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Old 02-12-2011, 19:11
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I remember from her album 3 words that she apparently wrote 6 songs. Which ones were they? Does she write some of the songs on her albums?
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:20
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She takes writing credits, but I seriously doubt she actually does any writing.
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:21
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Wikipedia will give you the songwriting credits for her albums. Apparently she cowrote '3 Words', 'Heaven', 'Make Me Cry' and 'Boy Like You' from her debut.
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:22
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Yeah of course she also sings live and never uses auto tune
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:26
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She write all the verses in Heaven. She has credits on a few others like 3 Words and Live Tonight. They aren't Ivor Novello type lyrics, so I think she actually has written them and unlike some, she doesn't change a word and get a credit.
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:31
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You do relize how easy it is to claim writing credits Just Look at Beyonce with Irreplaceable Neyo wrote that but Somehow her name ended up on the credits .
Not hating on cheryl as i fair like chezza all u have to do is cross the T`s & dot the i`s and there ya have it your on the credits or just re-arange how u will sing one word or a line and u can easily claim credits that way Just saying!
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:35
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She takes writing credits, but I seriously doubt she actually does any writing.
It's illegal to get credited as a writer if you don't actually contribute anything. She could get taken to court if it's found out she didn't write anything in the songs she's credited on.

But on the other hand, as the poster above mentioned, you can contribute just one word to a song and get a writing credit.

But it's the same with all artists. Maybe Adele just wrote one word of each song she gets writing credits on. There's no way of us REALLY knowing, so I won't make any assumptions personally.
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:43
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From what I seen so far... she's got about 7-8 different artists writing her own for her and is in talks of doing duets with artists that are already well established in the USA.


Just shows you don't actually need talent in the industry anymore... just get someone else to crack the US for you.
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Old 02-12-2011, 19:46
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From what I seen so far... she's got about 7-8 different artists writing her own for her and is in talks of doing duets with artists that are already well established in the USA.


Just shows you don't actually need talent in the industry anymore... just get someone else to crack the US for you.
The people that are producing Cheryl's songs (will.i.am, Alex Da Kid, etc.), are very talented.
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Old 02-12-2011, 20:10
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She has co-writing credits on 3 Words and Messy Little Raindrops.

I know she wrote a few tracks for Girls Aloud as well (all the girls did)

This is one of them - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRdHOEJPObU

That should have been released instead of Whole Lotta History imo
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Old 02-12-2011, 20:16
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The people that are producing Cheryl's songs (will.i.am, Alex Da Kid, etc.), are very talented.
Can't take any idiots that call themselves Will.I.Am and Alex Da Kid seriously I'm afraid...
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Old 02-12-2011, 21:16
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It's illegal to get credited as a writer if you don't actually contribute anything. She could get taken to court if it's found out she didn't write anything in the songs she's credited on.

But on the other hand, as the poster above mentioned, you can contribute just one word to a song and get a writing credit.

But it's the same with all artists. Maybe Adele just wrote one word of each song she gets writing credits on. There's no way of us REALLY knowing, so I won't make any assumptions personally.
But the likes of Adele and Lady GaGa have a number of songs that they have sole writing credits on.
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Old 02-12-2011, 21:47
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Ha! Even if Cheryl did have writing credits that doesn't exactly reflect positively on her...

LOL at Cheryl's writing credits...

Make Me Cry chorus: are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry x10000

Heaven chorus: my heaven's witchu, you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you, my heavens witchu x10000

Boy Like You chorus: I've been looking for a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you x10000

Let's Get Down chorus: Let's get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down x10000

If I were her, I'd want my name as far away from that as possible...
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Old 02-12-2011, 21:57
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She takes writing credits, but I seriously doubt she actually does any writing.
Maybe she has a ghost writer...
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Old 02-12-2011, 22:33
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OP God no..............
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Old 02-12-2011, 23:29
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Ha! Even if Cheryl did have writing credits that doesn't exactly reflect positively on her...

LOL at Cheryl's writing credits...

Make Me Cry chorus: are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry, are you trying to make me cry x10000

Heaven chorus: my heaven's witchu, you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you, my heavens witchu x10000

Boy Like You chorus: I've been looking for a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you, a boy like you x10000

Let's Get Down chorus: Let's get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down get down x10000

If I were her, I'd want my name as far away from that as possible...
Slight exaggeration there....lool
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Old 03-12-2011, 00:49
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I think she'd have trouble writing her own name
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Old 03-12-2011, 00:54
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Ha, This made me laugh. The only good songwriter to come from Girls Aloud is Nicola, Her first album was quite good
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Old 03-12-2011, 01:10
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But the likes of Adele and Lady GaGa have a number of songs that they have sole writing credits on.
Pitbull and LMFAO also have a number of songs that they have sole writing credits on.

Can't take any idiots that call themselves Will.I.Am and Alex Da Kid seriously I'm afraid...
Well, that's what hip hop artists do. They have their own rap names which they use in music. It doesn't change how talented they are. They've composed some fantastic music.
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Old 03-12-2011, 01:16
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Real songwriters are Nadine and Scherzinger. She's credited because it's her product, but Tweedy doesn't know what a lyric is, she just sees the pound signs. Her own name is a struggle, poor lass.
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Old 03-12-2011, 01:24
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Real songwriters are Nadine and Scherzinger. She's credited because it's her product, but Tweedy doesn't know what a lyric is, she just sees the pound signs. Her own name is a struggle, poor lass.
Nadine and Nicole have writing credits on their albums so they don't fully write their own songs. I think Nicole struggles with remembering her name, hence why she constantly uses #IAmNicole on her tweets.
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Old 03-12-2011, 01:31
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I doubt granted would even like Nicole if it wasn't for the fact she took over from Cheryl on X Factor USA.
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Old 03-12-2011, 01:37
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Nadine and Scherzinger have actually put pen to paper and come up with credible songs that have been successful or highly rated. Scherzinger calls herself "Scherzy" on Twitter, must be because she's so busy on the panel. Tweedy's the face of her product, but she's never been able to write songs for her album, she's got a team for that.
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Old 03-12-2011, 03:01
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"Just Live" is written entirely by Cheryl.
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Old 03-12-2011, 05:29
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Nadine and Scherzinger have actually put pen to paper and come up with credible songs that have been successful or highly rated. Scherzinger calls herself "Scherzy" on Twitter, must be because she's so busy on the panel. Tweedy's the face of her product, but she's never been able to write songs for her album, she's got a team for that.
Name a Nadine song that she wrote that has been highly rated and successful?

And tell me exactly how you know they write their songs?
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