I love Cheryl but a no to a Cheryl hits medley on this tour (it’s all about the Girls Aloud hits)!

 

Not just a Cheryl solo no but a no to any solo hits (they all did try the solo route at least).

 

I have a feeling this could be their biggest streaming year yet especially when the tour kicks off. It would be good to see some certifications though and a boost of sales for their catalogue.

Edited February 1, 20241 yr by JLJ

I would also be a no for a Cheryl solo medley on this tour,

NO Cheryl solo! If she wants to be the opening act then she can, otherwise the show it GIRLS ALOUD only! They have way too many amazing songs to put Cheryl's (weaker) solo stuff in there.

I just think it's better leave Cheryl's solo out completly of this tour and let it all be about girls aloud.

Here's some random information - Girls Aloud's peaks/weeks in the UK Download Singles chart!

 

The chart varied in size at different periods in time:

 

20th June 2004 to 22nd August 2004: Top 20 (Test Data)

29th August 2004 to 28th November 2004: Top 20

5th December 2004 to 2nd April 2006: Top 40

9th April 2006 to 13th August 2006: Top 200

20th August 2006 to 29th October 2006: Top 100

5th November 2006 to 11th February 2007: Top 200

18th February 2007 to 9th May 2010: Top 100

16th May 2010 to present: Top 200

 

NOTE: The singles chart remained physical sales only until the Sunday 17th April 2005 chart - so download sales of The Show, Love Machine, I'll Stand by You and Wake Me Up did not contribute to their sales in the singles chart until that date and beyond.

 

Red - #1 / Top 10 / Top 20

 

11/07/2004 - #06, 03 weeks - The Show

19/09/2004 - #06, 22 weeks - Love Machine

21/11/2004 - #05, 08 weeks - I'll Stand By You

20/02/2005 - #17, 05 weeks - Wake Me Up

28/08/2005 - #16, 02 weeks - Long Hot Summer

20/11/2005 - #02, 15 weeks - Biology

11/12/2005 - #22, 06 weeks - See the Day

19/03/2006 - #23, 04 weeks - Whole Lotta History

22/10/2006 - #03, 18 weeks - Something Kinda Ooooh

05/11/2006 - #19, 15 weeks - I Think We're Alone Now

05/11/2006 - #43, 05 weeks - Girls Aloud Megamix

05/11/2006 - #97, 06 weeks - Sound of the Underground

18/03/2007 - #02, 06 weeks - Walk This Way

02/09/2007 - #06, 14 weeks - Sexy! No No No...

25/11/2007 - #02, 25 weeks - Call the Shots

30/12/2007 - #49, 02 weeks - Theme to St. Trinian's

24/02/2008 - #13, 25 weeks - Can't Speak French

26/10/2008 - #01, 31 weeks - The Promise

14/12/2008 - #11, 18 weeks - The Loving Kind

29/03/2009 - #13, 13 weeks - Untouchable

25/11/2012 - #04, 12 weeks - Something New

02/12/2012 - #93, 06 weeks - Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me

19/03/2021 - #18, 02 weeks - Hear Me Out

15/03/2023 - #125, 01 week - Wicked Game

15/03/2023 - #136, 01 week - Disco Bunny

 

The Show actually pre-dates the official launch of the download chart (29th August 2004). However, as early as 20th June 2004, the OCC gathered together "test data" charts. The Show didn't enter the test data download chart until Sunday 11th July 2004, whereas in the singles chart it entered on 4th July (following its Monday 28th June 2004 release date). Either The Show wasn't legally available to download in the first week on sale, or it was but didn't sell enough downloads to make it into the Top 20.

Love Machine 14 weeks in Top 40. 22 weeks in Top 200.

I'll Stand by You - 8 weeks in Top 40 (7 in 2004/5, and 1 in 2021).

Wake Me Up - 5 weeks in Top 40. It was available to download from the 'What Will the Neighbours Say?' album in advance of its physical single release, and entered the download Top 40 a week earlier than it entered the official singles chart.

Long Hot Summer - 2 weeks in Top 40.

Biology - 8 weeks in Top 40 / 9 weeks in Top 100 / 15 weeks in Top 200.

See the Day - 5 weeks in Top 40 / 6 weeks in Top 200. It was available to download from the 'Chemistry' album two weeks earlier than its physical single release.

Whole Lotta History - 2 weeks in Top 40 / 4 weeks in Top 200.

Something Kinda Ooooh - 12 weeks in Top 40 / 18 weeks in Top 100 / 18 weeks in Top 200. It was made available to download 1 week earlier than the physical single release.

I Think We're Alone Now - 6 weeks in Top 40 / 11 weeks in Top 100 / 15 weeks in Top 200. It first entered the download chart in the week that 'The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits' was released.

Girls Aloud Megamix - 3 weeks in Top 100 / 5 weeks in Top 200.

Sound of the Underground - 1 week in Top 100 / 6 weeks in Top 200. Although it first entered the Download Top 200 on 5th November 2006 (the week of the release of 'The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits', it didn't make the Download Top 100 until 10th September 2021.

Walk This Way - 3 weeks in Top 40 / 6 weeks in Top 100.

Sexy! No No No... - 5 weeks in Top 40 / 14 weeks in Top 100. It was made available to download 3 days before the physical single release.

Call the Shots - 15 weeks in Top 40 / 25 weeks in Top 100. It was available to download from the 'Tangled Up' album one week earlier than its physical single release.

Theme to St. Trinian's - 2 weeks in Top 100.

Can't Speak French - 11 weeks in Top 40 / 25 weeks in Top 100.

The Promise - 13 weeks in Top 40 / 31 weeks in Top 100.

The Loving Kind - 8 weeks in Top 40 / 18 weeks in Top 100.

Untouchable - 9 weeks in Top 40 / 13 weeks in Top 100 - two of these weeks occurred in 2023.

Something New - 3 weeks in Top 40 / 8 weeks in Top 100 / 12 weeks in Top 200.

Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me - 1 week in Top 200 / 6 weeks in Top 200.

Hear Me Out - 1 week in Top 40 / 2 weeks in Top 100 / 2 weeks in Top 200.

From MTV:

 

01. Sound Of The Underground - 1.1M+

02. The Promise - 805K+

03. Love Machine - 625K+

04. Call The Shots - 488K+

05. Jump - 472K+

06. Something Kinda Ooooh - 453K+

07. Can't Speak French - 304K+

08. I'll Stand By You - 287K+

09. Biology - 286K+

10. Something New - 279K+

Thank you for posting! I wonder if they’re very recent totals?

 

Biology is now so close to overtaking I’ll Stand By You! :o

Really really happy to see something new in the top 10 and i hope it can overtake ill stand by you and biology, something new has definitely been one of their songs to benefit from the streaming era as its sales have thankfully climbed since its initial chart run. It is disappointing though that no good advice is not there.

^ Both Biology and Something New are on track to overtake I'll Stand By You, but within the last 5 years Biology overtook Something New, and I'd be surprised if Something New ever surges to the point of going back ahead of Biology.

 

 

We had a full sales update back in August 2019 (I can't believe it's approaching 5 years!). Here's a comparison of the sales from back then, and now. The order I've listed these songs in, is in the 2024 Top 10 best sellers order:

 

2019 (accurate sales) | 2024 (approx sales) | Increase (approx sales) -

 

800,338 | 1,100,000 | +299,650 - Sound Of The Underground

634,748 | 805,000 | +170,250 - The Promise

364,321 | 625,000 | +260,700 - Love Machine

389,409 | 488,000 | +98,600 - Call The Shots

327,322 | 472,000 | +144,700 - Jump

341,589 | 453,000 | +111,400 - Something Kinda Ooooh

242,253 | 304,000 | +61,750 - Can't Speak French

252,727 | 287,000 | +34,250 - I'll Stand By You

214,055 | 286,000 | +71,950 - Biology

216,405 | 279,000 | +62,600 - Something New

 

 

Predictions:

 

Change of Top 10 order

June 2024 - Biology overtakes I'll Stand By You (predicted sales for both: 288,000)

September 2025 - Something New overtakes I'll Stand By You (predicted sales for both: 297,000)

December 2025 - Jump overtakes Call the Shots (predicted sales for both: 522,000)

 

Sales milestones

500,000+ Call the Shots in November 2024

500,000+ Jump in April 2025

300,000+ Biology in April 2025

700,000+ Love Machine in September 2025

1,200,000+ Sound of the Underground in December 2025

300,000+ Something New in December 2025

300,000+ I'll Stand By You in January 2026

500,000+ Something Kinda Ooooh in May 2026

900,000+ The Promise in December 2026

 

 

It's a shame that No Good Advice hasn't managed to go Silver yet. It was on 178,000 in February 2022, but evidently has still not reached 200k, 2 years on. :(

 

Random: At the end of 2007, when Girls Aloud were 17 singles deep into their career, I'll Stand By You ranked as their 3rd best seller at that point. Their best sellers list from then is posted here.

Interesting to see the updated information for songs like I’ll stand by you biology and something new. Surely No good advice must be really close to silver.

 

Wish we would get updated totals for spice girls top 10 like this (would be all but headlines lol)

NEW GIRLS ALOUD CERTIFICATION!!!!!!!!

 

"No Good Advice" is now certified SILVER for selling 200k!!!!! :cheeseblock:

Edited May 24, 20241 yr by DanielSwift

NEW GIRLS ALOUD CERTIFICATION!!!!!!!!

 

"No Good Advice" is now certified SILVER for selling 200k!!!!! :cheeseblock:

 

f***ING YES! :cheer: :cheer:

NEW GIRLS ALOUD CERTIFICATION!!!!!!!!

 

"No Good Advice" is now certified SILVER for selling 200k!!!!! :cheeseblock:

 

 

About f***ing time! :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: :cheer:

One of my absolute favourites of theirs, about bloomin' time.

It really is about time! :cheeseblock: Elated that No Good Advice is finally silver! And it did it on the date that I saw them live :wub:

 

Now we need Sexy to be certified! Potentially it's not too far away. In August 2019 its sales were 150,043, compared to No Good Advice being on 160,517 at that point.

This is in order of best selling to worst, of their 12 certified singles!

 

Platinum - Sound of the Underground (14.03.2003)

Platinum - The Promise (27.07.2018)

Platinum - Love Machine (15.09.2023)

Gold - Call the Shots (14.02.2020)

Gold - Jump (26.11.2021)

Gold - Something Kinda Ooooh (31.12.2021)

Silver - Can't Speak French (22.07.2013)

Silver - I'll Stand By You (14.05.2010)

Silver - Biology (22.06.2018)

Silver - Something New (09.02.2018)

Silver - The Loving Kind (17.12.2021)

Silver - No Good Advice (24.05.2024)

 

The date listed is when they were awarded the certification. 22.07.2013 is the date that certifications became automatic, before then the labels had to apply for them.

It's been a while since I did a post about estimated sales!

 

I think if I tried to explain my workings it would make the post too complicated, so I'll just share the figures I arrived at... and of course, please take them with a pinch of salt!

 

Estimates - not official sales:

187,300 - Sexy! No No No...

184,300 - Walk This Way

173,700 - Untouchable

154,400 - The Show

 

Predicted years of certifications:

2025 - Sexy! No No No...

2026 - Walk This Way

2028 - Untouchable

2030 - The Show

 

I hope I'm underestimating them though and that their sales over the last 6 months have bumped things up significantly. I could easily be a few thousand out; I could see Sexy being over 190k even. Manifesting it to go Silver this year! I think these four singles are the only ones with a real chance of going Silver in the not too distant future.

 

I Think We're Alone Now / Life Got Cold / Long Hot Summer / Wake Me Up / See the Day / Whole Lotta History... I think we're looking at very far into the future for these to certify. I guess either Long Hot Summer or I Think We're Alone Now would do it first but I would be very surprised if it's any earlier than the mid 2030s. Let's say I'm in no hurry to fast forward to when Whole Lotta History could go Silver. :arrr: I think the only single which is probably unlikely to ever do it in any of our lifetimes is Beautiful Cause You Love Me. :kink:

 

As for their singles which are already certified, I feel confident that Jump, Call the Shots and Something Kinda Ooooh will go Platinum within the 2020s decade, as well as Sound of the Underground going 2xPlatinum.

NEW GIRLS ALOUD CERTIFICATION!!!!

 

"Sexy! No No No..." is now certified SILVER in the UK!!!! :cheeseblock:

Yes!!!! :cheer:

 

‘Tangled Up’ becomes their first album to have all singles certified!

 

It works out as a weekly average of 194 chart sales since August 2019, compared to 'No Good Advice' which averaged 157 to the point of its certification in May. I would have thought 'No Good Advice' was on higher sales out of the two!

:cheeseblock: That’s incredible news! :cheer: It was such a nice surprise to see it listed in the certifications update!

 

I’m very glad that the reunion/the tour helped both No Good Advice and Sexy! No No No…reach Silver a lot sooner than anticipated. Their older sales totals made it seem like it would take them a lot longer. I would be so interested to know what their weekly sales have been in recent weeks.

 

It makes me wonder if Untouchable could be a lot closer to 200k than I thought!