With Girls Aloud being on a temporary hiatus: Nadine & Cheryl take for the top
It was in the earlier half of last year when we heard the news that Girls Aloud were taking a break after their successful 'Out Of Control' campaign. With that the girls took to their separate ways. Nicola launched a make up range, Sarah featured in the second instalment of 'St. Trinians', Kimberly went in to low budget presenting with Suck My Pop, Nadine opened her Irish Mist in the US and Cheryl stole the nations heart. After a multi platinum album, three successful hits, a divorce and Malaria; Cheryl is back on the X Factor and ready to launch into her sophomore project with the lead Promise This. After disappearing to the US Nadine is back and is making her own attempt at solo chart success. It's like Geri V Emma all over again, with a touch more predictability, but here we go...
Nadine Coyle - Insatiable
The quality of reality star contestants has really increased over the past decade, back in 2002 it was a different story as then 4 of the 5 members of the winning band in Pop-stars The Rivals were distinctly average. In the early days of Girls Aloud it was very apparent that Nadine was the one supporting the group vocally so it would seem fair to expect her to be the one with the follow up solo career.
After contributing to a horrendous cover of Back For Good with Boys II Men here we have Nadine with her first piece of original material. It's strong, sassy and shows off the strength in her voice; but not that too big a detour from the latter Girls Aloud material. The video for the song just features her singing behind a microphone stand; which is about as exciting as it sounds. I'm just not sure how much good will there is towards her in the UK, the general perception seems to be that she was very much an outside of the band by the latter days preferring to spend her days state side with Jesse McCafferty and Jason Bell; it might be time to get pally again with Cheryl to get that lucrative X Factor slot.
Chart Predictions:
Spyke 5
McLovin 11
Actual 26
Cheryl Cole - Promise This
Getting that seat on the judging panel of the X Factor changed it all for our nation's sweet heart. Being watched by 13 million people every weekend gave Cheryl the perfect platform to show her vulnerability, charm and fashion styles. The Cheryl mania reflected in Girls Aloud raised profile before they took their break, then she came out on top with Fight For This Love, which a year on still has its longevity. Initially I couldn't understand why she'd turn down Taio's Break Your Heart but upon reflection it didn't match her image. Each of the singles FFTL, 3 Words and Parachute all portray messages of love and hope; then with Ashley cheating and their very public divorce Cheryl won over any dwindling fans. Even catching malaria kept that ray of light on our golden girl, its like she can do no wrong, I just hope that Cheryl will stay loyal to her country and let Nicole have that seat on the US X Factor judging panel.
Promise This is a nice up tempo piece of pop, the song itself would have been enough to top the chart but just in case it wasn't catchy enough there's a French overlay to get those chavs on board, the song has something for everyone including a very well done video. Combine this with the hype surrounding Cheryl and a guaranteed X Factor performance this song can't go anywhere except to #1 (unfortunately for Rihanna who releases the same day). I don't think it will be able to repeat the success of Fight For This Love but it could well go platinum and provide a good start to the 'Messy Little Raindrops' campaign.
Chart Predictions:
Spyke 1
McLovin 1
Actual 1
Out of the two tracks I prefer the Cheryl one, but I can imagine Insatiable being played on Radio 2 for years to come. As there's two weeks between the releases it's not exactly a clash for the top (though we know who'd win) but the question will be whether Nadine will be able to dethrone her band mate when the time comes.
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