That's true she doesn't

I don't know why is she doing it tho... She doesn't need it! Cheryl gurl focuse on your album, and release more than two good videos, cuz I'll kill u if u abandon your new album like u did with past three

Preach Queen

But AML still failed to hit platinum unlike her other albums

And I wouldn't know exactly, but hadn't her return already been announced when CSL was released? Plus she got the BGT live performance slot for it which she wouldn't have got without her affiliation with the X Factor, so yes she does need the show more than she'd like to admit.

She kinda does... It was clear with AML.

Plus AML debuted with a 1/3 of the amount MLR did (I know they were released in different quarters but still), not trying to bring her down but she does need the show to sell a lot of records

The AML era was cut short due to TEN, wasn't released in Q4, and singles were cancelled.
Yes
Yes she would have. They were basically begging for her to perform, and she had no X Factor affiliation at the time + That was 7 weeks before the song was released and it didn't even reach top 40 on iTunes after it, so it didn't even being 2k pre-orders. Considering that she only had 1 performance 7 weeks before the release date, she sold incredible well.

Nope but she's on it and I dont mind, queen is getting her check and free promo as well.

I think she only needs the show for bigger sales, but she does sell decently without it.

So for her it's

Bling, not the music?

I just checked and her X Factor return was announced in March, way before CSL was released. Even if she hadn't returned she would have still only gotten her BGT slot because of her past affiliation with Simon.

There's nothing wrong with her needing the show as a platform for her music, but she most definitely does.

I accept that the GA reunion ruined AML but how far away was it from platinum anyway? Would it realistically have reached it had TEN not happened?

She said this? I won't judge without reading/hearing the full context but ch, Cheryl.. back down to Earth girl, back down.

I think she's around 150k now. If she had released two singles on the same calibre as 3 Words & Parachute, she definitely could've doubled that figure. It's ridiculous that all 3 of her albums were prematurely aborted with cancelled singles to finish them off

Shots fired.

A Million Lights was the perfect album. Its such a shame that the era were kind of messy because of the Girls Alod reunion.

As much as I support her, I think her solo career is only surviving because of the X Factor supporting her.

She had the fastest selling single of 2012 with Call My Name, 2 years after her last appearance on X Factor.
She had another #1 a few weeks ago, which sold well, without plummeting off the chart (1-2-4 chart run), and that was 4 years after her last X Factor appearance