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After a short break following their first tour, the girls began work on their third album. The first single to be released from "Chemistry" was "[[Long Hot Summer (song)|Long Hot Summer]]" in August [[2005]] and charted at number-seven, ending their consecutive Top 5 run but continuing their unbroken run of Top ten singles. The single that launched their third album was "[[Biology (song)|Biology]]." It entered the UK charts at number-four in November [[2005]] and equalled the [[Spice Girls]] record of ten consecutive Top ten singles in the UK.

Their third studio album ''[[Chemistry (album)|chemistry]]'' was released on [[December 5]] [[2005]]. It features "Models," a song first heard being recorded on their ITV2 documentary ''Girls Aloud: Home Truths'' and also used as the theme music to their E4 documentary ''Girls Aloud: Off The Record''. The album peaked on the charts at number-eleven; it eventually went [[Platinum record|platinum]] and has currently sold over 350,000 copies in total.

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Girls Aloud released their debut DVD ''Girls On Film'' in June [[2005]], featuring the first eight music videos & TV performances. It peaked at number-five on the DVD Music chart. This was followed by ''What Will The Neighbours Say? Live'' DVD in November [[2005]], which reached number-six.

The girls traveled to [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] in February [[2006]] to release the single "[[Biology (song)|Biology]]" and the album ''Chemistry''. Arriving on the 23rd, their promotional tour lasted one week, appearing on many TV shows. "Biology" peaked at number 26 in the Australian singles chart. The trip also started press speculation about a relationship between Nadine and American actor, [[Jesse Metcalfe]].

"[[Whole Lotta History]]" was the fourth and final single to be taken from ''Chemistry'', released on [[March 13]], [[2006]]. It became the 4th highest 'download only' entry at number-eighty. The week after it officially debuted at number-six - as the number-eighty position was outside the recorded Top 75, this became the week's highest new entry. The single is accompanied by a video filmed in Paris, making it their third video (the first two being "Life Got Cold" and "Jump") to be filmed outside a studio, and their first outside the UK.

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In May [[2006 in music|2006]], Girls Aloud were moved in [[Fascination Records]] a sub-label by [[Polydor Records]], all future Girls Aloud releases will be published by Fascination Records.

All 5 members feature in this year's FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list, voted for by the public. Their positions are as follows: [[Cheryl TweedyCole|Cheryl]] (6th), [[Sarah Harding|Sarah]] (15th), [[Nadine Coyle|Nadine]] (55th), [[Kimberley Walsh|Kimberley]] (66th) and [[Nicola Roberts|Nicola]] (84th). This is the second year in a row all five members have been featured and the 4th year that Cheryl, Sarah and Nadine have been featured. Girls Aloud also won the Heart Award for the single "See the Day" at the O2 Silver Clef Lunch, an annual awards honouring songwriting and performance in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Nicola and Kimberley attended the awards presentation ceremony.

The girls embarked on their second UK tour Chemistry (their first Arena Tour) in May 2006.

It was rumoured that Girls Aloud would release a 5th single from Chemistry, the second track on the album "Models," and appeared in release schedules for a 15 May release. Originally Nadine Coyle said it would be the next single (in an interview with The Sun newspaper), but Cheryl Tweedy contradicted Coyle's previous statement, by claiming in another interview that there would be no further releases from Chemistry. "Models" went on to be included as an extra track on the "[[Something Kinda Ooooh]]" single.

===2006-present: The Sound of Girls Aloud===

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[[June 2006]] saw the group facing a great deal of press attention: first rumours that Sarah was tired of the band and quitting to go solo, which prompted the singer to post a message on the groups official website stating she "would be insane to even consider leaving". Cheryl's relationship with footballer [[Ashley Cole]] has kept her pasted over the papers. During the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] in June and July of 2006, she was in the paper along with other [[WAGs]].

Nadine and Sarah have recently been in the tabloids because of their Hollywood relationships. Nadine is dating [[Jesse Metcalfe]] of [[Desperate Housewives]]. Sarah was rumoured to be seeing [[Stephen Dorff]], but she is currently dating [[Daily Star]] writer [[Joe Mott]].

===Lord Don't Slow Me Down===