Cheryl Cole is readying a big comeback to the pop world next year after returning to the studio to record new material for her fourth album.

According to a source for UK newspaper The Metro, “Cheryl’s taken time off this year so she can have a quiet life… She spent it with her family in Newcastle and London with her family and dogs. She loves her dogs. When she’s away on tour she’s missed them and wants to spend time with them.”

The newspaper’s source explained that Cole has been on a break ‘for her own sanity’ – “Cheryl needed to take time off for herself. She’s never had a break. She came off her solo tour and straight into Girls Aloud’s. When that finished in March she kept under the radar. She wanted time out. Her relationship with Tre ended but they’re still friends”

No release date for the new material has been confirmed yet, however the newspaper quotes as saying that Cole has already recorded some of the new material, with the new year being when the star will ‘ramp it up’.