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===2005–2007: ''Chemistry'' and ''The Sound of Girls Aloud''===

[[File:Girls Aloud at Rock On! by David Jones.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|Girls Aloud performing at the Capital Radio Help a London Child fundraiser (2005)]]

Following their first tour, Girls Aloud began work on their third studio album, ''[[Chemistry (Girls Aloud album)|Chemistry]]''. The album peaked on the UK Albums Charts at number eleven and received platinum certification. The first single from the album, "[[Long Hot Summer (Girls Aloud song)|Long Hot Summer]]" was released in August 2005. The single ended Girls Aloud's run of top five singles when it charted at number seven.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4193272.stm |title=Oasis single hits number one spot |work=[[BBC News]] |date=28 August 2005 |access-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> The follow-up single from the album, "[[Biology (song)|Biology]]" was released in November 2005. The song was critically acclaimed; Peter Cashmore of ''The Guardian'' labeled it "the best pop single of the last decade".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/music/story/0,,1925924,00.html |title=New releases |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=21 October 2006 |access-date=28 February 2008 |author=Cashmore, Peter}}</ref> The release was followed by a cover of [[Dee C. Lee]]'s "[[See the Day#Girls Aloud version|See the Day]]", released in the Christmas week of 2005.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-21086648-details/A+formula+one+pop+act/article.do|title=A formula one pop act |author=Thrills, Adrian |work=This Is London |publisher=[[Evening Standard]] |date=2 December 2005 |access-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827101834/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-21086648-details/A%2Bformula%2Bone%2Bpop%2Bact/article.do |archive-date=27 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4547974.stm |title=Hometown launch for X Factor song |work=BBC News |date=21 December 2005 |access-date=28 February 2009 |quote=Other contenders include See the Day by Girls Aloud...}}</ref> following this they presented one-off TV Special, Christmas Mania, on ITV, where they sang songs taken from their Christmas album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057606|title=Profile |work=IMDb |date=17 December 2005 |access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOKwTukdiM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/FrOKwTukdiM |archive-date=3 November 2021 |url-status=live |title=Profile |work=YouTube |access-date=24 March 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Girls Aloud won the Heart Award for the single at the O₂ Silver Clef Lunch. The group travelled to Australia and New Zealand in February 2006 to release "Biology" and ''Chemistry''. Despite, a one-week promotional tour, "Biology" peaked at number twenty-six on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]], failing to break the group in the Australian market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/7223 |title="Biology" |work=aCharts.us |access-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> "[[Whole Lotta History]]", the fourth and final single to be taken from ''Chemistry'', was released in March 2006 and charted at number six.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59042/orson-rae-lead-new-uk-charts |title=Orson, Rae Lead New U.K. Charts |magazine=Billboard |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=20 March 2006 |access-date=9 March 2008}}</ref>