A Million Lights

***A Million Lights*** is the third studio album by English singer Cheryl, released on 15 June 2012 through Fascination Records. Following her divorce from English footballer Ashley Cole, this is Cheryl's first album to be released under her first name Cheryl, dropping her married surname. The album is heavily rooted in pop, dance and R&B and also features elements of hip hop, dubstep, house, dance-pop and electronic music in its overall sound.

## Critical reception

_A Million Lights_ received mainly mixed to positive reviews upon its release.

## Track listing

**Notes**
- <sup></sup> signifies a vocal producer
- <sup></sup> signifies a co-producer

## Personnel

Credits for _A Million Lights_ adapted from AllMusic.

- Cheryl – primary artist, lead vocals, composer, co-writer
- Will.i.am – VDrum sequencing, engineer, featured artist, background vocals, producer, synthesizer, composer, co-writer
- Wretch 32 – featured artist, vocals, co-writer
- Lana Del Rey – co-writer, composer, background vocals
- Calvin Harris – arranger, producer, writer, composer, instrumentation, mixing
- Taio Cruz – composer, producer, co-writer
- Jim Beanz – mixing, producer, vocal producer, additional vocals, backing vocals, co-writer
- Jaylien Wesley – writer, composer
- Agent X – Drums, engineer, keyboards, piano, producer, programming
- Josie Aiello – background vocals
- Carlos Battey – composer
- Steven Battey – composer
- Tim Blacksmith – management
- Riki Bleau – management
- Greg Bonnick – composer
- Delbert Bowers – assistant
- Kingsley Brown – composer
- J. Browz – bass, guitar
- A. J. Clarke – mixing assistant
- Olle Corneér – composer
- Aaron Cowan – composer
- Dada Life – producer
- Danny D. – management
- Mike Del Rio – composer
- Jayson DeZuzio – composer
- Dylan Dresdow – mixing
- Stefan Engblom – composer
- Loick Essien – composer
- Matt Furmidge – vocal engineer
- Chris Galland – assistant
- John Gudwin – engineer
- Stuart Hardie – design
- Kuk Harrell – vocal producer
- Tom Havelock – composer

- Hygrade – instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal producer
- Padraic Kerin – engineer
- Roy Kerr – keyboards, programming
- Kid Gloves – producer, vocal producer
- Alex Da Kid – composer, producer
- Koil – engineer, mixing
- Kasia Livingston – composer
- Peter Mack – assistant
- Ayah Marar – background vocals
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Mike Marsh – mastering
- Jaime Martinez – mixing assistant
- Paul Meehan – vocal producer
- Naughty Boy – producer
- Naweed – mastering
- Candice Nelson – composer
- Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer
- Pantha Bass – electric guitar, keyboards, producer
- Joe Peluso – engineer
- Anu Pillai – brass arrangement, engineer, guitar, keyboards, programming, string arrangements
- Leon Price – composer
- Brian Rawling – vocal producer
- Peter Renshaw – composer
- Jareth Rwamafa Johnson – composer, background vocals
- Jermaine Scott – composer
- Stefan Sundström – mixing
- Megan Nicolle Thomaston – composer, background vocals
- Daniel Traynor – composer
- Kevin Verchel – vocal arrangement
- Ellen Von Unwerth – photography
- James "Jim Beanz" Washington – composer
- Mathias Wollo – composer, instrumentation, mixing, producer, programming

## Charts

|Chart (2012)|Peak position|
| --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|39|
|style="text-align:center;"|144|
|style="text-align:center;"|2|
|style="text-align:center;"|78|
|style="text-align:center;"|1|
|style="text-align:center;"|96|
|style="text-align:center;"|2|

## Certifications

|Region|Certification|Sales/shipments|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Gold|100,000||

## Release history

|scope="col"|Region|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Format(s)|scope="col"|Label|scope="col"|Edition(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|15 June 2012|CD, digital download|Polydor Records|rowspan="3"|Standard, deluxe|||||
|rowspan="2"|Digital download|rowspan="2"|Universal Music|||||||
|18 June 2012|rowspan="5"|CD, digital download|Fascination, Polydor Records|Standard, deluxe, super deluxe boxset||||||
|rowspan="2"|19 June 2012|rowspan="5"|Universal Music|rowspan="3"|Standard|||||
|22 June 2012||||||||||
|25 June 2012|Standard, deluxe|||||||||
|6 July 2012|CD|Deluxe||||||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: A Million Lights
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Cheryl (singer), Cheryl
- **border**: yes
- **recorded**: July 2011 – May 2012
- **genre**: * Pop music, Pop
* Dance music, dance
* Contemporary R&B, R&B
- **length**: 37:30
- **label**: Fascination Records, Fascination
- **producer**: * Alex da Kid
* Calvin Harris
* will.i.am
* Jaylien Wesley
* Pantha
* HyGrade
* Agent X
* Dada Life
* Kid Gloves
* Jim Beanz
* Taio Cruz
* Mathias Wollo
* The Beamer Boyz
* Billy Wes
* Electric
* Bibi Jones
* Dave Munday
- **prev title**: Messy Little Raindrops
- **prev year**: 2010
- **next title**: Only Human (Cheryl album), Only Human
- **next year**: 2014