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
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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) Peakposition Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)39 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)144 Irish Albums (IRMA)2 Polish Albums (ZPAV)78 Scottish Albums (OCC)1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)96 UK Albums (OCC)2

Certifications
 Region CertificationSales/shipments United Kingdom (BPI)Gold100,000

Release history
 Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s) Ireland 15 June 2012 CD, digital download Polydor Records Standard, deluxeBrazil Digital download Universal MusicTaiwan United Kingdom 18 June 2012CD, digital download Fascination, Polydor Records Standard, deluxe, super deluxe boxset Poland 19 June 2012 Universal Music Standard Italy Australia 22 June 2012 Hungary 25 June 2012 Standard, deluxe Taiwan 6 July 2012 CD Deluxe

References

Category:2012 albums
Category:Pop albums
Category:Dance albums
Category:R&B albums