Cheryl: 'You shouldn’t have to sexualise yourself to be selling music'

Cheryl has criticised the seeming trend of using sex to sell music.

A number of female acts in recent years - such as Rihanna and Miley Cyrus - have often been accused of using their bodies to their advantage.

Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Cheryl said that whilst being "sexy" has its place, using looks as a way of selling a product is a shame.

She said: "The music industry is dominated by men behind the scenes. And older men, too.

"I mean, sexy and all that is great to an extent, but you shouldn’t have to sexualise yourself to be selling music."

Talking meanwhile about the sexuality levels of previous group Girls Aloud, the Brit added:

"Girls Aloud wore some short skirts and some outfits that were quite sexy, but we were singing 'I’m just a love machine’ and 'Something kinda ooh, jumping on my tutu’.

"It was fun, it was quirky, it wasn’t trying to be sexual. I would never do something I didn’t want to do, or get told that’s the 'lane’ to be in at the moment. The lane. Everyone is competing in the same lane. F**k off, I’d rather be in my own lane."

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