She's had 2 #1 albums and 3 #1 singles. Her debut went triple platinum and her second album went platinum, supported by one hit. "3 Words" and "Messy Little Raindrops" were some of the best-selling albums of 2009 and 2010 respectively. Same goes for her singles, "Fight For This Love," "3 Words," "Parachute," and "Promise This." She has had multiple hits in other European countries.
You tell 'em, sis. We can't forget that Fight For This Love was the fastest selling UK single of 2009...
And she's aware of them, which makes her a good singer.
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She's had 2 #1 albums and 3 #1 singles. Her debut went triple platinum and her second album went platinum, supported by one hit. "3 Words" and "Messy Little Raindrops" were some of the best-selling albums of 2009 and 2010 respectively. Same goes for her singles, "Fight For This Love," "3 Words," "Parachute," and "Promise This." She has had multiple hits in other European countries.
Cheryl's first single has sold more copies than all of Nicole's singles. Both “3 Words” and “Messy Little Raindrops” outsold whatever “Killer Love” will sell during its run.
Cheryl hasn't even been launched in the US yet. "Right There" is Nicole's fifth "lead" single (and it features 50 Cent) in the US and it's stuck at #39. Nevertheless, congrats to her for finally making the Hot 100.
No, Cheryl has only two number one singles. FFTL was a big hit, but PT was just okay, and the 2nd single (the last one) from the 2nd era was a massive flop.
Right? TBH I'm SHOCKED there aren't more Britney fans who enjoy Cheryl. They're so similar, so much so that my love for Cheryl has actually made me appreciate Britney more. Both have wonderfully distinctive recording voices, both are incredible dancers, both are fantastic performers. I don't think Cheryl's as good as Britney at her peak, but now that Britney has moved on to other things--motherhood, family, etc. Cheryl is the closest girl out there who emulates the spirit and energy that Britney has always channeled. Cheryl herself has even said that Britney is one of her biggest inspirations in music, etc.
The British Britney. And her last era suffered from the lack of promotion as well.
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No, Cheryl has only two number one singles. FFTL was a big hit, but PT was just okay, and the 2nd single (the last one) from the 2nd era was a massive flop.
"Everybody Hurts" counts for her.
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You tell 'em, sis. We can't forget that Fight For This Love was the fastest selling UK single of 2009...
"Promise This" had the highest first-week sales of the year too.
Please explain to me how hitting #18 on the UK singles chart with virtually no promotion constitutes a "massive flop"...
FFTL was indeed a massive hit, supplemented by two other massive hits--3 Words and Parachute.
The Flood was a terrible flop for a second single even with all the promotion it had (plus the horrid live performances). And I believe it was the big reason MLR didn't have more singles. MLR era was a disaster.
LOL @ the cheryl stans coming at me, Did I say Cheryl isn't successfull? no I didn't but Nicole is successfull too the person I quoted was pretty much saying that Nicole isn't doing well, yet she is. Haters will always call the person they hate a flop even if that's not the case so I'm not surprised. Oh and in the end I know who's a better singer, dancer, performer, etc. Of course no one here would admit that either. Anyway i'm out, enjoy the RedOne songs
LOL @ the cheryl stans coming at me, Did I say Cheryl isn't successfull? no I didn't but Nicole is successfull too the person I quoted was pretty much saying that Nicole isn't doing well, yet she is. Haters will always call the person they hate a flop even if that's not the case so I'm not surprised. Oh and in the end I know who's a better singer, dancer, performer, etc. Of course no one here would admit that either. Anyway i'm out, enjoy the RedOne songs
The Flood was a terrible flop for a second single even with all the promotion it had (plus the horrid live performances). And I believe it was the big reason MLR didn't have more singles. MLR era was a disaster.
Promise This sold 157,210 copies in its debut week, which earned it the highest first-week sales of the year for a non-charity single. The reason MLR didn't have anymore singles was because Cheryl closed up shop and headed for America. And horrid live performances??
LOL @ the cheryl stans coming at me, Did I say Cheryl isn't successfull? no I didn't but Nicole is successfull too the person I quoted was pretty much saying that Nicole isn't doing well, yet she is. Haters will always call the person they hate a flop even if that's not the case so I'm not surprised. Oh and in the end I know who's a better singer, dancer, performer, etc. Of course no one here would admit that either. Anyway i'm out, enjoy the RedOne songs
Child, your first post in this thread was comparing Cheryl unfavorably to Nicole... As is this post here. How do you expect Cheryl stans to react??? It's not exactly rocket science.
You're delusional. Promise This sold 157,210 copies in its debut week, which earned it the highest first-week sales of the year for a non-charity single. The reason MLR didn't have anymore singles was because Cheryl closed up shop and headed for America. And horrid live performances??
She sounds great, especially in the first one!
Yes, it's really horrid. I was really disappointed with these performances.
And I forgot how auto-tuned her live voice was
You're delusional. Promise This sold 157,210 copies in its debut week, which earned it the highest first-week sales of the year for a non-charity single. The reason MLR didn't have anymore singles was because Cheryl closed up shop and headed for America. And horrid live performances??
She sounds great, especially in the first one!
I loved the performances so much; I preferred them to the original.
The acoustic version of "Promise This" on Alan Carr was pretty great as well. The X-Factor performance was some new level **** though.
At the second performance she was out of tune and her voice was husky
No way, I can't change my mind about the fact that Cheryl doesn't deserve all the atention she's got.
Yes, it's really horrid. I was really disappointed with these performances.
And I forgot how auto-tuned her live voice was
Lol. Do you know how hard it is to auto-tune a live performance? Auto-tune is something that can usually only be added in after vocals have been taken and mapped. If anything, she's letting a backing track play on during the chorus. Anyways, I'm growing more and more convinced that you know nothing about what you speak of because if you hear her at the beginning of her career during her solos in Girls Aloud and now she sounds The. Exact. Same.
But you're entitled to your opinion, regardless of how vehementally I disagree with it.
On this video we can see clearly she definitely can't sing
She sounds fine! I like her Fireflies performance. Sure, there are some hiccups, but it's a live, intimate performance. The end actually sounds really, really beautiful and I think she does better with the song than Owl City does.
And then there's this:
She sounds fantastic here, beautiful harmonies. And--hello--she's an alto! Of course her voice is going to be throaty and husky.