Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and television personality. She rose to fame as a member of Girls Aloud, a pop girl group created through ITV's reality competition show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Named the United Kingdom's best-selling girl group of the 21st century in 2012, Girls Aloud amassed a string of 20 consecutive UK top ten singles (including four number ones), two UK number-one albums, five consecutive platinum-selling studio albums, and five Brit Award nominations, winning Best British Single for "The Promise" in 2009. The group disbanded in 2013 and later reunited for a tour in 2024. Cheryl began a solo career in April 2009 while still a member of Girls Aloud. Between 2009 and 2014, she released four studio albums: 3 Words (2009), Messy Little Raindrops (2010), A Million Lights (2012), and Only Human (2014). These albums collectively produced ten singles, five of which—"Fight for This Love", "Promise This", "Call My Name", "Crazy Stupid Love", and "I Don't Care"—reached the top position on the UK singles chart, making Cheryl the first British female solo artist to achieve five UK number-one singles. In 2008, Cheryl became a judge on the British edition of the talent show The X Factor. She mentored two eventual winners (Alexandra Burke in series five and Joe McElderry in series six) before resigning in 2011 after series seven to join the panel of the American edition, which she left during the auditions stage. She returned to judge the eleventh and twelfth series of the UK show in 2014 and 2015. Cheryl subsequently served as a judge on the BBC dance competition The Greatest Dancer (2019–2020) and made her stage debut in the West End play 2:22 A Ghost Story in 2023. She is set to return to television in 2027 as a coach for the fifteenth series of the singing reality competition The Voice UK. Cheryl is a recognised and photographed style icon, frequently referred to as a "fashionista" by the press. She has appeared on the covers of British Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar, and served as the face of the cosmetics company L'Oréal from 2009 to 2018.