List of awards and nominations received by Girls Aloud

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.

BRIT Awards

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 Girls Aloud Best Pop Act Nominated
2008 Best British Group Nominated
2009 Nominated
"The Promise" Best British Single Won
2010 "The Promise (Live at the 2009 Brit Awards)" Best Live Performance at the Brit Awards Nominated

BT Digital Music Awards

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 Girls Aloud Best Pop Artist Won

Capital FM Awards

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 Girls Aloud Favourite UK Group Nominated
2005 Girls Aloud Favourite UK Group Nominated
What Will the Neighbours Say? Favourite UK Album Nominated
Girls Aloud Favourite Pop Act Won
2008 Girls Aloud London's Favourite UK Group Nominated
Girls Aloud News of the World Fabulous Award Won

Disney Channel Kids Awards

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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.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Girls Aloud Best Newcomer Nominated
"Sound of the Underground" Best Single Won
2004 "The Show" Best Single Nominated

Festival Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2006 V Festival Favourite Pop Act at a Festival Won
2008 Girls Aloud Best Pop Act Nominated

Glamour Woman of the Year Awards

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 Girls Aloud Band of the Year Nominated
2005 Won
2007 Won
2009 Won

Heat Awards

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The Heat Awards are organised by Heat magazine. Girls Aloud have won four out of their five nominations.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008 Out of Control Best Album Won
Girls Aloud Best Band Won
"The Promise" Best Single Nominated

Music Producers Guild Awards

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 Tangled Up Best Live Album of the Year Won

National Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Girls Aloud Best Newcomer Nominated

Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards

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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.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Girls Aloud Best Band Nominated
2008 Girls Aloud Best Band Nominated

O2 Silver Clef Awards

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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.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 "See the Day" Heart Record of the Year Award Won

Popjustice £20 Music Prize

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 "No Good Advice" Best British Pop Single Won
2004 "The Show" Best British Pop Single Nominated
2005 "Wake Me Up" Best British Pop Single Won
2006 "Biology" Best British Pop Single Won
2007 "Something Kinda Ooooh" Best British Pop Single Nominated
2008 "Call the Shots" Best British Pop Single Won
2009 "The Promise" Best British Pop Single Won
2013 "Something New" Best British Pop Single Nominated

Popjustice Readers Poll

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008 "The Promise" Best Single Nominated
Out of Control Best Album Won
"Apologize" Worst Cover Nominated
"The Promise" Best Number 1 Single Won
Girls Aloud, Pet Shop Boys and Xenomania Best Collaboration Nominated
"The Promise" Best Dance Routine Nominated
Girls Aloud - "The Promise" Worst X Factor Performance Nominated
"The Promise" Most Overrated Song Nominated
Girls Aloud Best Pop Act of 2008 Won
2009 "Untouchable" Best Single Nominated
"Untouchable" Best Video Nominated
"Untouchable" Artwork Fail Nominated
2010 Girls Aloud Established Act Most Likely to Save Pop (Not That It Needs Saving) in 2011 Nominated
2011 Nominated
2012 "Something New" Best Single Nominated
"Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me" Worst Single Nominated
"Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me" Least Inspiring So-Called 'Motivational' Pop Song Nominated
Girls Aloud Best Comeback Won
Girls Aloud and Xenomania Best Collaboration Nominated
"Something New" Best Video Nominated
"Something New" Worst Video Nominated
Girls Aloud Act We Should Send to Eurovision in 2013 Nominated
Girls Aloud Group Most Likely Splitting in 2013 Won
2013 Girls Aloud Live Act Who Comes Closest to Justifying Absurd Ticket Prices Nominated

The Record of the Year

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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.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 "Love Machine" The Record of the Year Nominated

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Girls Aloud Hot New Talent Won

TMF Awards

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The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory).

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 Girls Aloud Best UK Act Won

UK Video Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008 "Sexy! No No No..." Best Video Nominated

Virgin Media Music Awards

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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]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Tangled Up Album of the Year Won
Girls Aloud Best UK Act Nominated
"Sexy! No No No..." Video of the Year Won
2008 Out of Control Best Album Nominated
Out of Control Best Album Cover Won
Girls Aloud Best UK Act Nominated
Girls Aloud Legend of the Year Nominated
2009 Girls Aloud Best Group Nominated

Vodafone Live Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008 Tangled Up Tour Tour of the Year Nominated

Zoo Magazine Awards

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The Zoo Magazine Awards are given by men's magazine Zoo Weekly. Girls Aloud have won one of its two nominations.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Girls Aloud Best Female Band Won

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Girls Aloud: From talent show triumph to pop world superstardom". Daily Mirror. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Take That lead Brit nominations". BBC News. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Three more albums for Girls Aloud". BBC News. BBC. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Brit award nominations in full". BBC News. BBC. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  5. ^ "The Promise by Girls Aloud is the 2009 British Single". The Brit Awards. British Phonographic Industry. 18 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  6. ^ "MUSIC PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS 2009 – THE WINNERS". Music Producers Guild Awards. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Osbournes win Silver Clef honour". BBC News. BBC. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  8. ^ "The O2 Silver Clef Lunch Past Winners". Nordoff-Robbins. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Girls Aloud star takes £20 prize". BBC News. BBC. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Virgin Media Music Awards 2009". Virgin Media. Virgin Group. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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