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Did Girls Aloud make a mistake splitting?
swordofomens
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They could easily have squeezed in another couple of studio albums over the next couple of years.
Just because their latest greatest hits was a small success doesn't mean a new studio album wouldn't have continued their run of platinum albums. Kimberley's solo album tanked, Nadine & Nicola's albums before that tanked & Cheryl's most recent one couldn't even manage to go gold on the back of a huge number 1.
They are fools. Cheryl isn't nealy as popular on her own as she was three years ago & she knows it. GA as a brand however could have had a few more years in it.
Just because their latest greatest hits was a small success doesn't mean a new studio album wouldn't have continued their run of platinum albums. Kimberley's solo album tanked, Nadine & Nicola's albums before that tanked & Cheryl's most recent one couldn't even manage to go gold on the back of a huge number 1.
They are fools. Cheryl isn't nealy as popular on her own as she was three years ago & she knows it. GA as a brand however could have had a few more years in it.
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Cheryl is taking a break and has no plans to do anything at the minute according to her.
Sarah has been working on solo material for a while and wants to release that.
Nicola is apparently releasing more material later this year.
Kimberly probably wants to explore other areas now her popularity has risen thanks to Strictly.
Nadine was the only one who said she didn't want it to end.
Like JLS, they can probably make more money from a reunion in 5-10 years than they would on an album/tour now
Who cares about more flop solo albums though? ok maybe some GA fanatics but other than Fight for this Love none of it has been any good imo
A Sarah Harding solo album will be a top 100 smash in the making. I doubt any label would touch Nicola Roberts & even Cheryl's solo artist days seem to be all but over.
Definetly. They could easily have clocked up a seven or eight studio albums back catalogue before quitting it all for families etc
Tangled Up and Out Of Control were fab, and they seemed to growing with each album release.
Nadine Coyle feat Girls Aloud
True they are the only two I really listen to nowadays, their first three are quite corny.
Tangled Up > Out of Control > Something New was a great transition in sound & maturity. On the Metro & Every Now & Then would have been great additions to album six.
You are missing the point, I am not saying they are going to be more successful alone than together, I am saying their hearts aren't with GA anymore and they want to explore new areas, I don't think the split had anything to do with not believing they would be a success if they continued, it was just they were done with that chapter of their life.
As for Cheryl she still managed a successful arena tour a few months before GA reuinion, yeah it may not have sold out but it did well and their is still interest in her solo work.
I think a fair few people, myself included, would care about another Nicola Roberts solo release. I'm far from a Girls Aloud fanatic but I thought her debut was a very solid pop album, and she got plenty of critical acclaim for it (far more than Cheryl Cole has had for her solo work). So even if she's not setting the charts on fire, I reckon she could do OK as a less chart-focused, more 'credible' pop artist if she wanted to.
speak for yourself, take Nicola`s album that might have under performed but it`s still one of my fave pop albums now, & is the one solo aloud i`m looking forward to hearing more solo material from.
I agree 100%.. They were at their peak in terms of sales and quality IMO and had they kept moving with Xenomania, they could have kept going and going.
In the three years they were away, we have had Little Mix, Stooshe and Wonderland debut, The Saturdays have their lowest selling album and the Sugababes kind of shoot their popularity to pieces, Girls Aloud would have been the biggest UK girl group still had they continued and I think gotten even bigger than Out Of Control