Which member of 'Girls Aloud' is from Northern Ireland?
"album was mastered three days later. Apart from the new tracks, the album contains twelve of the group's previous singles, two of which reached number one in the UK: ""Sound of the Underground"" and ""I'll Stand by You"". According to Irish bandmate Nadine Coyle, the first draft of the artwork included only the Union Jack, but she demanded the addition of the flag of Ireland. However, the flag appears upside-down on the cover, resembling the flag of Ivory Coast. ""The Sound of Girls Aloud"" received positive reviews from critics. Talia Kraines of BBC Music called the album ""a journey through"
"20. After nine years in Los Angeles, Coyle moved back to Northern Ireland to raise her daughter Anaiya . She owns an Irish pub in Sunset Beach, California named Nadine Irish Mist. In 2013, her estimated wealth was £6 million according to that year's ""Sunday Times"" Rich List. Nadine Coyle Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985) is an Irish singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Coyle rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud. The group amassed a joint fortune of £30 million by May 2010. With Girls Aloud, Coyle has"
"Nadine Coyle Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985) is an Irish singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Coyle rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud. The group amassed a joint fortune of £30 million by May 2010. With Girls Aloud, Coyle has been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK top ten singles (including four number ones), two UK number one albums, and received nominations for five BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for ""The Promise"". Coyle released her debut solo album ""Insatiable"" and its title track"
"Chloë Agnew Chloë Alexandra Adele Emily Agnew is an Irish singer and songwriter who is an original former member of the Celtic music group Celtic Woman, as well as its youngest member. She comes from Knocklyon, County Dublin where she lived with her mother Adele ""Twink"" King and younger sister, Naomi. She sings in English, Irish, Latin, Italian, and German. Agnew has a soprano vocal range. Agnew was born to Irish entertainer Adele ""Twink"" King and Irish oboist David Agnew. She made her first television appearance on her mother's programme aged four weeks old, and later sang on the show"
"a fabulous Sound of the Underground."" The Greatest Hits Tour (Girls Aloud) The Greatest Hits Tour was the third concert tour by Irish and British girl group Girls Aloud, in support of their first greatest hits album """". Girls Aloud returned to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, having not performed there on 2006's . The band performed sixteen dates in various arenas across the United Kingdom and Ireland, making it their second arena tour. The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Tour kicked off in Cheryl Cole's hometown of Newcastle on 14 May 2007 and concluding in"
"work on solo projects, and on 23 August 2013 it reported Máiréad Carlin would be taking Chloë's place. In September 2016, she married performer Ronan Scolard. Máiréad Carlin Máiréad Carlin is a singer from Derry, Northern Ireland. She is a member of the ensemble Celtic Woman. Máiréad was born 5 December 1988, in Derry. ""Derry, my hometown, is a very cultured and musical place; wherever you turn there's always music...That was especially true in my family... We’d just sit around the fire, sing, and drink tea"". Máiréad began her career at the age of 15 when she won the title"
"Sarah Harding Sarah Nicole Harding (born Sarah Nicole Hardman; 17 November 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show """" on ITV. The programme announced that Harding had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls Aloud. The group has achieved massive success, having twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK, six studio albums have all been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK, and"
"Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Cheryl Tweedy to comprise the new girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the show by a public vote on 30 November 2002. They also achieved seven certified albums and have been nominated for five Brit Awards, winning the 2009 Best Single for ""The Promise"". The group's musical style is pop, but throughout their career they had experimented with electropop and dance-pop. Girls Aloud's collaborations with Brian Higgins and his songwriting and production team Xenomania earned the group critical acclaim, due to an innovative approach to mainstream pop music. The group became one of the few"
"Girls Aloud, Boyzone, Matt Willis and Gemma Bissix. Also, Aston Merrygold, lead singer of hit boyband JLS, auditioned for the role before his success in the boyband - but only made it to the final 16. Pixie Lott also auditioned, but failed to be selected. The show featured an original soundtrack which was created by a team of pop producers and writers in the UK, led by Take That member Gary Barlow. Philips was asked by show executives to join Hollyoaks in late 2010 to help troubleshoot a production crisis. Soon after it was announced ""Hollyoaks"" series producer Paul Marquess"
"best female vocalist category along with multiple BBC Radio 2 Folk award nominations. Talbot now lives in the Scottish Borders with her husband, Scottish folk musician John McCusker and their two daughters Molly Mae and Jessica. Heidi Talbot Heidi Talbot (born 1980) is an Irish folk singer from Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. Talbot is a former singer of Irish-American musical group Cherish the Ladies. Born in the rural village of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland, Talbot began singing in the church choir run by her mother. At sixteen, she enrolled at Dublin’s Bel Canto singing school, studying for the next year"
"first contestant to qualify for the girl group, and was joined by Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh to form Girls Aloud, following the final public vote. The group's debut single ""Sound of the Underground"" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2002 Christmas number one over boy band One True Voice's ""Sacred Trust / After You're Gone"". Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between being formed as a band and achieving a number one single. Girls Aloud released their debut album ""Sound of the Underground"" in May 2003, which"
"housemate Chad Johnson and they later made it an official relationship whilst in the house. They split in November, later that year. Sarah Harding Sarah Nicole Harding (born Sarah Nicole Hardman; 17 November 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show """" on ITV. The programme announced that Harding had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls Aloud. The group has achieved massive success, having twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK, six studio albums"
"weekly Saturday night live performances (alternating weekly between the girls and boys). Following her performance of ""Fields of Gold"", Walsh told her she gave the ""performance of the night. Stole the show for me,"" while fellow judge Halliwell said, ""I'd love to buy a single of yours already"". Coyle joined Cheryl Tweedy, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh to comprise the new girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the show by a public vote on 30 November 2002. The group's debut single ""Sound of the Underground"" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2002 Christmas"
"Girls Aloud, while Kaiser Chiefs led into ""Sound of the Underground"" with their own track, ""Never Miss a Beat"". Along with performing, Girls Aloud performed comic skits in which Cilla Black and Julie Goodyear starred as Nicola Roberts's grandmother and Sarah Harding's mother. On 11 November, the official Girls Aloud website ran a competition in which 100 entrants would win tickets to the show. The show was filmed in London on 2 December, as stated by the announcement. The programme was first advertised during ""The X Factor"" on 29 November 2008. ""The Girls Aloud Party"" had approximately 8.37 million viewers"
"participating in weekly Saturday night live performances (alternating weekly between the girls and boys). Each week the contestant polling the fewest phone votes was eliminated, until the final line-ups of the groups emerged. Harding joined Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh to comprise the new girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the show by a public vote on 30 November 2002. The group's debut single ""Sound of the Underground"" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2002 Christmas number one. Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching"
"Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (born 1978) is a musician and singer from County Kerry, Ireland. Until 2016, she was the lead singer for the traditional music group Danú. Her name is pronounced Murr-en Nick OWL-eve. Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh grew up on Inis Oirr, the smallest of the Aran Islands, and Cape Clear Island, another small island off the coast of County Cork. Both of these communities are Gaeltachtaí (Irish speaking areas), and Muireann's first language is Irish. This was to influence her later career, due to her early exposure to Irish language song, especially in the Sean nós"
"2009 but failed to reach the final. They had been the only girl band in the entire competition in 2009 and the performance had been in front of an audience of 20,000. Despite the eventual loss, the audience gave them a ""rousing applause"". The act received a total of 52 points finishing in 11th place. Mulvey told the radio show ""Morning Ireland"", ""We were so close to tenth place. We gave our heart and soul into that performance."". The singer has since said that herself and the band had received various offers, requests and invitations. Sinéad Mulvey Sinéad Mulvey (born"
"Girls Aloud members Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh. Cotton and others collapsed from altitude sickness during the five-day climb. She was in the first group (with Van Outen, Shephard and Cole) to reach the summit and helped raise £3.3m. Cotton filmed a video piece for Comic Relief about malaria. She visited a children's hospital in Uganda where she witnessed a young child in pain through malaria. Cotton had to walk out the room and collapsed as she did so but was able to continue shortly after. The child died later. Cotton also recorded her voice for the BT Speaking Clock"
"Nicola Roberts Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is an English singer and songwriter. After auditioning and successfully completing the reality television series and competition ""Popstars The Rivals"", Roberts became part of girl-group Girls Aloud. Their debut single ""Sound of the Underground"" topped the UK Singles chart. This success helped them win the competition and they were later entered in ""Guinness World Records"" as the most successful reality television music-group. The group enjoyed 20 consecutive top ten singles, spawning five albums and positive critical responses. In 2008, after releasing a pale skin make-up collection titled ""Dainty Doll"", Roberts advocated"
"Kimberley Walsh Kimberley Jane Scott (née Walsh; born 20 November 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, model, television presenter, actress, and dancer. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show """" on ITV. The programme announced that Walsh had won a place as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud. The group has achieved massive success, having twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK, six studio albums have all been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK,"
"fellow girl group Girls Aloud on their 2006 Chemistry Tour of England and Scotland. After the release of just one single and album, the band announced on 11 September 2006 that their record label had dropped them, and that they had parted ways. Lauren is now acting; Helena is still doing music videos and carries on dancing; whilst Hayley carried on acting; and Bryony undertook some solo gigs before returning to acting. Frank (band) Frank was the girl group from Channel 4's comedy drama series ""Totally Frank"". Frank consisted of lead singer Lauren Blake (born 1984), guitarist Bryony Afferson (born"
"of Ireland"" during the 2013–14 season. In April 2014, O'Riordan joined and began recording new material with the trio D.A.R.K. Dolores O'Riordan was born 6 September 1971 in Ballybricken, County Limerick, the youngest of nine children, two of whom died in infancy. Her six siblings include Terence, Brendan, Donal, PJ, Joseph, and Angela. Her father, Terence Patrick ""Terry"" O'Riordan (1937–2011), was a farm labourer who was left unable to work due to brain damage caused by a motorbike accident in 1968. Her mother, Eileen (née Greensmith), was a school caterer. She attended Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ school in Limerick. She"
"Sound of the Underground (album) Sound of the Underground is the debut studio album by English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the ITV television series """". It was released in Ireland on 23 May 2003, in the United Kingdom and Europe on 26 May 2003, and reissued on 17 November 2003 through Polydor. Girls Aloud worked with a variety of musicians and producers on ""Sound of the Underground"", which was largely inspired by 1980s music. Comparisons were made with artists such as Bananarama, The Bangles, Blondie and Spice Girls. ""Sound of the Underground"" debuted to generally favourable reviews from"
"Aloud 17th best-selling single in the United Kingdom. The single also debuted and peaked at number 9 on the European Hot 100 Singles, falling to number 18 the following week. In Ireland, it debuted at number ten, and peaked at number 5 three weeks later. After its release in Australia in 2006, ""The Show"" failed to make impact and missed the top forty of the ARIA Charts, debuting and peaking at number 67. The accompanying music video for ""The Show"" was directed by Trudy Bellinger. After the video shoot, Girls Aloud decided it was time to change their choreographer, hiring"
"to be released in 2018. Éabha McMahon Éabha McMahon (pronounced ""AY-va"") is an alto Irish singer and a member of the ensemble Celtic Woman. Éabha was born in Dublin, Ireland on 9 December 1990. She is a fluent Irish speaker and was brought up singing and speaking Irish at home in Dublin. English was not spoken at home until Éabha was 6 years old. Éabha attended an Irish speaking primary school. When she was 5 years old, she was inspired by her teachers to become a member of the local Sean Nos choir. Éabha holds a Human Rights degree from"
"final member of the band, and Chris was eliminated. Results: Cheryl Tweedy was announced as the first member of the band, followed by Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh, leaving Javine Hylton and Sarah Harding as the bottom two. Davina revealed that Sarah was the final member of the band, and Javine was eliminated. A month after Girls Aloud had been formed, ITV broadcast a special show on 22 December 2002 to reveal which of the two groups (if either) had made it to number one in the UK Singles Chart. The show connected with Neil Fox at the"
"contemporary music critics, who noted the high quality of the album compared to output from other reality show contestants. The album was certified platinum in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It yielded four singles, including the title track, which topped the UK Singles Chart for a month. The album has sold 368,000 copies in the United Kingdom alone. Girls Aloud were formed through the ITV1 programme ""Popstars: The Rivals"" by a public vote on 30 November 2002. Their debut single ""Sound of the Underground"" was one of sixty songs that Brian Higgins and Miranda Cooper had"
"before splitting in June 2003. Girls Aloud, in contrast, have become one of the most successful female groups in the United Kingdom, with 17 successive top-ten singles, four number-ones singles and six top-ten albums. During the group's three-year hiatus, Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, and Nicola Roberts also went on to release solo material. Girls Aloud reunited to celebrate their tenth anniversary in 2012. In addition to the winners of the show, several other participants have achieved careers in music. Liberty X (originally known as Liberty before a legal dispute) has had eight top ten singles in the UK charts, including"
"Roberts saying ""People are still scared to go to school, kids are threatening to kill themselves; it's disgusting that it persists. So, again, I'm giving a voice to a cause, to hopefully affect change."" Roberts then progressed to the British education secretary Michael Gove to raise the issue. Nicola Roberts Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is an English singer and songwriter. After auditioning and successfully completing the reality television series and competition ""Popstars The Rivals"", Roberts became part of girl-group Girls Aloud. Their debut single ""Sound of the Underground"" topped the UK Singles chart. This success helped them"
"edition. The group was also named the United Kingdom's biggest selling girl group of the 21st century, with over 4.3 million singles sales and 4 million albums sold in the UK alone. In March 2013, after the , the group announced their split. The group Girls Aloud was formed on 30 November 2002, in front of millions of viewers on ITV's """". The concept of the programme, hosted by ""Big Brother"" presenter Davina McCall was to produce a boyband and a girlgroup who would be ""rivals"" and compete for the 2002 Christmas number one single. Following the initial success of"
"the semi-finals in the ""All-Ireland Senior Football Championship"". She has also released a charity album for the Irish Cancer Society, ""Twas the Night"" (2015). She went on a smaller tour in Canada in November 2015. Annmarie O'Riordan Annmarie O'Riordan, born 15 August 1990, in Duhallow in County Cork, is an Irish singer (singer-songwriter). She was born to Humphrey O'Riordan and Eileen Creedon O'Riordan, and her musical interest were early encouraged by her parents. Aged seven, O'Riordan joined the Irish cultural organisation Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) and its school för music in Millstreet in Cork. She participated in various competitions and"
"Ní Mhaonaigh has been honoured on 14 December 2016 with the 2017 ""Gradam Ceoil TG4"" award for ""Traditional Musician of the Year"". Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh () (born 26 July 1959) is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish folk music band Altan, which she co-founded with her late husband Frankie Kennedy in 1987. Today, Mairéad is recognised as a leading exponent in the Donegal fiddle style, and she is often considered as one of the foremost singers in the Irish language, her native tongue. She was part of the Irish supergroup T with the"
"which drew on ""personal experience, academic contributions and a global cast of vocalists"" including Sinéad O'Connor and Christy Moore. Ó Lionáird earned a Master of Arts degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Limerick in 2003. He lives in Inistioge in County Kilkenny with his wife Eimear and their three children. Iarla Ó Lionáird Iarla Ó Lionáird (born 18 June 1964) is an Irish singer and record producer. He sings in the traditional sean-nós style. He was a member of the Afro Celt Sound System and is a member of the Irish-American supergroup The Gloaming. He has recorded several solo"