What is Girls Aloud?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Girls Aloud | Img = GirlsAloudOOCLive.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Girls Aloud performing live | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[London]], England | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[electropop]], [[dance-pop]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 2002–2013 | Label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], [[Fascination Records|Fascination]] | Associated_acts = | URL = {{URL|girlsaloud.co.uk}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = [[Cheryl Cole]]<br>[[Nadine Coyle]]<br>[[Sarah Harding]]<br>[[Nicola Roberts]]<br>[[Kimberley Walsh]] | Past_members = }} '''Girls Aloud''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[girl group]] created by an [[ITV]] [[television show]] named ''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]'' in 2002.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2599721.stm |title=Girls Aloud top festive chart |author= |date=23 December 2002 |work= |publisher=BBC |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> The group's members were [[Cheryl Cole]] (née Tweedy), [[Nadine Coyle]], [[Sarah Harding]], [[Nicola Roberts]] and [[Kimberley Walsh]].<ref name=BBC/> Girls Aloud have become one of the most successful British pop groups of the [[2000s]], with a record-breaking twenty consecutive Top 10 singles (including four number ones), six platinum albums (including two number ones) and record sales of more than 4.3 million in the UK.<ref name=mirror>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/kimberley-walsh-motherhood-id-love-6144299 |title=Kimberley Walsh on motherhood: I'd love more babies - I've been broody since I was 15 |author=Gabrielle Fagan |date=26 July 2015 |work=|publisher=The Mirror |accessdate=