This year, Scherzinger will also achieve one of her own life-long dreams, the release of her debut solo album, entitled Killer Love. The album is a bold, statement-making collection that combines Scherzinger’s love for rock, soul, and funk with alluring pop productions. Killer Love announces Scherzinger, who spent five years leading The Pussycat Dolls, as an artist in her own right, showcasing her powerful voice, ear for irresistible melodies, and considerable songwriting talent.

Scherzinger titled the album Killer Love after a song she co-wrote with RedOne of the same name about “a love so deep, heavy, and dark that it’ll probably kill you,” she says. “It’s about losing yourself in a relationship. When that happens you may be in a very broken and weak place, but through that process you find yourself and get stronger, which is what songs like "Casualty," "Desperate," and "Everybody" are about. I chose these songs because I wanted to sing about what has happened to me in past relationships and I felt like people could really connect with my stories. That’s what gives me so much fire and soul when I sing. When you sing about surviving, there’s so much more authenticity behind it.”

The first collaborator Scherzinger enlisted to help her craft Killer Love was RedOne, known for his work with Lady Gaga, Enriquez Iglesias, and Jennifer Lopez. “I described the music I heard in my head to him, which was pop, but rock-influenced and with a soul-funk vibe,” Scherzinger says. “At the time I was inspired by these iconic artists from the ’70s and ’80s, like Tina Turner, Sly Stone, Prince, and Michael Jackson. I love them because you can hear the emotion behind everything they sing. They take that energy to the next level of surrender and let everything go in their music. Being on my own as a performer after The Pussycat Dolls was very liberating, so I wanted to do something big, powerful, and dangerous -- I wanted to make music with teeth.”

RedOne and a host of other top-notch producers and songwriters, including Jim Jonsin (Beyoncé, Usher), Tricky Stewart (Rihanna, Mary J. Blige), Stargate (Ne-Yo, Katy Perry), Boi 1da (Drake, Lil Wayne), and Esther Dean (Britney Spears, Jennifer Hudson), helped bring out the many sides of Scherzinger’s musical personality, from strong and seductive to emotional and vulnerable, which she expresses through a variety of styles: playful, Island-flavored pop (first single “Right There,” featuring 50 Cent), sleek, Euro-tinged dance anthems (No. 1 U.K. hit “Don’t Hold Your Breath,” “Wet,” “Club Banger Nation”), as well as several soaring ballads (“Casualty,” “You Will Be Loved,” and the spare, deeply felt “AmenJena”). “I wrote ‘AmenJena’ because I wanted a song that just came from my gut,” Scherzinger says. “It’s 100 percent me. I poured everything I had into that song and I just love the simplicity of it.” The common thread throughout Killer Love is Scherzinger’s elastic voice, a remarkable instrument that she is free to unleash in a variety of ways as a solo artist.