Messy Little Raindrops is the second studio album by British recording artist Cheryl Cole, released on 29 October 2010 by Fascination Records. The project is the follow-up to Cole's multi-platinum debut solo album 3 Words (2009), following seven successful years as a member of girl group Girls Aloud. Recorded in Los Angeles and London, Cole mainly worked with Wayne Wilkins who previously produced Cole's number one debut single "Fight for This Love".

3 Words is the debut studio album by the English recording artist Cheryl Cole, released on 23 October 2009 by Fascination Records. Cheryl's first solo performance was on American rapper will.I.Am's "Heartbreaker" (2008) in which she sang additional vocals, following this it was announced that cole's band Girls Aloud would take a break from releasing material, at the time of the album's release, had enjoyed five successful albums and twenty consecutive top-ten singles. In April 2009, Cole started working on solo material in Los Angeles and London mainly collaborated with will.i.am who was executive producer of the album.

Only Human is the fourth studio album by English recording artist Cheryl, released on 7 November 2014 through Polydor Records, becoming her second album to be released under the mononym Cheryl after A Million Lights (2012). Following a slew of media invasion, Cheryl took a one-year hiatus from music. Following her hiatus, Cheryl confirmed that Girls Aloud's would reunite and release a greatest hits compilation, after its release, the group embarked on their last tour and announced their permanent split. In July 2013 Cheryl began recording Only Human; the recording was later completed in August 2014.