Girls Aloud are a girl group that were created on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Girls Aloud consist of Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh. In May of 2003 they released their debut album, Sound of the Underground. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 6 June 2003. It was certified platinum five months later. A second version of the album was released on 1 December 2003 and charted at #42 in the UK Album Chart. It had 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. The album reappeared in the Top 75 on 31 December 2006, charting at #67, and remaining for a further week, giving it a chart run of 20 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. Then in 2004, Girls Aloud released their second studio album, What Will the Neighbours Say?. Since then they have released 3 studio albums, 2 remix albums, 1 compilation album and twenty one singles.
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