Cheryl Cole

The US Trends | Cheryl Cole | Cheryl Cole is an English songwriter, pop and R&B recording artist, dancer, actress and model. Cole rose to fame in late2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars:TheRivals onITV.The programme announced that Cheryl Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group,GirlsAloud.Cole has been part of the group\\\'s 20consecutive top-10 singles(including four No.#1 singles)in theUK and 5platinum albums(2of which went to No.#1) and earned 5 BRIT Award nominations from2005 to2010.In2009,GirlsAloud won"Best Single"with their song"The Promise".In2009,GirlsAloud announced their musical hiatus and Cole went on to release 2solo albums,which both went to No.#1 in theUK: 3 Words(2009)and MessyLittle Raindrops(2010). Cheryl Cole achieved a number of hits,including 2number one singles:"Fight forThis Love"and"PromiseThis".

Cheryl Cole became a judge on TheXFactor in2008.While on the show,Cole became the winning judge twice out of the 3series she judged on,with AlexandraBurke and JoeMcElderry winning respectively.It was announced that Cheryl Cole would leave theUK version of TheXFactor for the American version of the show.However,just weeks into filming the auditions,it was reported that Cole had left the show,with it being confirmed by Fox,Freemantle North America andSYCOtv on 6June.Mike Darnell,president ofAlternative Entertainment for theFox Broadcasting Company,confirmed Cole\\\'s departure.

Cheryl Cole has become a recognised and photographed style icon;referred to as a fashionista by the press.She has been photographed for the covers of British Vogue,Elle and Harper\\\'s Bazaar,while also becoming the new face of cosmetic company L'Oréal.Cheryl Cole was married to England footballerAshley Cole fromJuly 2006until September2010,when Cole divorced him.

Cheryl Cole was born Cheryl Ann Cole on 30June 1983in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and grew up on council estates in the districts of Walker and Heaton.She is the 4th of 5children of JoanCallaghan,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 andAndrew.As a small child in the late1980s, Cheryl Cole appeared in a television advert for British Gas.

As she was interested in dancing from an early age, Cheryl Cole started sequence dancing at the age of 4,before joiningThe Royal Ballet's summer school at the age of nine.At a young age, Cole enrolled in The Royal Ballet\\\'s summer school.She won modelling competitions,including the titles ofBoots Group\\\'s"bonniest baby",Mothercare\\\'s Happy Faces Portrait competition,"Best Looking Girl of Newcastle",The Evening Chronicle\\\'s"Little Miss andMister",and"Most Attractive Girl"at the MetroCentre.She also appeared in two British Gas adverts,an SCS advert,and anEldon Square Christmas advert with younger brotherGarry as well as appearing in dance recitals on some television shows.She attendedWalkerComprehensive School in Newcastle,and left at 16with few qualifications.During her time 3,she was suspended twice:once for fighting with another pupil and again for swearing on a bus.After school, Cheryl Cole took a job as a waitress in a restaurant.

InMarch2010, Cheryl Cole stated that she had begun working on a follow up album to 3Words,which she hoped to release"later on in the year".Cole\\\'s 2nd solo album,titledMessy LittleRaindrops,was released on 1November2010.The album\\\'s 1st single,"PromiseThis",was released on 24October2010 and became her 2nd number-#1 hit in the UK."Promise This" is an up-tempo dance-pop song written by American songwriter PriscillaHamilton, British music producer WayneWilkins,who was responsible for Cole\\\'s debut single"Fight for ThisLove",and ChristopherJackson.

The album was largely produced byWayneWilkins.The album also features guest vocals fromAugustRigo,DizzeeRascal,TravieMcCoy,and will.i.am.Cheryl Cole started recording sessions for her 2nd album inFebruary 2010though in an interview on AlanCarr:ChattyMan she admitted that some of the songs submitted for the record dated back to 3Words (2009).Messy LittleRaindrops has received generally mixed reviews from music critics.A predominantly positive review came from JonO'Brien ofAllmusic who awarded it 4out of 5stars.Cheryl Cole made a high profile appearance onPiers Morgan\\\'sLife Stories,in which she discussed her marriage and divorce with AshleyCole and her life threatening battle with malaria.

InJuly2011,it was reported that Cheryl Cole had begun work on her 3rd studio album.The same month,Far EastMovement stated that they had been in the studio with both Cole andWill.i.am.In late July2011, MTV reported seeing Cole meeting up with singer Usher where they were spotted outside her hotel,also Perez Hilton said that Cole and Christina Aguilera were spotted having dinner together and they had been discussing a collaboration.Producer DavidGuetta is working on the album.In early September2011 TaioCruz revealed that he had been working on Cole\\\'s new album.He told radio station"Yeah,I can\\\'t say too much about the songs,but it was great to see her again,".

InSeptember2011, Cheryl Cole was spotted in the studio with hiphop producer AlexDaKid.

Cheryl Cole was given a 1-off television programme forITV1 titled Cheryl Cole\\\'s Night In,which aired on 19December2009.The programme,hosted by HollyWilloughby,featured music and interviews with Cole and some of her favourite performers.AlexandraBurke, Rihanna,Will Young,SnowPatrol and will.i.am made appearances.Cole told the press,"I couldn\\\'t be happier thatITV have asked me to round off the year with my own show,working with some of my favourite artists".The programme attracted 5million viewers on its 1st airing,substantially less than the8.1 million viewers thatStrictlyCome Dancing received during the same time slot.Cheryl Cole was interviewed during an episode of the 4th series of Piers Morgan\\\'sLife Stories.The show,which aired on23 October2010,drew an audience of 7.2million:the highest figure in the chat show\\\'s history.As a member ofGirls Aloud,Cole has also appeared in the fly on the wall documentary GirlsAloud:Home Truths,the E4documentary seriesGirls Aloud:Off the Record,an episode of GhosthuntingWith...., and a 1-off variety show entitledThe GirlsAloud Party.

InJune2008,it was announced Cheryl Cole would replaceSharon Osbourne as a judge for the 5th series of TheX Factor alongside DanniiMinogue,SimonCowell and LouisWalsh.Cole was given the girls category(made up of female contestants between 16and 25)and subsequently ended up as the victorious judge when AlexandraBurke was crowned the 5th winner of The XFactor on13 December2008.Cole returned for the 6th series in2009 and was given the boys category(made up of male contestants aged16 to25).Cole emerged as the winning judge for a 2nd consecutive year after JoeMcElderry was crowned the 6th winner of TheX Factor.SimonCowell,the show\\\'s creator,said,"I knew she was going to be good because she speaks like normal people speak.People can relate to that.And I think that is the best sign of a judge."Cowell has referred to Cheryl Cole as"1 of the best I\\'ve ever worked with."

Cheryl Cole returned for a further series in2010 to mentor the girls category(made of female contestants aged16 to28)once again.In this season,Cole faced intense scrutiny from the public and the media after she rejected popular contestant GamuNhengu to go through to the live shows in favour ofCher Lloyd andKatie Waissel,even though both had fluffed their auditions at the judges houses stage. Cheryl Cole also receive more criticism after she refused to vote for an act in the 5th week,which resulted in claims that the show was fixed.This season would also mark the 1st that Cole wasn't the winning mentor,after a contestant in her category(Rebecca Ferguson)lost out to MattCardle(who was mentored byDannii Minogue).

On5 May2011,it was officially announced after months of speculation that Cheryl Cole would appear as a judge alongsideSimon Cowell,L.A. Reid,and Paula Abdul on the American version of TheX Factor.However,after only 3weeks as a judge and completing the auditions in Los Angeles and Chicago,Cole left the show.Cowell said that the reason why Cole left was because he offered her the job in the UK version back and that he felt that she would be more comfortable there.Additionally,it had later been confirmed that she would not be returning to theUK version of the show either,as TulisaContostavlos has taken her place on the judging panel.Nicole Scherzinger replaced Cole on the judging panel of The XFactor USA for the rest of season 1.

On11 January2003, Cheryl Cole was involved in an altercation with a nightclub toilet attendant,Sophie Amogbokpa,atThe Drink nightclub inGuildford,Surrey, England.Cole was subsequently charged with racially aggravated assault(she had allegedly called Amogbokpa a"Caribbean jigaboo"and a"black bitch")and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.During her trial,Cole claimed she acted in self defence (claiming she had been punched 1st)and denied using racially abusive language.The jury found her guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm,but cleared her of racially aggravated assault.The judge sentenced her to 120hours of community service and ordered her to pay her victim £ 500in compensation,as well as £ 3000 prosecution costs.

Cheryl Cole began dating England and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole inSeptember2004,announcing their engagement after he proposed in Dubai in June2005.The couple were married at a ceremony at Barnet,NorthWest London on 15July 2006.They signed an exclusive deal withOK!,reportedly worth £ 1,000,000 ,regarding the rights of the photographs.In January2008,a hairdresser namedAimee Walton alleged inThe Sun that she had engaged in drunken extramarital sex withAshley Cole.Subsequently,glamour model Brooke Healy claimed that she had spent the night and had sexual relations with Ashley Cole in December2006.The couple,however,reconciled.In early February2010,news broke that her husband had cheated on her with 5more women.On 23February, Cheryl Cole announced she was separating from her husband.On 26May 2010,Cole filed for divorce at London\\\'s High Court citing"unreasonable behaviour"of estranged husbandAshley as the reason for their break up.She was granted a decree nisi on3September.InOctober of that year, Cheryl Cole stated in an interview withThe Guardian that she would continue to use her married name,saying that changing it back would make her seem"ashamed"of her marriage.

On3 July2010, Cheryl Cole was admitted to hospital with suspected acute malaria after a visit to Tanzania.During an XFactor photoshoot in Cardiff,Cole has said that she noticed her lips were blue.