Biodata: Little Mix
Little Mix are a British four-piece girl group formed in 2011, consisting of members Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall. They were formed exclusively for the eighth series of The X Factor, where they became the first group entry to win in the programme's eight-year history. Following their victory, they signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records. The group subsequently signed in the United States with Columbia Records. Little Mix have been branded the next Spice Girls as well as the UK's next biggest girl group capable of international success.
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. They were then put into separate ensembles by the judges during the group's bootcamp stage, with Edwards and Nelson in four-member group Faux Pas and Thirlwall and Pinnock in three-member group Orion. However, 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.
They eventually reached the live shows and were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos. On 26 October 2011, Rhythmix announced that they would change their name following a dispute with aBrighton-based children's music charity of the same name, after the programme tried to trademark "Rhythmix". A spokesman for The X Factor said, "At the request of the charity Rhythmix, the members of the girl group Rhythmix have decided to change their name, a decision which has the support of Syco and TalkbackTHAMES." It was reported that the band 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 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 live show 7. On 11 December, Little Mix were announced as the winners, making them the first ever group to win the show. Their winner's single is a cover of Damien Rice's song "Cannonball", which was released via digital download on 11 December 2011, and on CD on 14 December 2011. The Xtra Factor: The Winner's Story was shown on ITV2 on 17 December 2011. Their debut single topped the UK Singles Chart on 18 December 2011. They made the Christmas number one spot on the Irish Singles Chart, beating novelty songs by The Saw Doctors and Ryan Sheridan.
- Singles:
British girl group Little Mix covered the track in 2011 as one of the finalists in the eighth series of The X Factor. Following the announcement that they had won the show, their version of "Cannonball" was released as the winner's single on 11 December 2011.
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Music Video
Live at the X Factor
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Music Video
Acoustic
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Music Video
Unplugged / Acoustic Live
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Music Video
- Albums
DNA:
Original Version:
1.Wings
2.DNA
3.Change Your Life
4.Always Be Together
5.Stereo Soldier
6.Pretend It's OK
7.Turn Your Face
8.We Are Who We Are
9.How Ya Doin'?" (featuring Slick Rick)
10.Red Planet" (featuring T-Boz)
11.Going Nowhere
12. Madhouse
DNA: The Deluxe Edition
1-12 On top.
13.Love Drunk
14.Make You Believe
15.Case Closed
16.DNA" (Unplugged)
17.We Are Young" (Acoustic)
14.Make You Believe
15.Case Closed
16.DNA" (Unplugged)
17.We Are Young" (Acoustic)
18. Wings (Music Video)
19. Wings (Acoustic Video)
20.We Are Young (Acoustic Video)
21. Creating Our DNA (Video)
DNA is the debut album by British girl group Little Mix. The album was released on 19 November 2012 via Syco. The group began work recording the album in December 2011 and concluded in September 2012. Throughout the recording process, Little Mix worked with several producers, including TMS, Future Cut, Steve Mac, Jarrad Rogers, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Ash Howes, Jon Levine, Xenomania, Fred Ball and Pegasus. The album was co-written by Little Mix and they stated that they were involved in the development of the album as much as possible. Sonically, the album is a mixture of pop and R&B records. The album's lyrical content explores empowerment, relationships and heartbreak.
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