Little Mix Facts

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50 Facts About Little Mix

Little Mix – a group of four talented British girls with big voices – stormed into the musical world in 2011, if you’re a fan of Little Mix, check out the most interesting 50 facts about the group & members!

1. Little Mix consists of four members, who are Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson.
2. They were put together for the eighth series of UK’s The X Factor in 2011, where they went on to win the competition. Little Mix was also the first group to ever win The X Factor.
3. All the members auditioned as solo artists on The X Factor and later joined together as group.
4. Originally, the band name was called Rhythmix, but this had to be changed there was a dispute with a children’s music charity, which had the same name.
5. Their debut single ‘Cannonball‘ hit number one on the UK Singles Chart on 18^th December 2011. Cannonball also made the Christmas #1 spot on the Irish Singles Chart.
6. On 1^st July 2012, Little Mix performed their single ‘Wings‘ for the first time at the T4 on the Beach concert.
7. Little Mix’s first book – Ready to Fly – is a reference to their single ‘Wings‘.
8. Wings hit number one on the UK Singles Chart, Number 2 on the Australian iTunes Chart and Number 3 on the ARIA Charts.
9. In November 2012, Little Mix’s debut album ‘DNA’, was released and reached number three in both the UK and Ireland.
10. In 2012, Little Mix bought out a range of children’s clothing for Primark, aimed at 7 to 13-year-olds.
11. On 3^rd February 2013, Little Mix released ‘Change Your Life‘ – the third single from their album, which peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
12. Their single How Ya Doin’? was Little Mix’s first single to not reach the top 20 in Ireland, however the single did spend seven weeks on the chart.
13. On 4^th October 2013, Little Mix announced on YouTube that their second album would be called Salute.
14. Their single ‘Move‘ was certified silver in the UK for sales of 200,000 and gold in Australia for sales of 35,000!
15. Their third album single called Salute, received over one million views on YouTube within 24 hours!
16. In March 2014, Little Mix teamed up with one of the biggest anti-bullying organisations in Europe.
17. In May 2015, Little Mix released ‘Black Magic‘, the debut single from their third album called Get Weird.
18. In 2015, ‘Wings’ won the VEVO Certified Award for reaching 100 million views!
19. ‘Black Magic‘ was the Biggest UK pre-order in 2015.
20. Jade Thirlwall was born on 26^th December 1992 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear and grew up with her mother Norma and brother Karl.
21. At 9 years old, Jade joined Performers’ Stage School in South Shields.
22. She attended St Wilfrid’s Community College secondary school in her hometown.
23. Jade auditioned for The X Factor in 2008 and again in 2010. She didn’t get through due to lack of confidence.
24. Jade has a tattoo on her back, it’s Arabic and means ‘Anyone can achieve their dream if they’ve got the courage’.
25. Jade was the girlfriend to Sam Craske – a member of Diversity, however they split up in June 2014, due to busy schedules.