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Little Mix Little Mix are an English girl group that formed on the eighth series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor.'' They are the first group and the only girl group to win the original UK series. The lineup consisted of Leigh-Anne Pin ...
have released six
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s, one
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, 33 singles (including one
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) and 40
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s, 17 of which has received over 100 million views on
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. As of 2021, the group have amassed 44 chart entries on the UK Singles Chart, 31 Top 40 singles, nineteen top ten entries and five number ones. Their singles has charted for over 630 weeks, while their albums have charted for over 429 weeks. According to the
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, the group have sold over 28 million singles and 3.6 million albums in the UK. They have amassed over 15 billion streams across all streaming platforms, and are one of the world's best-selling girl groups. Little Mix ''X Factor'' winner's single, a cover of
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's "
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", became the group's first number one single on the UK Singles Chart, Scottish Singles Charts and
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. The lead single from their debut studio album " Wings" became the group's second number one in three countries, making them the third X Factor winners to follow up their winner's single with a second number one. It reached the top ten in Australia, Belgium, and Japan. In 2012, Little Mix released their debut album ''
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,'' which peaked inside the top ten in ten music markets, setting a new record for the highest chart entry for a debut album by a UK girl group in the States. ''DNA'' spawned three singles; the UK top three hit and title track "
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", the UK top twenty singles " Change Your Life" and " How Ya Doin'?". In 2013, the lead single "
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" from their second album ''Salute'', reached the top ten in the UK, Ireland and Scotland. It produced two singles; " Little Me" and the top ten hit and title track "
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". The group's second studio album, ''
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'', was released in November 2013, and became their second album to debut inside the top ten in the UK, Australia and the US. In 2014, Little Mix released a cover version of " Word Up!" as the official single for
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, which reached the top ten in the UK. In May 2015, Little Mix released "
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" as the lead single from their third album. The song debuted at number one in the UK and remained at the top of the chart for three weeks, becoming the first single by a girl group to do so since
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's " About You Now" in October 2007. It reached the top ten in five countries and was named by ''Billboard'' as one of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. The band's third studio album '' Get Weird'' was released in November 2015 and debuted at number two in both the UK and Australia, and debuted at number one in Ireland. In the US, it peaked at number thirteen, and made Little Mix the first British girl group to have their first three studio albums reach the top fifteen of the ''Billboard'' 200. The album's second and fourth singles " Love Me Like You" and "
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" both peaked at number eleven in the UK, while the third single " Secret Love Song" reached number six. In 2016, Little Mix released the lead single " Shout Out to My Ex" from their fourth studio album '' Glory Days.'' It reached number one in the UK and was the only UK number one of that year to be led by a female act. On November 18, 2016, the band released their fourth album ''Glory Days,'' which debuted at number one the
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s, becoming Little Mix's first number one album. It sold over 96,000 copies in its first week, and had the highest first-week UK album sales for a girl group since 1997, was the fastest-selling number-one album by a girl group since 2001, and became the longest charting number one album by a girl group since 1996. The album spawned four singles, "
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", " No More Sad Songs", "
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", and Reggaetón Lento (Remix), four of which reached the top ten of the UK Singles Charts. All singles have been certified platinum or higher by the BPI. In 2018, the group released " Only You" which peaked at number thirteen in the UK. The band's fifth album, '' LM5'', was released the same year. It was preceded by the lead single " Woman Like Me", which peaked at number ten in eight countries including the UK. The album reached the top ten in nine countries, making Little Mix the first girl group to have five consecutive top-five studio albums in the UK. The second single " Think About Us" peaked at number twenty two in the UK. In 2019, Little Mix released two more singles " Bounce Back", debuted at number ten in the UK, while " One I've Been Missing" peaked inside the top sixty. In 2020, the lead single " Break Up Song" from their sixth album ''Confetti'', became their fifteenth top ten hit in the UK. The second single "
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", reached the UK top 20, while the third single " Sweet Melody" became Little Mix's fifth and last number one as a four piece before Nelson's departure in 2020. After Nelson's departure "
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" served as the final single and reached number nine in the UK. In 2021, the group released the UK top twenty single " No Time for Tears". They achieved two more top ten entries with " Heartbreak Anthem" and "
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". This made them the first girl group to spend a total of 100 weeks within the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. The group released their first
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in November 2021, which reached the top ten in several countries. It was one of
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's top ten best-selling albums globally of 2021.


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Promotional singles


Other charted songs


Featured appearances


Music videos


See also

* List of songs recorded by Little Mix


Notes


References


External links

* {{Little Mix
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