Sales and streams of Girls Aloud's back catalogue soar in tribute to late member Sarah Harding

The 39-year-old passed away following a battle with cancer on September 5.

 

Sales and streams of Girls Aloud's back catalogue have soared in tribute to late member Sarah Harding.

 

Following Sarah's tragic passing aged 39 last Sunday (September 5) following a battle with cancer, Girls Aloud fans have celebrated Sarah's lasting legacy by purchasing and streaming some of her biggest hits.

 

Girls Aloud's second greatest hits collection TEN from 2012 returns to the Official Albums Chart at Number 61, the album's first Top 100 appearance since March 2013. Ten's chart sales increased 320% week-on-week.

 

Sales of Sarah's solo single Wear It Like A Crown - an unreleased track Sarah put out this past March after finding it on her laptop - have risen 7500%. Proceeds from Wear It Like A Crown will benefit The Christie NHS Foundation where Sarah received treatment.

 

The Girls Aloud single that saw the biggest uplift was their moving 2004 Number 1 single I'll Stand By You, which saw a 1068% surge. Streams of 2009 chart topper The Promise - in which Sarah sings her famous line "Here I am, walking Primrose" - tripled week-on-week and saw an overall spike in activity of 340%.

 

Girls Aloud's debut Number 1 single Sound of the Underground - the 2002 Christmas Number 1 - regularly racks up over 100,000 streams each week, but lifted to 295,000 plays in tribute to Sarah. It's overall sales rose 125%. Finally, 2007 Top 3 hit Call The Shots saw an increase in downloads and streams of 333%.

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/s...harding__34011/

It'd be nice to know exact numbers, 333% from something to something doesn't exactly mean a lot. :lol:

Agreed, would have been nice to have some more context & totals, but never mind ☹️

On the official download chart this week -

 

#25 - I’ll Stand By You

#40 - Wear It Like a Crown

#44 - The Promise

#97 - Sound Of The Underground

 

I know it doesn’t mean much but still nice to see

Delighted with Tens chart appearance.

It'd be nice to know exact numbers, 333% from something to something doesn't exactly mean a lot. :lol:

Also, the article seems to imply that Wear It Like a Crown sold at least 7500 copies last week... Which I think is extremely unlikely for a #40 download hit...

 

(unless it 'sold' less than a copy last week - which I guess is plausible if it was purchased 0 times and didn't manage a single streaming sale...)

 

Nice to see TEN back in though. Sarah and the Girls really have an amazing catalogue 😍

If it sold 7500 it would have charted in the top 100 so it makes me think wear it like a crown had to have sold less than 5000.

Also, the article seems to imply that Wear It Like a Crown sold at least 7500 copies last week... Which I think is extremely unlikely for a #40 download hit...

 

A 7,500% increase means its sales are 76x what they were last week, not 7,500x.

On the official download chart this week -

 

#25 - I’ll Stand By You

#40 - Wear It Like a Crown

#44 - The Promise

#97 - Sound Of The Underground

 

I know it doesn’t mean much but still nice to see

 

Unfortunately I don't know the precise download sales for these, but I know some other sales from the download chart:

 

I'll Stand By You sold between 621 (#26) and 661 (#24)

Wear It Like a Crown, between 382 (#41) and 430 (#38)

The Promise: 347 (#45) and 353 (#43)

Sound of the Underground: 200 (#100) and 207 (#94)

 

In the case of OCC stating a 7500% increase for Wear It Like a Crown, it's essentially quite dramatic phrasing, its sales a week earlier would have been very low.

A 7,500% increase means its sales are 76x what they were last week, not 7,500x.

This is why you shouldn't post when you're half asleep!

It shows when reported in different ways how sales can look way and beyond what they actually were.

GIRLS ALOUD

13th September 2021 (Last Update: 24th July 2021, 51 days ago)

 

Overall Stream Counts

 

1 - 36,616,461 - Love Machine

2 - 29,496,710 - Sound of the Underground

3 - 26,098,736 - Jump

4 - 18,409,158 - The Promise - Radio Edit

5 - 16,708,475 - Something Kinda Ooooh

6 - 12,037,778 - Something New

7 - 10,994,619 - Call the Shots

8 - 7,834,450 - Biology

9 - 6,229,894 - Can't Speak French - Radio Edit

10 - 6,098,314 - I'll Stand By You

 

11 - 5,251,707 - On the Metro

12 - 5,014,025 - Long Hot Summer

13 - 4,457,452 - Sexy! No No No… (+1)

14 - 4,391,319 - The Loving Kind - Radio Edit (-1)

15 - 3,589,308 - The Show

16 - 3,460,765 - No Good Advice

17 - 2,906,938 - Not Tonight Santa

18 - 2,841,042 - I Wanna Kiss You So [Christmas in a Nutshell]

19 - 2,693,086 - I Think We're Alone Now

20 - 2,573,992 - Walk This Way

 

21 - 2,393,943 - Untouchable - Radio Mix

22 - 2,313,532 - The Promise

23 - 2,063,993 - See the Day

24 - 2,009,577 - Whole Lotta History

25 - 1,352,041 - Untouchable

26 - 1,316,052 - The Loving Kind

27 - 1,225,376 - Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me

28 - 1,120,441 - Every Now and Then

29 - 1,036,797 - Can't Speak French (+1)

30 - 1,032,004 - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (-1)

 

31 - 889,154 - Wake Me Up (+1)

32 - 873,113 - Rolling Back the Rivers in Time (-1)

33 - 855,072 - Life Got Cold - Radio Version

34 - 738,358 - Miss You Bow Wow

35 - 717,719 - Black Jacks

36 - 666,261 - Girl Overboard

37 - 608,706 - Memory of You (+1)

38 - 605,863 - Wake Me Up - Ten/Performance Version (-1)

39 - 597,626 - Girls Aloud Megamix (Something New Single) (+2)

40 - 544,671 - Graffiti My Soul (-1)

 

41 - 535,635 - Life Got Cold (-1)

42 - 499,135 - Revolution in the Head

43 - 410,469 - With Every Heartbeat - Radio One Live Lounge

44 - 390,216 - Love is Pain

45 - 378,414 - Love is the Key

46 - 372,119 - Close to Love

47 - 359,727 - Je Ne Parle Pas Francais

48 - 348,156 - Crazy Fool (+2)

49 - 347,476 - Jingle Bell Rock (-1)

50 - 341,764 - Wild Horses (-1)

 

51 - 336,804 - Fling

52 - 303,896 - Here We Go (+1)

53 - 299,346 - Control of the Knife (-1)

54 - 289,678 - Swinging London Town

55 - 283,468 - Some Kind of Miracle

56 - 258,141 - Girls Allowed

57 - 257,759 - Turn to Stone

58 - 243,002 - Models

59 - 234,440 - Fix Me Up

60 - 211,264 - Watch Me Go

 

61 - 211,070 - All I Need (All I Don't)

62 - 200,522 - Merry Xmas Everybody

63 - 198,654 - Untouchable - Bimbo Jones Radio Edit

64 - 197,510 - Hoxton Heroes

65 - 193,410 - Mars Attack

66 - 181,312 - Deadlines & Diets

67 - 177,669 - What You Crying For

68 - 171,599 - Waiting

69 - 161,439 - Live in the Country

70 - 153,115 - Hear Me Out

 

71 - 146,211 - Racy Lacey

72 - 145,011 - Crocodile Tears (+1)

73 - 141,557 - Stop (-1)

74 - 137,954 - I Predict a Riot - Live at Wembley

75 - 130,886 - Damn (+1)

76 - 130,871 - We Wanna Party (-1)

77 - 122,666 - Forever and a Night

78 - 120,689 - It's Magic

79 - 115,625 - Big Brother (+2)

80 - 115,543 - Love/Hate

 

81 - 114,943 - Intro (-2)

82 - 112,183 - Real Life

83 - 109,931 - I Say a Prayer for You (+5)

84 - 107,909 - White Lies (-1)

85 - 107,079 - Thank Me Daddy (+1)

86 - 106,227 - Girls on Film (-1)

87 - 106,032 - I'm Falling (-3)

88 - 104,621 - Boogie Down Love (-1)

89 - 91,476 - 100 Different Ways (+1)

90 - 91,337 - Love Bomb (-1)

 

91 - 88,622 - Some Kind of Miracle - Single Version (+2)

92 - 83,005 - Christmas Round at Ours (-1)

93 - 81,221 - Something New - The Alias Radio Edit (-1)

94 - 79,900 - No Regrets

95 - 79,572 - Don't Want You Back

96 - 75,575 - Androgynous Girls

97 - 69,539 - She

98 - 60,650 - Everything You Ever Wanted (+2)

99 - 60,186 - Sexy! No No No… - Live (-1)

100 - 55,796 - Something New - Jim Eliot Remix (-1)

 

101 - 49,204 - I Don't Really Hate You (+1)

102 - 44,553 - Something New - Manhattan Clique Remix (-1)

103 - 39,378 - Nobody But You

104 - 36,700 - Dog Without a Bone

105 - 36,258 - Sound of the Underground - Live

106 - 35,429 - Control of the Knife - Live

107 - 35,051 - Sexy! No No No… - Tony Lamezma's "Yes Yes Yes" Mix

108 - 33,922 - It's Your Dynamite

109 - 33,074 - Mixed Up

110 - 31,650 - History

 

111 - 31,284 - Wake Me Up/Walk This Way - Live/Medley

112 - 30,788 - Can't Speak French - Live

113 - 29,971 - Call the Shots - Live

114 - 29,082 - Love Machine - Live (+1)

115 - 28,889 - Blow Your Cover (+1)

116 - 28,884 - White Christmas (-2)

117 - 28,590 - Something Kinda Ooooh - Live

118 - 28,148 - Girl Overboard - Live

119 - 27,695 - Biology - Live (+1)

120 - 27,609 - Loving Is Easy (-1)

 

121 - 26,692 - Count the Days

122 - 26,376 - Close to Love - Live (+1)

123 - 26,184 - The Loving Kind - Wideboys Club Mix (-1)

124 - 25,694 - Jump - Live

125 - 25,491 - Whole Lotta History - Acoustic Version

126 - 24,518 - The Crazy Life

127 - 22,053 - I'll Stand By You - Live (+1)

128 - 22,014 - Whole Lotta History - Live (-1)

129 - 21,772 - Untouchable - Original Album Edit

130 - 20,421 - Fling - Live

 

131 - 20,185 - Black Jacks - Live

132 - 19,147 - Rehab

133 - 17,794 - No Good Advice - Original Demo

134 - 13,845 - Call the Shots - Tony Lamezma's Sniper Mix

135 - 13,071 - Can't Speak French - Tony Lamezma Mix Radio Edit

136 - 12,044 - The Promise - Jason Nevins Re-Mix

137 - 11,584 - Untouchable - Bimbo Jones Club Mix

138 - 7,939 - Love Machine - Live at Hammersmith Apollo

139 - 7,659 - Sexy! No No No… - Xenomania Club Mix

140 - 7,478 - Hopelessly Devoted to You

 

141 - 5,508 - I Think We're Alone Now - Alternative Mix

142 - 5,462 - Something Kinda Ooooh - Co-Stars Remix

143 - 5,222 - Something Kinda Ooooh - Tube City Remix

144 - 4,924 - Biology - Benitez Beats Remix

145 - 4,466 - The Loving Kind - Wideboys Radio Edit

146 - 4,408 - Lights, Music, Camera, Action

147 - 3,420 - Long Hot Summer - GAY Live

148 - 2,453 - The Loving Kind - Utah Saints Club Mix

149 - 2,159 - Grease - Beatmasters Remix

 

= 243,380,696 streams [+ 6,941,240 streams since the last update]

 

 

Unavailable in the UK (Only Stay Another Day, Sound of the Underground - Brian Higgins Remix and Money have increased since the last update. This suggests that one of the Sound of the Underground singles is accessible somewhere in the world, as is the standard version of The Sound of Girls Aloud)

 

1 - 474,096 - Girls Aloud Megamix (Something Kinda Ooooh Single)

2 - 217,792 - Theme to St Trinian's

3 - 125,630 - Teenage Dirtbag - Live at Carling Academy

4 - 79,679 - Money

5 - 36,628 - On My Way to Satisfaction

6 - 35,032 - Walk This Way - Yoad Mix

7 - 18,005 - Grease

8 - 17,432 - Life Got Cold - Album Version (Edited)

9 - 16,166 - Stay Another Day

10 - 11,957 - Biology - Tony Lamezma Remix

 

11 - 11,030 - I'll Stand By You - Tony Lamezma's Club Romp

12 - 9,914 - Call the Shots - Xenomania Club Mix

13 - 7,945 - Singapore

14 - 7,858 - Sacred Trust

15 - 7,742 - Hanging on the Telephone

16 - 7,576 - I Think We're Alone Now - Uniting Nations Remix

17 - 7,354 - Medley - What Will the Neighbours Say Medley

18 - 6,715 - I Think We're Alone Now - Tony Lamezma Baubletastic Remix

19 - 6,259 - Jump - Flip N Fill Remix

20 - 5,387 - Sound of the Underground - Instrumental Break Down Mix

 

21 - 5,372 - Something Kinda Ooooh - Live in Bournemouth

22 - 4,739 - Love Machine - Gravitas "Disco" Mix

23 - 4,719 - The Show - Gravitas Club Mix

24 - 4,046 - Medley (See the Day Single)

25 - 4,008 - Long Hot Summer - Benitez Beats

26 - 3,995 - Wake Me Up - Tony Lamezma's "Love Affair"

27 - 3,947 - Sound of the Underground - Brian Higgins Remix

28 - 3,736 - Whole Lotta History - Whole Lotta Lamezma Mix

29 - 3,517 - See the Day - SOUNDHOUSE Masterblaster Mix

30 - 3,247 - Real Life - Live at Hammersmith Apollo

 

31 - 3,181 - The After Show

32 - 3,174 - Jump - Almighty Vocal Mix

33 - 2,699 - On a Round

34 - 2,423 - Love Machine - Tony Lamezma Mix

35 - 2,157 - Sound of the Underground - Flip & Fill Remix

36 - 1,785 - I'll Stand By You - Gravitas Vocal Dub Mix Edit

37 - 1,659 - Life Got Cold - 29 Palms Remix Edit

38 - 1,206 - Life Got Cold - Stella Browne Edit

 

Under 1000 streams:

Exclusive Interview with Girls Aloud

No Good Advice - Dreadzone Vocal Mix

Stay Another Day - Instrumental

Teenage Dirtbag (Radio 1 - Established 1967)

 

= 1,169,807 streams (the Top 38 songs) [+135 streams since the last update]

 

 

 

Streams Since the Last Update

 

1 - 1,147,156 - Love Machine

2 - 993,731 - Jump

3 - 925,571 - Sound of the Underground

4 - 546,545 - The Promise - Radio Edit

5 - 400,803 - Something Kinda Ooooh

6 - 295,782 - Call the Shots

7 - 249,416 - Biology

8 - 248,330 - I'll Stand By You

9 - 233,781 - Something New

10 - 200,478 - Can't Speak French - Radio Edit

 

11 - 156,461 - Sexy! No No No…

12 - 134,538 - On the Metro

13 - 114,896 - Long Hot Summer

14 - 110,415 - No Good Advice

15 - 106,987 - The Show

16 - 77,416 - The Loving Kind - Radio Edit

17 - 75,946 - Girls Aloud Megamix (Something New Single)

18 - 64,062 - Untouchable - Radio Mix

19 - 60,730 - Walk This Way

20 - 54,155 - I Think We're Alone Now

 

21 - 49,917 - The Promise

22 - 41,827 - Whole Lotta History

23 - 39,803 - Wake Me Up

24 - 38,396 - See the Day

25 - 26,242 - Life Got Cold - Radio Version

26 - 23,913 - Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me

27 - 22,321 - Here We Go

28 - 19,056 - Girl Overboard

29 - 17,836 - Can't Speak French

30 - 16,986 - Untouchable

 

31 - 16,806 - Crazy Fool

32 - 16,787 - Every Now and Then

33 - 16,740 - The Loving Kind

34 - 15,027 - Black Jacks

35 - 14,642 - Rolling Back the Rivers in Time

36 - 14,411 - Memory of You

37 - 13,342 - Miss You Bow Wow

38 - 12,664 - Control of the Knife

39 - 11,996 - Revolution in the Head

40 - 11,941 - Life Got Cold

 

41 - 11,497 - Love is the Key

42 - 11,182 - Love is Pain

43 - 9,982 - Wake Me Up - Ten/Performance Version

44 - 9,818 - Turn to Stone

45 - 9,475 - Je Ne Parle Pas Francais

46 - 9,190 - Hear Me Out

47 - 8,961 - Some Kind of Miracle - Single Version

48 - 8,932 - Graffiti My Soul

49 - 8,835 - Close to Love

50 - 8,508 - Swinging London Town

 

51 - 8,425 - I Say a Prayer for You

52 - 8,274 - With Every Heartbeat - Radio One Live Lounge

53 - 8,191 - Fling

54 - 7,972 - What You Crying For

55 - 7,815 - Crocodile Tears

56 - 6,687 - She

57 - 6,570 - I Predict a Riot - Live at Wembley

58 - 6,291 - Hoxton Heroes

59 - 5,492 - Girls Allowed

59 - 5,492 - I Don't Really Hate You

 

61 - 5,460 - All I Need (All I Don't)

62 - 5,327 - Everything You Ever Wanted

63 - 5,217 - Watch Me Go

64 - 5,035 - Wild Horses

65 - 4,931 - Models

66 - 4,585 - Deadlines & Diets

67 - 4,194 - Mars Attack

68 - 4,124 - Thank Me Daddy

69 - 3,690 - Waiting

70 - 3,647 - Stop

 

71 - 3,503 - Big Brother

72 - 3,289 - Fix Me Up

73 - 3,271 - Love/Hate

74 - 3,235 - Girls on Film

75 - 3,219 - Forever and a Night

76 - 3,189 - Damn

77 - 3,124 - Real Life

77 - 3,124 - White Lies

79 - 2,959 - Some Kind of Miracle

80 - 2,931 - Racy Lacey

 

81 - 2,882 - Boogie Down Love

82 - 2,818 - I'm Falling

83 - 2,780 - Not Tonight Santa

84 - 2,749 - Live in the Country

85 - 2,679 - It's Magic

86 - 2,596 - 100 Different Ways

87 - 2,450 - Intro

88 - 2,323 - We Wanna Party

89 - 2,240 - Untouchable - Bimbo Jones Radio Edit

90 - 1,851 - No Regrets

 

91 - 1,835 - Don't Want You Back

92 - 1,468 - I Wanna Kiss You So [Christmas in a Nutshell]

93 - 1,393 - Mixed Up

94 - 1,335 - Love Bomb

95 - 1,269 - Sexy! No No No… - Live

96 - 1,195 - Androgynous Girls

97 - 1,003 - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

98 - 999 - It's Your Dynamite

99 - 954 - Something New - The Alias Radio Edit

100 - 933 - Nobody But You

 

101 - 861 - Sound of the Underground - Live

102 - 827 - Control of the Knife - Live

103 - 808 - Dog Without a Bone

104 - 730 - Call the Shots - Live

105 - 715 - Wake Me Up/Walk This Way - Live/Medley

106 - 701 - Love Machine - Live

107 - 691 - Can't Speak French - Live

108 - 656 - Close to Love - Live

109 - 646 - Girl Overboard - Live

110 - 643 - Biology - Live

 

111 - 641 - History

112 - 609 - Blow Your Cover

113 - 576 - I'll Stand By You - Live

114 - 575 - Something Kinda Ooooh - Live

115 - 566 - The Crazy Life

116 - 562 - Whole Lotta History - Acoustic Version

117 - 530 - Loving Is Easy

117 - 530 - Whole Lotta History - Live

119 - 528 - Jump - Live

120 - 526 - Black Jacks - Live

 

121 - 469 - Fling - Live

122 - 447 - Jingle Bell Rock

123 - 443 - Hopelessly Devoted to You

124 - 428 - Something New - Jim Eliot Remix

125 - 417 - The Promise - Jason Nevins Re-Mix

126 - 405 - Something New - Manhattan Clique Remix

127 - 392 - Call the Shots - Tony Lamezma's Sniper Mix

128 - 364 - Untouchable - Original Album Edit

129 - 362 - Sexy! No No No… - Tony Lamezma's "Yes Yes Yes" Mix

130 - 258 - Can't Speak French - Tony Lamezma Mix Radio Edit

 

131 - 254 - Merry Xmas Everybody

132 - 246 - No Good Advice - Original Demo

133 - 232 - Count the Days

134 - 222 - Lights, Music, Camera, Action

135 - 215 - Rehab

136 - 202 - Untouchable - Bimbo Jones Club Mix

137 - 181 - White Christmas

138 - 176 - Christmas Round at Ours

138 - 176 - The Loving Kind - Wideboys Club Mix

140 - 165 - Sexy! No No No… - Xenomania Club Mix

 

141 - 163 - Grease - Beatmasters Remix

142 - 132 - Biology - Benitez Beats Remix

142 - 132 - I Think We're Alone Now - Alternative Mix

144 - 131 - Something Kinda Ooooh - Tube City Remix

145 - 125 - Money [unavailable in the UK]

146 - 117 - The Loving Kind - Wideboys Radio Edit

147 - 109 - Long Hot Summer - GAY Live

148 - 98 - Love Machine - Live at Hammersmith Apollo

149 - 89 - Something Kinda Ooooh - Co-Stars Remix

150 - 47 - The Loving Kind - Utah Saints Club Mix

 

151 - 5 - Sound of the Underground - Brian Higgins Remix [unavailable in the UK]

151 - 5 - Stay Another Day [unavailable in the UK]

Not a huge surprise but Ten isnt top 100 in the mids.

I welcome Something New in the higher region.

 

Just noticed that Something New is #5 in their Spotify Top 10 songs! I guess its usage on RuPaul's Drag Race has helped it, because it's not been in their Top 5 for years.

Just noticed that Something New is #5 in their Spotify Top 10 songs! I guess its usage on RuPaul's Drag Race has helped it, because it's not been in their Top 5 for years.

 

Nice one! :cheer:

 

I really wish some of their Christmas songs would be added onto a playlist, most of them are such fun (especially the original ones) and should get a lot more streams!

 

In other news, Nicola's Lucky Day is less than 2000 streams short of the big 1 million!

Good to see something new as one of their top 5s, it will help bring up its sales, seriously love the song.

Not Tonight Santa is back in their Spotify top 10, getting around 20k plays a day now. It should be way bigger, as it's such a fun Christmas song, but sadly not much support on playlists so most people don't know it's even out there.

It's one of those songs I often hear played in like shopping centres and stuff like that, but it definitely deserves to be more of a staple.

It's one of those songs I often hear played in like shopping centres and stuff like that, but it definitely deserves to be more of a staple.

 

Apparently it's also used in the new Netflix Christmas movie, which is very random as it's an American movie but we applaud all exposure :cheer: