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On 20 November 2011, Little Mix became the first girl group in the show's eight-year history to progress past the seventh live show. The previous longest-surviving girl groups were The Conway Sisters ( series 2 ) and Hope ( series 4 ), who had both lasted until week 7.
- 2011–2022
- Jesy Nelson
- London, England
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Little Mix are a British three-piece girl group consisting of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards, previously a four-piece until former member Jesy Nelson left the band on December 14, 2020 due to health reasons. They competed on the eighth season of The X Factor UK in 2011 and won.
Since winning The X Factor UK, Little Mix have gone on to release six UK top 5 studio albums, five of which are platinum certified and one of which being #1 and five UK #1 singles and, as of 2021, have become the 5th best-selling girl group of all time.
2011: Formation and The X Factor
Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall successfully auditioned as soloists for the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011, but failed to make it past bootcamp's first challenge. However, the judges decided to give them another chance to be part of the Groups category, which happened August 19, 2011. They were then put into separate ensembles by the judges during the group's bootcamp stage, with Perrie and Jesy in four-member group known as "Faux Pas" and Jade and Leigh-Anne in three-member group "Orion". Both groups failed to make it through to the judges' houses. A later decision saw two members from each group being called back to form the four-piece group Rhythmix, this sending them through to the judges' houses. Their first name together as a band was Rhythmix and with that name their first cover song was "Big Girls Don't Cry" in front of Jessie J and Tulisa in the judge's house, finally managing to get through. They reached the live shows and were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos. On October 26, 2011, Rhythmix announced that they would change their name following a dispute with a Brighton-based children's music charity of the same name, after the programme tried to trademark "Rhythmix". It was reported that the group decided to make the change, despite no legal reason to do so, to avoid any difficulties for the charity. On 28 October 2011, it was announced that the group's new name would be "Little Mix". On December 11, 2011, Little Mix were announced as the winners, making them the first group ever to win the show. Their winner's single is a cover of Damien Rice's song "Cannonball", which was released via digital download on December 11, 2011, and on CD on December 14, 2011. They were signed into Syco Records to make their albums. Little Mix doesn't have a leader. Once during the X Factor they've been told to make Perrie the leader of the band but Perrie said "We can all sing and there isn't a lead singer at all."
2012-2013: DNA and international breakthrough
On January 25, 2012, Little Mix made an appearance at the National Television Awards and performed the En Vogue song "Don't Let Go (Love)". They also accompanied fellow judges Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos on stage to receive the Best Talent Show award that had been won by The X Factor. In May 2012, Little Mix reportedly signed a deal with Vivid and Bravado to release signature products including dolls, puzzles, accessories and games. Prior to their debut single release, the band covered an a cappella version of Beyoncé’s "End of Time" and uploaded it on YouTube; the cover was publicly praised, especially for the group’s impressive harmonies. Later in August, they also uploaded another cover, this time an acoustic cover of "We Are Young" by Fun ft. Janelle Monae which again received positive feedback, generally, for the group’s harmonies. On June 1, 2012, a snippet of their debut single "Wings" previewed on chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man before its later release date in August. Little Mix performed their debut single "Wings" for the first time at the T4 on the Beach concert on July 1, 2012. The single debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart. On August 31, 2012, the group's autobiography, titled Ready To Fly, was released by Harper Collins. In October 2012, the group went on a promotional visit to Australia due to their expanding fan base there, destinations included Melbourne and Sydney. The trip lasted a week and the group visited radio stations to promote the single and debut album. They performed their single "Wings" on The X Factor Australia and on Australian breakfast-television show Sunrise. "Wings" subsequently reached #2 on the Australian iTunes chart and #3 on the ARIA charts. Their debut album, DNA, was released in November 2012. Nicola Roberts co-penned a track called "Going Nowhere." on the album. The album reached #3 in both Ireland and the UK. Their second single off the album, "DNA", was released on October 1, 2013, which reached #3 in the UK charts as well as in Scotland and #8 in Ireland. In January 2013 they signed a record deal with Columbia Records in North America. "Wings" was released as their debut single in America on February 5, 2013. On February 3, 2013, they released "Change Your Life" as the album's third single, which charted at #12 on the UK Singles Chart. On March 4, 2013, it was announced that "How Ya Doin'?" would be released as the fourth and final single from their debut album. On March 21, 2013, they announced that their next single, "How Ya Doin'?", would feature Grammy Award-winning musician Missy Elliott. On April 4, 2013, the group revealed that Schwarzkopf hair dye Live Colour XXL would be promoted through their music video for "How Ya Doin'?" in a new sponsorship deal. "How Ya Doin'?" debuted at #57 on the UK Singles Chart on April 20, 2013, before ascending to #23 the week after. In its third week, the song peaked at #16, marking Little Mix's fifth consecutive UK top 20 hit. It charted for a total of seven weeks. "How Ya Doin'?" sold 120,000 copies in the UK. The single debuted at #55 on the Irish Singles Chart on April 11, 2013. It then climbed the chart to peak at #26. Consequently, "How Ya Doin'?" became Little Mix's first single to miss the top 20 in Ireland, but spent a total of seven weeks on the chart. The single peaked at #16 on the Scottish Singles Chart on May 11, 2013, marking the group's fifth consecutive top 20 hit in Scotland.
2013-2015: Salute and Word Up!
In March 2013, Little Mix began their first promotional campaign in the US. In multiple interviews with various websites and radio interviewers, the girls said that they would begin working on their second album in April. The group began work writing and recording the album in April and concluded in September. In an interview with Digital Spy in March 2013, they stated that they wanted their second album to have a more R&B sound. Jesy added: "I personally want to put a lot more dancey stuff in there. As in, one of the songs that comes on in a club that makes you want to dance. Not that David Guetta sound, but more R&B – a bit like Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". They also revealed that they would be starting to write material for the new album in the coming months. On October 4, 2013, Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page, announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre-order on October 7, 2013. The album was released on November 11, 2013 in the United Kingdom and was released in the United States on February 4, 2014. Throughout the recording process, Little Mix worked with several producers, including TMS, Future Cut, Fred Ball, Nathan Duvall and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The album was largely co-written by Little Mix, who stated that they were more involved in the development of this album than with their debut. On September 23, 2013, "Move" was premiered on BBC Radio 1. For the single, Little Mix worked with Nathan Duvall, an up-and-coming R&B producer and Maegan Cottone the girl's vocal coach. "Move" was released on October 7, 2013 in Australia and New Zealand. It was later released in the UK and Ireland on November 3, 2013. It was sent to Mainstream Radio in the US on February 18, 2014 and reached #38 on that chart. The song peaked at #3 in the UK, #5 in Ireland, #19 in Japan and #12 in New Zealand. The single also charted in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Slovak. Since then, "Move" has been certified gold in Australia for sales of 35,000 and silver in the UK for sales of 200,000. "Little Me" was selected as the second single from the album. The song was co-written by TMS and Iain James, and produced by TMS. On November 21, 2013, Little Mix revealed via a YouTube video message that they decided to release it as the second single because it held a lot meaning to them and was written with their fans in mind. The song reached #14 in the UK, #3 in Armenia, #15 in Iceland and #16 in the Netherlands. It also charted in Australia, Ireland and Lebanon. The band released a cover version of the Cameo's song "Word Up!" as the official single for Sport Relief 2014. The song reached #6 in the UK and #13 in Ireland while also charting in Australia, Austria, Denmark and France. Little Mix announced on April 5, 2014 that the title track "Salute" will be released as the album's third single. It impacted UK radio on April 28, 2014. The official music video premiered on May 2, 2014 and received over one million views within 24 hours. It was released on May 30, 2014. The song reached #6 in the UK, #5 in Scotland, #12 in Ireland and #27 in Australia. In December 2013, the group announced the UK and Ireland dates for their second headlining concert tour, The Salute Tour, North American dates were added in April 2014. The tour began on May 16, 2014 in Birmingham, England at the LG Arena and ended on July 27, 2014 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire at the Scarborough Open Air Theatre. The group were expected to begin the North American leg of the tour in September 2014, but was cancelled, due to the group wanting to work on their next album.
Little Mix cites the Spice Girls, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Destiny’s Child, En Vogue, TLC, Nicki Minaj, Christina Aguilera and Rihanna as their musical influences.
Studio Albums
•DNA (2012) •Salute (2013) •Get Weird (2015) •Glory Days (2016) •LM5 (2018) •Confetti (2020)
Reissue Albums
•Glory Days: The Platinum Edition (2017)
Compilation Albums
•Between Us (2021)
Headlining
•DNA Tour (2013) •Salute Tour (2014) •Get Weird Tour (2016) •Glory Days Tour (2017) •The Summer Hits Tour (2018) •LM5 The Tour (2019) •Summer 2020 Tour (2020; Cancelled) •Confetti Tour (2022)
Promotional
•X Factor Live Tour (2012) •Black Magic Radio Tour (2015) •Love Me Like You Radio Tour (2015)
Supporting
•Sound City Festival (2012) •Neon Lights Tour (2014) •Dangerous Woman Tour (2017)
Aug 21, 2021 · Little Mix on The X Factor in 2011, from left: Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Over the years, the trolling intensified.
- Kelly Rowland put the group together on The X Factor. Jesy, Jade, Perrie and Leigh-Anne all auditioned for The X Factor as soloists, but did not progress past the Boot Camp stage.
- The band weren't originally called Little Mix. That's right! When the girls first formed on The X Factor in 2011, the band was originally called Rhythmix.
- Little Mix made history on The X Factor. Not only did they make history by becoming the first girl group to make it past week seven in the live shows, the girls went one step further and become the first band to ever win The X Factor!
- Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards used to live in the same town. Although the girls never met before The X Factor, Perrie and Jade lived in the same town of South Shields, five minutes away from each other.
Little Mix are an English girl group, formed on the British version of The X Factor, and the first group and only girl group to win the series. The line up consisted of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and originally Jesy Nelson, before her departure from the group in 2020.
Nov 11, 2021 · Syco. DNA. After becoming the first band to win The X Factor UK back in 2011, Little Mix were given a debut single that wasn't hugely representative of their style. So they eventually came back in summer 2012 with "Wings" — a song that truly spoke to who they were — and ended the year with the release of their debut album, DNA.
