Little Mix discography

Little Mix discography
Little Mix performing on The Confetti Tour in 2022
Studio albums6
Compilation albums1
Music videos40
Singles32
Promotional singles22
Reissues1

British girl group Little Mix have released six studio albums, one compilation album, 33 singles (including one charity single) and 40 music videos, 17 of which has been received over 100 million views on Vevo.[1] 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.[2] According to the Official Charts Company, the group have sold over 28 million singles[3] and 3.6 million albums in the UK.[4] They have amassed over 15 billion streams across all streaming platforms,[5] and are one of the world's best-selling girl groups.[6]

Little Mix X Factor winner's single, a cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball", became the group's first number one single on the UK Singles Chart, Scottish Singles Charts and Irish Singles Chart. 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.[7] It reached the top ten in Australia, Belgium, and Japan. In 2012, Little Mix released their debut album DNA, 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.[8] DNA spawned three singles; the UK top three hit and title track "DNA", the UK top twenty singles "Change Your Life" and "How Ya Doin'?". In 2013, the lead single "Move" 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 "Salute". The group's second studio album, Salute, was released in November 2013, and became their second album to debut inside the top ten in the UK, Australia and the US.[9] In 2014, Little Mix released a cover version of "Word Up!" as the official single for Sport Relief, which reached the top ten in the UK.[10][11]

In May 2015, Little Mix released "Black Magic" 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 Sugababes's "About You Now" in October 2007.[12][13] It reached the top ten in five countries and was named by Billboard as one of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[14] 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.[15] The album's second and fourth singles "Love Me Like You" and "Hair" 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.[16] On November 18, 2016, the band released their fourth album Glory Days, which debuted at number one the UK Albums Charts, becoming Little Mix's first number one album.[17][18] 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.[19] The album spawned four singles, "Touch", "No More Sad Songs", "Power", 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.[20] 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.[21] The second single "Holiday", 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 "Confetti" 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 "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)". This made them the first girl group to spend a total of 100 weeks within the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart.[22] The group released their first greatest hits album in November 2021, which reached the top ten in several countries. It was one of Sony Music's top ten best-selling albums globally of 2021.[23]

  1. ^ Turner, Mimi (12 December 2011). "'X Factor U.K.'s' Little Mix Become First Ever Female Group To Win Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Little Mix | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Two big albums have their eye on the Official Albums Chart Number 1 spot: @littlemix's Between Us and @taylorswift's Red (Taylor's Version)". Twitter.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ Copsey, Rob (15 November 2021). "Little Mix's Top 20 biggest singles on the Official Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ Williams, Kyann-Sian (16 June 2023). "Listen to Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock's debut solo single, 'Don't Say Love'". NME. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ Sturges, Fiona (10 October 2019). "'Little Mix: 'How dare they accuse us of trying to be sexual!'". The Independent. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. ^ Griffiths, George (1 September 2022). "Official Chart Flashback 2012: Little Mix spread their Wings and fly to Number 1". Official Charts.
  8. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (13 July 2023). "Little Mix on Simon Cowell, new album LM5 and online trolls". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Little Mix – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  10. ^ Runcie, Charlotte (17 January 2014). "Little Mix to cover Word Up as Sport Relief single". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Newsbeat – Little Mix to record Cameo's Word Up as Sport Relief song". BBC. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Little Mix's Black Magic conjures up a second week at number 1". Official Charts Company. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Little Mix score third week at Number 1 with Black Magic". Official Charts Company. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  14. ^ Billboard Staff (10 July 2017). "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  15. ^ "CONTINUING THE GIRL POWER LEGACY, LITTLE MIX SET TWO NEW RECORDS ON THE BILLBOARD 200 CHART!". England: CelebMix. 17 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Little Mix's Shout Out to My Ex debuts at Number 1". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Little Mix reveal Glory Days album tracklist". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Little Mix claim fastest-selling UK girl group Number 1 album since Spiceworld". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Little Mix's Glory Days is the millennium's longest reigning girl group Number 1". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  20. ^ Griffiths, Rob (13 June 2019). "The Official Top 40 biggest girl band studio albums of the last 25 years". Official Charts.
  21. ^ "Little Mix's new single Holiday is the summer smash of 2020". GAY TIMES. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  22. ^ "Little Mix make history as first girl group to claim 100 weeks in Top 10". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  23. ^ "Adele boosts revenues for Sony Music as the major reports record streaming income in Q4". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

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