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Label Polydor
Release Date Oct 17, 2009



(Release Date Mar 09, 2010)International pressing. 2010 debut solo album (released in 2009 for the UK market) from the Girls Aloud member and UK TV personality. Cheryl, who has been working on Three Words since the start of this year, recorded the album in London and Los Angeles. Producers on the album include Will I Am (who Cheryl first teamed up with on the #2 single 'Heartbreaker'), Syence (Beyonce), Fraser T Smith (James Morrison) and Soulshock and Karlin. Includes the single 'Fight For This Love'.

2009 debut solo album from the Girls Aloud member and UK TV personality. Cheryl, who has been working on Three Words since the start of this year, recorded the album in London and Los Angeles. Producers on the album include Will I Am (who Cheryl first teamed up with on the #2 single 'Heartbreaker'), Syence (Beyonce), Fraser T Smith (James Morrison) and Soulshock and Karlin. 11 tracks including the single 'Fight For This Love'. Universal.

Cheryl Cole | Parachute | Live on Sport Relief (2010/3/19)


*「男人幫雜誌FHM」讀者票選2009年全球最性感女人第一名，英國每日郵報盛讚：「重量級的國際巨星!」
**發行首週空降英國金榜冠軍、雙週獲頒英國白金唱片銷售認證，Girls Aloud主唱首張個人大碟
***黑眼豆豆團長will.i.am操盤製作，並合唱同名單曲"3 Words"挺進英國金榜TOP4
****首支單曲"Fight For This Love"空降英國金榜冠軍，蟬連英國電台點播榜6週冠軍

Cheryl Cole b-side ‘Just Let Me Go’

Parachute - the new Cheryl Cole single. Out March 14th.

Cheryl Cole’s new single ‘Parachute’ is out on Sunday and it will feature the brand new ‘Just Let It Me Go‘ as the b-side. Give it a listen, it’s not bad at all.

誰有這等能耐可以讓英國樂壇重量級人物Chris Martin(Coldplay主唱)與歌唱選秀節目「美國偶像」毒舌評審Simon Cowell同時強力背書?答案就是充滿動感魅力的實力女唱將Cheryl Cole，頂著「男人幫雜誌FHM」讀者票選2009年全球最性感女人第一名頭銜，首張大碟【3 Words】來勢洶洶與首支單曲"Fight For This Love"雙雙空降英國金榜冠軍。 1983年出生於英國東北部的Newcastle，Cheryl Cole在9歲時就參加英國著名皇家芭蕾舞團的舞蹈夏令營，練得一身絕佳舞技，此外，她也贏得了無數的模特兒造型比賽，Cheryl在2002年報名參加歌唱選秀節目「Popstars: The Rivals」的比賽，最終，Cheryl與Nadine Coyle、Sarah Harding、Nicola Roberts、Kimberley Walsh等入選觀眾票選前五名的女生組成流行樂團Girls Aloud/嗆女生合唱團，展開閃亮的歌唱旅程。Girls Aloud自2002年組團以來創下許多傲人成績：包括2張英國金榜冠軍專輯與5張英國金榜TOP10專輯，締造"Sound Of The Underground"、"No Good Advice"、"Jump"[*電影「愛是您愛是我」主題曲]、"I`ll Stand By You"、"I Think We`re Alone Now"、"Walk This Way"[*與Sugababes] 、"The Promise"…等暢銷曲在內的連續20首單曲通通打進英國金榜TOP10單曲的歷史紀錄。Girls Aloud曾經4度獲得全英音樂獎提名，以"The Promise"抱回2009年最佳單曲獎的殊榮，從出道至今，樂團已經創造了2500萬英鎊的驚人銷售利潤。Girls Aloud在2008年製作了電視節目「The Passions Of The Girls Aloud」，節目中每位團員必須選擇一項最想做的事情，Cheryl選擇了街舞，節目最終Cheryl獲得了在黑眼豆豆團長will.i.am的單曲音樂錄影帶"Heartbreaker"中亮相演出的機會，will.i.am不僅對Cheryl的街舞留下深刻印象，更進而提出為她製作個人專輯的邀約。這個彷彿天上掉下來的禮物，讓Cheryl Cole既興奮又戒慎恐懼，幸好will.i.am相當滿意這張作品。融合節奏藍調、流行舞曲、時尚電音風格的【3 Words】，專輯一發行立即空降英國金榜冠軍，發行雙週後獲頒英國白金唱片銷售認證，同時憑著兩個多月的銷售期就登上2009年英國新進藝人銷售總排名第4位。Cheryl Cole在專輯中與will.i.am合唱4首歌曲，其中包含匯集地中海伊比薩及美國邁阿密舞曲元素、晉升英國金榜第4名的"3 Words"，還有電音舞曲、流行舞曲與節奏藍調相互爆衝節奏電波的新潮舞曲"Heaven"；Cheryl Cole還與製作過流行天后Beyoncé暢銷曲"Sweet Dreams"的製作人Syience合作了饒富搖滾勁道的節奏藍調舞曲"Parachute"，已順利躍入英國金榜TOP10。如同專輯裡首支稱霸英國金榜冠軍作"Fight For This Love"所描寫的積極態度一樣，Cheryl Cole勇於面對歌唱生涯的每一個挑戰！

1. 3 Words 愛情密碼


2. Parachute 降落傘
3. Heaven 美麗天堂
4. Fight For This Love 為愛而戰
5. Rain On Me 雨落在我身上
6. Make Me Cry 讓我哭泣
7. Happy Hour 快樂時光
8. Stand Up 起來
9. Don’t Talk About This Love 低調愛
10. Boy Like You 像你這樣的男孩
11. Heartbreaker 負心人

Video: Cheryl Cole ‘Parachute’
January 31st, 2010 by Geraint

Cheryl Cole has made a video for new single ‘Parachute‘ – and here it is.

WAPS Presents The 50 Greatest Pop Songs Of 2009!
December 10th, 2009 by Silvan

It’s been a busy year in pop, and WAPS has been delighted to guide you through it!

Looking back over our articles prompted us to compile a rundown of 2009’s best pop songs – you know, because there really aren’t enough lists flying around at the moment…and with this in mind, we whittled a shortlist of almost 200 tracks down to 50. There were arguments, believe us, but here they are.

We hope you’ll agree that our selection represents the year in pop rather well, and we apologise if your favourite song or artist fell by the wayside. The list is presented in alphabetical order by artist because we think each track is equally important (not very scientific, but there you go.)

Finally, to celebrate our Top 50, Nokia Music have generously supplied us with two vouchers – worth 50 songs each! – which we are giving away to two lucky readers (one per winner). If you’re a winner you could download our entire Top 50 from the Nokia music store – or 50 entirely different tracks, the choice is yours!

To be in with a chance of winning*, all you have to do is leave a comment telling us your favourite track of 2009 and why you love it. The winners will be selected at random.

* Nokia Music Store is only supported on PC with Internet Explorer. Prize draw open only to UK residents. Competition closes at 31st December 2009. Terms and conditions apply.

	Alexandra Burke ft Flo Rida – Bad Boys With the public behind her and celebrity backing from Beyonce, X Factor 2008 winner Alexandra Burke couldn’t go wrong with her first ‘proper’ single, ‘Bad Boys’ -and yet for some curious reason Flo Rida was roped in for a cameo. If you’re reading, Flo, she’s not called Alexander. Mispronunciation-issues aside, ‘Bad Boys’ was a pop song you couldn’t help but bounce along to. Swanky video, too.
	Alphabeat – The Spell Exuberant Danish pop group Alphabeat bounced back from label limbo with their strongest single to date. ‘The Spell‘ was an irresistible take on early 90s dance acts such as Black Box and Snap, but sadly failed to translate into mega chart succes
	Beyonce – Halo Although ‘Halo‘ pretty much marked the point that Ryan ‘One Republic’ Tedder’s sound became overly familiar to the world and his wife, nobody minded because the sound was coming from Beyonce. Emotional pop of the highest order.
	Beyonce – Sweet Dreams A ferocious slab of electropop that showed Beyonce – sorry Sasha Fierce – at her most deadly. Ms Knowles stole the show with her rendition of this single at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.
	Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow WAPS declared BEP’s ‘Boom Boom Pow‘ almost unlistenable the first time round, yet by the end of the summer it was rarely off our ipods. A bizarre dancefest of epic proportions that kickstarted six months of world domination from the Peas.
	Britney Spears – 3 An odd year for Britney – her ‘Circus’ tour ran to 97 dates and made millions, while its star released a series of increasingly lackluster singles that she failed to promote. ‘3‘ was the only new one, and was intended to showcase her frankly unnecessary ‘Singles Collection’. The pervy ode to threesomes divided fans, but WAPS loved it.
	Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone Scottish producer/electro-bod Calvin Harris was unavoidable in 2009, and unfortunately so were his vocals – but his refusal to hire a guest vocalist didn’t stop ‘I’m Not Alone’ from storming to the top. His mega-wacky Jedward stage-invasion, however, may yet become his defining career moment. D’oh.
	Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love What is there to say about Cheryl Cole that you haven’t heard already? How about: ‘Fight For This Love‘ is actually brilliant and deserved to be a number one smash. It also resulted in one of the best X Factor performances of the year. Shame her album’s a bit ropey, but hasn’t she got lovely hair?

	Ciara ft Missy Elliott – Work Should have been massive, but wasn’t. Poor old Ciara really felt the effects of a confusing and much-delayed album campaign this year. Sadly the barn-storming ‘Work‘ wasn’t enough to rescue ‘Fantasy Ride’. It’s bloody amazing for exercising to, mind.
	Dan Black – U + Me Dan Black was tipped for big things at the end of 2008, but sadly nothing came of it. Oh, except the incredible ‘U + Me’, which sounded a bit like a much more epic and far less irritating Mika. It was free from iTunes as well.
	David Archuletta – Crush A favourite with American housewives, Idol alumni David Archuleta’s eponymous debut was surprisingly strong. Check out the acoustic guitar-pop of ‘Crush‘ – if it rocks your boat we highly recommend the parent album.
	David Guetta ft Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over Kelly Rowland’s career looked like it was in the dumper before she hooked up with David Guetta and became Europe’s #1 dance diva. We believe the phrase is ‘tune‘.
	Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers Grime star Dizzee proved that his and Calvin Harris’ crossover smash ‘Dance Wiv Me’ was no one-off – he was soon back with the equally dance-influenced ‘Bonkers’. A noisy affair dominated by a heavy bassline and clattering drums, ‘Bonkers’ proved to be one of the more bizarre hits of 2009.
	Dragonette – Fixin’ To Thrill God loves a tryer, they say. One can only presume that is what motivates Dragonette to keep producing such enthusiastic electropop in the face of complete public indifference. A shame, as ‘Fixin’ To Thrill‘ is rather brill.
	Esmee Denters – Outta Here Dutch YouTube sensation Esmee was snapped up by one Justin Timberlake, and the success of her debut single ‘Outta Here‘ suggested that JT may well be on to something.
	Eva Simons – Silly Boy A one-hit-wonder that wasn’t even a one-hit wonder – Eva Simons first pretended her single was a Lady GaGa/Rihanna demo, and then promoted it by running around Europe for months in a mirrored leotard and Cleo Roccos wig. She’s rumoured to be releasing a duet with Chris Brown next…good luck with that Eva.
	Flo Rida ft Ke$ha – Right Round Proof that Dead Or Alive’s ‘Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’ will never EVER die, mega-butch *cough* rapper Flo Rida sampled Pete Burns and co for this number one smash. It also gave the world its first taste of Ke$ha – hoorah!
	Florence and the Machine – You Got The Love Kooky lady Florence didn’t particularly rock WAPS’ world but she caterwauled her way through 2009 with such enviable abandon that we felt compelled to include her. For once, an act whose success matched the hype. Impressive stuff.
	Frankmusik – Confusion Girl We’ll tell you what’s confusing, Vince – this song getting an official release about three years after everyone had already got bored with it. Still – the reworked ‘Confusion Girl‘ remains wonkypop of the finest caliber. He deserves big success in 2010…let’s hope he can tone the weird interviews.
	Janet Jackson – Make Me Janet bounced back from tragedy in style this year. She made a decent fist of distancing herself from the circus that surrounded her brother’s death, and went on to deliver the best tribute to him in the form of her VMA dancefest. She then released new track ‘Make Me‘ which harked back to vintage Janet with a little bit of MJ’s influence thrown in for good measure. A new album is on its way in 2010.
	Jay Z ft Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind Undeniably anthemic hip-hop which also led to Lil Mama’s hilarious stage invasion at the MTV VMAs. Honestly, who would have watched Kanye’s career-threatening stage invasion and though “Oooh I should do that but make it a bit more of an epic fail”? We mean, really.
	Jay Sean ft Lil Wayne – Down One of the year’s most unexpected success stories came when London-born rapper and producer Jay Sean buggered off to the States and promptly scored a bona fide number one. He did it all himself, as well.
	JLS – Beat Again Another thing few would have predicted at the end of 2008 was that X Factor runners-up JLS would absolutely kick Alexandra Burke’s arse in terms of album sales. It seems we were long overdue a boyband, and they seem like ever such nice boys etc.
	Jordin Sparks – Battlefield More repetitive-yet-amazing chorus action from producer/writer Ryan Tedder. Shame Jordin Sparks‘ immense ‘Battlefield‘ was let down by such a dreadful video.
Introducing Ke$ha	Ke$ha – TiK ToK She hangs out with trannies, wees in sinks while Lily Allen (of all people) looks on aghast, and sounds like a hammered Amanda from Ugly Betty. Ke$ha’s ‘TiK ToK‘ also boasted one of the best choruses of the year. What’s not to love?
	Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You Kelly’s ‘All I Ever Wanted’ album campaign got off to a flying start with the belting pop-rock hit ‘MLWSWY‘ – but things went off the boil rather quickly when she followed it up with the overly similar ‘I Do Not Hook Up’ and the Beyonce-baiting ‘Already Gone’ (it sounded a bit like B’s ‘Halo’, FYI – only KC’s track was older, and KC blamed Ryan Tedder for recycling his ideas. It’s all blown over now but it was like, DRAMA for about 30 seconds earlier this year.)
	La Roux – Bulletproof La Roux‘ shrill vocals weren’t for everyone – she divided opinion in the WAPS office, we can tell you – but the ballsy ‘Bulletproof‘ silenced the detractors with ease.
	La Roux – In For The Kill In For The Kill’ showcased La Roux‘ shtick in a straight-to-the-point blast of icy, Knife-influenced electropop. She may have annoyed a lot of people with her cutting interview technique, but La Roux’s Elly Jackson had the last laugh – ‘in For The Kill’ was the 4th most downloaded single of the year.
	Lady GaGa – Paparazzi Our favourite track from ‘The Fame’ also featured GaGa’s most ambitious and downright ludicrous video yet. Murder? Check. Neckbrace? Check.Dancing on crutches? Check. Stupendously entertaining and one the biggest chorus of recent times.
	Lady GaGa – Just Dance We raved about ‘Just Dance‘ for so long before its UK release that we feared GaGa was going to flop – surely anybody likely to be interested would already have downloaded the leaked ‘Just Dance’? How wrong we were….GaGa’s debut became a global number one which she’s never looked back from. Amazing.
	Lady GaGa – Poker Face How do you avoid becoming a one-hit wonder? By releasing an even better follow-up with a video so stylish you’d have been forgiven for forgetting there was a recession on. But if anyone deserved a good video treatment, it was GaGa. Altogether now, mu mu mu maaaah…
	Lady GaGa – Bad Romance In one year, GaGa went from virtual unknown to the type of global pop behemoth we haven’t seen since MJ or – yes – Madonna. The supremely confident ‘Bad Romance‘ knocked everyone’s socks off – not only did it herald GaGa’s second album in a year, it also helped sell out a global arena tour. How she’ll follow this up is anyone’s guess, but you just know she will. Where would we be without her?
	Lily Allen – The Fear It’s testament to ‘The Fear‘’s strength that it still sounds amazing 18 months after Lily first posted it in demo-form on her MySpace page. If you’re reading, Lily, we don’t agree with your plans for a two-year break from the music biz. More of this, please!
	Little Boots – Remedy Little Boots suffered from a major case of over-hyping at the beginning of 2009 – instead of capitalising on the positive press by getting her album out, Boots’ label bundled her off to LA where she came up with the mediocre ‘New In Town’. The likes of ‘Remedy, ‘Earthquake’, ‘Meddle’ and ‘Stuck On Repeat’ were all far stronger.
	Madonna – Celebration Where to start with late-noughties Madge? Does she care anymore? Is she saving her next great artistic statement for her first Live Nation release? Or will we get more straight-ahead dance like ‘Celebration‘? WAPS liked it, but it was throwaway stuff – and didn’t exactly keep her third best-of lodged in the charts. Must try harder.
	Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA Depending on who you speak to at WAPS HQ, bratty Miley’s ‘Party in the USA‘ is possibly the best or worst single of the year. But this writer adored it’s soaring hooks and feel good lyrics.
	Muse – Undisclosed Desires Muse underwhelmed with comeback single ‘The Uprising’, but struck gold with second effort ‘Undisclosed Desires‘, a ballad (of sorts) that rode a bed of choppy violins and cheeky bass slaps. Slinky.
	Natalie Imbruglia – Want We were impressed with Natalie Imbruglia’s moody yet classy comeback ‘Want‘, a co-write with Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Sadly the gorgeous Nat couldn’t even get arrested in the UK these days, it seems.
	Pixie Lott – Boys & Girls Pixie Lott – here to stay, or this year’s Gabriela Cilmi? We couldn’t help but enjoy ‘Boys & Girls’, which borrowed cheekily from Sugababes’ and Rihanna’s rule-books.
	Pussycat Dolls – Jai Ho This ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ track surfaced in late 2008 but was camped up in 2009 with the help of Pussycat Dolls (let’s face it, you don’t rope in PCD to make things more butch, right?). We’ll miss them when they’re gone – which could be sooner than you think, if rumours are to believed…don’t do it, Nicole! Nobody wanted solo Scherzinger the first time round, they won’t want it now either.
	Rihanna – Russian Roulette Rihanna seems to be having her own ‘Impossible Princess’ / ‘American Life’ moment with contemplative and downright pissed off new album ‘Rated R’, and lead single ‘Russian Roulette‘ seems to have polarised her fans. We say: give it a chance.
	Royksopp ft Robyn – The Girl and the Robot As with their previous album, Royksopp’s ‘Junior’ only contained a handful of tracks that stood up to repeated listens, and bonkers electro melange ‘Girl and the Robot‘ was one of them. Having Robyn on lead vocals made it even better.
	September – Can’t Get Over We love Sweden’s September – her particular brand of Euro dance is far from credible, but who cares when the tunes are this uplifting?
	Shakira – She Wolf Everything about ‘She Wolf‘ is/was amazing. The Daft Punk-y bass intro, the insane lyrics, the eye-watering video, the fact that it didn’t overstay its welcome (more songs should be this short)…it was good to have Shakira back.
	Spinnerette – Ghetto Love An underrated gem that WAPS tried and failed to make ‘happen’, but we’re certainly not missing it off our year-end round-up. Brody Dalle’s raw vocals and the sleaziest bass riff in town were a delightful combination.
	Sugababes – About A Girl What a year for the Sugababes. First they came back with *shudder* ‘Get Sexy’ (the less said about that Right Said Fred mess the better), then they shed founder member Keisha…then they limped back with ‘About A Girl‘, which deserved to have been a much bigger hit. Who knows if they’ll still be here at the end of 2010?
	Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart Taio Cruz’s acting skills may not be ‘all that’ (you’ll cringe at the video), but ‘Break Your Heart‘ was a master class in catchy pop. No wonder it went straight to number one.
	Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition This song ruled the airwaves in summer 2009 – er, if you listened exclusively to Radio 1 and Xfm, and only watched trailers for E4 festival programmes. It’s bloody brilliant though.
	The Dolly Rockers – Gold Digger Another act that WAPS couldn’t get enough of in 2009 was The Dolly Rockers. They took the best bits of Shampoo, Lily Allen, Spice Girls and Bananarama and mashed them all up in one hilarious package…and nobody seemed to notice. Here’s hoping 2010 is kinder to them.
	The Veronicas – Untouched The Veronicas‘ ‘Untouched’ was a UK smash earlier in the year, and rightly so. Superb pop-rock from these brassy Oz twins.