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Pixie Lott

Pixie Lott (born Victoria Louise Lott[1] on 20 July 1991) is an 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 for download on 6 June 2009 and physically on 8 June,[2] going straight to number one in the UK on the issue dated 14 June 2009;[3] Billboard magazine's website described Lott as the first British female solo artist to debut atop the singles chart in her native country not to be launched off a (reality) television program.[4] Follow-up single "Boys and Girls", released on 5 September 2009, gave Lott her second consecutive UK chart-topper, reaching the top position the week of 13 September 2009. Her debut album Turn It Up was released on 14 September 2009 and debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart.

Biography

1991–2009: Early life and beginnings

Victoria was born in Bromley, South East London.[5] She lives in Essex with her father, who is a stock broker, and her mother, a housewife; she has an older brother and sister.[6] Her mother gave her the nickname Pixie because she was a "tiny, cute baby" who looked like a fairy.[7]

After starting singing in her church school,[7] Lott attended the Italia Conti Associates Saturday school in Chislehurst from five years old, her family then moved to Essex and she went onto the main school Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she was awarded a scholarship. 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.[6]

2009-present: Turn It Up

L. A. Reid heard one of her demos[6] 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.[6]

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. 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.[8] The song was also recorded in Simlish for Electronic Arts' The Sims 3.[9]

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.[10]

She has also been reported to have written a song called "You Broke My Heart" for 2008 UK X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and has been approved by Simon Cowell.[11]

Lott's second single "Boys and Girls" was released on 6 September 2009 and topped the UK Singles Chart on 13 September for one week.[12]

Film and television appearances

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
UK IRE NL BEL AUT SWI DEN EU NZ
2009 Turn It Up
  • Debut studio album
  • Released: 14 September 2009
  • Label: Mercury
 6 18 92 70 73 49 16 24 30

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[13] 		IRE
[13] 		NL
[13] 		AUS
[13] 		NZ
[13] 		DEN
[13] 		EU
 CZE
 SWI SLO SWE GER BEL (FLA)
[14] 		BEL (WAL)
[15] 		SPA
2009 "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)"[16] 1 13 20 57 19 8 5[17] 24[18] 17 12 27 37 22 33 23 Turn It Up
"Boys and Girls"[19] 1 4 — — — — 10 — — — — — — — —
"Cry Me Out" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Other charted songs

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK
[13]
2009 "Use Somebody" 52 Turn It Up

References

  1. ^ a b "Pixie Lott biography at Allmusic.com". 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. ^ "Kasabian, Pixie Lott Debut Atop U.K. Charts". 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  5. ^ Births England and Wales 1984-2006
  6. ^ a b c d "Pixie Lott casts a spell". Daily Mail. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  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. ^ Pixie Lott thanks fans for No.1 single DigitalSpy 16 June 2009
  9. ^ EA official site (Pixie Lott sings her new single in simlish)
  10. ^ MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia
  11. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i0-dnD5ic9a-xiXzhJd4_uKuuB-w
  12. ^ "Radio One Top 40 Singles". top 40. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "Pixie Lott Music Charts". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  14. ^ "ultratop.be – Pixie Lott Discography (Flanders)". Ultratop (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  15. ^ "ultratop.be – Pixie Lott Discography (Wallonia)". Ultratop (in French). Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  16. ^ "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)". acharts.
  17. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  18. ^ "ČNS IFPI Chart for week 200932". IFPI for Czech Republic. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp= ignored (help)
  19. ^ "Boys and Girls". acharts.
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