Girls Aloud Ten Years At The Top part 2

[@rhysdaniels1003]

They were just right and I’m so glad Cheryl and Nadine are close again and Nicola and Kimberly life is so precious,R.I.P. Sarah Harding 20years and still songs that are ahead of their time and every album up to 2022 platinum and on Spotify a few week ago On the the metro went to number 5 and was only performed on ten tour xx

[@madeleinealiceross1463]

I had no idea Nicola did all this stuff, love her even more!

[@dominiquefabiendupont451]

Nadine is amazing, blessed and beautiful

[@laminage]

The Lady who did the Choreography for Cheryl's Solo Concert is American Choreographer Fatima Robinson who is one of the US's top Choreographers. She also did The Performance for the Live Production of The Wiz.

[@laminage]

They were very lucky and smart in the sense that the Songwriting Team they started out with they pretty much ended with. Very good move. When The Supremes lost Holland Dozier Holland in 1967 and when Florence Ballard got fired the magic was pretty much gone. Love Machine was a Number One Hit for them while in the US The Miracles (Sans Smokey Robinson) had a Hit Record called Love Machine that also went to Number One. Cheryl Has Five Number One Solo Hits while Diana Ross had Five including Endless Love which is to this Day the greatest love duet of all time.

[@jetnight88]

God I love Nicola

[@GreenBananaz]

I don’t believe for one minute think that they never had explosive arguments 🤣

[@laminage]

Yes, it happens to any Girl Group no matter what. One of the saddest Pictures I remember was from Diana Ross's Book Secrets of A Sparrow where you see The Supremes backstage where Diana Ross is sitting down with a Cigarette in her hand She's become the undisputed Star and Mary Wilson & Florence Ballard (1943-1976) look sad because she's the one carrying the group. Also not too long ago SWV (Sisters With Voices) did a Tour with Salt 'N Pepa to get "Paid", and it was bedlam for them too.

[@ianp7661]

Yep. I think by the end there was a massive divide between Nadine and the other girls. I remember at their last concert Nicola removed herself from the side of Nadine and went to stand on the opposite end where Kimberley was. It was clear Nadine was problematic.

[@GreenBananaz]

@@ianp7661 oh really, any links to that concert, I’d like to see their chemistry / body language

[@ianp7661]

@@GreenBananaz I'm afraid not! I just remember it vividly. They were singing a ballad towards to the end of the concert when it was supposed to be a nice moment and you could tell Nicola was just like, 'NOPE'.

[@reidecember]

@@ianp7661 yikes.

[@jac85almeida]

cheryl has such a soft voice❤

[@karlt134]

Interesting facts about Biology, Models and Long Hot Summer: Those songs were originally given to Per Gessle for his album Son Of a Plumber, But he turned them down and were instead given to Girls Aloud and Biology became a number 1 hit for the group

[@scouser2010ify]

I’d say Nicola was the most successful after Cheryl

[@mikeykm1993]

Nicolas first album was brilliant and should have been world wide number one. Great album!

[@scouser2010ify]

mikeykm1993 I enjoyed that album a lot too

[@Danniidude]

I kind of think their levels of success goes 1. Cheryl 2. Kimberley 3. Nadine/Nicola (kind of even) 4. Sarah

[@stevechristie2569]

@@Danniidude Cheryl has kinda proved people have a shelf life unless they know what to do with fame and can reinvent themselves. Her wax work is out of Madam Tusseaud's. Sarah won CBB, was on The Jump, presented Dating in the Dark, modelled lingerie and perhaps was involved elsewhere in fashion, released a solo single which I liked as it was different as was Nicola's, Nadine's and Cheryl's, moved to the country with animals, tried one fiancé and half a dozen boyfriends and

[@laminage]

God Bless Sarah Harding.

[@rhysdaniels1003]

Best girl group along with Sugababes and spice girls but I love❤ girls aloud 1st x

[@laminage]

Also Mrs. Jackson hated "I Want You Back". It was once called by Rolling Stone "The Best Debut Record Of All Time".

[@laminage]

You see the influence of Phil Spector with "Biology".

[@JamesJL]

It's always the songs that the artists hate the most that do the best lmao.

[@laminage]

Yes or it's given as a last chance to make it. The Marvelettes and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas both turned down "Where Did Our Love Go" that was given to The Supremes who couldn't get a Hit at Motown after Three Years. They recorded it in June 1964 and went to Number One in August. Within one year their Career superseded the Marvelettes.

[@laminage]

Also look at how Girls Aloud ddi their Version of All Fired Up but it became a hit for The Saturdays. Then Keisha Buchanan of The Sugababes suggested that A Melody was used that became their Comeback Something New.

[@laminage]

I would have said to them with the "Love Machine" Song "Alot of folks turned down songs that were hits for others, The Marvelettes & Martha & The Vandellas turned down Where Did Our Love Go" which went to Number One in August 1964, Britney Spears turned down Umbrella that was a Hit for Rihanna, Smokey Robinson all but forgot Tears Of A Clown that he co wrote with Stevie Wonder and it was the Miracles Only Number One Pop Hit in 1970 so you never know. Even Mrs. Jackson hated "I Want You Back" and it was voted by Rolling Stone the best debut Record of all time so you never know.

[@yaygrace]

What song is that at the end? I totally know what it is but I can't think of the name :-/

[@MrAssman93]

Wide Awake - Katy Perry

[@laminage]

@@MrAssman93 Also she and Katy Perry worked on The X Factor (US) but Cheryl was let go because nobody understood what she was saying. When you hear "Biology" you know that Phil Spector's Influence was very much felt.

[@thebrlocke]

i'm not too sure what there is to be offended at by her comment. it's obvious that nicola spent many years being self conscious of the color of her skin and always wanting to be tan like the other girls. that wasn't who she naturally was and once she realized that, i think she really came into her own and was finally proud of who she was. her dainty doll collection is just aiming to do the same for other people. it's not a bad thing to be pale and that's what she's trying to say.

[@laminage]

thebrlocke I wish they would do a Documentary where they tell "their" side of the story

[@johnroyce1551]

@@laminage Yeah that would be special. The press like to bloody stir up all kinds of crap. Nicola was hounded by bad press, Louis Walsh hated her. It takes some special resolve to cope with awful negative comments when she was so very young. OK Louis look at her now, absolutely beautiful.

[@laminage]

@@johnroyce1551 I know right. A true Goddess. Also with her Makeup Line as a Dark Skinned Black there were no Cosmetics that I really had access to. Fashion Fair Co created by the Johnson Company (not to be confused with Johnson & Johnson) had Fashion Fair that I used but now I use Mac. Oh here's another eerie fact. Before she was in The Black Eyed Peas, Stacy Ferguson aka "Fergie" was in a Girlband called Wild Orchid who didn't make it and neither did a Group called Innosense that Lou Pearlman created who also created The Backstreet Boys and N'Sync. If you can check out the Boy Band Con. He was a real sicko. These guys were very lucky, people still want to know what they are up to after Seven Years. Nobody cares about The Former Destiny's Child Members Latoya Lesmond, LaTavia Robinson & Farrah Franklin.

[@meganwilliams1655]

I don't know if you're still wondering but it's Katy perry-wide awake ;)

[@patrickian88]

hahah nadine @11:28

[@belieberhna8733]

hit like if u thing that "girls aloud" better than 1D = girls aloud is the best band

[@EnchantedPrincess11]

I actually think it was a good comment, nothing wrong with it.

[@amyclarke41]

Like Cheryl and Kim more

[@indiemagnetic2996]

It's always the worst singer that is most successful

[@23brathan23]

tasnia matin I never understand that, she's a mediocre singer.

[@ElizABeth-ts2ne]

Who?

[@luiscarvalho91]

Not always. Take Beyoncé, for example

[@laminage]

She may not be the most successful but at least she made it. Members of One True Voice, Five, and even Hear'Say tried to make it as Solo Artists but none of them went far. Some didn't even have the Chairs turned for them on The Voice.

[@emma-ik5xc]

if being the worst at something makes you successful there must still be hope for your future I guess

[@Youtubee-nd4je]

cheryl is so beautiful but i can’t help thinking she is a bit of a thug hiding under the nice clothes and makeup!

[@laminage]

Oh She Is! Did you ever read her book. She grew up in a Council House, in Newcastle where the Folks didn't have much in terms of Dollars & Cents, but made up or it, with hard work and pride. She got into an altercation with a Bathroom Attendant but there was a settlement. If there was one thing that alot of Boy Band Girl Group Icons have in common is that they grew up in Low Income Housing. Atomic Kitten, New Kids On The Block, New Edition were prime examples. When she talked about how daunting it was to go solo, she was so right on. With the exception of Diana Ross and Beyoncé, as well as Camila Cabello (Fifth Harmony) most Girl Group Icons who start in Groups don't go far as Solo Artists. Even none of the Spice Girls have set the Pop World on Fire, especially in the US. Also in The UK there's always a Market for Boy Bands/Girl groups.

[@Jenna304]

Drake 1111 hahaha. My friend calls her ‘ a thug in a cocktail dress!’ Lmfao

[@emma-ik5xc]

@@laminage at least she doesnt hide it , perhaps growing up without the silver spoon motivates you to do as much as possible with your talent ,, but unless you are mark wahberg who has been in jail for racial aggravated assault the internet trolls just doesnt wanna forget

[@laminage]

@@emma-ik5xc I know right. It's like a prerequisite to grow up with so little and it makes you more determined. Jordan & Jon Knight of New Kids On The Block were Scholarship Students who worked at a Restaurant as Sous Chefs. They had their ups and downs but they were happy.

[@iirfaithless]

"So I just felt really proud that I'd been the person to help people just be the colour that they're supposed to be." Is anyone else even slightly offended by that obscene comment?

[@kphillipeb]

D AH not at all. Why would u be?!

[@xalexflanaganx]

D AH stfu