Cheryl (singer) Cheryl (singer) Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's "". While still in the group, she began a solo career in April 2009, and between then and 2014, she released four studio albums – "3 Words" (2009), "Messy Little Raindrops" (2010), "A Million Lights" (2012) and "Only Human" (2014). Collectively, the albums included ten singles, five of which – "Fight for This Love, "Promise This",
3 Words Words" before the title track was recorded. She had considered titles like "Three Syllables", although the strongest contender was "Unveiled" as Cole "felt like she didn't have any protection without the girls [Girls Aloud]" and because it correlated with the veil on the album cover. The album's cover was photographed by fashion photographer Nick Knight. It shows the singer bare-shouldered, looking over her shoulder in an veiled and be-flowered headpiece, the album's title tattooed on her skin. Knight said, "although she is photographed all the time by the paparazzi, she is not in front of the camera for a shoot