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Sound of the Underground is the title of British pop group Girls Aloud's debut the album and lead
single from it, which was also the UK's 51st Christmas number one.
The single was released on December 16, 2002, registering first-week sales of 213,000. Girls
Aloud, the product of TV show Popstars: The Rivals (which created a female and a male pop
group to compete against each other for Christmas number one), beat their rival act One True
Voice to the festive summit. Girls Aloud's debut album of the same name came out on May 26,
2003, making #2 in the charts.
The album reappeared in the Top 75 on December 31, 2006, charting at #67 - likely due to
being on sale in a slow chart week after Christmas, and remaining for a further week,
giving it a chart run of 20 unconsecutive weeks on the chart.
A second version of the album was released on December 1, 2003, with several new tracks,
including fourth single "Jump" from the film Love Actually's soundtrack and "You Freak Me
Out" from the remake of the 1976 movie Freaky Friday, a new UK Bonus track entitled "Girls
On Film" (previously available as a b-side), and a re-recorded version of "Some Kind Of Miracle."
However, to make room for the new inclusions, the song "Don't Want You Back" and UK Bonus
tracks "Love Bomb" and "Everything You Ever Wanted" were excised.
The album sold 37,077 copies in its first week of release with the re-issue selling around 26,000
in its first week. Confirmed sales of 279,462 by 5th December 2004 and shipments over 300,000
gave the girls their first 'platinum' album. Recent reports have confirmed sales to at 319,711.
What Will the Neighbours Say? is the second album by British all-girl pop group Girls Aloud. It
was released by Polydor Records on November 29, 2004 in the United Kingdom. The album
was produced by the production team of Brian Higgins and Xenomania. Upon its debut, critical
reception was generally positive, with London based newspaper The Guardian calling it a great pop
album that is "funny, clever, immediate" and "richly inventive". What Will the Neighbours Say?
became the group's second top ten album in the UK album charts, where it was certified
platinum. The album was released in select European territories in late 2004; however, it failed to
generate much interest outside of the United Kingdom. The album title "What Will the Neighbours
Say?" comes from a lyric in the song "Love Machine".
What Will the Neighbours Say? debuted at number six on the UK albums chart, where it sold
85,717 copies in its first week. Since its release it has achieved platinum certification in the UK,
where after fifteen weeks, it descended from the top-seventy-five. It has since re-charted for a
total of sixteen non-consecutive weeks. At the end of 2004, after only a month of release, the
album charted at number forty-four on the UK End of Year Album chart. It has sold 561,972 copies
in the UK and shipped over 600,000 making it double platinum.
In Ireland it debuted at number twelve, remaining in the top twenty for eight weeks. The album
was successful in Greece where it peaked at number ten, remaining there for four weeks.
Chemistry is the third album by British all-girl pop group Girls Aloud. It was released by Polydor
Records on December 5, 2005 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by the production
team of Brian Higgins and Xenomania. Upon its debut, critical reception was generally positive, with
The Guardian, NME, and Top Of The Pops including it on their best of year-end album charts. Chemistry
became the group's first album to miss the top ten on the UK albums chart peaking at number eleven.
Still it sold exceptionally well in the first few weeks and went on to be certified platinum - outselling the
girl's debut. In Australia and New Zealand, the album was released on February 20, 2006; however,
it failed to generate much interest.
It was rumoured that Girls Aloud would release a fifth single from Chemistry, the second track on
the album, "Models", and appeared in release schedules for a 15 May release. Originally Coyle
said it would be the next single (in an interview with The Sun newspaper), but Tweedy contradicted
Coyle's previous statement by claiming in another interview that there would be no further
releases from Chemistry. "Models" went on to be included as an extra track on the "Something
Kinda Ooooh" single.
Chemistry debuted at #11 on the UK albums chart, where it sold 81,962 copies in its first
week, just over 200 copies behind the album in the tenth position. Since its release it has
achieved platinum certification in the UK (selling 351,696 copies), where after seven weeks, it
descended from the Top 75. It has since recharted for a total of ten inconsecutive weeks.
In Ireland it debuted at #34, going on to peak at number #31 four weeks later. The lack of
success of the album there led to the lack of an Irish leg for the group's Chemistry Tour 2006.
The Sound of Girls Aloud is a "greatest hits" anthology by British girl band Girls Aloud. It was
released in the UK on October 30, 2006, and went straight into the UK album charts at #1 -
Girls Aloud's first ever #1 album - selling 84,354 copies in its first week of sale.
The album includes all of Girls Aloud's singles to date and three new tracks (Something Kinda Ooooh,
I Think We're Alone Now and Money). There is also a limited edition bonus disc, featuring unreleased
songs, demos and other material.
The lead single taken from this album is "Something Kinda Ooooh" and the second and final single
to be taken from the greatest hits compilation is "I Think We're Alone Now".
Straight after the release of "I Think We're Alone Now", a new version of the album was released
to include the single version of the track rather than the original version.
Since its release, the album has sold in excess of 720,000 and has been certified 2x platinum
because of shipping numbers. It is their biggest selling album to date. In Ireland the album peaked
at number-nine staying in the top twenty for several weeks. Worldwide the album sold more than
one million copies.
Tangled Up is the fifth album by British all-girl pop group Girls Aloud. It was released by
Fascination Records on November 19, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The album's title was
confirmed on September 28 by the Girls' official website. Like their previous efforts,
Tangled Up is produced by the production team of Brian Higgins and Xenomania. In an
interview for the Fascination Records website, Cole said the album was "heading in a
more mature direction" and that there is only one ballad, mid-tempo songs, typical Girls
Aloud bangers and even a garage sounding track. Girls Aloud have co-written Sexy! No,
No, No... and Crocodile Tears.
Then, the Fan-Edition CD is was available on the Girls Aloud's official website it will be the
only version of the album to contain a picture of Girls Aloud on the cover, along with
song lyrics and signed postcards.
Tangled Up debuted at #4 on the UK albums chart, where it sold more than 40,000
copies in its first week. In Ireland the album debuted at #25. Mixed Up was elegable to
chart on its own and did so after 1 week at #56 with sales of 6,147.
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