Little Mix

Little Mix are a British four-piece girl 

group formed in 2011, consisting of members

 Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne 

Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall. 

They were 

formed exclusively for the eighth series of The 

X Factor

 in 2011 and became the first group to win the 

competition. Following their victory, they signed 

withSimon Cowell's record label Syco 

Records and released a cover of Damien Rice's 

"Cannonball" as their winner's single.

Little Mix released their debut album DNA on 19

 November 2012. It charted in the top 5 in eight

 countries, including number two in the UK and

 number four on the USBillboard 200. This made

 Little Mix the first girl group since The Pussycat

 Dolls to reach the U.S. top 5 with their debut 

album, as well as earning the highest debut U.S. 

chart position by a British girl group, breaking

 the record previously held by the Spice Girls, 

whose 1996 debut Spice charted at number 

five. As of October 2013, Little Mix had sold 

over 5 million singles and over 2.5 million

 albums worldwide.