3 WORDS: MESSY LITTLE CHERYL
Cheryl Cole, the name everyone knows, a member of Girls Aloud to solo star and judge on one of the most popular TV show, The X Factor. Now she can never get out of the tabloids but how did it all happen? From the age of nine Cheryl showed an interest in the arts. Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne. As a judge on The X Factor she has been known to favor contestants from Newcastle too, Joe McElderry? Remember him? The winner of The X Factor 2009. It doesn’t shock many people that he won, after all Cheryl made it obvious Geordie Joe was her favorite. Some could also say it’s not true but who knows? Not even Simon Cowell could tell us the answer, or could he? Lets start at the beginning. At the age of sixteen Cheryl beat over 9,000 people to win a place in The Royal Ballet School but then she realised singing was her thing. She endded up working as a waitress, not the best job ever, who would enjoy their life cleaning and giving out meals all day? She saw the commercial for ITV’s Popstars: The Rivals and what could she loose? She gave it a shot and all the judges loved her. After all the hard work she was crowned winner along with Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh and there it was, Girls Aloud. Once the girl band brought out their debut album Sound of the Underground, they worked on another and another, Girls Aloud was getting bigger and bigger throughout the UK. We’ve all heard about the horse and carriage wedding, Cheryl married footballer Ashley Cole in July 2006. It was all good until there were stories about the two of them in the tabloids non stop and rumours. Of course Cheryl wasn’t happy and the public began to wonder why she was dating him, or worse even married to him. What about Cheryl, how did she decide to leave the girls and end up on a pop, RnB solo career? It’s all down to Black Eyed Peas star Will.I.Am during the ITV2 Passions of Girls Aloud series, Cheryl auditioned as a street dancer to gain a part in the music video for Will.I.Am’s single Heartbreaker. She had to work non stop for the part but all her work paid off again. She won the part and was later asked to sing vocals on the track. Cheryl said herself ‘We became friends and he said he was interested in working with me again. It was a massive compliment but I didn’t even register it, really. I was working hard with the Girls. They were my complete focus.’ Said Cheryl. Working with Will.I.Am was completely different to anything she’d done with Girls Aloud.
‘With Will I was seeing music being made right from the ground up.’
Cheryl said. After the song was released Cheryl decided to take some time to work more on a solo career, she released her first hit single Fight for This Love which ended up number one in the UK, later she worked with Will.I.Am again in a duet called 3 Words. ‘I still can’t quite believe that that song is mine,’ Cheryl says now. After the hit single 3 Words, she brought out a complete album named 3 Words, a mixture of RnB and pop songs. In May 2010, Cheryl filed for divorce at London's High Court, about time she got rid of him. Cheryl missed the auditioning process of the new series of The X Factor because of suspected acute malaria. Luckily she made a full recovery and returned to judge on the show. On November 1st 2010 Cheryl brought out her new album Messy Little Raindrops, she worked with Dizzy Rascal and Will.I.Am again in this album. They are just some of the artists she has worked with as she recently worked with Nicki Minaj and can you guess who? Will.I.Am which won’t shock many people. We can certainly expect a lot more from Cheryl in the future as she plans to stay as a judge on The X Factor and even the American version of the show along with Simon Cowell next year. Expect another album, singles and more because this is only the beginning for Cole. We had the time to chat to fans about Cheryl herself. Here’s what one of Cole’s fans said. ‘I really like the song Promise This by Cheryl, I can relate to the words and it’s just a really good song.’ Well Cheryl must be doing a good job on her new album to get a comment like that. ‘Cheryl Cole inspires me’ said another fan, It doesn’t stop for Cheryl, dancer, singer, judge, what next? Another fan we asked said they thought her fight back from going into hospital was inspirational because now she’s back on track. They also said that they liked Cheryl’s work with Will.I.Am. So what's next for Cheryl? Who knows, but she's sure to be on your T.Vs for a long time.
