Cole rose to fame in late 2002 after being selected to become a member of girl group Girls Aloud on ITV's reality
television programme Popstars The Rivals. With the group, Cole released twenty consecutive top ten singles (including
four number ones) in the UK and five platinum albums, two of which went to number one; and earned five Brit Award
nominations from 2005 to 2010. Since Girls Aloud announced their hiatus she has released two consecutive number one albums
in the UK: 3 Words and Messy Little Raindrops; scoring two British number one singles ("Fight for This Love" and "Promise
This"). Cole became a judge on the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2008. Cole has become a
recognised and photographed style icon;referred to as a fashionista by the press. Her picture has been on the
covers of British Vogue, Elle and Harper's Bazaar, while also becoming the new face of cosmetic company L'Oréal.
Cole was married to England footballer Ashley Cole from July 2006 until she divorced him in September 2010. On
5 May 2011, it was announced that Cole would be a judge on the upcoming American version of The X Factor. On 26 May 2011, it
was reported that Cole had been axed from the show, with it finally being confirmed by Fox, Freemantle North
America and Syco TV on 6 June.
Early life
Cole was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and grew up on council estates in the districts of Walker and Heaton.
She is the fourth of five children of Joan Callaghan, and the eldest child of Gary Tweedy. Cole's parents never married
each other; they separated when she was 11. She has a brother, Garry (born 1987, Newcastle) and three elder maternal
half-siblings: Joseph, Gillian and Andrew.
As a small child in the late 1980s, she appeared in a television advert for British Gas.
As she was interested in dancing from an early age, Cole started sequence dancing at the age of four, before joining The
Royal Ballet's summer school at the age of nine.She won many modelling competitions, including the titles of Boots
Group's "bonniest baby", Mothercare's Happy Faces Portrait competition, "Best Looking Girl of Newcastle", The Evening
Chronicle's "Little Miss and Mister", and "Most Attractive Girl" at the MetroCentre.She also appeared in two British
Gas adverts, an SCS advert, and an Eldon Square Christmas advert with younger brother Garry as well as appearing in dance
recitals on some television shows. She attended Walker Comprehensive School in Newcastle,and left at 16 with few
qualifications. During her time there, she was suspended twice: once for fighting with another pupil and again for swearing
on a bus.After school, she took a job as a waitress in a restaurant.
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Cheryl Cole during a Girls Aloud performance
Cole auditioned for the reality television show Popstars The Rivals in 2002 with the song "Have You Ever". Several thousand
applicants attended auditions across the UK in hope of being selected. Ten girls and ten boys were chosen as finalists by
judges Pete Waterman, Louis Walsh and Geri Halliwell. These finalists then took to the stage, participating in weekly
Saturday night live performances which alternated weekly between the girls and boys. Each week, the contestant polling the
fewest phone votes was eliminated, until the final line-ups of the groups emerged. Cole joined Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding,
Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh to form the new girl group Girls Aloud, as determined by a public vote administered
through the show on 30 November 2002.
The group's debut single "Sound of the Underground" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2002
Christmas number one. Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one. The
group released their debut album Sound of the Underground in May 2003, which entered the charts at number two and was
certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) later the same year. Since 2003, Girls Aloud have released
twenty additional singles, with all but one charting within the top ten, and 15 reaching top five positions. Their singles
"I'll Stand by You", "Walk This Way", and "The Promise" have charted at number one. Two of their albums have reached the
top of the UK Albums Chart: their greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud and 2008's Out of Control, both of which
entered the chart at number one, with over one million copies of the former being sold.All five of their studio albums
have been certified platinum by the BPI. They have been nominated for five Brit Awards, and in 2009 won
"Best British Single" at that year's Brit Awards for "The Promise". The group has sold ten million records worldwide.Girls
Aloud have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, and had amassed a fortune of £25
million by May 2009.The 2007 edition of Guinness World Records listed them as "Most Successful Reality TV Group",
while they also hold the record for "Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group" in the
2008 edition.[
In July 2009, Girls Aloud announced they would take a year-long hiatus in the pursuit of solo projects, but would reunite
for a new studio album in 2010. In August 2010, bandmate Nicola Roberts revealed that she wasn't anticipating a reunion
of the band until 2012.
Solo career since 2009
Cole's first solo performance was on American rapper will.i.am's "Heartbreaker" in 2008. She was picked to appear as a
dancer in the video after taking streetdancing classes during the filming of the ITV2 series The Passions of Girls Aloud
,in which the members of the band achieve something they had always wanted to do, other than sing. She was later
asked, by will.i.am, to sing additional vocals on the track.
Cole live at the O2 on The E.N.D. World Tour
In April 2009, Cole started working on solo material.[44] Her debut album, 3 Words, was released in the UK on 26 October 2009. Cole was reunited with
will.i.am for the album, in addition to collaborating with Fraser T. Smith, Syience, Danish production team Soulshock & Karlin, singer-songwriter Taio
Cruz, Wayne Wilkins, and Steve Kipner. Recorded in Los Angeles and London, Cole mainly collaborated with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, the
executive producer of 3 Words. It crosses from contemporary R&B, dance pop, house and a more general pop sound. Cruz was asked to write two songs
for Cole, the first of which, "Break Your Heart", was written specially for Cole but Polydor label boss Ferdy Unger-Hamilton felt the song was too similar to
Heartbreaker, the track Cole did with Will.i.am.When asked about the album's title Cole revealed she had already contemplated an album title which
contained the phrase 3 Words before the title track was recorded. She had considered titles like Three Syllables, although the strongest contender was
Unveiled as Cole "felt like she didn't have any protection without the girls [Girls Aloud]" and because it correlated with the veil on the album cover. The
album begins with its title track, a duet with will.i.am and Cole's favourite song on the album.[48] She said the song was "totally different from anything I've
done [with Girls Aloud] or liked before" and took its inspiration from Cole's newly acquired love for dance music on the charts, especially David Guetta &
Kelly Rowland's "When Love Takes Over".
3 Words spent two weeks at number one.On 6 November 2009, BPI certified the album Platinum, denoting shipments of over 300,000 units.It later tripled
this feat.[50] The first single from the album, "Fight for This Love", was written by Andre Merritt, Steve Kipner and Wayne Wilkins, and produced by
Steve Kipner and Wayne Wilkins. According to Cole, it was released as the lead single because she "connected with the song so well". Following a
performance on The X Factor live results show, "Fight for This Love" became the fourth best-selling single of 2009 in the UK. It charted at number one
on both the Irish and UK Singles Chart.[In 2010, "Fight For This Love" went to number one in Denmark, Norway and Hungary. "Fight for This Love"
gained positive to mixed reviews. Ruth Harrison from 'Female First' was impressed by the song after initially being worried that Cole would not be able to
cope going solo. She said "Whilst it does sound just a little big Girls Aloud-y, we still love it, and can see it being a huge hit on the club circuit up and down
the country ... we think this is going to send her well on her way to global superstardom."[The single was later certified silver in the UK. Cole's second
single "3 Words", which features will.i.am, went to number 4 in the UK and seven in Ireland. In 2010, the single was released in Australia and charted at
number 5 and was certified platinum.The third single, "Parachute", charted in the top five in both the UK and Ireland. The single was certified silver in
the UK.] From May to July 2010, Cole was the opening act for The Black Eyed Peas at the British shows (as well as some European dates) of The E.N.D.
World Tour. Chris Johnson of the Daily Mail wrote, "she was supposed to be the support act. But as it turned out, Cheryl Cole ended up being the
main event".
In March 2010, Cole stated that she had begun working on a follow up album to 3 Words, which she hoped to release "later on in the year". Cole's
second solo album, titled Messy Little Raindrops, was released on 1 November 2010. The album's first single, "Promise This", was released on 24 October
2010 and became her second number-one hit in the UK. "Promise This" is an up-tempo dance-pop song written by American songwriter Priscilla
Hamilton, British music producer Wayne Wilkins, who was responsible for Cole's debut single "Fight for This Love", and Christopher Jackson. It is
written in the music key of C minor with a time signature in common time and a tempo of 151 beats per minute. Cole's vocal range spans from G3 to E?5.
The basic chord progression of the song is Cm, Cm7, Cm6, Cm, E?, B?, F, Cm, E?, B? and F. The song sees Cole singing some of the lyrics in French,
referencing the children's song "Alouette".
The album was largely produced by Wayne Wilkins, but Cole also reunited with will.i.am, with collaboration from J. R. Rotem, Starsmith, Al Shux,
and Free School for the first time.[citation needed] The album also features guest vocals from August Rigo, Dizzee Rascal, Travie McCoy, and will.i.am.
Cole started recording sessions for her second album in February 2010 though in an interview on Alan Carr: Chatty Man she admitted that some of the
songs submitted for the record dated back to 3 Words (2009). The album's title is taken from a lyric in the song "Raindrops". Cole said, "when it rains,
everything she's washed [...] it feels hopeful." Cole is seen in a bright pink and orange off-the-shoulder dress and ?ve-inch animal print Christian
Louboutin heels on the album cover, which was unveiled on 14 October 2010. It also features the album title and her name scrawled in orange
text. Cole's barbed-wire and rose tattoo, located on her right thigh, was airbrushed out of the shot. Messy Little Raindrops has received generally
mixed reviews from music critics. A predominantly positive review came from Jon O'Brien of Allmusic who awarded it four out of five stars, saying that
"Messy Little Raindrops is a cohesive and adventurous follow-up that will undoubtedly continue [Cole's] ascent into pop's premier league", and praising
the songs "Promise This", "Amnesia" and "Happy Tears". Johnny Dee of Virgin Media noticed that with Messy Little Raindrops Cole is "returning to
base" and described it as "good, clean, family-friendly fun". Promotion of the album; In addition to her role as a judge on The X Factor, she performed
her single "Promise This" on the show. Cheryl Cole made a high-profile appearance on Piers Morgan's Life Stories, in which she discussed her marriage
and divorce with Ashley Cole and her life-threatening battle with malaria. The show's ratings reached an all-time high. Polydor Records worked
with advertising firm MediaCom to create various marketing strategies to promote the album, such as the usage of Facebook Places.
Other endeavo
Awards she achived
Year Award-giving body Award Result
Virgin Media Awards Most Fanciable Female Won
Heat Magazine Awards Sexiest Female[citation needed] Won
Best Reality TV Judge[citation needed] Won
2009 Glamour Women of the Year Awards TV Personality Won
FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World #1 Sexiest Woman in the World Won
Style Network Awards Best Dressed Women Won
Style icon of the decade Won
BBC Switch Live Awards Switch's Prom Queen Won
Virgin Media Awards Hottest Female Won
Glamour Woman of the Year Awards Best Dressed Won
Glamour Women of the Year Awards Best Dressed Won
Woman of the Year[citation needed] Won
FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World #1 Sexiest Woman in the World Won
BT Digital Music Awards Best Female Artist Won
Best Single (Fight for This Love) Won
Best Video (Fight for This Love) Nominated
2011 2011 BRIT Awards British Single (Parachute) Nominated
Elle Style Awards Musician Of The Year Won
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