History Music / GirlsAloud

* BikerBabe: The "Wake Me Up" video. Sarah and Cheryl have commented that they found parts of it more [[{{Narm}} hilariously cheesy than sexy.]]

** The girls themselves, with the exception of Nadine, regularly make guest appearances on other reality shows as well. Kimberley competed and came in second place on ''Series/StrictlyComeDancing'', Cheryl kicked off her solo career with ''Series/TheXFactor'', Nicola is a mentor[=/=]judge on ''Styled To Rock'', and Sarah hosted the dating program ''Dating In The Dark'' as well as competing on the sporting shows ''Tumble'' and ''Jump''. Nadine's reality show appearances so far have been limited to the band's behind the scenes specials and as a guest judge on ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel''.

* CatholicSchoolgirlsRule: The outfits from the second section of the ''What Will The Neighbours Say?'' tour, as the FakeBand at the end of ''Film/StTrinians'', and for a 2007 promotional [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmTCIa3Sb3s campaign]] for Comic Relief.

** Their version of the ''Film/StTrinians'' theme is basically an edited version of the movie's DancePartyEnding with the girls as the school band.

Originally created by the TalentShow ''Popstars: The Rivals'' which debuted in November 2002 in the sense that members were actually voted for by the viewing public, Music/GirlsAloud long outlasted the male group also created and have 20 UK Top 10 singles to their name, including four UK Number Ones. They also appeared as the school band at the end of the 2008 ''Film/StTrinians'' movie.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Along with GenreRoulette and NewSoundAlbum this tended to occur. Their debut single alone is a perfect example of this. "Sound of The Underground" is a dance song comprised of surf rock and drum and bass sounds. This generally was Xenomania's modus operandi.

* SkunkStripe: Nadine sports a blonde streak in her bangs in the video for "The Show" and during all the girls' promotional appearances for that single.

On March 20 2013, the band officially announced their disbandment, following the final date of their Ten: The Hits Tour. Former member Sarah Harding passed away from cancer on the 5th September 2021

* SingingVoiceDissonance: While they have lovely singing voices, Cheryl's Geordie and Nadine's Northern Irish accents can be rough on unfamiliar ears. TMZ TV tried to watch a clip of Cheryl on ''The X Factor'' and were unable to understand her, and Nadine's accent was thick enough to warrant subtitles when she appeared on ''America's Next Top Model.''

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: For the "Jump" video, Nadine and Cheryl's hair was lightened. This also coincided with the group's switch to a LighterAndSofter image.

On March 20 2013, the band officially announced their disbandment, following the final date of their Ten: The Hits Tour. Former member Sarah Harding passed away from cancer on the 7th September 2021

On March 20 2013, the band officially announced their disbandment, following the final date of their Ten: The Hits Tour.

* Sarah Harding

* GenkiGirl: Sarah, although all five of them tend to get excitable once you get them going and chattering at the same time. The other four have admitted that they thought Sarah was a madwoman when they all first met at the auditions. Sarah even dubbed herself "Big Mouth" as she's admitted that she's the loudest of the girls and she'd talk to the audience in between songs while on tour.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: The entire band's fondness for clubs, alcohol, and parties have been well documented in the tabloids, but Sarah Harding is the stand out case. She not only has a home on the infamous party island of Ibiza, she was also engaged to a DJ. The band's lyrics, most notably "Swinging London Town", also contain frequent references to drinking and partying the night away.
** Sarah's HardDrinkingPartyGirl ways have now caught up with her as she's entered rehab and her engagement was called off. The ''Ten'' tour was a "dry" tour in support of Sarah's new-found sobriety and "On The Metro" references drinking soda instead of alcohol.

** Although she was born and had her very early childhood in Ascot, Sarah spent much of her life in Stockport and identifies herself as a Northerner.

** "I Think We're Alone Now" (Tommy and The Shondells/Tiffany)
** [[TheCoverChangesTheGender "Girls on Film"]] (Duran Duran)
** [[TheCoverChangesTheGender "Teenage Dirtbag"]] (Wheatus)
** "I'll Stand By You" (The Pretenders)

** "Beneath Your Beautiful" (Labyrinth and Music/EmeliSande)
** "Walk This Way" (Music/{{Aerosmith}}, collaboration with Music/{{Sugababes}})

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Where ''did'' Kimberley put that hair dryer in the "Wake Me Up" video?
** Cheryl got in a rude arm gesture during the catwalk segment of the "Walk This Way" video.
** The opening verse of "Long Hot Summer" is a reference to cross-dressing. One live version alters the lyrics and makes the cross-dressing reference crystal clear.
** Nadine slipped in FlippingTheBird during "Life Got Cold" on the DVD version of the Ten tour.

** Nadine owns a bar in Los Angeles with her family.

** Although "Sound of the Underground" was rather refreshing in comparison to girl groups before them, early b-sides and demos such as "Stay Another Day", "Lights, Music, Camera, Action!" and their version of "Sacred Trust", made it clear that their record label wanted the group to be another moody girl group. Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania caught onto this very quickly after producing "Sound of the Underground" and "No Good Advice" and hearing the uneven production and direction of the remainder of the album demo content. He personally intervened by calling Polydor executives to complain, offering to replace six bad tracks on the album with four more of his own productions and calling the girls in to record them to elevate the album's quality as a fresh girl group. And then he took it a step further by recording another three tracks with them, including a cover of the [[Pointers Sisters]] hit "Jump", for the album's reissue. It was only then that they realized they were better suited for a more energetic sound than what their record label had tried to mold them into. The results were so good that Polydor hired him to produce the rest of their albums entirely from that point forward.

** Although "Sound of the Underground" was rather refreshing in comparison to girl groups before them, early b-sides and demos such as "Stay Another Day", "Lights, Music, Camera, Action!" and their version of "Sacred Trust", made it clear that their record label wanted the group to be another moody girl group. It wasn't until they covered "Jump" that they realized they were better suited for a more energetic sound.

* BreakupBreakout:
** Cheryl's solo career has obviously been more successful than the rest of them, thanks to her ''X Factor'' gig.
** Nadine's solo album was released to mixed reviews and for some reason, available only through Tesco. She's gotten more positive acclaim as Erin the Goddess in the 2014 staging of ''The Lord of the Dance'' and she does own a successful pub in Los Angeles.
** Nicola's solo career gained more critical praise than both Cheryl and Nadine, but her album was only a modest seller. However, she has found much more success as TheFashionista, a songwriter for hire, and a successful makeup range tailored for pale women like herself. [[spoiler:She also won the British version of ''The Masked Singer''.]]
** Kimberley released a CoverAlbum of showtunes to mixed reviews, but has garnered more praise for her turn as Fiona in ''Shrek: The Musical'', Jovie in ''Elf: The Musical''. This has subsequently lead her to a respectable career in musical theater and a fairly popular television personality.
** Only time will tell if Sarah's solo career will be as successful.

* ButNotTooWhite[=/=]RedheadedStepchild: Nicola was mocked and picked on by the press for being "ugly" due to her bright red hair and extremely pale [[http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44933000/jpg/_44933710_pa_girlsaloud466.jpg complexion]]. She's since struck back with a fairly successful makeup range for pale women and championing legislation to ban the use of sunbeds for minors under 18 as well as putting out a critically successful solo album.

** Nicola's solo career gained more critical praise than both Cheryl ''and'' Nadine, but her album was only a modest seller. However, she has found much more success as TheFashionista, a songwriter for hire, and a successful makeup range tailored for pale women like herself.
** Kimberley released a CoverAlbum of showtunes to mixed reviews, but has garnered more praise for her turn as Fiona in ''Shrek: The Musical'', Jovie in ''Elf: The Musical'' and as a guest singer and television personality.

* MsFanservice: Let's face it, the whole lot of them.

Discography:

* CallBack: The lyrics to "Something New" include the lines "we girls gonna run this ''show''" and "feel the beat deep ''underground''".

Originally created by the TalentShow ''Popstars: The Rivals'' which debuted in November 2002 in the sense that members were actually voted for by the viewing public, Music/GirlsAloud long outlasted the male group also created and have 20 UK Top 10 singles to their name, including four UK Number Ones. They also appeared as the school band at the end of the 2008 ''StTrinians'' movie.

* VideoFullOfFilmClips: Their cover of the Pointer Sisters' "Jump (For My Love)". The video is intercut with clips from ''LoveActually'' to create the illusion of the girls sneaking into Downing Street and wandering around trying not to get caught.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Although "Sound of the Underground" was rather refreshing in comparison to girl groups before them, early b-sides and demos such as "Stay Another Day", "Lights, Music, Camera, Action!" and their version of "Sacred Trust", made it clear that their record label wanted the group to be another moody girl group. It wasn't until they covered "Jump" that they realized they were better suited for a more energetic sound.

** TheLancer: Nadine, while essentially the musical FaceOfTheBand as the main vocalist on most the group's songs, she generally tended to stay out of the media limelight.

** TheBigGuy: Sarah, thanks to a bit of an edgier, TanktopTomboy reputation, though Cheryl could also double here.

* DVDCommentary: The ''Style'' DVD has Sarah and Cheryl comment on the styling of their videos up to "Sexy! No No No.." along with other miscellaneous trivia, such as the strange frequency of shots that focus on Sarah's hands and feet.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: The entire band's fondness for clubs, alcohol, and parties have been well documented in the tabloids, but Sarah Harding is the stand out case. She not only has a home on the infamous party island of Ibiza, she was also engaged to a DJ. The band's lyrics also contain frequent references to drinking and partying the night away.
** Sarah's HardDrinkingPartyGirl ways have now caught up with her as she's entered rehab and her engagement was called off.
*** Their 2013 GreatestHits tour will be a "dry" tour in support of Sarah's new-found sobriety and "On The Metro" references drinking soda instead of alcohol.

** One particular segment on their behind-the-scenes television special was Cheryl being horribly hungover after she and Nadine had spent the night drinking from their hotel bar. Cheryl has said that Nadine has and will drink her under the table.