Little Mix

Little Mix
General information
origin	United Kingdom
Genre (s)	Pop , hip-hop , R&B
founding	2011
Website	www.little-mix.de
Current occupation
singing	Jessica "Jesy" Louise Nelson
singing	Leigh-Anne Pinnock
singing	Jade Amelia Thirlwall
singing	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.

Little Mix on their DNA tour (2013)

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
		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 Double platinum (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 Triple platinum (… 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
		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 Double platinum (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 Double platinum (35 weeks)UK	US69 (3 weeks) US	First published: October 16, 2016 Sales: + 885,000
	Touch Glory Days	-	-	-	UK4th × 2 Double platinum (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 Double platinum (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
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
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Wishing on a star	-	-	-	UK1 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 27, 2011 feat. X Factor Finalists 2011 , JLS & One Direction

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2012: for the album DNA 2013: for the single DNA 2013: for the single How Ya Doin '? 2013: for the single Move 2016: for the album Get Weird 2017: for the album Glory Days 2017: for the single Reggaetón Lento (Remix)  Belgium 2017: for the single Shout Out to My Ex 2017: for the single touch 2017: for the single Reggaetón Lento (Remix)  Brazil 2019: for the album LM5  Denmark 2018: for the single Shout Out to My Ex 2018: for the album Glory Days 2019: for the single Black Magic 2019: for the album Get Weird 2020: for the single Secret Love Song  Ireland 2012: for the album DNA  Italy 2017: for the single Shout Out to My Ex 2017: for the single Black Magic 2018: for the single touch  Canada 2014: for the single wings 2018: for the album Glory Days 2019: for the single Woman Like Me  Mexico 2017: for the single Black Magic 2018: for the single Reggaetón Lento (Remix) 2019: for the album Glory Days 2019: for the single Woman Like Me  New Zealand 2015: for the single Black Magic 2016: for the single wings 2016: for the single Shout Out to My Ex 2017: for the single touch 2017: for the single Change Your Life  Netherlands 2016: for the single hair 2017: for the single touch  Poland 2017: for the single Shout Out to My Ex 2018: for the single Reggaetón Lento (Remix) 2019: for the single Only You  Portugal 2018: for the single Reggaetón Lento (Remix)  Sweden 2016: for the single Black Magic

Platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Woman Like Me  Canada 2018: for the single Black Magic 2018: for the single Shout Out to My Ex 2018: for the single touch  New Zealand 2016: for the single Secret Love Song  Poland 2016: for the single Black Magic 2019: for the single Woman Like Me 2 × platinum record  Australia 2013: for the single Change Your Life 2016: for the single Black Magic 2016: for the single "Secret Love Song" 2016: for the single hair 2017: for the single touch 3 × platinum record  Australia 2013: for the single wings 2017: for the single Shout Out to My Ex

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
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

4Music Video Honors 2012

• Nominated:
  • Best breakthrough
  • Best Group

Glamor Awards 2012

• Nominated:
  • Band of the Year

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012

• Nominated:
  • Favorite UK Band: Little Mix
  • Favorite UK newcomer: Little Mix

BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards 2013

• Nominated:
  • Best British Group

Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards 2013

• Won:
  • Ultimate export

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2013

• Nominated:
  • Best Group: Little Mix

4Music Video Honors 2014

• Won:
  • Best girl group

Glamor Awards 2014

• 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

Japan Gold Disc Awards 2014

• Won:
  • Best 3 New Artists
  • New Artist of the Year

Popjustice's Twenty Quid Music Prize 2014

• Won:
  • Track of the Year

Pure Beauty Awards 2014

• Won:
  • Best New Eye Product

Shorty Awards 2014

• Nominated:
  • Best UK in Social Media

BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards 2015

• Won:
  • Embrace Your Uniqueness
• Nominated:
  • Best British single

Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards 2015

• Won:
  • The Ultimate Girl Group

MTV Europe Music Awards 2015

• Won:
  • Best UK & Ireland Act
• Nominated:
  • Worldwide Act: Europe

MTV Europe Music Awards Japan 2015

• Nominated:

Best collaboration

Teen Choice Awards 2015

• Won:
  • Choice Music: Breakout Artist
• Nominated:
  • Choice Music: Female Group
  • Choice Music: International Artist
  • Choice Music: Love Song

Popjustice's Twenty Quid Music Prize 2015

• Won:
  • Track of the Year

Shorty Awards 2015

• Nominated:
  • Best band

Glamor Awards 2016

• Won:
  • Artist of the Year

MTV Europe Music Awards 2016

• Won:
  • Best UK & Ireland Act

Teen Choice Awards 2016

• Won:
  • Choice Music: International Artist
• Nominated:
  • Choice Music: International Artist
  • Choice Music: Love Song

Brit Awards 2016

• Nominated:
  • British Single of the Year
  • British Video of the Year

Shorty Awards 2016

• Nominated:
  • Best Musician

Brit Awards 2017

• Won:
  • British Single of the Year
• Nominated:
  • British Group
  • British Video of the Year

Brit Awards 2018

• Nominated:
  • British Video of the Year
  • Best single

Global Awards 2018

• Won:
  • Best song
  • Best Group
  • Best British Artist or Group
• Nominated:
  • Best pop

Brit Awards 2019

• 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

1. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart Germany: Little Mix in Stuttgart: Girls in power! Retrieved January 9, 2020 . 
2. ↑ In conservative Dubai: Girl band Little Mix surprises with a rainbow flag. Retrieved January 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ DNA on allmusic.com
4. ↑ Little Mix Breaks Spice Girls' Chart Record. billboard.com, accessed June 22, 2013 . 
5. ^ Artists: Little Mix . Official Charts Company . March 9, 2013.
6. ↑ 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. .  
7. ^ Alan Jones: Official Charts Analysis: PJ Harvey lands first No. 1 album . In: Music Week , Intent Media, April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016. 
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/musicfacts_LM/status/723606851858903040
9. ↑ 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. 
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
11. ↑ Gold for Reggaetón Lento (Remix) in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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• official website (English)