Cheryl Cole’s personal life may be down the toilet but her career is hotter than ever, so the British pop princess painted on a smile with lipstick and pushed her marriage woes aside to deliver a great performance of her top ten hit “Parachute”.

She can’t really sing but I’m a huge fan of Cheryl’s performances because not only is she great to look at *rubs eyes in disbelief at Cheryls beauty*, but she also makes sure to generally include a lot of choreography when she performs.

Besides promoting “Parachute” and her debut album 3 Words, CC is also working on brand new music for release later this year with Ryan Tedder.

Last year Britains biggest girl group Girls Aloud promised that they’d return from their 12 month hiatus to release a brand new studio album some time during 2010, but now those plans are looking much less likely with the bands most popular member Cheryl Cole announcing that she’ll be releasing more solo material at the end of the year.

Cole told MTV News: “I’m actually recording some new material and going on tour with The Black Eyed Peas which is exciting and scary. Hopefully later on in the year I’ve got some new stuff to release.”

She continued: “I want it to be amazing, you know? I want people to be like, ‘Wow, I really, really enjoy this album’, so I’m not going to put anything out until I feel like that.”

Cheryl’s already been in the studio with the annoying Ryan Tedder recording some “quirky dance” music, for what is either a brand new studio album or a possible reissue of her super successful debut 3 Words.

It’s not just Cheryl doing the solo thing either, with bandmate Nadine Coyle working hard on her own solo album with Tiesto, William Orbit and Tony Kanal.

You don’t need to stress about the bands future because they’ve got three albums left in their record contract with Fascination/Polydor, but it could be a while before we see Girls Aloud back in the studio together.

Now let’s take a look back to when Cheryl was still a Tweedy and Nicola was addicted to fake tanning, and the girls released one of their most trashtastic singles ever “Long Hot Summer”.

Since Lady GaGa decided to leave the blood and bathtubs at home for her Brit Awards performance it was up to Cheryl Cole to be the big flashy popstar of the night with her performance of her #1 single “Fight For This Love”.

Cheryl even made sure that she catered to the gays when she surrounded herself with a troupe of shirtless sweaty men in a move that would make Kylie proud (and jealous).

She may not be able to carry a tune in a bucket but she’s proven herself to be quite a good performer with her on-stage dance moves and theatrics.

American audiences may even get a chance to see Chezza work the stage up in the future if her upcoming Ryan Tedder produced 3 Words re-release ends up hitting US shores.

The very attractive Cheryl Cole is still bangin’ out the singles from her multi-platinum solo debut 3 Words, last night releasing the music video for her third single “Parachute”.

As with all of CC’s video’s the singer has kept things classy and gone for a stylish high-fashion look, making the 26-year-old look more like a supermodel shooting a designer ad campaign rather than a pop star dancing around in a music video.

Cheryl’s next single will mostly like be a song from the upcoming re-release of her 3 Words album which she’s currently recording with Ryan Tedder, who recently announced that he’s trying to get the Girls Aloud star to record a song he originally produced for Alicia Keys The Element of Freedom.

My loyal reader Yumm showed me this article yesterday, but I held off on posting it because at the time I had already done two Ryan Tedder posts in a row.

Anyways Ryan Tedder is back at it again, this time discussing Cheryl Cole’s upcoming US debut album which he has been heavily involved in, revealing that he’s anxious to get an Alicia Keys leftover song from The Element of Freedom in Cheryl’s hands

“There’s a song I did with Alicia Keys that was finished too late for her album and I’m convinced it’s the perfect song for Cheryl Cole,” he told Digital Spy.

“I’m desperately trying to get the demo out of her label’s grasp so I can play it for Cheryl. It’s a ballad in my sense, so it’s got massive drums and it really moves, and it’ll give you goosebumps when you hear it.”

It’s a ballad in “my sense”? So I assume we’ll be getting another recycled Halo/Already Gone beat then?

Continuing on, Tedder further discussed the sound he was after for Cheryl Cole; and made sure to take a stab at Britney Spears in the process.

“Cheryl likes something real,” he said. “I had a long meeting with the head of her label and he said she doesn’t want kitschy throwaway dance anthems – basically if Britney would sing it, she doesn’t want it.”

If Britney’s songs are so kitschy then why are so many of her hits considered pop classics that are continually covered by more ‘credible’ artists such as Lily Allen, Kate Miller-Heidke, Hard-Fi, The Dresden Dolls and countless others? You can justifiably call Britney untalented and manufactured if you so choose, but at the end of the day she wouldn’t have reached her phenomenal success without at least having great songs.

First Tedder made catty remarks about Hilary Duff, then he roasted Kelly Clarkson and now Britney. Who’s next?

Anyways Alicia Keys was obviously smart enough to not hold onto Tedder ballad, so hopefully Cheryl has enough sense to do the same.

Reports from both the Daily Star and USA Today are claiming that only 3 months after releasing her debut album 3 Words, UK sensation Cheryl Cole is already working on the follow-up and has enlisted Ryan Tedder to lend a hand.

The new album is reportedly being crafted with US audiences in mind to help Cheryl crack the notoriously difficult American market, which shouldn’t be too hard if the rumors about her judging on the US X Factor turn out to be true.

“I got into England early on Saturday and went straight into the studio with Cheryl,” Ryan told the Daily Star. “We’re going to try and take the dance thing in a quirky new direction and make it a little more funky. I’m very excited about the tracks. I’m not going to turn her into something weird but it’s different to anything she’s done.

“Cheryl’s about as famous as J-Lo was in her heyday but she’s so nice and genuine. Cheryl said there are songs Americans can get away with and she can’t. It’s typical for a successful American female to put out a song about how famous or rich they are. But that’s not a British thing to do. Cheryl connects with being real and this is what the songs are about.”

Cheryl’s solo debut 3 Words has already sold over 600k in the UK alone off the back of only two singles, and with a third single “Parachute” on the way the sales could climb much higher.

Although the Daily Star specifically mention that Cheryl is recording her sophomore album, other reports are claiming that the new tracks are for a re-vamped deluxe version of 3 Words set to be released in the US later this year.

I just hope this time around that Cheryl releases an album with more than two good songs on it!

Looking as beautiful as ever Cheryl Cole is doing what she does best on the cover of the latest issue of Glamour magazine.

The 26-year-old is currently preparing to release her third single “Parachute” from her debut album 3 Words. The video will reportedly be shot next week, with Dancing with the Stars diva Derek Hough choreographing it.

Now onto something more exciting than Cheryl’s next single are the current rumors that Simon Cowell will bring her over to the States when he launches the American version of Idol rival the X Factor next year.

Cheryl herself has already confirmed that she’d be interested in the move, telling Glamour “I would do it, obviously, but I don’t want this massive ambition to break America.” She may however have some competition from both Kelly Rowland and Perez Hilton who have both publicly thrown themselves at Simon Cowells feet practically begging for a spot on the hit show.

If Cheryl ends up landing the gig she’ll be spreading herself pretty thin between America and England, with her contract stating that she still has to deliver three more studio albums with her group Girls Aloud.

Who do you want to see on the American X Factor?

The UK’s biggest music magazine Q (as stated on their cover) have slapped Cheryl Cole on the front of their latest issue accompanied by the headline “Cheryl Cole Rocks”.

Do Q magazine really think that Cheryl rocks or is this just a ploy to boost sales? Who knows and who cares. The point is that CC looks pretty damn hot in this Sin City inspired shoot!

Accompanying the pretty photo’s were also some nice words to read, in which CC stated that despite the rumours she isn’t quite ready to inflict American audiences with her ‘talent’ just yet.

“There’s a rumble (rumour) about going over (to America). But I don’t want to put myself out there to fail. It’s not something I constantly think about. Does that sound weird? I like being in company. That’s what made me realise I wanted to be in a band… I can’t be out there alone. I’m not at that point of going solo (full time) yet. The other day I was like, ‘Oh God, why would you even do this when you’ve got four friends as a security blanket?’”

Frankly I don’t think that people in the States are ready for Cheryl’s powerful pipes just yet. It’s best that she stays in the UK with all the rest of the countries top vocalists, like The Cheeky Girls and Chanelle Hayes.

I’m just kidding, I secretly like Cheryl. Anyways keep an eye out for her third single “Parachute” which should drop early next year.

Cheryl Cole must have friends in high places because the tabloid darling somehow managed  to score her own TV special “Cheryl Cole’s Night In”. If you ask me I don’t think that boozy old Cheryl has ever had a night in in her whole life but that’s just me.

Anyways the special basically just involved Cheryl running around looking cute and performing songs from her new album 3 Words. She also had a series of musical guests or artists who have inspired and influenced her, such as Alexandra Burke and Rihanna. She couldn’t have dug a little deeper for musical inspiration?

Anyways check out Chezza performing her latest single “3 Words” will will.i.am, as well as her upcoming third single “Parachute”. Both performances are quite horrendous, but she did us a favour during “Parachute” and lip-synced so she could dance which my ears really appreciated.

I like Cheryl though, I just think that she has a horrible voice and only two good songs to her name.

Cheryl Cole follows up her record breaking “Fight For This Love” with the stylish new video for her next single “3 Words”, which features Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am.

The clip was shot by avant-garde director/photographer Vincent Haycock and it shows,  with it’s artistic high-fashion look being a far cry from the drunken party animal that Cheryl was when she first hit the scene back in 2003.

There’s also a special Japanese version of the video which was released a little while back, which I actually love just as much as this one. Check them both out and let me know what you think.

Spotted @ Mileka’s Blog.