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Girls Aloud discography
File:GA Concert Belfast.jpg
Girls Aloud performing Love Machine on tour.
Studio albums5
Compilation albums1
Singles21
Video albums3
Music videos21
Remix albums2
Other album appearances11
Live DVDs3
Other DVDs3

The discography of Girls Aloud, a British pop music girl group, consists of five studio albums, one greatest hits album, and two remix albums. Girls Aloud have also released twenty-one singles and music videos and six music DVDs; three being concert recordings. They have also provided eleven original recordings for other albums, and appear on three non-music DVDs.

Girls Aloud was formed in 2002 on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals.[1][2] Viewers voted for Cheryl Cole (née Tweedy), Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding to be members of the group.[1][2] The following month they won Popstars: The Rivals by defeating 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 in 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).[4] 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.[5] The following year, Girls Aloud released their greatest hits anthology, The Sound of Girls Aloud, which included their 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.[6]

In November 2007, the album Tangled Up was released and entered the UK album chart at number four. It was preceded by the lead single "Sexy! No No No...".[7] The group's nineteenth single, "The Promise",[8] was released in October 2008, and entered the UK and Irish Singles Charts at Number one and two respectively. It is taken from Out of Control, their fifth studio album, which was released on 31 October 2008 in Ireland and 2 November in the UK.[9] "The Loving Kind" was released on 12 January 2009 in the UK.[10] It peaked at number ten in the UK, thus becoming their 20th consecutive Top 10 single, but also their lowest charting single to date. Their 21st single, "Untouchable", initially reached 27 on downloads alone, but only managed to reach number 11 in the UK charts, making it their first single to miss the UK top 10.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[11] 		EST
[12] 		IRL
[13] 		NLD
[14]
2003 Sound of the Underground 2 — 6 53
2004 What Will the Neighbours Say?
  • Released: 29 November 2004
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 6 88 12 —
2005 Chemistry
  • Released: 5 December 2005
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 11 — 31 —
2007 Tangled Up
  • Released: 19 November 2007
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 4 — 25 —
2008 Out of Control
  • Released: 3 November 2008
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 — 7 —
  • UK: 2× Platinum[21]
  • IRL: 2× Platinum[22]
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Year Album details Chart positions Certifications
UK
[11] 		IRL
[13]
2006 The Sound of Girls Aloud
  • Released: 29 October 2006
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 9

Remix albums

Year Album details UK chart
positions[11]
2007 Mixed Up[n 1]
  • Released: 19 November 2007
  • Label: Fascination
  • Format: CD
 56
2008 Girls A Live[n 2]
  • Released: 3 November 2008
  • Label: Fascination
  • Format: CD
 29

Singles

Year Song Chart peak positions Album
UK
[11] 		AUS
[28] 		FRA
[29] 		IRL
[13] 		NLD
[14] 		NZ
[30] 		SWE
[31] 		SWI
[32]
2002 "Sound of the Underground" 1 31 55 1 9 13 39 25 Sound of the Underground
2003 "No Good Advice" 2 88 — 2 23 — — —
"Life Got Cold" 3 — — 2 — — — —
"Jump" 2 23 — 2 7 13 9 58 What Will the Neighbours Say?
2004 "The Show" 2 67 — 5 — — — —
"Love Machine" 2 — — 9 52 — — —
"I'll Stand by You" 1 — — 3 85 — — —
2005 "Wake Me Up" 4 — — 6 — — — —
"Long Hot Summer" 7 — — 16 — — — — Chemistry
"Biology" 4 26 — 7 — — — —
"See the Day" 9 — — 14 — — — —
2006 "Whole Lotta History" 6 — — 18 — — — —
"Something Kinda Ooooh" 3 — — 7 — — — — The Sound of Girls Aloud
"I Think We're Alone Now" 4 — — 11 — — — —
2007 "Walk This Way" (with Sugababes)[n 3] 1 — — 14 — — — — "Walk This Way" – single
"Sexy! No No No..." 5 — — 11 — — — — Tangled Up
"Call the Shots" 3 — — 9 — — — —
2008 "Can't Speak French" 9 — — 12 — — — —
"The Promise" 1 — — 2 — — — — Out of Control
2009 "The Loving Kind" 10 — — 16 — — — —
"Untouchable" 11 — — 19 — — — —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charting songs

Year Song UK Peak
chart position[11] 		Album
2008 "Theme to St. Trinian's"[n 4] 51 St Trinian's: Original Soundtrack

Other appearances

These songs have not appeared on a studio album released by Girls Aloud.

Year Song Album/Single Notes
2003 "Hopelessly Devoted to You" Greasemania[34]
"Grease" (Beatmasters remix)
2004 "I'm Every Woman" Discomania[35]
2006 "Love Machine" Popjustice: 100% Solid Pop Music[36][37]
  • Demo version
"Biology"
2007 Walk This Way "Walk This Way" – Single[38]
"Teenage Dirtbag" Radio 1 Established 1967[39][40]
"Sound and Vision"
"Theme to St. Trinian's" St Trinian's: Original Soundtrack[41]
  • Original recordings for the soundtrack
"On My Way to Satisfaction"
2008 "With Every Heartbeat" Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3[42]
  • Originally recorded by Robyn

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
2002 "Sound of the Underground" Phil Griffin[43]
2003 "No Good Advice"
"Life Got Cold"
"Jump" Katie Bell[43]
2004 "The Show" Trudy Bellinger[44]
"Love Machine" Stuart Gosling[45]
"I'll Stand By You" Trudy Bellinger[44]
2005 "Wake Me Up" Harvey & Carolyn[46]
"Long Hot Summer" Max & Dania[47]
"Biology" Harvey & Carolyn[48][49]
"See the Day"
2006 "Whole Lotta History" Margaret Malandruccolo[50]
"Something Kinda Ooooh" Stuart Gosling[51]
"I Think We're Alone Now" Alex Hemming[52]
2007 "Walk This Way" Trudy Bellinger[44]
"Sexy! No No No..."
"Call the Shots" Sean de Sparengo[53]
"Theme to St. Trinian's" Trudy Bellinger[44]
2008 "Can't Speak French" Petro[54]
"The Promise" Trudy Bellinger[44]
"The Loving Kind"
2009 "Untouchable" Marco Puig[55][56][57]

DVDs

The first DVD Girls Aloud appeared in was Popstars: The Rivals, which includes footage of contestants' performances in auditions and final rounds, and interviews with the judges and final 20 contestants.[58] Girls Aloud's first official DVD release was the 2003 single "No Good Advice", which was followed by Girls on Film in 2005. It features the promotional music videos for the first eight singles, and live performances from Top of the Pops, CD:UK and MTV.[59] What Will the Neighbours Say? Live was also released in 2005, and was recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo date of that concert tour.[60] The group's next DVD, the 2006 The Greatest Hits Live from Wembley Arena was recorded at the Wembley Arena on the final night of their arena-based Chemistry Tour.[61] In 2007, Style was released, which contains all their music videos from "Sound of the Underground" to "Sexy! No No No...", and style and fashion tips from the girls.[62] The Tangled Up Tour provided the content of their most recent DVD, Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008, which was recorded at The O2 arena.[63]

Video albums

Year DVD Notes
2003 No Good Advice
  • Release date: 12 May 2003
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: DVD
  • DVD single[64]
  • Includes behind-the-scenes footage from the music video shoot
2005 Girls on Film
  • Release date: 13 June 2005
  • Studio: Polydor / Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • Features all music videos from "Sound of the Underground" to "Wake Me Up", performances from CD:UK, Popworld and Top of the Pops and the MTV special Girls Aloud – The Show[59]
2007 Style
  • Release date: 12 November 2007
  • Studio: Polydor / Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • The group discuss their fashion style.
  • Includes all of their music videos up to "Sexy! No No No..."[62]

Concert and tour performances

Year DVD Notes
2005 What Will the Neighbours Say? Live
  • Release date: 7 November 2005
  • Studio: Polydor / Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • Recording of the Hammersmith Apollo leg of the What Will the Neighbours Say? Tour.
  • Includes "Long Hot Summer" music video[60]
2006 Greatest Hits Live
  • Release date: 28 August 2006
  • Studio: Polydor / Universal
  • Format: DVD
  • Recording of the Wembley Arena leg of the Chemistry Tour
  • Includes "Biology", "See the Day" and "Whole Lotta History" music videos[61]
2008 Tangled Up Tour
  • Release date: 27 October 2008
  • Studio: Polydor / Universal
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-Ray

Other DVD appearances

Girls Aloud appear in three other DVDs.

Year DVD Notes
2002 Popstars: The Rivals
  • Release date: 7 December 2002
  • Studio: 2 Entertain
  • Format: DVD
  • Highlights from the Popstars: The Rivals television series[58]
2006 Girls Aloud: Off the Record
  • Release date: 28 August 2006
  • Studio: Channel 4 / Universal
  • Format: DVD
2008 Ghost Hunting with Girls Aloud

Footnotes

  1. ^ Mixed Up was sold at a discounted price when purchased with Tangled Up at Woolworths stores.[26]
  2. ^ Girls A Live was sold at a discounted price when purchased with Out of Control at Woolworths stores.[27]
  3. ^ "Walk This Way" was released as the official 2007 Comic Relief charity single.[33]
  4. ^ Although "Theme to St. Trinian's" was not released as an official single, it did chart due to high download sales.[11]

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