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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->

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| Name = Cheryl Cole<!-- Please do not change without reading and commenting on the talk page. Cheryl has confirmed she is keeping the name Cole -->

| Birth_name = Cheryl Ann Tweedy

| Img = Cheryl Cole, Hastings.jpg

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| Img_capt = Cole performing at [[Battle Abbey]], [[Battle, East Sussex|Battle]] in 2008

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| Background = solo_singer

| Born = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|30|df=y}}

| Origin = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England

| Instrument = Vocals

| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]

| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[dance]]r, [[Model (person)|model]], [[celebrity]]

| Years_active = 2002–present

| Label = [[Polydor]] (2002–present)<br>[[Fascination Records|Fascination]] (2006–present)<br>[[will.i.am music group]] (2009–present)<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/cheryl-cole/news/225761-cheryl-cole-william|title=Cheryl Cole Signs To Will.I.Am's US Label|publisher=|work=MTV Online|date=11 June 2010|accessdate= 27 August 2010}}</ref>

| Associated_acts = [[Girls Aloud]], [[will.i.am]], [[Taio Cruz]]<!-- Please read [[Template:Infobox musical artist]] before considering names to add here -->

| URL = {{URL|cherylcole.com}}

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'''Cheryl Ann Cole'''<!--Please do not change without reading and commenting on the talk page. Cheryl has confirmed she is keeping the name Cole--> (''[[née]]'' '''Tweedy'''; born June 30, 1983 in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England) is an English [[singer]], [[songwriter]], dancer, and model. Cole rose to fame when she was selected to become a member of [[girl group]] [[Girls Aloud]] on [[ITV]]'s [[reality television]] programme ''[[Popstars The Rivals]]'' in late 2002.<ref name="popstars">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2532667.stm|title=Popstars 'vote blunder' denied|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=2 December 2002|accessdate=1 November 2010}}</ref> The girl group have marked their success by achieving twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK; five studio albums which have all been certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry|British Phonographic Industry (BPI)]], two of which went to number one in the UK; and accumulating a total of five [[Brit Awards|BRIT Award]] nominations from 2005 to 2010. Since Girls Aloud have pursued separate careers, Cole has released two consecutive number one albums in the UK: ''[[3 Words]]'' and ''[[Messy Little Raindrops]]''; scoring two number one singles in the UK ("[[Fight for This Love]]" and "[[Promise This]]").

Cole became a judge on the British televised singing competition ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' in 2008.<ref name="sweetheart">{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/09/girlsaloud-thexfactor|title=Cheryl Cole, the nation's new sweetheart|first=Elizabeth|last=Day|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian Media Group|date=9 November 2008|accessdate=3 September 2009|location=London}}</ref><ref name="sweetheart2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/22/girls-aloud-s-cheryl-cole-talent-show-success-was-just-the-start-of-journey-to-becoming-the-nation-s-sweetheart-115875-21297972|title=Girls Aloud's Cheryl Cole: Talent show success was just the start of journey to becoming the nation's sweetheart|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|date=22 April 2009|accessdate=8 February 2010 }}</ref><ref name="sweetheart3">{{Cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/x-factor/6486233/Cheryl-Cole-from-nightclub-brawler-to-nations-sweetheart.html | title=Cheryl Cole: from nightclub brawler to nation's sweetheart|first=Anita|last=Singh|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]]|date=2 November 2009|accessdate=8 February 2010|location=London}}</ref>

In the press Cole has been called a style icon<ref name="styletelegraph">{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5116123/Cheryl-Cole-voted-best-dressed-woman-and-style-icon-of-the-decade.html|title=Cheryl Cole voted best dressed woman and style icon of the decade|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|date=6 April 2009|accessdate=3 September 2009|location=London}}</ref><ref name="glamour">{{Cite web|url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/news/daily-gossip/090409-cheryl-cole-is-glamours-best-dress.aspx|title=Cheryl is GLAMOUR's Best Dressed|work=Glamour|publisher=[[Condé Nast Publications]]|date=9 April 2009|accessdate=3 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="vogue">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/090105-cheryl-cole-on-british-vogue-cover.aspx|title=Vogue's New Darling|work=British Vogue|publisher=[[Condé Nast Publications]]|quote=CHERYL COLE cements her style icon status|date=5 January 2009|accessdate=3 September 2009}}</ref>and a [[:wikt:fashionista|fashionista]].<ref name=fashionista>{{Cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6857830.ece|title=Cheryl Cole: X Factor, marriage and going solo|first=Chrissy|last=Iley|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|publisher=The Times|date=4 October 2009|accessdate=4 October 2009|location=London}}</ref> Her picture has been on the covers of ''[[Vogue (British magazine)|British Vogue]]'',<ref name="vogue"/> ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]''<ref name="elle">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1218023/Cheryl-Cole-reveals-trusts-mum-dogs--footballer-husband-Ashley.html|title=Hello sailor: Cheryl Cole shows off stunning new look as she reveals she trusts her mum and dogs – but not footballer husband Ashley|first= Jo|last=Clements|work=[[Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers]]|date=5 October 2009|accessdate=22 November 2009|location=London}}</ref> and [[Harper's Bazaar]], while also becoming the new face of cosmetic company [[L'Oréal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/fashionnews/6096652/Cheryl-Cole-lands-LOreal-deal---because-shes-worth-it.html|title=Cheryl Cole lands L'Oréal deal – because she's worth it|first=Chris|last=Irvine|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|date=27 August 2009|accessdate=8 February 2010|location=London}}</ref>

Cole was married to [[England national football team|England]] [[Association football|footballer]] [[Ashley Cole]] from July 2006<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8531260.stm|title=Cheryl Cole splits from footballer Ashley Cole|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=1 March 2010|date=23 February 2010}}</ref> until she [[decree nisi|divorced]] him in September 2010.<ref name="Official Statement">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cherylcole.com/news/official-statement|title=Official Statement|publisher=Cheryl Cole Online|accessdate=28 February 2010}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="Cheryl files for divorce">{{Cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title=Cheryl Cole 'files for divorce'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a221838/cheryl-cole-files-for-divorce.html|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Cole was born in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England and grew up in poverty on [[council estates]] in the districts of [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article5299070.ece|title=Superstar Cheryl Cole overcomes council estate adversity|first= Giles|last=Hattersley|publisher=News International|work=Times Online|date=7 December 2008|accessdate=9 May 2010|location=London}}</ref> and [[Heaton, Newcastle|Heaton]].<ref name=mirror>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/10/13/the-cheryl-cole-story-the-making-of-an-x-factor-star-115875-20798338/|title=The Cheryl Cole story: The Making of an X Factor star|first=Clare|last=Raymond|publisher=Trinity Mirror|work=Daily Mirror|date=23 October 2008|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref> She is the fourth of five children of Joan Callaghan,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7313494/Cheryl-Cole-comforted-by-Nicola-Roberts-as-Ashley-claims-couples-sex-life-had-dried-up.html|title=Cheryl Cole comforted by Nicola Roberts as Ashley claims couple's sex life had dried up|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|work=Daily Telegraph|first=Heide|last=Blake|date=25 February 2010|accessdate=9 May 2010|location=London}}</ref> and the eldest child of Gary Tweedy. Cole's parents never married each other; they separated when she was 11.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/10/03/cheryl-cole-reveals-all-about-girls-aloud-fame-72703-21958013/|title=Cheryl Cole reveals all about Girls Aloud fame|first=Liz|last=Lamb|work=[[Evening Chronicle]]|date=3 October 2008|accessdate=15 December 2008}}</ref> She has a brother, Garry (born 1987, Newcastle)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp|title= Births England and Wales 1984–2006|work= findmypast.com|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref> and three elder maternal half-siblings: Joseph, Gillian and Andrew.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1084308/Revealed-The-X-rated-family-Cheryl-Cole-left-behind.html|title=Revealed: The X-rated family Cheryl Cole left behind|publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd|work= Mail Online|first=Richard|last=Price|date=12 November 2008|accessdate=9 May 2010|location=London}}</ref>

As she was interested in dancing from an early age, Cole started [[sequence dancing]] at the age of four,<ref>Smith, S (2009) ''Cheryl'' Simon & Schuster UK</ref> before joining [[The Royal Ballet]]'s summer school at the age of nine.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3207926.stm|title=Girls Aloud's year at the top|publisher=BBC|work=BBC News Online|date=20 October 2003|accessdate=26 August 2008}}</ref> 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 (shopping centre)|MetroCentre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17202101&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=big-girls-fight-out--name_page.html|title=Big girls fight out|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=9 June 2006|accessdate=3 September 2009}}</ref> She also appeared in two [[Centrica|British Gas]] adverts, an SCS advert, and an [[Eldon Square]] Christmas advert with younger brother Garry as well as appearing in [[dance recital]]s on some television shows. She attended [[List of schools in Newcastle Upon Tyne#State schools|Walker Comprehensive School]] in Newcastle,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2008/10/13/the-cheryl-cole-story-the-making-of-an-x-factor-star-115875-20798338/|title=The Cheryl Cole Story: The Making of an X-Factor Star|publisher= Mirror Online|first=Claire|last=Raymond|date=13 October 2008|accessdate=10 May 2010}}</ref> but 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.<ref name=NOTW12102008>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/42910/X-Factor-judge-Cheryl-Cole-tells-in-her-autobiography-how-the-shocking-picture-of-dead-heroin-junkie-put-her-off-drugs.html|title=Cheryl Cole: This horror photo of my dead junkie pal put me off drugs for life|publisher=News International|work=News of the World|first=Douglas|last=Wight|date=12 October 2008|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref> After school, she took a job as a waitress in a restaurant.<ref name=NOTW12102008/>

== Career ==

=== Girls Aloud ===

{{Main|Girls Aloud}}

[[File:GirslaloudT4onthebeach.jpg|thumb|300px|Cole (second from left) with the rest of [[Girls Aloud]]]]

Cole auditioned for the [[reality television]] show ''[[Popstars The Rivals]]'' in 2002 with the song "[[Have You Ever (S Club 7 song)|Have You Ever]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/09/girlsaloud-thexfactor|title=The nation's new sweetheart|publisher=Guardian Media Group|work=The Guardian|accessdate=12 November 2008|location=London|first=Elizabeth|last=Day|date=9 November 2008}}</ref> 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 comprise the new girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the show by a public vote on 30 November 2002.<ref name="popstars" />

The group's debut single "[[Sound of the Underground (song)|Sound of the Underground]]" peaked at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming the 2002 Christmas number one.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2599721.stm|title=Girls Aloud top festive chart|date=23 December 2002|accessdate=24 February 2008|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/489272_Cheryl_Cole_Attending_Kimberley_Walsh_26th_Brithday_Party|title=Cheryl Cole Attending Kimberley Walsh 26th Brithday Party|publisher=|work=The Insider|date=26 November 2007|accessdate=11 June 2010}}</ref> The group released their debut album ''[[Sound of the Underground]]'' in May 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/popstars/a11004/girls-aloud-prepare-for-album-release.html|title=Girls Aloud prepare for album release|first=Neil|last=Wilkes|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]]|date=30 April 2003|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref> which entered the charts at number two and was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry|British Phonographic Industry (BPI)]] later the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32027|title=Certified Awards - Sound of the Underground (Platinum)|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|date=28 November 2003|accessdate=9 May 2010}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Since 2003, Girls Aloud have released twenty additional singles, with all but one charting within the top ten, and fifteen reaching top five positions. Their singles "[[I'll Stand by You#Girls Aloud version|I'll Stand by You]]", "[[Walk This Way#Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud|Walk This Way]]", and "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|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 (Girls Aloud album)|Out of Control]]'', both of which entered the chart at number one, with over one million copies of the former being sold.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1036788&c=1 | title=Take That shine among IFPI Platinum elite|work=Music Week|publisher=United Business Media|date=29 January 2009|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref> All five of their studio albums have been certified platinum by the BPI.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} They have been nominated for five [[Brit Awards]], and in 2009 won "Best British Single" at that year's Brit Awards for "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|The Promise]]".<ref name="brits">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/brit-awards-2009/42882|title=Girls Aloud win Best British Single at the BRITs|work=NME|publisher=IPC Media|date=18 February 2009|accessdate=21 August 2009}}</ref> The group has sold ten million records worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/a0b2f210-cd3a-453d-937d-e4f2658d17c7|title=BBC - Music - Girls Aloud|publisher=[[BBC]]|work= BBC Online|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref> Girls Aloud have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, and had amassed a fortune of [[pound sterling|£]]25 million by May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 10 richest reality TV stars|url=http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/05/the-20-richest-reality-tv-stars.html|publisher=[[The Times]]|date= 31 May 2009}}</ref> The 2007 edition of [[Guinness World Records]] listed them as "Most Successful Reality TV Group",{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} while they also hold the record for "Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group" in the 2008 edition.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}

In July 2009, Girls Aloud announced they would take a year-long [[Recess (break)|hiatus]] in the pursuit of solo projects, but would reunite for a new studio album in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/girls-aloud/46150|title=Girls Aloud deny split rumours|work=[[NME]]|publisher=IPC Media|date=16 July 2009|accessdate=3 September 2009}}</ref> In August 2010, bandmate Nicola Roberts revealed that she wasn't anticipating a reunion of the band until 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Girls Aloud will not perform for two years|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/151475/Girls-Aloud-will-not-perform-for-two-years/|date=August 30, 2010|publisher=Daily Star|author=Sales, Dan|location=London}}</ref>

=== Television and ''The X Factor'' ===

{{See also|The X Factor (UK)}}

Cole was given a one-off television programme for [[ITV1]] titled ''[[Cheryl Cole's Night In]]'', which aired on 19 December 2009.<ref name="nightin">{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a187953/cheryl-cole-given-her-own-tv-show.html|title=Cheryl Cole given her own TV show|first=Rebecca|last=Routledge|date=21 November 2009|accessdate=22 November 2009|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]]}}</ref> The programme, hosted by [[Holly Willoughby]], featured music and interviews with Cole and some of her favourite performers. [[Alexandra Burke]], [[Rihanna]], [[Will Young]], [[Snow Patrol]] and [[will.i.am]] made appearances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Cheryl-Cole-Get-Own-One-Off-ITV1-Show-Singer-Will-Perform-With-Friends-On-Programme/Article/200911415463734?lpos=Showbiz_News_Third_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region__4&lid=ARTICLE_15463734_Cheryl_Cole_Get_Own_One-Off_ITV1_Show%3A_Singer_Will_Perform_With_Friends_On_Programme|title=Cheryl Cole gets her own one-off TV show|first=Elizabeth|last=Scott|work=[[Sky News]]|publisher=[[British Sky Broadcasting]]|date=23 November 2009|accessdate=23 November 2009}}</ref> Cole told the press, "I couldn't be happier that ITV have asked me to round off the year with my own show, working with some of my favourite artists".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/11/23/cheryl-cole-unveils-brand-new-television-special-for-itv1-115875-21843821/|title=Cheryl Cole unveils brand new television special for ITV1|first=Jody|last=Thompson|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|date=23 November 2009|accessdate=23 November 2009}}</ref> The programme attracted 5 million viewers on its first airing, substantially less than the 8.1 million viewers that ''[[Strictly Come Dancing (series 7)|Strictly Come Dancing]]'' received during the same time slot.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Chris|last=Tryhorn|title= TV ratings: More than 12m see Stacey eliminated from The X Factor|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/dec/14/tv-ratings-stacey-x-factor|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=14 December 2009|accessdate=20 December 2009|location=London}}</ref> Cole was interviewed during an episode of the fourth series of ''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]''. The show, which aired on 23 October 2010, drew an audience of 7.2 million: the highest figure in the chat show's history.<ref name=Lifestories>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/25/cheryl-cole-piers-morgan-ratings|title=TV ratings: 7m tune in for Cheryl Cole on Piers Morgan's Life Stories|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=28 October 2010|location=London|first=John|last=Plunkett|date=25 October 2010}}</ref>

As a member of Girls Aloud, Cole has also appeared in the [[fly on the wall]] documentary ''[[Girls Aloud: Home Truths]]'', the [[E4 (channel)|E4]] documentary series ''[[Girls Aloud: Off the Record]]'', an episode of ''[[Ghosthunting With...]]'', and a one-off variety show entitled ''[[The Girls Aloud Party]]''.

[[File:Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Cole alongside [[Simon Cowell]] on ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'']]

In June 2008, it was announced Cole would replace [[Sharon Osbourne]] as a judge for the [[The X Factor (UK series 5)|fifth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''. Cole was given the girls category (made up of female contestants between 16 and 25) and subsequently ended up as the victorious judge when Alexandra Burke was crowned the fifth winner of ''The X Factor'' on 13 December 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7782054.stm|title=Alexandra crowned X Factor winner|date=14 December 2008|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=28 June 2009}}</ref> Cole returned for the [[The X Factor (UK series 6)|sixth series]] in 2009 and was given the boys category (made up of male contestants aged 16 to 25).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/xfactor/a179357/x-factor-judges-given-their-categories.html|title='X Factor' judges given their categories|first=Catriona|last=Wightman|date=27 October 2009|accessdate=27 October 2009|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]]}}</ref> Cole emerged as the winning judge for a second consecutive year after [[Joe McElderry]] was crowned the sixth winner of ''The X Factor''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joe McElderry wins British X-Factor|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/14/2770529.htm|work=[[ABC News]]|date=14 December 2009}}</ref> [[Simon Cowell]], 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."<ref name="cowell">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/x_factor/2834396/Simon-Cowell-Cheryl-Coles-a-bigger-hit-than-me.html|title=Simon Cowell: Cheryl Cole's a bigger hit than me|first=Cara|last=Lee|work=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|date=2 February 2010|accessdate=8 February 2010|location=London}}</ref> Cowell has referred to Cole as "one of the best I've ever worked with."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=151996410|title=Simon: Cheryl's one of the best|work=|publisher=MSN|date=2 February 2010|accessdate=1 November 2010}}</ref> She returned for a [[The X Factor (UK series 7)|further series]] in 2010 to mentor the girls category (made of female contestants aged 16 to 28).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cheryl's got the girls|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/x-factor/news/238486-simon-tips-cheryl-to-win|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=27 September 2010}}</ref>

In September 2010, after much speculation, [[STV (TV network)|STV]] reported that Cole, alongside Cowell, would be on the judging panel on the [[The X Factor (U.S.)|American version]] of ''The X Factor''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/tv/197996-cheryl-cole-is-confirmed-for-us-x-factor|title=Cheryl Cole is confirmed for US X Factor|publisher=entertainment.stv.tv|date=17 September 2010}}</ref> ''The Daily Mail'' reported that Cowell and Cole had been in discussion for months about the move.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sara Nathan|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1312676/Cheryl-Cole-join-American-X-Factor-multi-million-deal.html|title=Cheryl Cole to join American X Factor in multi-million deal &#124; Mail Online|publisher=The Daily Mail|date=14 September 2010|location=London}}</ref> However, more recent reports have revealed that she will not be offered the role.<ref>http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/cheryl-cole/news/246049-cheryl-cole-x-factor-quit-simon-cowell MTV 15-11-10</ref> It is also feared by bosses that the "US viewers won't 'get' [Cole]'s accent."<ref>http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/848222-cheryl-cole-to-be-snubbed-in-favour-of-dermot-oleary-for-us-x-factor The Metro 24-11-10</ref><ref>http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/cheryl-cole/news/246049-cheryl-cole-x-factor-quit-simon-cowell MTV 15-11-10</ref>

=== Solo career ===

[[File:CherylCole BEP END TOUR.png|thumb|170px|left|Cole on tour with [[The Black Eyed Peas]] in May 2010]]

Cole's first solo performance was on American rapper [[will.i.am]]'s "[[Heartbreaker (will.i.am song)|Heartbreaker]]" in 2008. She was picked to appear as a dancer in the video after taking [[Streetdance|streetdancing]] classes during the filming of the [[ITV2]] series ''[[The Passions of Girls Aloud]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soundgenerator.com/viewArticle.cfm?ArticleID=18597|title=Cheryl Cole records with Will.i.am|publisher=[[Soundgenerator.com]]|date=4 March 2008}}</ref> in which the members of the band achieve something they had always wanted to do, other than sing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2715781.ece|title=Why it's OK to love Girls Aloud|publisher=News International|work=[[The Times|Times Online]]|date=27 October 2007|location=London|first=Johnny|last=Davis}}</ref> She was later asked, by will.i.am, to sing additional vocals on the track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles/entertainment/music/cheryl-cole-teams-up-with-william.html|title=Cheryl Cole teams up with Will.i.am|date=25 April 2008|work=MyPark Magazine}}</ref>

In April 2009, Cole started working on solo material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/cheryl-cole/news/116962-cheryl-cole-confirms-solo-career|title=Cheryl Cole confirms solo career|date=27 April 2009|work=[[MTV News]]|publisher=MTV}}</ref> Her debut album, ''[[3 Words]]'', was released in the UK on 26 October 2009.<ref name="Play">{{Cite web| url=http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/11684687/Three-Words/Product.html|title=Three Words|publisher=[[Play.com]]|accessdate=4 September 2009 }}</ref> 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 music|house]] and a more general [[pop music|pop]] sound.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}

[[File:Cheryl Cole on THE E.N.D. TOUR.jpg|thumb|Cole live at the O2 on [[The E.N.D. World Tour]]]]

''3 Words'' spent two weeks at number one.<ref name="chartstats1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=14510|title=Cheryl Cole – 3 Words|publisher=Chart Stats|accessdate=16 November 2009}}</ref> On 6 November 2009, BPI certified the album Platinum, denoting shipments of over 300,000 units.<ref name="bpi">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|title=Certified Awards Search|publisher=BPI – The British Recorded Music Industry|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref> It later tripled this feat.<ref name="bpi"/> 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".<ref name="trackbytrack">{{Cite web|url=http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid44024446001?bclid=44783862001&bctid=44905853001|title=Fight For This Love|publisher=[[Brightcove]]|date=15 October 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2697965/Cheryl-Cole-debut-single-outsells-Girls-Alouds.html|title=Cheryl Cole debut single outsells Girls Aloud |work=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|date=23 October 2009 |location=London}}</ref> It charted at number one on both the [[Irish Singles Chart|Irish]] and [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a183376/cheryl-cole-tops-irish-singles-chart.html|title=Cheryl Cole tops Irish singles chart|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|date=23 October 2009}}</ref> In 2010, "Fight For This Love" went to number one in Denmark, Norway and Hungary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/51174|title= Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love|work=US Charts|accessdate=11 June 2010}}</ref> The single was later certified platinum in the UK. Cole's second single "[[3 Words (song)|3 Words]]", which features will.i.am, went to number 4 in the UK and seven in Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a192827/joe-mcelderry-climbs-up-to-number-one.html|title=Joe McElderry climbs up to number one|first=Catriona|last=Wightman|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]]|date=27 December 2009}}</ref> In 2010, the single was released in Australia and charted at number 5 and was certified platinum.<ref name="AUS2010 Singles">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.auaccreds2010.htm |title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Singles|work=[[ARIA Charts]]|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> The third single, "[[Parachute (song)|Parachute]]", charted in the top five in both the UK and Ireland. The single was certified silver in the UK.<ref name="bpi"/> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theglobalherald.com/cheryl-cole-to-tour-with-black-eyed-peas/1943/|title=Cheryl Cole to tour with Black Eyed Peas|first=Nola M|last=Ojomu|work=The Global Herald|publisher=24 Hour Trading |date=29 January 2010}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a199746/cheryl-cole-for-black-eyed-peas-uk-tour.html|title=Cheryl Cole 'for Black Eyed Peas UK tour'|first=Oli|last=Simpson|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]]|date=27 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blitz.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=bz.stories/57472|title=Black Eyed Peas trazem Cheryl Cole a Portugal|accessdate=18 February 2010 }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1270458/Cheryl-Cole-wears-trademark-slashed-trousers--outshines-Black-Eyed-Peas-star-Fergie-concert.html|title=Cheryl Cole wears her trademark slashed trousers... and outshines Black Eyed Peas star Fergie at her own concert|first=Chris|last=Johnson|work=Daily Mail|publisher=Associated Newspapers|date=3 May 2010|location=London}}</ref>

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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a209512/cole-hopes-to-release-new-songs-soon.html|title=Cole 'hopes to release new songs soon'|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Médias|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Oli|last=Simpson|date=18 March 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cheryl Cole Scores Second Solo Number 1|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/cheryl-cole/news/244221-cheryl-cole-promise-this-number-1-rihanna-x-factor|author=|publisher=MTV}}</ref> The album was largely produced by [[Wayne Wilkins]],<ref name=productionMLR>{{Cite news|title=Album: Cheryl Cole, Messy Little Raindrops (Polydor)|date=1 November 2010|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-cheryl-cole-messy-little-raindrops-polydor-2121608.html|date=31 October 2010|author=Price, Simon|publisher=Independent|location=London}}</ref> but Cole also reunited with will.i.am,<ref name="productionMLR" /> with collaboration from [[J. R. Rotem]], [[Starsmith]], [[Al Shux]], and Free School for the first time.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} The album also features guest vocals from August Rigo, [[Dizzee Rascal]], [[Travie McCoy]], and will.i.am.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/cheryl-cole/news/242200-cheryl-cole-new-album-cover-ashley-cole|title=Cheryl Cole unveils new album artwork|work=[[MTV News]]|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=14 October 2010|accessdate=1 November 2010}}</ref>

=== 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 (company)|Transworld]] imprint [[Bantam Press]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls-Aloud-Story-Style-Life/dp/0593061225/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207699357&sr=1-2|title=Girls Aloud: Our Story, Our Style, Our Life|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=8 April 2008 }}</ref><ref name="bookseller">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/56111-girls-aloud-and-westlife-sign-book-deals.html|title=Girls Aloud and Westlife sign book deals|publisher=TheBookseller.com|first=Alison|last=Flood|date=4 April 2008 | accessdate=8 April 2008 }}</ref> The book featured unseen photographs, included insights into the members' personal lives, their success together, style tips, and "everything [they]'ve learned about life, love and music."<ref name="bookseller"/><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://girlsaloud.co.uk/site.php|title=Dreams That Glitter – Our Story|publisher=GirlsAloud.co.uk|date=8 April 2008 | accessdate=8 April 2008 |archiveurl =http://web.archive.org/web/20071028182353/http://www.girlsaloud.co.uk/site.php<!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archivedate=28 October 2007}}</ref> The book was previewed and serialised by ''[[OK!]]'' prior to its release. Girls Aloud held a book signing at [[Waterstone's]] in [[Piccadilly]], London to promote the release.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1076025/Whole-lotta-history-Girls-Aloud-launch-autobiography-fans-queue-overnight-meet-them.html|title=Whole lotta history: Girls Aloud launch their autobiography as fans queue overnight to meet them|first=Lizzie|last=Smith|work=[[Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Daily Mail and General Trust]]|date=9 October 2008 | accessdate=9 October 2008|location=London}}</ref> The title ''Dreams that Glitter'' comes from a line in the group's 2007 single "[[Call the Shots]]".

Cole's first official book, entitled ''Through My Eyes'', was published on 30 September 2010 by Bantam Press.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/195217-cheryl-cole-to-bare-all-in-eye-opening-book/|title=Cheryl Cole to bare all in eye-opening book|work=[[STV (TV network)|STV]]|publisher=[[STV Group plc]]|date=1 September 2010 | accessdate=4 September 2010 }}</ref> The book is described as "a series of stunning exclusive new photos plus informal shots from her own personal collection ... a revealing and intimate portrait of the world of Cheryl Cole".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=twmain.txt&eqisbndata=0593066383|title=Book details for Through My Eyes by Cheryl Cole|work=[[Transworld (company)|Transworld]]|publisher=[[Random House]]|accessdate = 4 September 2010 }}</ref> ''Through My Eyes'' offers a glimpse of Cole in the recording studio, backstage on tour, behind-the-scenes at ''The X Factor'', at photo shoots and at award ceremonies. She said the book is "filled with pictures that capture those moments, [her] memories and the people [she's] closest to".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8960000/newsid_8967200/8967258.stm|title=Cheryl Cole's bringing out behind-the-scenes photo book|work=[[CBBC]] [[Newsround]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=3 September 2010 | accessdate=4 September 2010 }}</ref> Cole is the subject of several unauthorised biographies,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cheryl-Cole-Story-Unauthorized-Biography/dp/1843173891/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280871982&sr=1-1|title=Cheryl Cole: Her Story - The Unauthorized Biography|work=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=3 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cheryl-Sean-Smith/dp/1847372783/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280872045&sr=1-2|title=Cheryl|work=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=3 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cheryl-Cole-Promise-Girls-Factor/dp/1409113620/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280872045&sr=1-5|title=Cheryl Cole: Promise: Star of Girls Aloud and The X Factor|work=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=3 August 2010 }}</ref> as well as books detailing her relationship with and divorce from Ashley Cole.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cheryl-Ashley-When-Love-Dies/dp/1843174995/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280872149&sr=1-1 |title=Cheryl vs Ashley: When Love Dies|work=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=3 August 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cheryl-Ashley-Love-John-McShane/dp/1843581957/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280872224&sr=1-2|title=Cheryl and Ashley - Love Wars|work=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=3 August 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ashley-cheryl-cole-where-did/id379404025?mt=8|title=Ashley and Cheryl Cole - Where Did It All Go Wrong?|work=[[iTunes Store]]|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|date=30 June 2010 | accessdate=3 August 2010 }}</ref>

== Endorsements ==

In February 2009, Cole appeared on the cover of ''[[Vogue (British magazine)|British Vogue]]''. The media coverage of her appearance in the magazine boosted the magazine's circulation to 240,000: its best ever February figure.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/12/cheryl-cole-helps-lift-vogue-sales|title=Cheryl Cole helps lift Vogue sales|last=Brook|first=Stephen |date=12 February 2009|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=28 June 2009|location=London}}</ref> She also graced the November 2009 cover of the UK's ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine.<ref name="elle"/>

In late 2009, Cole became the new face of [[L'Oréal]]. However, her recent advertising campaign promoting the L'Oréal Elvive shampoo and conditioner range attracted criticism amid claims that she had deliberately deceived persons wishing to buy the product, since it shows Cole with hair extensions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1230008/Its-bad-hair-day-LOreal-model-Cheryl-Cole-accused-misleading-fans.html|title=Cheryl Cole's bad hair-extension day over 'misleading' L'Oreal advert|publisher= Mail Online|first= Richard|last=Simpson|date=23 November 2009|accessdate=18 January 2010|location=London}}</ref> As a member of Girls Aloud, Cole has endorsed [[Barbie]],{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} [[Kit Kat]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article885999.ece|title=Girlband get million pound payout from KitKat|publisher=''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|Sun Online]]''|date=7 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008|location=London}}</ref> [[Nintendo DS]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/20/advertising-nintendo|title=Girls Aloud to appear in Nintendo ads|first=Mark|last=Sweney|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|date=20 October 2008|accessdate=20 October 2008|location=London}}</ref> [[Samsung]],{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} and [[Sunsilk]].<ref name="itn.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://itn.co.uk/news/1989ab8b4eeeec8d8bf2ea72ecd29bce.html|title=Girls Aloud land shampoo dea |publisher=ITN News|date=2 April 2007|accessdate=7 March 2008}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

On 11 January 2003, Cole was involved in an altercation with a nightclub [[toilet attendant]], Sophie Amogbokpa, at "The Drink" nightclub in [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]]. Cole was subsequently charged with racially aggravated assault (she had allegedly called Amogbokpa a "[[Caribbean]] [[List of ethnic slurs#J|jigaboo]]" and a "black bitch")<ref>{{Cite news| date=13 January 2003 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2651617.stm | title=Girls Aloud star 'not a racist' | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=14 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| date=14 October 2003 | url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-7166362-club-boss-tells-of-girls-aloud-stars-aggression.do | title=Club boss tells of Girls Aloud star's 'aggression' | publisher=London Evening Standard | accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name=BBCGui>{{Cite news| date=20 October 2003 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3207822.stm | title=Singer Tweedy guilty of assault | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=31 May 2006}}</ref> 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.<ref name=BBCGui/>

Cole began dating England and Chelsea [[Association football|footballer]] [[Ashley Cole]] in 2004, announcing their engagement after he proposed in [[Dubai]] in June 2005.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0617/tweedyc.html | title=Girls Aloud singer Tweedy gets engaged | work=[[RTÉ.ie]] | publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann | date=17 June 2005 | accessdate=5 October 2009 }}</ref> The couple were married at a ceremony at [[Barnet]], North West London on 15 July 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5182542.stm|title=Tweedy and Cole in wedding ruse|date=15 July 2006|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=12 November 2008}}</ref> They signed an exclusive deal with ''[[OK!]]'', reportedly worth £1 million, regarding the rights of the photographs.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0717/girlsaloud.html | title=Singer Tweedy marries footballer Cole | work=[[RTÉ.ie]] | publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann | date=17 July 2006 | accessdate=5 October 2009 }}</ref> 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 (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article725180.ece | title=Chelsea's Cole is a love cheat | first=Richard|last= White|first2= Philip|last2= Case | work=Sun Onlne| publisher=[[News International]] | date=25 January 2008 | accessdate=5 October 2009 | location=London}}</ref> [[Glamour model]] Brooke Healy claimed that she had spent the night and had sexual relations with Ashley Cole in December 2006.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2008/01/27/ashley-cole-faces-more-cheating-claims-98487-20299858/ | title=Ashley Cole faces more cheating claims | first=Sean|last= Hamilton|first2= Gill|last2= Smith | work=[[Sunday Mirror]] | publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] | date=27 January 2008 | accessdate=5 October 2009 }}</ref> Promotion for Girls Aloud's "[[Can't Speak French]]" was put on hold,<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/showbiz/showbiznews/2008/02/03/nadine-coyle-makes-most-of-band-crisis-98487-20308413/ | title=Nadine Coyle makes most of band crisis | publisher=Sunday Mirror | date=3 February 2008 | accessdate=3 February 2008}}</ref> and Cole also stopped wearing her wedding ring.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/251759/cheryl-cole-ditches-wedding-ring.html | title=Cheryl Cole ditches wedding ring | work=[[Marie Claire]] | publisher=[[IPC Media]] | date=15 April 2008 | accessdate=5 October 2009 }}</ref> The couple, however, reconciled. Following tabloid reports of marital problems in November 2009, Cole posted a picture with her wedding ring in plain sight on [[Twitter]], with the message "3 words. Diamonds Are Forever."<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1229495/Diamonds-forever-says-Cheryl-Cole-flashes-wedding-ring-Twitter.html | title='Diamonds are forever,' says Cheryl Cole as she flashes her wedding ring on Twitter | first= Chris|last= Johnston | work=[[Daily Mail]] | publisher=[[Associated Newspapers]] | work=20 November 2009 | accessdate=22 November 2009 | location=London | date=20 November 2009}}</ref> In early February 2010, news broke that her husband [[infidelity|had cheated on her]] with five more women.<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/02/21/girl-no-5-ashley-cole-took-out-cheryl-then-bedded-me-115875-22057799/|title= Girl no.5: Ashley Cole took out Cheryl then bedded me|publisher= Trinity Mirror|work= Daily Mirror|first= Gary|last= Anderson|first2= Lara|last2= Gould|date= 21 February 2010|accessdate= 27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article725180.ece|title= Chelsea's Cole is a love cheat|first= Richard|last= White|work= Sun Online|publisher= News International|date= 25 January 2008|accessdate= 27 August 2000|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2861829/Ashley-Cole-cheated-with-girl-No4-Ann-Corbitt-in-States.html|title= Cole cheated with girl No4 in States|first= Pete|last= Samson|work= Sun Online|publisher= News International|date= 20 February 2010|accessdate= 27 August 2010|location=London}}</ref> On 23 February, Cole announced she was separating from her husband and asked the media to respect their privacy.<ref name="BBC News"/><ref name="Official Statement"/> On 26 May 2010, Cole filed for divorce at London's High Court citing "unreasonable behaviour" of estranged husband Ashley as the reason for their break-up.<ref name="Cheryl files for divorce"/> Later that day Cole's PR company confirmed the divorce, posting a message on social networking site Twitter stating: "We can confirm the divorce. We have no further comment." She was granted a decree nisi on 3 September, effectively ending the couple's four year marriage.<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11173177|title= Cheryl and Ashley Cole granted divorce|publisher= BBC|work= BBC News|date= 3 September 2010|accessdate= 3 September 2010}}</ref> She has continued to use the surname Cole, but during an X Factor audition at [[ExCeL London]] on 22 June 2010, Simon Cowell introduced her as "Cheryl Tweedy".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title=Cowell 'introduces Cole as Cheryl Tweedy'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/s103/the-x-factor/news/a232415/cowell-introduces-cole-as-cheryl-tweedy.html|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> A spokesperson for the singer then said that no decision on her name has yet been made.<ref>{{cite news | title = Cowell uses Cheryl's maiden name | date = 24 June 2010 | publisher = The Oxford Times | url = http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/national/news/8237366.Cowell_uses_Cheryl_s_maiden_name/ | work = Press Association | accessdate = 21 September 2010}}</ref> In October of that year, Cole stated in an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'' that she would continue to use her married name, saying that changing it back would make her seem "ashamed" of her marriage.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/oct/23/cheryl-cole-interview-simon-hattenstone</ref>

Cole was referenced in [[Lily Allen]]'s "Cheryl Tweedy", a b-side to her 2006 debut single "[[Smile (Lily Allen song)|Smile]]". Cole took the song as a compliment to her, although Allen later pointed out that it had been [[tongue-in-cheek]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/has-lily-allen-rejoined-the-sisterhood-1622647.html|title=Has Lily Allen rejoined the sisterhood?|last=Bray|first=Elisa |date=16 February 2009|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=28 June 2009 | location=London}}</ref> Allen has since retracted her comments.

In 2009, Cole announced her support for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 2010's [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|general election]], referring to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]] leader [[David Cameron]] as "slippery". She went on to say, "we've always been Labour in our family, it just feels wrong not to be".<ref>{{Cite news| date=8 January 2009 | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/08/cheryl-cole-i-ll-back-gordon-brown-in-election-115875-21024315/ | title= 'Cheryl Cole: I'll back Gordon Brown in election' | publisher=Daily Mirror | accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| date=22 December 2009 | url=http://www.labourmatters.com/Editor/x-factors-cheryl-cole-david-cameron-brrrrr-slippery-isnt-he/ | title= X-factor’s Cheryl Cole: “David Cameron. Brrrrr. Slippery isn’t he?”| publisher= Labour Matter | accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> On 3 July 2010, Cole was admitted to hospital with suspected acute [[malaria]]. This was shortly after a visit to [[Tanzania]], where it is believed she may have contracted the disease.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/06072010/19/cheryl-cole-contracted-malaria.html|title=Cheryl Cole 'contracted malaria'|last=[[Press Association]]|date=6 July 2010|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|accessdate=6 July 2010}}</ref> During an ''X Factor'' [[photoshoot]] in [[Cardiff]], Cole has said that she noticed her lips were blue and has said "I thought, 'You're getting the flu'. Not for one second did malaria cross my mind."<ref name="STV">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/tv/203230-cheryl-cole-tells-of-her-battle-with-malaria/|title=Cheryl Cole tells of her battle with malaria | TV | STV Entertainment|work=[[STV]]|publisher=[[STV]]|accessdate=17 October 2010}}</ref> She has said that during the auditions she asked to lie down and this was when she collapsed, was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with malaria.<ref name="STV"/> Her collapse was televised<ref name="ITN">{{cite web|url=http://itn.co.uk/7dfbd21c47f0fa205a5aee6374496cae.html|title=X Factor to show Cheryl Cole's malaria collapse|date=21 August 2010|work=[[ITN]]|publisher=[[ITN]]|accessdate=17 October 2010}}</ref> and she was forced to miss the rest of the auditions as well as bootcamp. Cole returned for the 'judges houses' stage of the show but had to film this at a country house in [[Berkshire]]<ref name="Thompson">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1316936/X-Factor-2010-Cheryl-Cole-tries-whittle-X-Factor-Girls-tonight-help-close-friend-Will-I-Am.html|title='My head's spinning!'|last=Thompson|first=Jody|date=2 October 2010|work=[[Mail Online]]|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=17 October 2010|location=London}}</ref> as she was still too ill to travel.<ref name="Nathan">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1295800/Cheryl-Cole-film-X-Factor-judges-houses-Britain-fellow-judges-abroad.html|title=Cheryl Cole to film X Factor 'judges houses' in Britain while fellow judges go abroad | Mail Online|last=Nathan|first=Sara|date=19 July 2010|work=[[Mail Online]]|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=17 October 2010|location=London}}</ref>

== Discography ==

{{Main|Cheryl Cole discography|Girls Aloud discography}}

*''[[3 Words]]'' (2009)

*''[[Messy Little Raindrops]]'' (2010)

== Tours ==

===With Girls Aloud===

{{main|List of Girls Aloud concert tours}}

===As solo supporting act===

*[[The Black Eyed Peas]]' [[The E.N.D. World Tour]] <small>(Europe, 2010)</small>

== Awards and nominations ==

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Year

! Award-giving body

! Award

! Result

|-

| rowspan="2"| 2007

| [[Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards]]

| Best Female Singer<ref>[http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/ Winners Announced for the First Ever Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK]</ref>

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| [[Virgin Media]] Awards

| Most Fanciable Female<ref>[http://dev.vm.dev.synacor.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=9 Virgin Media Music Awards 2007: The winners]</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| rowspan="3"| 2008

| Hottest Female{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| ''[[Heat (magazine)|''Heat'' Magazine Awards]]''

| Sexiest Female{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

| {{Won}}

|-

| Best Reality TV Judge{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

| {{Won}}

|-

| rowspan="8"|2009

| [[Glamour (magazine)#UK|Glamour Women of the Year Awards]]

| TV Personality<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23703040-details/Cheryl+Cole+tops+Glamour%27s+TV+personality+poll/article.do|title=Cheryl Cole tops Glamour's TV personality poll |date=6 March 2009|publisher=This is London|accessdate=28 June 2009}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| [[FHM]] 100 Sexiest Women in the World

| #1 Sexiest Woman in the World<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/100-sexiest-2009/cheryl-cole/|title= Cheryl Cole - Or is it Tweedy?|work= FHM|accessdate= 27 August 2010}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| [[Style Network]] Awards

| Best Dressed Women<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5116123/Cheryl-Cole-voted-best-dressed-woman-and-style-icon-of-the-decade.html|title=Cheryl cole votes best dressed and style icon of the decade | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | date=6 April 2009 | accessdate=28 April 2010}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| Style icon of the decade

| {{Won}}

|-

| | [[BBC Switch]] Live Awards

| Switch's Prom Queen<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/events/live2009/awards.shtml|title=BBC Switch Live Awards 2009: The winners|publisher= BBC|date= |accessdate= 27 August 2010}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| [[Virgin Media]] Awards

| Hottest Female<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23804618-cheryl-cole-snatches-back-hottest-female-title.do | title=Cheryl Cole snatches back Hottest Female title|publisher=This is London|date=11 February 2010

}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| Legend Of the Year{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="1"| [[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour Woman of the Year Awards]]

| Best Dressed<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a191992/cole-beats-minogue-to-best-dressed-gong.html | title=Cole beats Minogue to 'Best Dressed' gong|publisher=Digital Spy|date=18 December 2009}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

|-

| rowspan="7"| 2010

| [[2010 BRIT Awards]]

| British Single ([[Fight for This Love]])<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8466797.stm | title=Brit award nominations in full | work=BBC News | publisher=BBC | date=18 January 2010 | accessdate=19 January 2010 }}</ref>

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| [[Glamour (magazine)#UK|Glamour Women of the Year Awards]]

| Best Dressed<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8603059.stm|title=Cheryl Cole keeps 'best-dressed' crown in Glamour poll |date=5 April 2010|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=5 April 2010}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| Woman of the Year{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}

| {{Won}}

|-

| [[FHM]] 100 Sexiest Women in the World

| #1 Sexiest Woman in the World<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/823955-cheryl-cole-is-the-worlds-sexiest-woman-a-timeline-of-her-rise-to-the-top |title= Cheryl Cole is the world's sexiest woman: A timeline of her rise to the top

|publisher= Associated Newspapers|work= Metro|first= Joanne|last= McCabe|date= 29 April 2010|accessdate= 27 August 2010}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| rowspan="3"| [[BT Digital Music Awards]]

| Best Female Artist<ref name="btawards">{{Cite web| url=http://itn.co.uk/71a271c39cd0586afbaa9b3886400c85.html | title=Cheryl Cole won two BT Digital Music Awards | work=[[ITN]] | publisher=[[ITN]] | date=30 September 2010| accessdate=30 September 2010}}</ref>

| {{Won}}

|-

| Best Single ([[Fight for This Love]])<ref name="btawards"/>

| {{Won}}

|-

| Best Video ([[Fight for This Love]])<ref name="btawards"/>

| {{nom}}

|-

|}

== References ==

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== External links ==

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* [http://www.cherylcole.com.au Official Australian website]

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{{Girls Aloud}}

{{Popstars}}

{{The X Factor}}

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