50 interesting facts about Cheryl Cole

50 things about English recording artist, dancer, and television personality Cheryl Cole.

1. Cheryl Ann Fernandez-Versini (née Tweedy, formerly Cole) is an English recording artist, dancer, and television personality who is known by the mononym Cheryl in the context of her recording promotions.

2. Cheryl Cole rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud.

3. The group's line-up remained the same throughout their history and during that time the group achieved a string of twenty consecutive top ten singles in the United Kingdom (including four number one singles) and six platinum albums (two of which went to number one) and earned five Brit Award nominations from 2005 to 2010.

4. At the 2009 Brit Awards, Girls Aloud won Best Single with their song "The Promise".

5. In early 2013, the group announced that they had split up.

6. Cheryl Cole embarked on a solo career and released her first solo studio album 3 Words (2009).

7. The album became a commercial success and spawned three successful singles including the lead single from the album, "Fight for This Love," which debuted at number one on the UK charts, becoming the best selling single of the year.

8. 2010 saw the release of Cole's second studio album Messy Little Raindrops, which produced two singles, the first being "Promise This" which also debuted at number one.

9. Cheryl Cole released her third solo album A Million Lights on 18 June 2012, with lead single "Call My Name" becoming her third number one single.

10. Only Human was released in 2014 and spawned three singles including "Crazy Stupid Love" and "I Don't Care". Both singles went to number one in the UK and made Cole the only British female to have five number ones in the UK.

11. Cheryl Cole has become a recognised and photographed style icon;referred to as a fashionista by the press

12. Cheryl Cole has been photographed for the covers of British Vogue, Elle and Harper's Bazaar, while becoming the new face of cosmetic company L'Oréal.

13. Cheryl Cole was married to England footballer Ashley Cole from July 2006 until September 2010, when she divorced him following the announcement of their separation earlier that year.

14. Cheryl Cole became a judge on the UK version of The X Factor in 2008, becoming the winning judge twice out of the three series she judged.

15. Cheryl Cole In 2011, Cole left the UK version of The X Factor to judge the American version. However, Cole left the show during the auditions stage, fueling rumours that she had been sacked.

16. Cole's net worth was estimated at £20 million in October 2014.

17. Cheryl Cole On 10 March 2014, it was announced that Cole would return as a judge on the U.K. version of The X Factor for its eleventh series, signing a £1.5 million contract.

18. Cheryl Cole was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and grew up on council estates in the neighbouring districts of Walker and Heaton.

19. Cheryl Cole is the fourth of five children of Joan Callaghan, and the first of her two children with Garry Tweedy following the collapse of her marriage to the father of her three other children.

20. Callaghan and Tweedy were together for more than a decade but never married each other; they separated when Cole was eleven years old.

21. As a young child circa 1990, she appeared in a television advert for British Gas with her younger brother Garry.

22. Interested in dancing from an early age, she began sequence dancing at the age of four, before joining The Royal Ballet's summer school at the age of nine.

23. Cheryl Cole occasionally appeared doing dance recitals on different television shows in the UK, such as Gimme 5, in 1993.

24. Cheryl Cole won recognition in several 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.

25. Cheryl Cole made appearances in British Gas adverts for a second time, an SCS furniture store advert, and an Eldon Square Christmas advert with younger brother Garry.

26. Cheryl Cole attended Walker Comprehensive School in Newcastle between September 1994 and July 1999, and left at 16 with few qualifications.

27. 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.

28. Cheryl 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.

29. The group's debut single "Sound of the Underground" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2002 Christmas number one.

30. In June 2008, it was announced Cole would replace Sharon Osbourne as a judge for the fifth series of The X Factor alongside Dannii Minogue, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh.

31. Speaking in 2014, Cole said that she was given five days to make a decision as to whether or not she wanted to be a judge, and discussed it with the rest of Girls Aloud, who agreed that it was something she should do, and said that "I had no idea I would be in people's living rooms".

32. 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.

33. Cheryl Cole returned for the sixth series in 2009 and was given the boys category (made up of male contestants aged 16 to 25). Cole emerged as the winning judge for a second consecutive year after Joe McElderry was crowned the sixth winner of The X Factor.

34. Simon Cowell, creator of The X Factor, has referred to Cole as "one of the best I've ever worked with."

35. Cole's first solo performance was on American rapper will.i.am's "Heartbreaker" in 2008.

36. 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.

37. Cheryl Cole was later asked, by will.i.am, to sing additional vocals on the track.

38. In April 2009, Cole started working on solo material.

39. Her debut album, 3 Words, was released in the UK on 26 October 2009.

40. 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.

41. 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".

42. Cole was given a one-off television programme for ITV1, Cheryl Cole's Night In, which aired on 19 December 2009. The programme, hosted by Holly Willoughby, featured music and interviews with Cole and some of her favourite performers.

43. In both 2009 and 2010 Cole was named the best dressed woman by Glamour Magazine. kept her top spot in 2010 above fashion model Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham, Cole beat R&B singer Rihanna, who came second and actress Blake Lively who came third.

44. Cheryl Cole has topped FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World twice: once in 2009 and the second time in 2010.

45. Cheryl Cole has won a list of awards due to her style and image including Glamour Women of the Year Awards for TV Personality and Best dressed and Style Network Award for Best Dressed Woman and Style icon of the decade In February 2009, Cole appeared on the cover of British Vogue.

46. Cole began dating England and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole in September 2004, announcing their engagement after he proposed in Dubai in June 2005. The couple were married at a ceremony at Barnet, North West London on 15 July 2006. On 23 February 2010, Cole announced she was separating from her husband. On 26 May, Cole filed for divorce at London's High Court citing "unreasonable behaviour" of estranged husband Ashley as the reason for their break-up.

47. On 3 July 2010, Cole was admitted to the hospital with suspected acute malaria after a visit to Tanzania.

48. On 7 July 2014, Cole married Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini after a three-month courtship.

49. In March 2009, Cole climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Comic Relief. The climb, organised by Gary Barlow, was also undertaken by fellow Girls Aloud member Kimberley Walsh, as well as Alesha Dixon, Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Ronan Keating and Barlow himself.

50. The Cheryl Cole Foundation is meant to provide vital funds for The Trust in the North East, which was set up to help disadvantaged young people from Cole's region. On 13 June 2011, she auctioned 20 dresses with ASOS to raise funds for the foundation.

Source: Wikipedia.org