Cheryl Cole has made a smashing solo debut with her first single hitting Number One. Photo Credit: Splash NewsOctober 25, 2009, (Splash News) - Cheryl Cole has made a smashing solo debut with her first single hitting Number One.
Cole's Fight For This Love went to the top of the charts, selling more than 290,000 copies ahead of a new album to be released today.
The song became the fastest-selling single of the year and Cole said the result put "a permanent smile on her face".
The Girls Aloud singer said: "I'm just getting over the fact I have recorded my solo record and now it's number one. I can't take this all in. It's hard for me to put into words how I feel. I have this permanent smile on my face."
Cole, whose career is taking off, performed the song on The X Factor for 12.7 million viewers and knocked The X Factor celebrity winner Alexandra Burke off her perch at the top of the charts. Burke's Bad Boys was now at Number Two.
Fight For This Love was premiered on BBC Radio One and was written by Andre Merritt, Steve Kipner and Wayne Wilkins, who have written songs for Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown and Rihanna.
Cole is a judge on The X Factor alongside Simon Cowell and Dannii Minogue.
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