Cher Lloyd

Cher Lloyd at Paramount's Friends 'N' Family Grammys Party (2013)

Cher Lloyd (born July 28, 1993 in Malvern , Worcestershire , England ) is a British singer who became known in 2010 through the British TV talent show The X Factor .

Career

After two unsuccessful applications to X Factor in the previous years, Cher Lloyd decided to reinvent herself and her musical style. She then reached the finals of the talent show in 2010, but was only fourth there. After the show ended, she signed a recording deal with SycoMusic.

Her first single, Swagger Jagger , was released in the UK on July 31, 2011, where it immediately hit number one on the charts. The album Sticks + Stones , on which producers such as RedOne worked, was released on November 7, 2011 in the UK. The album also includes numerous collaborations with well-known musicians such as Busta Rhymes , Mike Posner , Ghetts, Mic Righteous and Dot Rotten . Cher Lloyd announced the title With Ur Love , a duet with Mike Posner, as her second single on her Twitter account . The song was released on October 30, 2011 in Great Britain, where it reached number four on the charts.

With the single Want U Back , her success began in the United States, where the song made it to number 12 on the single and even number five on the digital charts. On October 2, 2012, the US version of their album Sticks + Stones was finally released. This also includes the new single Oath , released on the same day , which Lloyd recorded with rapper Becky G and which Dr. Luke was produced.

In April 2013 it was announced that Cher Lloyd is about to finish her second album and that she is planning a collaboration with American R&B singer Ne-Yo . In May 2013, she was a guest star on the television series Big Time Rush . On Demi Lovato's fourth album Demi , Lloyd can be heard in the song Really Don't Care . I Wish is the first single from their new album. The song is a collaboration with the US rapper TI and was released in late August 2013. The release of the album Sorry I'm Late was postponed to early 2014.

The second single from Sorry I'm Late, called Sirens , was released on March 14, 2014. In the run-up to the release, the promo singles Dirty Love and Human were presented on MTV. The Sirens video , released on April 30th, is very personal and shows Lloyd calling the police about her boyfriend who sells drugs. The album has been available since May 27, 2014 and reached number 23 on the Australian charts that same week.

Personal life

Lloyd grew up with three siblings in Malvern. Through her mother, she descends from the Roma people . On November 18, 2013, she married her fiancé, hairdresser Craig Monk, who was three years older than her.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	DE	UK	US	Remarks
2011	Sticks + stones	-	UK4th gold (17 weeks)UK	US9 (22 weeks) US	First published: November 19, 2011 Further publication: October 2, 2012 (USA)
2014	Sorry I'm late	-	UK21 (1 week) UK	US12 (4 weeks) US	First published: May 27, 2014

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title album	DE	UK	US	Remarks
2011	Swagger Jagger Sticks + Stones	-	UK1 silver (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 13, 2011
2011	With Ur Love Sticks + Stones	-	UK4th silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 12, 2011 feat. Mike Posner or Juicy J
2012	Want U Back Sticks + Stones	-	UK25th silver (12 weeks)UK	US12 * × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: January 21, 2012 feat. Astro / * without Astro
2012	Oath Sticks & Stones	-	-	US73 gold (2 weeks)US	First release: October 2nd, 2012 feat. Becky G
2014	Sirens Sorry I'm Late	-	UK41 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 2014

More singles

2013: I Wish ( feat.TI )
2016: Activated
2018: None of My Business
2019: MIA

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title album	DE	UK	US	Remarks
2010	Heroes	-	UK1 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 4th, 2010 with the 2010 X Factor Finalists
2013	Rum and Raybans	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: January 18, 2013 Sean Kingston feat. Cher Lloyd
2014	Really Don't Care Demi	-	UK92 (1 week) UK	US26th platinum (18 weeks)US	First published: May 14, 2014 Demi Lovato feat. Cher Lloyd

Further guest contributions

2018: 4U (Joakim Molitor feat. Cher Lloyd)
2019: Don't Lose Love (Quintino & Afsheen feat. Cher Lloyd)

Music videos

year	title	Singer	Director
2011	Swagger Jagger	Cher Lloyd	Barney Steel and Mike Sharpe
	With Ur Love	Cher Lloyd (feat. Mike Posner)	Barney Steel and Mike Sharpe
	Dub on the track	Cher Lloyd (feat.Mic Righteous, Dot Rotten & Ghetts)	Paris Zarcilla
2012	Want U Back	Cher Lloyd (feat. Astro)	Parris
	Want U Back (US version)	Cher Lloyd	Ciarra Pardo
	Oath	Cher Lloyd (feat. Becky G)	Hannah Lux Davis
2013	With Ur Love (US Version)	Cher Lloyd	Hannah Lux Davis
2013	I wish	Cher Lloyd (feat. TI )	Gil Green
2014	Sirens	Cher Lloyd	Darren Craig

Awards for music sales

Platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2012: for the single Want U Back
- 2013: for the single With Ur Love

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	0! G-	2 × platinum2	140,000	aria.com.au
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	gold1	3 × platinum3	3,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	gold1	0! P-	700,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5

Tours

2011: The X Factor Live Tour 2011
2012: Sticks + Stones Tour
2013: I Wish Tour

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↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1309942/X-Factor-2010-favourite-Cher-Lloyd-strain.html

↑ And then there were three: Cher Lloyd's X Factor dream is over as she is sent packing. In: Daily Mail , Associated Newspapers , December 11, 2010.

↑ Father Xmas Si's three special gifts . Retrieved July 1, 2013.

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chart sources: DE UK US1 US2

↑ http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/cher-lloyd/252849-cher-lloyd-x-factor-red-one-album-lady-gaga

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↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/299063/cher-lloyd/chart?f=395

↑ Cher Lloyd close to finishing new album . In: press party . April 11, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.

↑ Abby West: Cher Lloyd to guest star on 'Big Time Rush'-EXCLUSIVE . EW.com. January 22, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.

↑ Cher Lloyd Left Simon Cowell's Record Label Last Year . MTV . November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.

↑ Josep Vinaixa: Cher Lloyd “Sorry I'm Late” ( English ) In: Ultimate Music . April 11, 2014. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 15, 2014. @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b Cher Lloyd Premieres Emotional Video for 'Sirens' - Watch Now! ( English ) In: Just Jared . April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2014.

↑ Jason Scott: Cher Lloyd Is Unapologetic On 'Sorry I'm Late': Album Review . May 27, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.

↑ Coldplay Hold Down ARIA # 1 For Another Week . May 31, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.

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