Harding rose to fame in 2002 after becoming a member of pop group Girls Aloud through ITV's reality television programme Popstars: The Rivals.They have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of £25 million by May 2009.With Girls Aloud, Harding has been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK top ten singles including four number ones two UK number one albums, and received nominations for five BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for "The Promise
Contents
1 Early life and personal life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 2002-present: Girls Aloud
o 2.2 2010–present: Solo music artist and debut album
* 3 Other work
o 3.1 Acting career
* 4 Discography
* 5 Filmography
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Early life and personal life
Harding was born in Ascot, Berkshire, but grew up in Stockport, Greater Manchester, with her two half brothers. She grew up in a musical household and has attributed her "musical genes" to her musician father, John Adam Hardman, who introduced her to the studio at a very young age attended Hazel Grove High School from 1993 to 1998, and later attended Stockport College where she studied hair
She then worked as part of the promotions team for 2 nightclubs in The Grand Central Leisure Park in Stockport as well as waitressing at Pizza Hut, driving a van, debt collecting 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 Popstars: The Rivals auditioned both for being a contestant on UK talent-search shows Fame Academy and Popstars: The Rivals and it was in the latter where she found fame, pulling out of Fame Academy after being accepted in the Popstars 1st round.
Harding also has an entry in FHM's High Street Honeys 2002, the magazine's national beauty contest, and her pictures appeared in the first Top 100, but she later withdrew, upon achieving success on Popstars A year later, she was voted one of the Top 30 sexiest women in the world by readers of the same magazine. In 2005, she entered the same Top 10 at Number 8, slipping to Number 15 in 2006, to Number 17 in 2007, to number 36 in 2008, and to nu
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