Sarah Nicole Harding (born
Sarah Nicole Hardman; 17 November 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show on
ITV. The programme announced that Harding had won a place as a member of the
girl group,
Girls Aloud. The group has achieved massive success, having twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK, six studio albums have all been certified platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK, and accumulating a total of five
BRIT Award nominations. In 2009, Girls Aloud won "Best Single" with their song "
The Promise".