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Little Mix are a British girl group, formed on the eighth series of The X Factor UK by Kelly Rowland. In 2011, the group rose to prominence after becoming the first group to win the series, and are regarded as the show's most successful winning act. Originally a four-piece group, the line up consisted of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and Jesy Nelson, before her departure in 2020. Known for their vocals and signature harmonies, they are cited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK and for re-defining girl groups. In 2022, Little Mix went on an indefinite hiatus, allowing its members to pursue solo projects.Together Little Mix have achieved five UK number-one singles, "Cannonball" (2011), "Wings" (2012), "Black Magic" (2015), "Shout Out to My Ex" (2016), and "Sweet Melody" (2021). The group have released six studio albums DNA (2012), Salute (2013), Get Weird (2015), Glory Days (2016), LM5 (2018) and Confetti (2020), five which have been certified platinum by the BPI. Little Mix holds the record for having the highest chart entry for a debut album by British girl group in the US. They are also the first girl group to have five consecutive top-five albums in the UK, and in 2018, set a new record for the longest charting album by a girl group inside the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart.
The group was launched into mainstream recognition following the release of "Black Magic" (2015). It spent three weeks at number one on in the UK, the most for a girl group single since 2007. In 2017, it was ranked by Billboard as one of the "Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time". In 2017, Little Mix won British Single of the Year for "Shout Out To My Ex", and later became the second best selling girl group single in the UK. By the end of 2018, Forbes named them as one of the most influential acts in Europe. In the same year, the group parted ways with Syco Music over musical and creative controls and signed with RCA UK. As of 2021, Little Mix has amassed over 12 billion global streams, including over 7 billion streams on YøùTùbé, and over 1.9 billion streams in the UK. In 2021, they became the first girl group spend a 100 weeks inside the Official Singles Chart's top ten.
Having sold more than 60 million records worldwide, Little Mix are one of the best-selling girl groups of all time, and one of Britain's biggest selling acts. They have been named as one of the greatest girl groups of all time and the biggest girl group of the 2010s. In 2021, Glamour named them as Glamour's Women of the Year and Game-changers in music. In the same year, Little Mix became the first girl group to win the Brit Award for British Group. They have been named by Debrett's as one of the most influential people in the UK with a net worth of £60 million. Their other accolades include a Madame Tussauds figure, three Brit Awards, seven MTV Europe Music Awards (the most wins for Best UK & Ireland Act), four Glamour Awards, a iHeartRadio Music Award, two Japanese Gold Disc Awards and three Guinness World Records.

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