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Following Girls Aloud's formation on the ITV1 reality television show Popstars: The Rivals, "Sound of the Underground" was released 16 days later, on 16 December 2002. Commercially, it was an immediate success; it became the year's Christmas number one in the UK, spending four consecutive weeks atop the chart.
Sound of the Underground is the debut studio album by English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the ITV television series Popstars: The Rivals.It was released in Ireland on 23 May 2003, in the United Kingdom and Europe on 26 May 2003, and reissued on 17 November 2003 through Polydor.
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 was completed in April 2003 and released the following month. [14]
James Morrison performed his track "Broken Strings" with Girls Aloud, while Kaiser Chiefs led into "Sound of the Underground" with their own track, "Never Miss a Beat". Along with performing, Girls Aloud performed comic skits in which Cilla Black and Julie Goodyear starred as Nicola Roberts's grandmother and Sarah Harding's mother. [2]
“Sound of the Underground” rode a wave of ITV hype to top the charts for four weeks, but sales of their debut album of the same name had underwhelmed their label Polydor.
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Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between being formed as a band and achieving a number one single. [17] Girls Aloud released their debut album Sound of the Underground in May 2003, [18] which entered the charts at number two and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) later the same year
Girls Aloud opened up on their emotional last moments and memories with band member Sarah Harding. Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts, Kimberly Walsh, and Nadine Coyle nnounced their reunion tour will ...