Girls Aloud are an English-Irish girl group that were created on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group, consisting of Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, have been successful in achieving a string of twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) and two number one albums in the UK. All their albums are certified platinum. Girls Aloud have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of £30 million by 2010.
Girls Aloud have been nominated for five BRIT Awards, winning Best Single for 2008's "The Promise" at the 2009 awards ceremony. They have also been awarded by members of the British media such as The Sun's Bizarre, Capital FM, Glamour, Heat, Popjustice, and Virgin Media.
The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Girls Aloud have been nominated five times,[1][2][3][4] winning their first award in 2009.[5]
The BT Digital Music Awards, administered by BT Group, recognize artists "who are delivering the best in cutting-edge digital music entertainment." Girls Aloud won their sole nomination in 2004.[1]
The Capital FM Awards are an annual awards ceremony administered by popular London radio station 95.8 Capital FM. Girls Aloud have been nominated six times, winning twice.[1]
The Disney Channel Kids Awards was an annual awards ceremony held by Disney Channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Girls Aloud were nominated for three awards during the ceremony's run, winning one.
The Glamour Woman of the Year Awards are given annually by Glamour magazine. Girls Aloud have been nominated for Band of the Year four times, winning three of the four times.[1]
The Heat Awards are organised by Heat magazine. Girls Aloud have won four out of their five nominations.
The Music Producers Guild Awards was created "to celebrate the creative talent and technical ability of the UK's music producers, engineers, mixers and re-mixers." Girls Aloud have won their sole nomination.[1][6]
The Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards is an annual awards show presented by Nickelodeon, based on the American and Australian formats. Girls Aloud have been three times, but have yet to win.
Girls Aloud were awarded the Heart Record of the Year Award for their single "See the Day" at the O2 Silver Clef Lunch, an annual awards ceremony honouring songwriting and performance in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.[7][8] Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, members of the band, attended the awards presentation ceremony.
The Popjustice £20 Music Prize is an annual prize awarded by a panel of judges organised by music website Popjustice to the singer(s) of the best British pop single of the past year. To qualify, a single must be by a British artist(s) and have been released within the 12 months prior to the award nominations in July. Girls Aloud have been nominated a record eight years, winning five of them.[9]
The Record of the Year is an award voted by the British public. The award began in 1998, and was televised on ITV before being dropped in 2006 after disagreements over the phone voting element. Since then it has been an online poll, administered through the Record of the Year website. Girls Aloud have been nominated once.
The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits magazine. It ended with the closure of the magazine in February 2006. Girls Aloud were only nominated once, winning their nomination.[1]
The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory).
The Virgin Media Music Awards are an annual awards ceremony, run by Virgin Media and announce on its official website. Girls Aloud and its members have won five awards.[1][10]
The Zoo Magazine Awards are given by men's magazine Zoo Weekly. Girls Aloud have won one of its two nominations.