Little Mix
Little Mix | |
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General information | |
origin | United Kingdom |
Genre (s) | Pop , hip-hop , R&B |
founding | 2011 |
Website | www.little-mix.de |
Current occupation | |
Jessica "Jesy" Louise Nelson | |
Leigh-Anne Pinnock | |
Jade Amelia Thirlwall | |
Perrie Louise Edwards |
Little Mix is a four-piece pop group from England . It consists of the singers Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock. As the first group, she won the eighth season of the British talent show The X Factor in December 2011 . The band was supervised by N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos and put together by Kelly Rowland . Little Mix advocate women's and LGBT rights .
Career
The four band members first sang successfully as solo singers, but dropped out in the boot camp. The jury decided to give them one more chance and let four of them take part in the group category. Nelson and Edwards as part of 'Faux Pas' and Thirlwall and Pinnock as part of 'Orion', but both groups failed again. Jurors Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos decided to let the four contestants continue as a single group called 'Rhythmix'. On October 26, 2011, the band name change from 'Rhythmix' to 'Little Mix' was announced after a lawsuit by a charity from Brighton with the same name caused quite a stir when X Factor wanted to trademark the name 'Rhythmix'. The disputes were resolved when Simon Cowell , head of Syco (The X Factor) , donated a large sum to the organization and the band decided on their own to change their name.
On December 11, 2011, Little Mix became the first band in X-Factor history to win the competition, and they were the only girl band to date to make it into live shows. Her first single Cannonball was released as a download immediately after the finale and shortly afterwards on CD and immediately rose to number 1 in the British charts. In addition to Cannonball , the single also features three live performances from The X Factor show. The debut album DNA was released in November 2012. Richard “Biff” Stannard, who has written for the Spice Girls , among others , worked on a song on the album. On November 11, 2013, the second album Salute was released , which was created in summer 2013. In the United States of America , the record was released in January 2014 and reached number 1 on the iTunes charts. In 2014 Little Mix took part in Sport Relief 2014 and also sang the theme song Word Up!
They are the first British girl group to make it into the top 5 of the Billboard 200 with a debut album .
In July 2015, Little Mix announced that their third studio album, Get Weird, would be released on November 6, 2015. The first single from this album was Black Magic , which was released publicly on July 10, 2015. The single went straight to number one on the UK charts. It stayed there for three weeks. On September 25, the group released their second single from the album, Love Me Like You , but only in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The album reached number two in the UK charts in its first week, which is the group's highest entry to date. In the US charts, the album debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200, making Little Mix the only group from the UK to have three albums in the top fifteen of the Billboard 200 charts. The album went platinum with over 520,000 sales in the UK, making it the group's best-selling album to date. On December 5th, Little Mix announced their third single from the album, Secret Love Song, via Twitter . This song is a co-production with the American R&B singer Jason Derulo . The single reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and has achieved gold status. A second, acoustic version ( Secret Love Song Part 2 , without Jason Derulo) can be found on the deluxe version of the album. Due to their enormous success, they were nominated for two prizes at the BRIT Awards on February 24, 2016 , Best British Single and British Artist Video, which they did not win. They also sang their song Black Magic .
The Get Weird Tour started on March 13, 2016 to promote the album. For the first time in the band's history, their tour extends through 60 concerts in Europe, Australia and Asia. The Get Weird Tour holds the record for the best-selling tickets on a UK Arena Tour with over 300,000 tickets sold in England alone. On April 11, 2016, the band announced their fourth single from the album, Hair . With the sale of the single and the release of the music video, a new version was recorded, where Sean Paul is now collaborating. The single was released four days later and has achieved gold status in the UK. On October 16, 2016, the song Shout Out to My Ex was released as the lead single of the fourth album Glory Days . Within an hour, the single reached the top of the English iTunes charts. On November 18, 2016, the album Glory Days was released, which reached number 1 in six countries and in a further 60 countries in the iTunes charts on the same day. The album made it to number 27 in Germany. A short time later they announced their fourth tour, this time also through America. In Germany, after only one concert in Germany on the Get Weird Tour , they reported three concerts. On September 22nd, Ariana Grande announced that Little Mix would be the support act on their Dangerous Woman Tour .
On January 20, 2017, they released their second single, Touch, along with a video. On March 1, 2017, Little Mix announced that No More Sad Songs would be the third single from the album Glory Days to be released as a music video, but with a version starring Machine Gun Kelly . The song was released on March 3, 2017, followed by the music video on March 30, 2017. On May 19, 2017, Little Mix announced that Power would be the fourth single from their album Glory Days . The song was released on May 26, 2017 in a version that includes a rap part by Stormzy . On June 9, 2017, they released the accompanying video. On September 17th, 2017 Little Mix released a remix version of the song "Reggaetón Lento" together with the music group CNCO . The original single was released by CNCO October 7, 2016, but without Little Mix. On November 24th 2017 the Glory Days: The Platinum Edition was released with a one-hour documentary & 3 new songs and the Reggaetón Lento (remix) .
On June 22, 2018, the single Only You was released with the American DJ trio Cheat Codes .
The group has been working on their 5th studio album since March 2018. In an Instagram livestream on August 16, 2018, the group revealed that they only have to go to the studio for 2 days before the album is completely finished. Even before the said live stream, they published an excerpt from one of the new songs on Instagram, but said in the live stream that this is not the first single from the new album. On October 12, 2018, they released their new single Woman Like Me for which they brought Nicki Minaj into the studio. The accompanying music video was released on October 26th, 2018. On November 16th, 2018, the fifth album "LM5" was released. The single "Wasabi" from this album was popularized by a trend of the popular Tik Tok app.
Members
- Jessica Louise Nelson (born June 14, 1991 in Romford , London )
- Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born October 4, 1991 in High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire )
- Jade Amelia Thirlwall (born December 26, 1992 in South Shields , Tyne and Wear )
- Perrie Louise Edwards (born July 10, 1993 in South Shields , Tyne and Wear )
Perrie Louise Edwards
Perrie Louise Edwards was born on July 10, 1993 and grew up in South Shields, Tyne and Wear to parents Alexander Edwards and Deborah Duffy. She has an older brother named Jonnie and a younger half-sister named Caitlin Edwards on her father's side. Her first audition on the UK talent show " The X-Factor " was "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette. Edwards attended Radipole Elementary School in Weymouth, Dorset, before returning to South Shields. She attended St. Peter and Paul RC Primary School and Mortimer Community College in South Shields, and later moved to Newcastle College, where she received a BTEC in Performing Arts. Edwards lived in Hamilton, New Zealand for two years as a teenager. In May 2012, she started dating One Direction member Zayn Malik . The couple got engaged in August 2013 but separated in August 2015. In February 2017, it was confirmed that she is dating English professional footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain . She has esophageal atresia , which is responsible for a bisectional scar on her abdomen, and anosmia .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2012 | DNA | - | - |
CH86 (1 week) CH |
UK3
platinum
(36 weeks)UK |
US4 (11 weeks) US |
First published: November 16, 2012
Sales: + 350,000 |
2013 | Salute |
DE90 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH53 (1 week) CH |
UK4th
platinum
(40 weeks)UK |
US6 (7 weeks) US |
First published: November 8, 2013
Sales: + 300,000 |
2015 | Get weird |
DE29 (1 week) DE |
AT16 (1 week) AT |
CH18 (1 week) CH |
UK2 × 2
(92 weeks)UK |
US13 (2 weeks) US |
First published: November 6, 2015
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
2016 | Glory Days |
DE27 (2 weeks) DE |
AT24 (1 week) AT |
CH22nd
gold
(2 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 3
(… Where.)UK |
US25 (4 weeks) US |
First published: November 18, 2016
Sales: + 1,390,000 |
2018 | LM5 |
DE22 (2 weeks) DE |
AT21 (1 week) AT |
CH22 (1 week) CH |
UK3
gold
(39 weeks)UK |
US40 (2 weeks) US |
First published: November 16, 2018
Sales: + 610,000 |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2011 | Cannonball | - | - | - |
UK1
gold
(8 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: December 11th, 2011
Sales: + 410,000 |
2012 | Wings DNA |
- | - | - |
UK1
platinum
(25 weeks)UK |
US79
gold
(9 weeks)US |
First published: August 24, 2012
Sales: + 1,357,500 |
DNA DNA |
- | - | - |
UK3
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 1, 2012
Sales: + 435,000 |
|
2013 | We Are Who We Are DNA |
- | - | - |
UK12
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: February 15, 2013
Sales: + 352,500 |
Going Nowhere DNA |
- | - | - |
UK16 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 17th, 2013
Sales: + 35,000 |
|
Move salute |
- | - | - |
UK3
platinum
(20 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 3, 2013
Sales: + 635,000 |
|
Little Me Salute |
- | - | - |
UK14th
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: December 30, 2013
Sales: + 200,000 |
|
2014 | Word Up! | - |
AT65 (1 week) AT |
- |
UK6 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 16, 2014
|
Boy salute |
- | - | - |
UK6th
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: April 23, 2014
Sales: + 400,000 |
|
Mr. Loverboy Salute |
- | - | - |
UK6th
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 30, 2014
Sales: + 400,000 |
|
2015 | Black Magic Get Weird |
- |
AT73 (1 week) AT |
- |
UK1 × 2
(41 weeks)UK |
US67
gold
(8 weeks)US |
First published: May 21, 2015
Sales: + 2,012,500 |
Love Me Like You Get Weird |
- | - | - |
UK11
platinum
(24 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 25, 2015
Sales: + 600,000 |
|
2016 | Secret Love Song Get Weird |
- | - | - |
UK6th
platinum
(25 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: February 3rd, 2016
feat. Jason Derulo ; Sales: + 770,000 |
Hair Get Weird |
- | - | - |
UK11
platinum
(24 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: April 15, 2016;
Sales: + 560,000 |
|
Shout Out to My Ex Glory Days |
DE52 (8 weeks) DE |
AT24 (8 weeks) AT |
CH49 (8 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 2
(35 weeks)UK |
US69 (3 weeks) US |
First published: October 16, 2016
Sales: + 885,000 |
|
Touch Glory Days |
- | - | - |
UK4th × 2
(35 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: December 9, 2016
Sales: + 1,415,000 |
|
2017 | No More Sad Songs Glory Days |
- | - | - |
UK15th
platinum
(25 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: March 3rd, 2017
feat. Machine Gun Kelly ; Sales: + 600,000 |
Power Glory Days |
- | - | - |
UK6th × 2
(32 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 26th 2017
feat. Stormzy ; Sales: + 1,200,000 |
|
Reggaetón Lento (Remix) |
DE96 (1 week) DE |
AT53 (1 week) AT |
CH18th
platinum
(24 weeks)CH |
UK5
platinum
(27 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 18, 2017
with CNCO ; Sales: + 710,000 |
|
2018 | Only you | - | - | - |
UK13
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 22nd, 2018
with cheat codes ; Sales: + 410,000 |
Woman Like Me LM5 |
DE53 (7 weeks) DE |
AT33 (7 weeks) AT |
CH31 (7 weeks) CH |
UK2
platinum
(20 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 12, 2018
Sales: + 685,000 |
|
Strip LM5 |
- | - | - |
UK25 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 16, 2018
feat. Sharaya J |
|
2019 | Think About Us | - | - | - |
UK22nd
silver
(15 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: January 25, 2019
feat. Ty Dolla Sign |
Bounce back | - | - | - |
UK10
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 14, 2019
|
|
One I've Been Missing | - | - | - |
UK59 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 22, 2019
|
|
2020 | Break Up Song | - | - |
CH29 (1 week) CH |
UK9
silver
(… Where.)UK |
- |
First published: March 27, 2020
Sales: + 200,000 |
Holiday | - | - | - |
UK17 (... weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 24, 2020
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The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2013 | These Four Walls Salute |
- | - | - |
UK57 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 8, 2013
|
2015 | Weird People Get Weird |
- | - | - |
UK78 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 16, 2015
|
Grown Get Weird |
- | - | - |
UK72 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 30, 2015
|
|
2016 | You Gotta Not Glory Days |
- | - | - |
UK61 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 27, 2016
|
FU Glory Days |
- | - | - |
UK82 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 4, 2016
|
|
Oops Glory Days |
- | - | - |
UK41
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 18, 2016
feat. Charlie Puth ; Sales: + 200,000 |
|
2017 | Is Your Love Enough? Glory Days: The Platinum Edition |
- | - | - |
UK47 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 24, 2017
|
2018 | Joan of Arc LM5 |
- | - | - |
UK61 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 2, 2018
|
Told You So LM5 |
- | - | - |
UK83 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 9, 2018
|
|
The Cure LM5 |
- | - | - |
UK49 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 16, 2018
|
Singles as guest musicians
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2011 | Wishing on a star | - | - | - |
UK1 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | 7 × gold7th | 17 × platinum17th | 1,435,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | 45,000 | ultratop.be |
Brazil (PMB) | - | gold1 | - | 20,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | 5 × gold5 | - | 155,000 | ifpi.dk |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | gold1 | - | 7,500 | irishcharts.ie |
Italy (FIMI) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | 75,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | 3 × gold3 | 3 × platinum3 | 360,000 | musiccanada.com |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | - | 4 × gold4th | - | 120,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 5 × gold5 | platinum1 | 52,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 40,000 | nvpi.nl |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | 3 × gold3 | 2 × platinum2 | 80,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Portugal (AFP) | - | gold1 | - | 5,000 | Individual evidence |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 30,000 | hitparade.ch |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 20,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
United States (RIAA) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 6 × silver6th | 5 × gold5 | 23 × platinum23 | 14,600,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 6 × silver6th | 47 × gold47 | 47 × platinum47 |
Awards
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Nominated:
- Best breakthrough
- Best Group
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Nominated:
- Band of the Year
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012
-
Nominated:
- Favorite UK Band: Little Mix
- Favorite UK newcomer: Little Mix
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Nominated:
- Best British Group
Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards 2013
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Won:
- Ultimate export
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2013
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Nominated:
- Best Group: Little Mix
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Won:
- Best girl group
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Won:
- Band of the Year
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2014
-
Nominated:
- Favorite Band UK: Little Mix
Radio Disney Awards 2014
-
Nominated:
- Song: Little Mix - Wings
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Won:
- Best 3 New Artists
- New Artist of the Year
Popjustice's Twenty Quid Music Prize 2014
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Won:
- Track of the Year
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Won:
- Best New Eye Product
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Nominated:
- Best UK in Social Media
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Won:
- Embrace Your Uniqueness
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Nominated:
- Best British single
Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards 2015
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Won:
- The Ultimate Girl Group
-
Won:
- Best UK & Ireland Act
-
Nominated:
- Worldwide Act: Europe
MTV Europe Music Awards Japan 2015
- Nominated:
Best collaboration
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Won:
- Choice Music: Breakout Artist
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Nominated:
- Choice Music: Female Group
- Choice Music: International Artist
- Choice Music: Love Song
Popjustice's Twenty Quid Music Prize 2015
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Won:
- Track of the Year
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Nominated:
- Best band
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Won:
- Artist of the Year
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Won:
- Best UK & Ireland Act
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Won:
- Choice Music: International Artist
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Nominated:
- Choice Music: International Artist
- Choice Music: Love Song
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Nominated:
- British Single of the Year
- British Video of the Year
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Nominated:
- Best Musician
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Won:
- British Single of the Year
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Nominated:
- British Group
- British Video of the Year
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Nominated:
- British Video of the Year
- Best single
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Won:
- Best song
- Best Group
- Best British Artist or Group
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Nominated:
- Best pop
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Won:
- British Video of the Year
Tours
- The X Factor Live Tour (2012)
- DNA Tour (2013)
- The Salute Tour (2014)
- The Get Weird Tour (2016)
- The Glory Days Tour (2017)
- Summer Hits Tour (2018)
- LM5: The Tour (2019)
swell
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart Germany: Little Mix in Stuttgart: Girls in power! Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
- ↑ In conservative Dubai: Girl band Little Mix surprises with a rainbow flag. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
- ↑ DNA on allmusic.com
- ↑ Little Mix Breaks Spice Girls' Chart Record. billboard.com, accessed June 22, 2013 .
- ^ Artists: Little Mix . Official Charts Company . March 9, 2013.
- ↑ CONTINUING THE GIRL POWER LEGACY, LITTLE MIX SET TWO NEW RECORDS ON THE BILLBOARD 200 CHART! , Celeb Mix. November 17, 2015. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015 Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ^ Alan Jones: Official Charts Analysis: PJ Harvey lands first No. 1 album . In: Music Week , Intent Media, April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/musicfacts_LM/status/723606851858903040
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Gold for Reggaetón Lento (Remix) in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- official website (English)