Little Mix are a British girl group, consisting of Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock; former member Jesy Nelson departed the group in December 2020. The group rose to fame in 2011 by becoming the first group to win the UK version of The X Factor, and signed with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. The group's sound combines pop, R&B, and dance music, and they have been acclaimed for their vocals and harmonies. The group have been recognised for using their platform and songs to advocate for female empowerment, body positivity, anti-racism and LGBT rights.
The group have had five UK number-one singles: "Cannonball", their X Factor winner's single in 2011, "Wings" in 2012, "Black Magic" in 2015, "Shout Out to My Ex" in 2016 and "Sweet Melody" in 2021. Each of their six albums, DNA (2012), Salute (2013), Get Weird (2015), Glory Days (2016), LM5 (2018) and Confetti (2020), have peaked in the top five of the UK Albums Chart, with five of the albums being certified platinum to 3× platinum by the BPI, and they have also had twenty-six certified singles in the United Kingdom. The group's fourth studio album, Glory Days, was their first UK number-one album, and spent the most weeks at number one by a girl group album since the Spice Girls' debut album 20 years earlier. The album also achieved the highest first-week UK album sales for a girl group since 1997, and holds the record for most weeks spent in the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart by a girl group album.
Little Mix have sold over 60 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. At the 2021 Brit Awards, Little Mix became the first girl group in its 43-year history to win the award for Best British Group. They have also won two other Brit Awards, winning British Single in 2017 with "Shout Out to My Ex", and British Video of the Year in 2019 for "Woman Like Me", which made them the first girl group to win the award since the Spice Girls in 1997. Their other accolades include six MTV Europe Music Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, one iHeartRadio Music Award, and six Global Awards. In 2021, they were awarded the Women of the Year Gamechangers in Music at the Glamour Awards. The group appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK, Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2018, and on the Sunday Times Young Rich List for four years, from 2017 to 2021. As of March 2021, the group have a net worth of £54 million.
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