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Nicole Scherzinger has reportedly ‘shelved her upcoming solo album’ following her success on Broadway.
The singer, 45, who cancelled The Pussycat Dolls reunion shows in 2022, hasn’t released a solo album since her 2014 dance-pop record, Big Fat Lie, failed to chart.
She was said to be working on an album in 2022 but made her debut as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard in London the following year.
The show then transferred to Broadway, where it has earned her both a Tony and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Nicole is said to have ‘spent a fortune’ on her album after being dropped from her record label in 2015.
A source told The Sun: ‘Things were really coming together and she was hunting for a team to release it when Sunset Boulevard came along.’
Nicole Scherzinger has reportedly ‘shelved her upcoming solo album’ following her success on Broadway (pictured this month)
The singer, 45, who cancelled The Pussycat Dolls reunion shows in 2022, hasn’t released a solo album since her 2014 dance-pop record, Big Fat Lie, failed to chart (pictured in 2024)
They added: ‘The plan was to revisit the album after the West End run finished last year, but the show ended up going to Broadway and now she has loads of exciting offers on the table.
‘She is in a totally different place in her life from when she wrote the album, so it’s been shelved.’
MailOnline has contacted Nicole Scherzinger’s representative for comment.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has described Nicole as ‘one of the most gifted singer-actresses I have seen perform my work… she is fearless, musically and dramatically.’
After the Tony Awards last week, Nicole posted a video on Instagram during the ceremony where she performed a Sunset Boulevard number.
In the gushing post, she wrote: ‘This is a dream come true for me to perform As If We Never Said Goodbye.
‘This is my love letter to the theatre. And to anyone with a deep passion for what you do, this was for you too.’
She added: ‘What an honour to share this song with a community that has held me and lifted me. I am forever grateful.
As she accepted her Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical award, for her performance of fading Hollywood star Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Nicole said: ‘Growing up I always felt like I didn’t belong, but you all have made me feel like I belong, and I have come home at last.’
She was said to be working on an album in 2022 but made her debut as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard in London the following year (seen performing during the show)
A source told The Sun: ‘Things were really coming together and she was hunting for a team to release it when Sunset Boulevard came along’
Nicole has received rave reviews for her performance as Norma, a faded Hollywood starlet – it has earned her both a Tony and a Laurence Olivier Award
She then thanked her fiancé Thom Evans, adding he ‘believes in me when I forget to believe in myself.’
She also said: ‘I’m so honoured to be recognised alongside these exceptional warrior women in this category. I want to thank you all so much for making this little Hawaiian/ Ukrainian/ Filipino girl’s dream come true. So proud to represent.’
After she thanked her family, she then thanked composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, sharing: ‘It has been such an honour to be able to create with you the past 15 years.’
Nicole has defied the odds to become the babe of Broadway, when just a few years ago, it would have seemed impossible for the former Pussycat Doll to win such a gong.
Following a ‘flop’ attempt at a solo singing career after the pop group disbanded in 2010, her stage career had also looked doomed following a vicious spat with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber – despite her shout out to him on Sunday.
Nicole has defied the odds to become the babe of Broadway, when just a few years ago, it would have seemed impossible for the former Pussycat Doll to win such a gong (pictured with the group in 2005)
Nine years ago, she had just pulled out of Lord Webber’s Broadway production of Cats at the last minute to take a seven-figure salary to return as a judge on ITV’s X Factor (pictured with host Dermot O’Leary, Sharon Osbourne, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh in 2017)
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has since gone on to describe Nicole as ‘one of the most gifted singer-actresses I have seen perform my work… she is fearless, musically and dramatically’
Nine years ago, the former Pussycat Doll had just pulled out of his Broadway production of Cats at the last minute to take a seven-figure salary to return as a judge on ITV’s X Factor. Furious Lord Webber declared that she would never ‘get her Tony Award’.
Lord Webber had raged: ‘I’m furious because I really believe she’s the most fantastically talented girl and I went out on a limb… but never mind, there’ll be another girl on Broadway and Nicole will not get her Tony Award.’
But following raving reviews in his new Sunset Boulevard show, Nicole has become Lloyd Webber’s shining diamond on Broadway – and not only has he eaten his words, but he’s become her biggest cheerleader.
She has also appeared in Men in Black 3, voiced a role in Disney’s Moana, and starred in stage productions of Rent and Cats.
