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Sarah Nicole Harding (; 17 November 1981 – 5 September 2021) was an English singer, model and actress. Her professional career began in 2002 when she successfully auditioned for the
ITV
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reality series ''
Popstars: The Rivals'', during which Harding won a place in the girl group
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud were an pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show '' Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The group comprised singers Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. The group achieved a str ...
.
The group achieved twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK, six albums that were certified platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK, and accumulated a total of five
BRIT Award
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nominations. In 2009, Girls Aloud won "Best Single" with their song "
The Promise".
During the group's break, Harding began acting, appearing in ''
Bad Day'', the
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television film ''
Freefall
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'', ''
Run for Your Wife'' and ''
St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold''. Harding contributed three solo songs to the soundtrack of ''St. Trinian's 2''. She also modelled for
Ultimo lingerie. In late 2012, she reunited with
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud were an pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show '' Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The group comprised singers Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. The group achieved a str ...
to celebrate their tenth anniversary. In early 2013, they announced that they had split up. In 2015, Harding briefly appeared in the soap opera ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
'' and released her first
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. record ''Threads''. She then won ''
Celebrity Big Brother 20
''Celebrity Big Brother 20'' was the twentieth series of the British reality television series ''Celebrity Big Brother'', hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 1 August 2017, and concluded on 25 August 2 ...
'' in 2017.
In August 2020, Harding announced that she had been diagnosed with advanced
breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ...
; she revealed in March 2021 that her condition was
terminal
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. She died on 5 September 2021, at the age of 39.
Early life
Harding was born Sarah Nicole Hardman on 17 November 1981 in
Ascot, Berkshire
Ascot () is a town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is south of Windsor, east of Bracknell and west of London. It is most notable as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the Royal Ascot meeting, ...
. She attended St Cuthbert's Primary School in
Egham
Egham ( ) is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna ...
until 1993. She was raised with two half brothers and moved to Stockport when she was 14 after her parents' separation. Harding's father had begun dating a younger woman, she therefore disowned her father and changed her surname to Harding. She attended
Hazel Grove High School
Hazel Grove High School is an 11–18 mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.
History
The school became part of The Laurus Trust in September 2019 .
Hazel Grove S ...
from 1993 to 1998 and later attended
Stockport College
Stockport College is a medium-sized educational institute in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, providing further education and higher education to those aged 16 and over. It provides educational opportunities for the community including; s ...
where she studied hair and beauty. She then worked as part of the promotions team for two nightclubs in
The Grand Central Leisure Park
Grand Central Stockport is a retail, entertainment and leisure complex in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
It is adjacent to Stockport railway station and the complex first opened in 1991. Since then it has included various leisure facilities suc ...
in Stockport, as a waitress at
Pizza Hut
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, a van driver, debt collector and as a
BT telephone operator. She also toured North West England performing at pubs, social clubs and caravan parks to support herself. In 2002, she was recording dance tracks when she decided to audition for UK talent-search shows. She auditioned for ''
Fame Academy
''Fame Academy'' was a British television talent competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist and part of the international franchise ''Star Academy'' known under va ...
'' and ''
Popstars: The Rivals''. It was in the latter on which she found fame, pulling out of ''Fame Academy'' after being accepted into the first round of ''Popstars''. Harding also entered ''
FHM
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''s High Street Honeys 2002, the magazine's national beauty contest. Her pictures appeared in the top 100, but Harding withdrew upon achieving success on ''Popstars''.
Career
In 2002, Harding auditioned for the reality television show ''
Popstars: The Rivals''. The programme, the second British series of the international ''
Popstars
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Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Realit ...
''
franchise
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, would see the creation of two rival groups – a boy band and a girl group each consisting of five members, which would then compete against each other for the 2002
Christmas Number One
In the United Kingdom, Christmas number ones are singles that top the UK Singles Chart in the week in which Christmas Day falls. The singles have often been novelty songs, charity songs or songs with a Christmas theme. Historically, the volume ...
spot on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
. Several thousand applicants attended auditions across the UK in hope of being selected. Ten girls and ten boys were chosen as finalists by judges
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman, (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterm ...
,
Louis Walsh
Michael Louis Vincent Walsh (born 5 August 1952) is an Irish music manager and television personality. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone, Jedward and Westlife, four of Ireland's most successful pop acts in the 1990s and 2000s. He later bec ...
and
Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle Horner (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, author, and actress. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. With over 100 million records ...
. These finalists then took to the stage 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
Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985) is an Irish singer, actress and model. In 2002, Coyle was selected as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud, with whom she has been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK top te ...
,
Cheryl Tweedy
Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and television personality. Born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's '' Popstar ...
,
Nicola Roberts
Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is a British pop singer. She rose to prominence in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's '' Popstars: The Rivals''. The group's success helped them win the ...
and
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Jane Scott (née Walsh; born 20 November 1981) is an English singer, fashion designer, model, variety performer, television presenter, actress and dancer. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality series '' Po ...
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
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, becoming the 2002 Christmas number one. Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one. The group released their debut album ''
Sound of the Underground'' in May 2003, which entered the charts at number two and was certified platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) later the same year. Their singles "
I'll Stand by You
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", "
Walk This Way
"Walk This Way" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the song was originally released as the second single from the album '' Toys in the Attic'' (1975). It peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboa ...
" and "
The Promise" have charted at number one. Two of their albums have reached the top of the
UK Albums Chart
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: their greatest hits album ''
The Sound of Girls Aloud
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'' and 2008's ''
Out of Control'', both of which entered the chart at number one, with over one million copies of the former being sold.
They also achieved seven certified albums and have been nominated for five
Brit Awards
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, winning the 2009 Best Single for "The Promise".
The group's musical style was pop, but throughout their career, they experimented with
electropop
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and
dance-pop
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. Girls Aloud's collaborations with
Brian Higgins
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and his songwriting and production team
Xenomania
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earned the group critical acclaim, due to an innovative approach to mainstream pop music. The group became one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of
£30 million by May 2010. ''
Guinness World Records
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'' lists them as "Most Successful Reality TV Group" in the 2007 edition. They also hold the record for "Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group" in the 2008 edition and are credited again for "Most Successful Reality TV Group" in the 2011 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 2006, Harding signed a £100,000 deal to model
Ultimo lingerie, following the likes of
Penny Lancaster
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Early life
Lancaster was bor ...
,
Rachel Hunter
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and
Helena Christensen
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. Alongside her Girls Aloud bandmates, Harding made a cameo appearance in ''
St. Trinian's
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'' in 2007. She took on her first major acting role in 2008, appearing in the low-budget thriller ''
Bad Day''. Harding wore a brunette wig for the role of Jade Jennings. The film also stars
Donna Air
Donna Marie Theresa Air (born 2 August 1979) is an English actress, television presenter and media personality.
Early life and education
Donna Marie Theresa Air was born on 2 August 1979, in Wallsend, North Tyneside, to receptionist Marie (née ...
and
Claire Goose
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. She also collaborated with London
synthpop
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band
Filthy Dukes on a cover of "
Real Wild Child
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", recorded for the film ''
Wild Child''. In July 2009, Girls Aloud announced they would take a year-long hiatus to pursue solo projects, but would reunite for a new studio album in 2010.
During ''Girls Aloud's'' hiatus, Harding decided to focus on her acting career. "Singing was always my main ambition, but acting was something else I wanted to achieve", Harding said.
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