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Little Mix (formerly known as Rhythmix) are an English four-piece girl group comprising members Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall. They were formed for the eighth series of The X Factor, where they became the first group entry to win in the programme's eight-year history, when they beat Marcus Collins in the final. While they were on The X Factor they were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos.

Career

The X Factor (2011)

Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson 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 grouped into separate groups, 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 judges' houses. After a decision from the judges, two members from the two groups were called back to form the four-piece group Rhythmix, thus sending them through to 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 a Brighton-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 week. The previous longest-surviving girl groups were The Conway Sisters (series 2) and Hope (series 4), who had both lasted until week 7. On 11 December, Little Mix were announced as the winners, making 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.

Performances on The X Factor

Little Mix (known as Rhythmix until week 4) performed the following songs on The X Factor:

Debut album

It has been announced that Gary Barlow and Biff Stannard will write songs for their first studio album.

Members

Perrie Edwards

Perrie Edwards is from South Shields near Newcastle upon Tyne. Her first audition was "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette.

Jesy Nelson

Jesy Nelson is from Romford, East London. Before the X Factor, Nelson worked as a barmaid. Her first audition was "Bust Your Windows" by Jazmine Sullivan.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is from High Wycombe. Before Little Mix, she worked as a waitress in Pizza Hut. Her first audition was "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna.

Jade Thirlwall

Jade Thirlwall is also from South Shields. Before Little Mix, she was a student and participated in various singing contests in the area. Her first audition was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. She auditioned for the series 5 of The X Factor in 2008, but only made it into the end of the bootcamp stage. She also auditioned for series 7 in 2010, again reaching the end of bootcamp before being sent home.

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

References

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3. Metro (6 October 2011). "X Factor finalists Rhythmix in legal trouble with charity over name". Metro. Retrieved 21 December 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
4. MTV (12 December 2011). "X Factor: Tulisa Planning Duet With Little Mix?". MTV Networks. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
5. Halliday, Josh (9 November 2011). "X Factor: Simon Cowell drops attempt to trademark Rhythmix". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
6. Glamour (21 November 2011). "Simon Cowell donates money to Rhythmix charity". CondéNetUK.
7. ^ Nissim, Mayer (26 October 2011). "'X Factor' Rhythmix to change name following charity pressure". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
8. Newsbeat (21 October 2011). "X Factor girl band Rhythmix are renamed Little Mix". BBC Online. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
9. Sheridan, Emily (5 December 2011). "Little Mix make X Factor history as the first girl group to make the final". Daily Mail. Retrieved 21 December 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
10. Bull, Sarah (5 December 2011). "They did it! Little Mix make X Factor history as they become first group EVER to take home the crown". Daily Mail. Retrieved 21 December 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
11. Amazon (2011). "Cannonball". Amazon. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
12. Hackford Jones (2011). "X Factor Winners Little Mix Release Debut Single Cannonball". Hackford Jones PR. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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22. The Official UK Charts Company (2011). "Scottish Singles Top 40 - 24th December 2011". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

• 2011 establishments in England
• British vocal groups
• British girl groups
• English pop music groups
• Musical groups from London
• Musical groups established in 2011
• Sony BMG artists
• Vocal quartets
• X Factor series winners
• The X Factor (UK) contestants