and-weirder-for-it |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In particular rock music with singles like "[[Sound of the Underground (song)|Sound of the Underground]]", "[[Graffiti My Soul]]", "[[Wake Me Up (Girls Aloud song)|Wake Me Up]]" and "[[Sexy! No No No...]]".<ref>{{cite news|author=Petridis, Alexis |date=1 December 2022 |title=Girls Aloud's 20 best songs – ranked! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/01/girls-alouds-20-best-songs-ranked |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Influences===
The band members themselves are known to be fans of artists such as [[Ne-Yo]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a133926/girls-aloud-want-to-work-with-ne-yo/ |title=Girls Aloud want to work with Ne-Yo |author=Fletcher, Alex |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |date=28 October 2008 |access-date=8 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a11413/new-girls-aloud-track-borrowed/ |title=New Girls Aloud track 'borrowed' |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |date=24 July 2003 |access-date=5 August 2009}}</ref>

The group's debut album ''Sound of the Underground'' takes influence from a number of 1980s genres, such as [[synthpop]], [[power pop]], and [[New wave music|new wave]], and 1990s styles like [[big beat]], [[drum and bass]], and [[UK garage|garage]].<ref name=pitchforkrev>{{cite web|author=Finney, Tim |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11892-the-sound-of-girls-aloud-overloaded/ |title= Girls Aloud / Sugababes The Sound of Girls Aloud / Overloaded |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=14 December 2006 |access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> The album received comparisons to girl groups such as [[Bananarama]], [[The Bangles]], and the [[Spice Girls]].<ref name=auto/><ref name="blondiebangles">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/0327/girlsaloud.html |title=New Girls Aloud single set for May |work=[[RTÉ.ie]] |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |date=27 March 2003 |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/29596.html |title=Girls Aloud – ''Sound of the Underground'' |author=Batey, Angus |work=[[Yahoo! Music]] |publisher=Yahoo! |date=30 May 2003 |access-date=31 July 2009 |archive-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329163239/http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/ | url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarities to [[Kylie Minogue]] and [[Madonna]] were also noted.<ref name=yahoo/><ref name="times">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1134850.ece |title=Hello, girls |author=Verrico, Lisa |work=The Times |location=UK |date=23 May 2003 |access-date=31 July 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> A majority of the songs make use of guitars and [[electronica|electronic]] [[beat (music)|beats]]. The rise of [[indie rock]] also inspired Brian Higgins to "blur the edges between commercial music and so-called 'indie' music."<ref name=ponystep/> He continued, "pop music was on its backside and indie music was about to rise, through [[The Strokes]] and everything else. We were an independent company and we were as indie as the other bands around us. The guitar riff on No Good Advice is very very similar to the riff on the track [[Michael (Franz Ferdinand song)|Michael]] by [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]."<ref name="ponystep">{{cite web|url=http://www.ponystep.com/music/article/ThePopDontStop_439.aspx |title=Brian Higgins: The Pop Don't Stop. |author=Soteriou, Andreas |work=Ponystep |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=13 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427053928/http://ponystep.com/music/article/ThePopDontStop_439.aspx |archive-date=27 April 2010 }}</ref> ''What Will the Neighbours Say?'' further explores different subgenres of pop, especially [[electropop]]. Synthesizers are more prominent on the album, although the usage of guitar remains prominent in several songs. The backing track to "Love Machine", composed by Xenomania musicians [[Tim Powell (Producer/Songwriter)|Tim Powell]] and Nick Coler, was inspired by [[The Smiths]],<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=''The Singles Boxset'' |others=Girls Aloud |year=2009 |chapter=Love Machine |author=Robinson, Peter |author-link=Peter Robinson (journalist) |pages=16–17 |type=Booklet |publisher=[[Fascination Records]] |location=London, England}}</ref> while "Wake Me Up" includes a guitar riff inspired by [[garage rock]].<ref name=wwtnsguardian/><ref name="musicomh">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/girls-aloud.htm |title=Girls Aloud – ''What Will The Neighbours Say?'' (Polydor) |author=Murphy, John |work=[[MusicOMH]] |publisher=OMH |date=November 2004 |access-date=14 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130214731/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/girls-aloud.htm |archive-date=30 January 2010 }}</ref>

''Chemistry'' takes influences from a wide variety of sources, including "everything from French chanson to piano-pounding blues to the clipped R&B of the [[Small Faces]]".<ref name=chemguardian/> Rapping in the same vein as artists like [[Betty Boo]] and [[Neneh Cherry]] is prominent.<ref name="chemyahoo">{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/051209/33/1z4hy.html |title=Girls Aloud – ''Chemistry'' |author=Britten, Anna |work=[[Yahoo! Music]] |publisher=Yahoo! |date=9 December 2005 |access-date=13 December 2009 |archive-date=17 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517082532/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/051209/33/1z4hy.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3621 |title=Girls Aloud – ''Chemistry'' |author=Passantino, Dom |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=12 December 2005 |access-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317154417/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3621 |archive-date=17 March 2008 }}</ref> [[Yahoo! Music]] says "there's nary a 'formula' in sight. There are as many sudden tonal and tempo switches as the tricksiest Chicago art rock band. And all but one song here gives guitars a starring role."<ref name=chemyahoo/> The songs are noticeably less rooted in [[electronic music]], although "Swinging London Town" is "a dark, squiggly synth pop epic a la [[Pet Shop Boys]]" and "It's Magic" is composed of "little [[Röyksopp]]-like keyboard riffs".<ref name="musicomh2">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/girls-aloud-2_1105.htm |title=Girls Aloud – ''Chemistry'' (Polydor) |author=Murphy, John |work=[[MusicOMH]].com |date=11 December 2005 |access-date=13 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210174746/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/girls-aloud-2_1105.htm |archive-date=10 December 2008 }}</ref> Alternatively, ''Tangled Up'' features a [[dance music|dancier]], more electronic sound, inspired by the success of their 2006 single "Something Kinda Ooooh". "Call the Shots", "Close to Love", and "Girl Overboard" are all electropop numbers reminiscent of [[1980s music]]. However, "Control of the Knife" is more inspired by [[reggae]] and [[ska]],<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/59rg/ |title=''Tangled Up'' |author=Kraines, Talia |work=[[BBC Music]] |publisher=BBC |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=1 February 2009}}</ref> while "Black Jacks" recalls "sixties psychedelica".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a80108/girls-aloud-tangled-up.html |title=Girls Aloud: ''Tangled Up'' |author=Levine, Nick |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |date=19 November 2007 |work=1 February 2009}}</ref> ''Out of Control'' features a number of songs inspired by 1980s electropop, while also exploring retro styles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/454096-girls-aloud-collaborate-with-pet-shop-boys |title=Girls Aloud collaborate with Pet Shop Boys |author=Powell, Erica |work=[[MTV News]] |publisher=MTV |date=17 October 2008 |access-date=18 October 2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7640596.stm |title=Girls Aloud go ''Out of Control'' |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=29 September 2008 |author=Mark Savage |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref> "The Promise" is a 1960s [[Phil Spector|Spector]]-influenced number, while "Rolling Back the Rivers in Time" was compared to the works of [[Burt Bacharach]].<ref name="slant">{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/girls-aloud-out-of-control/1566 |title=Girls Aloud: ''Out of Control'' |author=Robin Carolan |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=11 November 2008 |access-date=4 August 2009}}</ref>

===Legacy===
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Girls Aloud's debut single "Sound of the Underground" and [[Sugababes]]' "[[Round Round]]", both of which were produced by Xenomania, have been called "two huge groundbreaking hits".<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/neilmccormick/100002407/xenomania-how-to-write-a-hit-song/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816160317/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/neilmccormick/100002407/xenomania-how-to-write-a-hit-song/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 August 2009 |title=Xenomania: how to write a hit song |author=Neil McCormick |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=13 August 2009 |access-date=24 November 2009}}</ref> Emily MacKay of ''[[NME]]'' deemed the two "a whole new kind of pop".<ref name="xenomanianews.blogspot.com">{{cite web|url=http://xenomanianews.blogspot.com/2009/11/end-of-decade-sound-of-overground-nme.html |title=End of Decade: Sound of the Overground |author=Emily MacKay |work=NME |location=UK |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |date=November 2009 |access-date=3 December 2009}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2023}} ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' placed the song at number 15 on a list of 100 songs that defined the 2000s, while ''NME'' included it at number 39.<ref>{{cite web|author=McCormick, Neil |author-link1=Neil McCormick |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/6198897/100-songs-that-defined-the-Noughties.html |title=100 songs that defined the Noughties |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url-access=subscription |date=18 September 2009 |access-date=15 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418053406/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/6198897/100-songs-that-defined-the-Noughties.html |archive-date=18 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/100-tracks-of-the-decade-1382 |title=100 Tracks of the Decade |work=[[NME]] |date=11 November 2009 |access-date=15 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418041935/https://www.nme.com/list/100-tracks-of-the-decade-1382 |archive-date=18 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Spinner.com]] named "Sound of the Underground" the eighth best British song of the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/12/06/best-british-songs-of-the-2000s/ |title=Best British Songs of the 2000s |author=Moore, Richard |work=[[Spinner.com]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=6 December 2009 |access-date=31 December 2009 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003439/http://www.spinner.com/2009/12/06/best-british-songs-of-the-2000s/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, ''The Times'' included 2007's ''Tangled Up'' at number 62 on a list of the decade's best pop albums.<ref name="timesdecade">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6922991.ece?token=null&offset=60&page=6 |title=The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties |work=The Times |location=UK |publisher=[[News Corporation]] |date=21 November 2009 |access-date=11 August 2010 |author=Hamilton, Fiona}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[MSN]] listed 2005's ''Chemistry'' as one of the decade's best albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.uk.msn.com/photos/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=151395351&page=15 |title=MSN writers' best albums of the decade |author1=Morgan, Rob |author2=Townshend, Tom |work=[[MSN Music]] |publisher=MSN |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=31 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221173921/http://music.uk.msn.com/photos/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=151395351&page=15 |archive-date=21 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Girls Aloud were one of the pop acts to achieve continued success and longevity throughout the mid-2000s while R&B and rock music became more popular. In a review for the group's 2008 Tangled Up Tour, David Pollock of ''[[The Independent]]'' noted that "Girls Aloud remain confidently the only pop show in town."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/first-night-girls-aloud-secc-glasgow-823132.html |title=First Night: Girls Aloud, SECC, Glasgow |work=The Independent |location=UK |author=Pollock, David |date=8 May 2008 |access-date=8 May 2008}}</ref> ''[[The Times]]'' stated, "Not since [[ABBA]] and Michael Jackson has pure pop been so unanimously praised."<ref name=timesdecade/>

Girls Aloud are notably one of the few British reality television acts to achieve continued success and longevity. According to ''The Times'', Girls Aloud are the highest-earning UK reality television stars, having amassed a fortune of £25 million by May 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/05/the-20-richest-reality-tv-stars.html |title=The 10 richest reality TV stars |author=Whateley, Laura |work=The Times |location=UK |publisher=[[News Corporation]] |date=29 May 2009 |access-date=30 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601083454/http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/05/the-20-richest-reality-tv-stars.html |archive-date=1 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The figure was increased to £30 million the following year, following Cheryl's appearance on ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a216110/girls-aloud-storm-music-rich-list.html |title=Girls Aloud storm music rich list |author=Copsey, Robert |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] |date=23 April 2010 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref> All five members were included in a 2010 list of Britain's richest stars under 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/daniel-radcliffe-is-britain-s-youngest-rich-star-1.580393 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906141621/http://www.ctvnews.ca/daniel-radcliffe-is-britain-s-youngest-rich-star-1.580393 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2014 |title=Daniel Radcliffe is Britain's youngest star |work=[[CTV News Channel (Canada)|CTV News Channel]] |publisher=[[CTV Television Network]] |date=30 November 2010 |access-date=3 December 2010}}</ref> Reviews of Girls Aloud's debut album noted the high quality of the album compared to output from other reality show contestants.<ref name=yahoo/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/reviews/3051139.stm |title=Girls Aloud trounce pop rivals |author=Youngs, Ian |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 May 2003 |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> In 2004, David Hooper of BBC Music exclaimed that "Girls Aloud are currently British pop royalty [...] in the ultra-fickle world of TV-generated pop, Girls Aloud have real staying power."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bwqv/ |title=Girls Aloud, ''What Will The Neighbours Say?'' |author=Hooper, David |work=[[BBC Music]] |publisher=BBC |date=29 November 2003 |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> Andrew Lynch of [[entertainment.ie]] said, "Girls Aloud really shouldn't have made it as far as a second album. [...] There's just one problem – the girls have a knack of coming up with utterly infectious pop songs".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Girls-Aloud---What-Will-the-Neighbours-Say?/3611.htm |title=Girls Aloud – ''What Will the Neighbours Say?'' |author=Lynch, Andrew |work=[[entertainment.ie]] |date=6 December 2004 |access-date=30 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122193753/http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Girls-Aloud---What-Will-the-Neighbours-Say?%2F3611.htm |archive-date=22 November 2007 |url-status=dead | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Bono]] has referred to himself as a fan of the group, saying: "I think Girls Aloud are at the cutting edge of pop music. They are a great band and they deserve to be centre stage."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.aol.co.uk/bonos-girls-aloud-wish/article/20090219082155804590835?rsp=Music+News |title=Bono's Girls Aloud wish |work=[[AOL UK]] |date=20 February 2009 | access-date=21 March 2009 |archive-date=22 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122145019/http://music.aol.co.uk/bonos-girls-aloud-wish/article/20090219082155804590835?rsp=Music+News |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a147179/bono-girls-aloud-are-cutting-edge.html |title=Bono: 'Girls Aloud are cutting edge' |author=Mayer Nissim |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=19 February 2009 |access-date=21 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/bono-boots-up-the-brits-but-the-night-belongs-to-duffy/27902137.html |title=Bono boots up the Brits, but the night belongs to Duffy |date=19 February 2009 |access-date=2 August 2009 | author=Cormac Murphy |work=Herald}}</ref> [[Chris Martin]] also said that he is a fan of the group, referring to them as "the ultimate form of life,"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/05/girlsaloud.popandrock |title=Girls uninterrupted |author=Patterson, Sylvia |work=The Observer |location=UK |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=5 October 2008 |access-date=6 October 2008}}</ref> while [[Julie Burchill]] has stated that Girls Aloud are "simply the most perfect pop group since [[The Monkees]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2715781.ece?token=null&offset=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517085643/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2715781.ece?token=null&offset=12 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2011 |title=Why it's OK to love Girls Aloud |access-date=7 April 2009 |location=London |work=The Times |author=Davis, Johnny |date=27 October 2007}}</ref> In addition, Girls Aloud have had their music covered by artists as varied as Arctic Monkeys, [[Bloc Party]], and Coldplay, among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=13302 |title=Arctic Monkeys heckled at homecoming show |author=Scott Colothan |work=[[Gigwise.com]] |date=9 February 2006 |access-date=10 June 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120326200318/http://www.gigwise.com/article.php?contentid=13302 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardcandymusic.com/2009/02/bloc-party-call-shots-girls-aloud-cover.html |title=Bloc Party : "Call The Shots" (Girls Aloud Cover) |year=2008 |access-date=28 July 2009 |work=Hard Candy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602082031/http://www.hardcandymusic.com/2009/02/bloc-party-call-shots-girls-aloud-cover.html |archive-date=2 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7evula1JUg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/a7evula1JUg |archive-date=3 November 2021 |url-status=live |title=Coldplay @ Brixton - End of Square One/Girls Aloud Cover |date=17 June 2008 |access-date=22 January 2019 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Members==
* [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl]] (2002–2009, 2012–2013, since 2023)
* [[Kimberley Walsh]] (2002–2009, 2012–2013, since 2023)
* [[Nadine Coyle]] (2002–2009, 2012–2013, since 2023)
* [[Nicola Roberts]] (2002–2009, 2012–2013, since 2023)
* [[Sarah Harding]] (2002–2009, 2012–2013, died 2021)

==Discography==
{{Main|Girls Aloud discography}}

* ''[[Sound of the Underground (album)|Sound of the Underground]]'' (2003)
* ''[[What Will the Neighbours Say?]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Chemistry (Girls Aloud album)|Chemistry]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Tangled Up (Girls Aloud album)|Tangled Up]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Out of Control (Girls Aloud album)|Out of Control]]'' (2008)

==Tours==
{{Main|List of Girls Aloud concert tours}}

* [[What Will the Neighbours Say...? Tour]] (2005)
* [[Chemistry Tour]] (2006)
* [[Greatest Hits Tour (Girls Aloud)|Greatest Hits Tour]] (2007)
* [[Tangled Up Tour]] (2008)
* [[Out of Control Tour]] (2009)
* [[Ten: The Hits Tour]] (2013)
* [[The Girls Aloud Show]] (2024)

==See also==
* [[List of awards and nominations received by Girls Aloud]]
* [[List of best-selling girl groups]]
* [[List of Girls Aloud songs]]
* ''[[R v Walker]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|girlsaloud.com}}
* {{IMDb name|2130471}}

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