List of awards and nominations received by Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud are a British girl group that were created on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group, consisting of Cheryl Cole, 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". In 2010, "The Promise" was nominated for PRS for Music's Most Performed Work at the Ivor Novello Awards. 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.

BBC Radio 1's Switch Awards

The Switch Awards are presented by the BBC Radio 1 programme BBC Switch. The awards coincide with a live event at the Hammersmith Apollo. Band member Kimberley Walsh co-hosted the event for BBC One with Nick Grimshaw. Cheryl Cole won the title of Switch's Prom Queen, while Nicola Roberts was nominated for Switch's Stylish Human.^[1]

Bizarre Awards

The Bizarre Awards are given by British daily tabloid newspaper The Sun and its entertainment section, Bizarre. Girls Aloud have won their sole nomination.^[2]

BRIT Awards

The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Girls Aloud have been nominated five times,^[3][4][5][6] winning their first award in 2009.^[7]

BT Digital Music Awards

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.^[3]

Capital FM Awards

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.^[3]

Disney Channel Kids Awards

The Disney Channel Kids Awards was an annual awards ceremony held by Disney Channel (UK and Ireland) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Girls Aloud were nominated for three awards during the ceremony's run, winning one.

Festival Awards

Glamour Woman of the Year Awards

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.^[3][8]

Heat Awards

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

Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards are prestigious awards for songwriting and composing, presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA). Girls Aloud have been nominated once.^[9][10]

Music Producers Guild Awards

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.^[3][11]

National Music Awards

Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards

The Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards is an annual awards show presented by Nickelodeon UK, based on the American and Australian formats. Girls Aloud have been three times, but have yet to win.

O2 Silver Clef Awards

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.^[12][13] Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, members of the band, attended the awards presentation ceremony.

Popjustice £20 Music Prize

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 all seven years, winning five of them.^[14]

The Record of the Year

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.

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

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.^[3]

TMF Awards

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

UK Video Music Awards

Virgin Media Music Awards

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.^[3][15]

Vodafone Live Music Awards

Zoo Magazine Awards

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

See also

• Girls Aloud discography
• Girls Aloud videography
• List of Girls Aloud concert tours
• List of Girls Aloud songs

References

External links

• Official website
• Girls Aloud at Allmusic
• Girls Aloud discography at Discogs