On August 31, 2012, the group's autobiography, titled Ready To Fly, was released by Harper Collins. The single debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Little Mix performed their debut single "Wings" for the first time at the T4 on the Beach concert on July 1, 2012. On June 1, 2012, a snippet of their debut single " Wings" previewed on chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man before its later release date in August. Janelle Monae which again received positive feedback, generally, for the group’s harmonies. Later in August, they also uploaded another cover, this time an acoustic cover of " We Are Young" by Fun ft. Prior to their debut single release, the band covered an a cappella version of Beyoncé’s " End of Time" and uploaded it on YouTube the cover was publicly praised, especially for the group’s impressive harmonies. In May 2012, Little Mix reportedly signed a deal with Vivid and Bravado to release signature products including dolls, puzzles, accessories and games. They also accompanied fellow judges Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos on stage to receive the Best Talent Show award that had been won by The X Factor. On January 25, 2012, Little Mix made an appearance at the National Television Awards and performed the En Vogue song " Don't Let Go (Love)". Once during the X Factor they've been told to make Perrie the leader of the band but Perrie said "We can all sing and there isn't a lead singer at all."Ģ012-2013: DNA and international breakthrough
They were signed into Syco Records to make their albums.
Their winner's single is a cover of Damien Rice's song " Cannonball", which was released via digital download on December 11, 2011, and on CD on December 14, 2011. On December 11, 2011, Little Mix were announced as the winners, making them the first group ever to win the show. On 28 October 2011, it was announced that the group's new name would be "Little Mix". It was reported that the group decided to make the change, despite no legal reason to do so, to avoid any difficulties for the charity. On October 26, 2011, Rhythmix announced that they would change their name following a dispute with a Brighton-based children's music charity of the same name, after the programme tried to trademark "Rhythmix". They reached the live shows and were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos. Their first name together as a band was Rhythmix and with that name their first cover song was " Big Girls Don't Cry" in front of Jessie J and Tulisa in the judge's house, finally managing to get through. A later decision saw two members from each group being called back to form the four-piece group Rhythmix, this sending them through to the judges' houses. Both groups failed to make it through to the judges' houses. They were then put into separate ensembles by the judges during the group's bootcamp stage, with Perrie and Jesy in four-member group known as "Faux Pas" and Jade and Leigh-Anne in three-member group "Orion". However, the judges decided to give them another chance to be part of the Groups category, which happened August 19, 2011.
Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall successfully auditioned as soloists for the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011, but failed to make it past bootcamp's first challenge. Main Article : The X Factor 2011: Formation and The X Factor
1.8 2020-2021: Little Mix: The Search, Confetti and Jesy's Departure.1.7 2019-2020: Bounce Back, One I've Been Missing and Summer 2020 Tour.1.6 2018-2019: Summer Hits Tour, Only You and LM5.1.5 2016-2017: Wishmaker, Our World and Glory Days.1.2 2012-2013: DNA and international breakthrough.