Girls Aloud by Louis Walsh until 2005 when Hilary Shaw replaced him. The new group competed with the boys' winning group, One True Voice to have 2002's Christmas number one single. Girls Aloud won the battle with their single "Sound of the Underground", produced by Brian Higgins and Xenomania. The song spent four consecutive weeks at number one and was certified platinum in March 2003. The song received critical acclaim; Alexis Petridis of "The Guardian" stated that "it proved a first: it was a reality pop record that didn't make you want to do physical harm to everyone involved in its manufacture".
Tangled Up (Girls Aloud album) publications such as AllMusic, Popjustice, amongst others; furthermore, the single won the Popjustice £20 Music Prize, Girls Aloud's fourth consecutive win in that category, of eight nominations in total. Kathy Iandoli from "Billboard" cited "Can't Speak French" and "Call the Shots" as the 10th and top underrated tracks by underrated girl groups in North America, stating that the final song was an "incredible" number". Andy Kellman of AllMusic highlighted "Tangled Up" as one of their best albums, the others being "What Will The Neighbours Say?" (2004) and "The Sound of Girls Aloud" (2006); while an editor at Capital FM labelled