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Pixie Lott

Victoria Louise Lott[1] (born 12 January 1991), known professionally as Pixie Lott, is a Brit Award nominated, English singer-songwriter, actress and dancer signed to Mercury Records in the UK and Interscope Records in the U.S. Her debut single "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" was released in June 2009 [2] and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart .[3] Lott's follow-up single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It Up was released in September 2009 and reached number six in the UK Albums Chart.

1991–2009: Early life and beginnings

Lott was born in Bromley, South East London.[4] She lives in Brentwood, Essex with her father, who is a stock broker, and her mother, a housewife; she has an older brother and sister.[5] Lott has stated that she is of partial Italian descent.[6] Her mother gave her the nickname Pixie because she was a "tiny, cute baby" who looked like a fairy.[7] Pixie as she announced on CBBC is a fan of both West Ham United FC and Charlton Athletic FC as her parents each support one of the two teams.

After she starting singing in her church school,[7] Lott attended the Italia Conti Associates Saturday school in Chislehurst from 5 years old, she went onto the main school at 11 Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she was awarded a scholarship. At the age of 13 Lott moved with her family to Brentwood, Essex. During her time as a student she appeared in the West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, and in BBC One's Celebrate the Sound of Music as Louisa von Trapp.[2] At the age of fourteen she was part of the chorus line, recording vocals on Roger Waters's opera Ça Ira.[5]

2009–present: Turn It Up

L. A. Reid heard one of her demos[5] and signed her to the Island Def Jam Music Group when she was fifteen, but after a change of managers a bidding war ensued, resulting in her now being signed to Mercury Records in the UK and to Interscope Records in the U.S.[5]

Lott played her first festival concert in the Big Top at the Isle of Wight Festival 2009, during her first full British tour, where she supported The Saturdays on The Work Tour.

She released her debut single, "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)", on 8 June 2009. The video, directed by Trudy Bellinger, was released to MySpace in Lott's news section and has gained in excess of two million views on YouTube.[8] It entered both the iTunes chart and UK Singles Chart at number one, after over 50,000 sales. Lott was quoted as being shocked at the success of the single.[9] The song was also recorded in Simlish for Electronic Arts' The Sims 3.[10] It spent one week at number one, eleven weeks within the top forty and eighteen weeks within the top seventy five.[11] The single also had considerable success outside the UK, reaching the top forty in eleven other countries, including top ten peaks of number eight in Denmark and number ten in France. The single was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry on 28 August 2009 after selling over 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[12]

On 15 August 2009, Lott was featured alongside Hoobastank, The All-American Rejects, Kasabian, Cobra Starship, Dizzee Rascal, Boys Like Girls, Estranged and Raygun as one of the live acts at Asia's very first MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia concert that was held in Malaysia.[13]

Lott's second lead single "Boys and Girls" was released on 6 September 2009 and topped the UK Singles Chart on 13 September 2009.[14] During the week in which it reached number one, the single sold just under 50,000 copies.[15] It has so far spent nine consecutive weeks within the top seventy-five and eight consecutive weeks within the top forty of the UK Singles Chart.[16] The single has been accompanied by a music video and was directed by Diane Martel.[17]

On 14 September 2009, Lott's debut album, Turn It Up was released. The album debuted at number six on the UK Album Chart. The album has so far sold over 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry in October 2009.[12]

Lott has written a song for Alexandra Burke's debut album, Overcome, titled "You Broke My Heart" and a song for Girls Can't Catch titled "Happy Alone", which was feautured as a free Christmas present download on their website. She also has written two tracks on Lisa Hordijk – the Dutch X Factor's winners album, they are titled "No Good For Me" (1st single off of album) and "Promises, Promises".

Pixie's third single from the album was confirmed as "Cry Me Out" upon the release of the previous single and the single was later confirmed for physical release on 23 November 2009.[18] The music video was directed by Jake Nava (director of recent videos for Beyoncé, Leona Lewis and Shakira) and was shot in Cuba.[19]

Lott won two MTV EMA Awards MTV Europe Music Awards 2009, Best UK & Ireland Act and Best Push Artist (best break through artist) [20]

Lott won a Cosmopolitan 2009 Ultimate Women Award for "Ultimate Newcomer" [1]

"The Way The World Works", taken off Lott's debut record was used in the U.S.-produced medical drama "Private Practice".[21]

Lott was chosen as the face of Nokia's "Illuvial Pink Collection" mobile phone range, saying "I spend loads of time on my mobile, so it's important to me that it looks good. The phones in the range all look fab – they're stylish and yet still girlie".[22]

Film and television appearances

Awards and nominations

Year Type Award Result
2009 MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 Best UK & Ireland Act Won
Best New Act Nominated
Best Push Artist Won
Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women 2009 Ultimate Newcomer Won
Q Awards 2009 Breakthrough Artist Nominated
2010 Brit Awards Breakthrough Artist Nominated
Female Solo Artist Nominated
British Single (Mama Do Uh Oh) Nominated
Meteor Ireland Music Awards Best International Female Nominated

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
UK IRE NL BEL AUT SWI DEN FRA EU NZ
2009 Turn It Up
  • Debut studio album
  • Released: 14 September 2009
  • Label: Mercury
 6 18 92 70 73 49 16 61 24 30
  • UK Certification: Platinum[23]
  • UK Sales : 320,000+

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[24] 		IRE
[24] 		EU
[25] 		AUS
[24] 		BEL (FLA) BEL (WAL) BRA
[26] 		NL
[27] 		NZ
[24] 		DEN
[24] 		FRA
 SWI SWE GER SPA AUT
2009 "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)"[28] 1 13 5 55 22 30 61 15 19 8 10 12 22 37 12 47 Turn It Up
"Boys and Girls"[29] 1 4 10 67 8 13 30 — — — — — — — — —
"Cry Me Out" 12 31 40 — — — 81 — — — — 66 — — — —
2010 "Gravity" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Other charted songs

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK
[24] 		UK
R&B 		IRE
[30]
2009 "Use Somebody" 52 — — Turn It Up
"I Got Soul" 10 5 19 Charity Single

References

  1. ^ a b Collar, Matt. "Pixie Lott biography at Allmusic.com". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  2. ^ a b Times Online: "Pixie Lott: Next year's cover girl" (1 March 2009). Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Dream debut for new singer Pixie". BBC News. 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ^ Births England and Wales 1984–2006
  5. ^ a b c d "Pixie Lott casts a spell". Daily Mail. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  6. ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/12/07/she-s-fed-up-with-being-single-115875-21878890/
  7. ^ a b "Pop Pixie has a whole Lotta love!". BBC News. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-108. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ Music video and viewing ratings
  9. ^ Pixie Lott thanks fans for No.1 single DigitalSpy 16 June 2009
  10. ^ EA official site (Pixie Lott sings her new single in simlish)
  11. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=34409
  12. ^ a b "BPI Certified Awards". BPI. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  13. ^ MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia
  14. ^ "Chart Stats – Pixie Lott – Boys & Girls". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  15. ^ "Week Ending UK Music Week Sales September 19th 2009". Music Week. (BuzzJack.com). 2009-09-20. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  16. ^ http://www.polyhex.com/music/chartruns/chartruns.php
  17. ^ "Pixie Lott's Boys And Girls by Diane Martel". PromoNews. (World Press). 14 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  18. ^ "Singles Release Diary". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  19. ^ "Cry Me Out Official Music Video". Mercury Records. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  20. ^ "MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 – Artists – Pixie Lott". MTV UK. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  21. ^ "Pixie Lott – Cry Me Out". Buzzjack.com. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  22. ^ "Pixie Lott to be the "face" of Nokia's Illuvial range". Pocket-lint.com. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  23. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx
  24. ^ a b c d e f "Pixie Lott Music Charts". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  25. ^ "Pixie Lott Chart History – European Hot 100". billboard.com.
  26. ^ http://www.billboard.br.com
  27. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/
  28. ^ "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)". acharts.
  29. ^ "Boys and Girls". acharts.
  30. ^ http://acharts.us/performer/young_soul_rebels
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