Cheryl Cole to collaborate with Usher

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole may be going through a bad phase in her personal life with the bosses of X Factor ditching her and her reunion with ex-husband Ashley Cole not going the way it should, but her professional life looks good. The latest we hear is that she is going to collaborate with Usher.

It is said that Cheryl and Usher met secretly and are planning to record together. “Cheryl was sat deep in conversation with a man at the bar in her usual hotel, the Sunset Marquis in Hollywood. We couldn't believe it when he turned around and it was Usher. The pair were locked in chats for a long while, making notes and talking about music. Both looked really comfortable in each other's company but appeared to be working hard on a secret project. Usher was surrounded by his entourage while perched at the terrace bar but he soon ditched his crew to go and sit in private with Cheryl. He was flirting with her but this is Usher - he's known for being a smooth ladies' man," The e Daily Star newspaper quoted a source as saying.

Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am had earlier revealed that Cheryl would hit the US market hard by collaborating with big names in music industry.