The discography of British-Irish girl group Girls Aloud consists of five studio albums, two compilation albums, twenty-four singles, two promotional singles, two live albums, one remix album, two box sets, eleven video albums and twenty-five music videos.
Girls Aloud was formed in 2002 on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals. Viewers voted for Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding to be members of the group. The following month they won the programme by claiming the coveted Christmas number one ahead of the male group formed on the show, 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. Their second single, "No Good Advice", was released on 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). 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. The following year, Girls Aloud released their first compilation album, The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits, which included their first 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.
In November 2007, the album Tangled Up was released and entered the UK Albums Chart at number four. It was preceded by the lead single, "Sexy! No No No...". The group's nineteenth single, "The Promise", was released in October 2008, and entered the UK and Irish Singles Charts at numbers one and two respectively. It was taken from Out of Control, their fifth studio album, which was released on 31 October 2008 in Ireland and 2 November in the UK. "The Loving Kind" was released on 12 January 2009 in the UK and peaked at number ten in the UK, becoming their 20th consecutive top-10 single, while "Untouchable" reached number 11, making it their first single to miss the UK top 10. In 2012, the group's second greatest hits album, Ten, was released and entered the UK Albums Chart at number nine. The album yielded two singles, "Something New" and "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me", which were both released in 2012. Sarah Harding died in 2021. In 2024, the group released "I'll Stand By You (Sarah's version)" for that year's Children in Need; the alternate version features only Harding singing the verses.
As of 2013, Girls Aloud have sold over 4.3 million singles and 4 million albums in the United Kingdom; in the United States, their digital song sales stand at 79,000, while their first four albums have sold 8,000.
Albums
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications UK IRE NLD Sound of the Underground Released: 26 May 2003 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming 2 6 53 UK: 380,885 BPI: Platinum What Will the Neighbours Say? Released: 29 November 2004 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming 6 12 — UK: 614,400 BPI: 2× Platinum IRMA: 2× Platinum Chemistry Released: 5 December 2005 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming 11 31 — UK: 390,000 BPI: Platinum IRMA: Platinum Tangled Up Released: 19 November 2007 Label: Fascination Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 4 25 — UK: 523,000 BPI: Platinum IRMA: Gold Out of Control Released: 3 November 2008 Label: Fascination Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 1 7 — UK: 805,500 BPI: 2× Platinum IRMA: 2× Platinum "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications UK IRE The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Released: 29 October 2006 Label: Fascination Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 1 9 UK: 1,290,000 BPI: 4× Platinum IFPI: Platinum IRMA: Platinum Ten Released: 26 November 2012 Label: Fascination Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 9 10 UK: 339,368 BPI: Platinum
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions UK Girls A Live Released: 3 November 2008 Label: Fascination Format: CD, digital download, streaming 29 Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009 Released: 5 October 2009 Label: Fascination Format: CD, digital download, streaming — The Girls Aloud Show (Live) Released: 13 June 2025 Label: Mercury Studios Format: CD, digital download, streaming — "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Remix album + List of remix albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions UK Mixed Up Released: 19 November 2007 Label: Fascination Format: CD, digital download, streaming 56
Box sets + List of box-sets Title Details Peak chart positions UK Singles Box Set Released: 22 July 2009 Label: Fascination Format: CD single box set — The Collection (Studio/B-Sides/Live) Released: 27 May 2013 Label: Polydor Format: CD box set 165
Video albums + List of video albums Title Details Notes Popstars: The Rivals Released: 7 December 2002 Studio: 2 Entertain Format: DVD Footage of contestants' performances Interviews with the judges and contestants Girls on Film Released: 13 June 2005 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD Features their first eight music videos Performances on CD:UK, Popworld, Top of the Pops and the MTV special Girls Aloud – The Show Certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry What Will the Neighbours Say? Live in Concert Released: 7 November 2005 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD Contains the What Will the Neighbours Say...? Tour as shot live in Hammersmith, London on 28 and 29 May 2005 Includes "Long Hot Summer" music video Certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry Girls Aloud: Off the Record Released: 28 August 2006 Studio: Channel 4, Universal Format: DVD Features all six episodes of the reality television series Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Live from Wembley Arena Released: 13 November 2006 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD Contains the Chemistry Tour live from Wembley Arena, London on 3 June 2006 Includes music video for "Biology", "See the Day" and "Whole Lotta History" Certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry Get Girls Aloud's Style Released: 12 November 2007 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD The group discuss their style and give fashion tips Features their first sixteen music videos Ghosthunting With... Girls Aloud Released: 6 October 2008 Studio: Antix Productions, ITV Format: DVD The episode of paranormal television series Ghost Hunting with..., featuring four of the five members Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008 Released: 27 October 2008 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD, Blu-ray Contains the Tangled Up Tour shot live from London's O2 Arena on 17 May 2008 Includes music videos for "Sexy! No No No...", "Call the Shots" and "Can't Speak French" Certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry Out of Control Live from The O2 2009 Released: 5 October 2009 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD, Blu-ray Contains the Out of Control Tour shot live from London's O2 Arena on 24 May 2009 Includes "The Promise", "The Loving Kind" and "Untouchable" music videos Includes Girl Cam for each of the girls Includes visuals and an interview with the Girls Certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry Ten: The Videos Released: 26 November 2012 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD Contains fifteen music videos for songs from the standard edition of Ten Ten: The Hits Tour Released: 11 November 2013 Studio: Polydor, Universal Format: DVD Contains the live tour to celebrate ten years of Girls Aloud
Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Details The Whole Damn Show Megamix Released: 17 May 2024 Label: Polydor, Universal Format: digital download, streaming Christmas 'Round at Ours Released: 14 November 2025 Label: Polydor, Universal Format: CD, digital download, LP, streaming
Singles + List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales, certifications and associated album Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album UK AUSARIA chart peaks: Top 50 peaks: "No Good Advice": "The Show": BEL(FL) FRA GER IRE NLD NZ SCO SWE SWI "Sound of the Underground" 2002 1 31 13 55 42 1 9 — 1 39 25 UK: 1,200,000 BPI: 2× Platinum Sound of the Underground "No Good Advice" 2003 2 88 45 — — 2 26 — 2 — — BPI: Silver "Life Got Cold" 3 — 64 — — 2 — — 2 — — "Jump" 2 23 6 — — 2 8 13 2 9 58 UK: 499,000 BPI: Gold "The Show" 2004 2 67 — — — 5 — — 1 — — What Will the Neighbours Say? "Love Machine" 2 — — — — 9 52 — 2 — — UK: 694,000 BPI: Platinum "I'll Stand by You" 1 — — — — 3 85 — 1 — — BPI: Silver "Wake Me Up" 2005 4 — — — — 6 — — 4 — — "Long Hot Summer" 7 — — — — 16 — — 13 — — Chemistry "Biology" 4 26 — — — 7 — — 3 — — BPI: Silver "See the Day" 9 — — — — 14 — — 8 — — "Whole Lotta History" 2006 6 — — — — 18 — — 2 — — "Something Kinda Ooooh" 3 — — — — 7 — — 2 — — BPI: Gold The Sound of Girls Aloud "I Think We're Alone Now" 4 — — — — 11 — — 3 — — "Walk This Way" 2007 1 — — — — 14 — — 1 — — 5 — — — — 11 — — 3 — — BPI: Silver Tangled Up "Call the Shots" 3 — — — — 9 — — 4 — — UK: 520,000 BPI: Gold "Can't Speak French" 2008 9 — — — — 12 — — 3 — — BPI: Silver "The Promise" 1 — — — — 2 — — 3 — — UK: 860,000 BPI: Platinum Out of Control "The Loving Kind" 2009 10 — — — — 16 — — 2 — — BPI: Silver "Untouchable" 11 — — — — 19 — — 2 — — "Something New" 2012 2 — — — — 4 — — 2 — — BPI: Silver Ten "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me" 97 — — — — 80 — — 75 — — "I'll Stand by You"(Sarah's version) 2024 — — — — — — — — — — — "Not Tonight Santa" 2025 — — — — — — — — — — — Christmas 'Round at Ours "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, showing year released, selected chart positions and associated album Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK 2008 51 St Trinian's "Singapore" 2025 — Chemistry: 20th Anniversary
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Directors "Sound of the Underground" 2002 Phil Griffin "No Good Advice" 2003 "Life Got Cold" "Jump" Katie Bell "The Show" 2004 Trudy Bellinger "Love Machine" Stuart Gosling "I'll Stand by You" Trudy Bellinger "Wake Me Up" 2005 Harvey & Carolyn "Long Hot Summer" Max & Dania "Biology" Harvey & Carolyn "See the Day" "Whole Lotta History" 2006 Margaret Malandruccolo "Something Kinda Ooooh" Stuart Gosling "I Think We're Alone Now" Alex Hemming "Walk This Way" 2007 Trudy Bellinger "Sexy! No No No..." "Call the Shots" Sean de Sparengo "Theme to St. Trinian's" Trudy Bellinger "Can't Speak French" 2008 Petro "The Promise" Trudy Bellinger "The Loving Kind" "Untouchable" 2009 Marco Puig "Something New" 2012 Ray Kay "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me" Paul Caslin
See also List of artists who reached number one in Ireland List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart List of artists with the most UK singles chart top tens