Girls Aloud's Official biggest albums ranked

Girls Aloud are back.

Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh have announced The Girls Aloud Show 2024 reunion tour. A show that'll 'celebrate' the legacy of late bandmate Sarah Harding, who tragically died from breast cancer in 2021, it'll take the group to arenas across the UK and Ireland this summer.

In all the excitement, we here at Official Charts recently revealed Girls Aloud's Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UK to date; from Number 1 singles I'll Stand By You and The Promise to fan favourites Untouchable and On The Metro.  But which songs can you expect to witness on the Girls Aloud Show tour setlist? 

Now, we should probably rank the girls' Official biggest albums.

From debut 2003 LP Sound of the Underground through to 2012 hits compilation Ten, Girls Aloud's records are heralded as proper, unconventionally-crafted Xenomania pop perfection; but how do they rank sales-wise?

Let's take a look at the Top 3.

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3. What Will The Neighbours Say?

Released: 2004

Official Albums Chart peak: 6

Total UK chart units: 614,400

Girls Aloud's second studio album, 2004's What Will The Neighbours Say?, saw the group work with pop production house Xenomania exclusively for the first time - and they truly reaped the rewards.

The group's third-biggest LP to date, the record spawned Number 1 single I'll Stand By You, plus Jump (2), The Show (2), Love Machine (2) and Wake Me Up (4).

2. Out Of Control

Released: 2008

Official Albums Chart peak: 1

Total UK chart units: 805,500

With Cheryl a Saturday night prime time telly staple as judge on The X Factor, Out Of Control saw Girls Aloud enter in their imperial phase. The group's highest-selling studio album to date, Out Of Control houses Number 1 hit (and BRIT Awards 2009 Best British Single) The Promise, The Loving Kind (10) and Untouchable (11).

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1. The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits

Released: 2006

Official Albums Chart peak: 1

Total UK chart units: 1,290,000

The band's first hits compilation, spanning 2002-2006, became their first Official Number 1 album. The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits was preceded by lead single Something Kinda Ooooh (3) and also includes their cover of Tiffany's 1988 chart-topper I Think We're Alone Now (4).

Girls Aloud's Official biggest album, it boasts total UK chart units of over 1.2 million.

See Girls Aloud's Official biggest albums ranked below: