From the moment they landed with 'Sound Of The Underground' through 'Biology' and 'Call The Shots' Girls Aloud have subverted the very structure of the pop song. With each single release they have made the genre more acceptable to a wider audience.

Their success is unique. Not only have they entered the Guinness Book of Records for the girl group with the most ever consecutive top ten singles, they have had the Arctic Monkeys cover one of their songs (‘Love Machine'). Not to mention the critical plaudits from the likes of NME and Franz Ferdinand. They are trailblazers who have consistently raised the bar and changed what it means to be a girlband in the 21st century. Experimenting with disparate genres has, most recently, lead to the likes of Coldplay's Chris Martin and Metronomy's Joseph Mount publicly stating they want to work with the girls

Five albums in and Girls Aloud did it again.  Their most recent album 'Out Of Control' contained some of most exciting and intoxicating songs of their career while continuing to take pop music into places it’s never been before.  Including the Brit-award winning #1 single ‘The Promise’, the album further cemented the band as the foremost British pop act of the noughties.

Following on from their fourth sold-out national arena tour and triumphant performance alongside Jay-Z and Coldplay at Wembley Stadium in September 2009, the girls have taken a year hiatus to focus on various solo projects.   Check out the news sections of GirlsAloud.com to find out what Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah have each been up to - and stay tuned for the return of the mighty Girls Aloud.