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Cheryl Cole
Cole performing in an encore with Girls Aloud during the group's Tangled Up Tour.
Background information
Birth name	Cheryl Ann Tweedy
Born	30 June 1983 (1983-06-30) (age 26)
Origin	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Genres	Pop, R&B
Occupations	Singer, television personality
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002—present
Labels	Polydor, Fascination
Associated acts	Girls Aloud
Website	Official website

Cheryl Ann Cole (née Tweedy; born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, and television personality. Cole rose to fame in the 2000s after becoming a member of pop group Girls Aloud through ITV's reality television programme Popstars: The Rivals.¹ They have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of £25 million by May 2009.² With Girls Aloud, Cole 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 four BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for "The Promise".³

In 2008, Cole became a judge on the British reality television show The X Factor.⁴ Cole has become recognized as a style icon,⁵⁶⁷ appearing on the cover of British Vogue and Elle.⁷ She is married to the Chelsea and England football player Ashley Cole.

In October 2009, Cole released her first solo single, "Fight For This Love" which reached number one in the United Kingdom as the fastest selling single of the year thus far. Cole released her debut solo album 3 Words on 26 October 2009.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Girls Aloud 2.2 Solo music artist 2.3 The X Factor 2.4 Books 3 Personal life 4 Recognition 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 Singles 6 Awards 7 References 8 External links

Early life

Cole was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and lived on an estate which lies between the inner city districts of Heaton and Byker.⁸ Cole was raised on a "heroin-ridden" council estate.⁸ She is one of five children - one younger brother, Garry, and two half-brothers - Andrew and Joseph, and one half-sister Gillian.⁹

Interested in dancing from an early age, Cole joined the Royal Ballet's summer school at the age of nine.¹⁰ In addition to dancing, Cole won many modelling competitions, including Boots Group's bonniest baby, Mothercare Happy Faces Portrait competition, Best Looking Girl of Newcastle, The Evening Chronicle "Little Miss and Mister", and "Most Attractive Girl" at the MetroCentre.¹¹ She also appeared in two British Gas adverts, an SCS advert, and an Eldon Square Christmas advert with younger brother Garry. Cole also appeared in dance recitals on some television shows.

Career

Girls Aloud

Cole auditioned for Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, singing S Club 7's "Have You Ever".¹² Cole joined Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh to comprise the new girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the show by a public vote on 30 November 2002.¹

The group's debut single "Sound of the Underground" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2002 Christmas number one.¹³ Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one. Since 2003, Girls Aloud have released twenty additional singles, with all but one charting within the top ten. Their singles "I'll Stand by You", "Walk This Way", and "The Promise" have charted at number one. "The Promise" won Best British Single at the 2009 BRIT Awards.³ Their greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud and 2008's Out of Control entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, with over one million copies of the former being sold.¹⁴

In 2009, it was announced that Girls Aloud would partake in a year-long hiatus to pursue solo projects, but would reunite for a new studio album in 2010.¹⁵

Solo music artist

Cole's first foray into a solo music career occurred when she featured on will.i.am's "Heartbreaker". After taking streetdancing classes during the filming of Passions of Girls Aloud series, Cole was picked to appear in the song's music video. She was later asked to sing additional vocals on the track.¹⁶

In April 2009, it was confirmed that Cole was working on solo material.¹⁷ Her debut album, 3 Words, is scheduled for release in the UK on 26 October 2009.¹⁸ Cole has reunited with will.i.am and Girls Aloud producers Xenomania, in addition to collaborating with Bloodshy & Avant, Soulshock & Karlin, Chris Braide and Taio Cruz.¹⁹ Cruz said he has written an "absolute club banger" for the album.²⁰ The first single from the album is called "Fight for This Love" and was written by Steve Kipner, Andre Merritt and Wayne Wilkins. It reached number 1 in its debut week, in the UK.²¹ The album's cover was photographed by the prestigious fashion photographer Nick Knight.²².

The X Factor

On 10 June 2008, it was announced Cole would replace Sharon Osbourne as a judge for the fifth series of The X Factor.⁴ Cole was given the girls category, subsequently ending up as the victorious judge when Alexandra Burke was crowned the fifth X Factor winner on 13 December 2008. Cole returned for the sixth series in 2009²³ and was given the boys category. ²⁴

Books

Cole contributed to the book Dreams that Glitter - Our Story, an autobiography with her Girls Aloud bandmates, in October 2008. The book was written with a ghostwriter and published by the Transworld imprint Bantam Press.²⁵²⁶ The book featured unseen photographs and included insights into the members' personal lives, their success together, style tips, and "everything we've learned about life, love and music."²⁶²⁷ The book was previewed and serialised by OK! prior to its release. Girls Aloud held a book signing at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London to promote the release.²⁸ The title Dreams that Glitter comes from a line in the group's 2007 single "Call the Shots".

In April 2009, it was reported that Cole signed a £5million deal with HarperCollins to author five romantic novels for the company.²⁹

Personal life

On 11 January 2003, Cole was involved in an altercation with a nightclub toilet attendant, Sophie Amogbokpa, in "The Drink" nightclub in Guildford (now called "Harper's"). Cole was subsequently charged with racially aggravated assault (she had allegedly called Amogbokpa a "jigaboo")³⁰ and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. During her trial, Cole claimed she acted in self-defence (claiming she had been punched first) and denied using racially abusive language. The jury found her guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but cleared her of racially aggravated assault.³¹ The judge sentenced her to 120 hours of community service and ordered her to pay her victim £500 in compensation, as well as £3,000 prosecution costs.³²

Cole began dating England and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole in 2004, announcing their engagement after he proposed in Dubai in June 2005.³³ The couple were married at a ceremony at Barnet, North West London on 15 July 2006.³⁴ They signed an exclusive deal with OK!, reportedly worth £1million, regarding the rights of the photographs.³⁵ In January 2008, a hairdresser named Aimee Walton alleged that she had engaged in drunken extramarital sex with Ashley Cole in a kiss-and-tell interview with The Sun.³⁶ Glamour model Brooke Healy claimed that she had spent the night and had sexual relations with Ashley Cole in December 2006.³⁷ Promotion for Girls Aloud's "Can't Speak French" was put on hold³⁸ and Cole also stopped wearing her wedding ring.³⁹ The couple, however, have since reconciled and stayed together.

Recognition

In 2006, Lily Allen included a song entitled "Cheryl Tweedy" as a b-side to her debut single, "Smile". Tweedy took the song as a compliment to her, but Allen later pointed out that it had been tongue in cheek.⁴⁰

Following her appearance on The X Factor, the media have referred to Cole as "the nation's new sweetheart".⁴¹ A pop art portrait depicting Cole as the Angel of the North was created by Lee Jones.⁴² He commented, "I see her as a new icon of popular culture for the 21st century, a beacon of light in these bleak times - a fine example of a northern lass making good."⁴²

After reaching Number 7 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women 2008 poll,⁴³ Cole was voted "Sexiest Woman In the World" in the 2009 poll.⁴⁴

Cole has become recognized as a style icon,⁵⁶⁷ and revered as a fashionista.⁴⁵ In February 2009, Cole appeared on the cover of British Vogue.⁴⁶ Media coverage of her appearance boosted Vogue's circulation to 240,000 - its best ever February figure.⁴⁷

In Autumn 2009, Cole became the new face of L'Oréal.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions
		UK	IRL
2009	3 Words Released: 26 October 2009 Genre: Pop, R&B, Dance Label: Polydor	1	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions			Album
		UK	IRE	EU
2009	"Fight for This Love"	1	1	4	3 Words
2010	"3 Words"	26	27	TBR
As featured artist
2008	"Heartbreaker"(will.i.am featuring Cheryl Cole)	4	7	11	3 Words

Awards

Year	Award-giving body	Award	Result
2007	Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards	Best Female Singer48	Nominated
	Virgin Media Awards	Most Fanciable Female49	Won
2008		Hottest Female	Nominated
	Heat Magazine Awards	Sexiest Female	Won
		Best Reality TV Judge	Won
2009	Glamour Women of the Year Awards	TV Personality50	Won

References

External links

• Cheryl Cole official site
• Girls Aloud official site
• Cheryl Cole at the Internet Movie Database

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Girls Aloud

v • d • e Cheryl Cole Studio albums 3 Words Singles "Fight for This Love"  · "3 Words" Featured singles "Heartbreaker" Film and television Popstars: The Rivals  · Passions of Girls Aloud  · The X Factor (5 • 6) Related articles Girls Aloud (Discography • Songs) · Will.i.am  · Fascination Records · Polydor Records · Xenomania · Dreams that Glitter - Our Story

v • d • e Girls Aloud Cheryl Cole · Nadine Coyle  · Sarah Harding · Nicola Roberts · Kimberley Walsh Studio albums Sound of the Underground · What Will the Neighbours Say? · Chemistry · Tangled Up · Out of Control Other albums The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits · Mixed Up · Girls a Live · Out of Control: Live from the O2 · The Girls Aloud Singles Collection Film and television Popstars: The Rivals · Girls Aloud: Home Truths · Girls Aloud: Off the Record · Ghosthunting with Girls Aloud · St Trinian's · The Passions of Girls Aloud · The Girls Aloud Party DVDs Girls On Film · What Will the Neighbours Say? Live · Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena · Style · Tangled Up: Live From The O2 2008  · Out Of Control Live from The O2 2009 Tours Tangled Up Tour · Out of Control Tour Related articles Discography · Songs · Fascination Records · Polydor Records · Xenomania · Dreams that Glitter - Our Story

v • d • e Girls Aloud singles Sound of the Underground "Sound of the Underground" · "No Good Advice" · "Life Got Cold" · "Jump" What Will the Neighbours Say? "The Show" · "Love Machine" · "I'll Stand by You" · "Wake Me Up" Chemistry "Long Hot Summer" · "Biology" · "See the Day" · "Whole Lotta History" The Sound Of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits "Something Kinda Ooooh" · "I Think We're Alone Now" Tangled Up "Sexy! No No No..." · "Call the Shots" · "Can't Speak French" Out of Control "The Promise" · "The Loving Kind" · "Untouchable" Other songs "Walk This Way" (vs. Sugababes) · "Here We Go" · "Graffiti My Soul" · "Theme to St. Trinian's" Related Articles Discography · Songs

v • d • e The X Factor UK Series Main: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 Celebrity: Battle of the Stars Presenters Dermot O'Leary · Holly Willoughby Former: Kate Thornton · Fearne Cotton · Ben Shephard Judges Simon Cowell · Dannii Minogue · Louis Walsh · Cheryl Cole Former: Sharon Osbourne · Brian Friedman · Paula Abdul Winners Main series: Steve Brookstein · Shayne Ward · Leona Lewis · Leon Jackson · Alexandra Burke Celebrity series: Lucy Benjamin Related songs "Against All Odds" · "That's My Goal" · "A Moment Like This" · "When You Believe" · "Hallelujah" "Hero" · "You Are Not Alone" Related articles List of finalists · List of music releases · Controversy and criticism

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NAME	Cole, Cheryl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tweedy, Cheryl Ann
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English singer & television personality
DATE OF BIRTH	30 June 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH