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Congratulations to Little Mix! Last year’s X Factor UK winners debuted at #1 with their single “Wings”. After their coronation cover “Cannonball”, this is their second #1 single.
Little Mix fly to Number 1 with Wings
Little Mix make a return to the top spot on the Official Singles Chart today, as new single Wings racks up 107,000 sales, toppling last week’s chart topper Sam & The Womp’s Bom Bom (2) to help them to their second Number 1 since winning X Factor 2011.
“Wooh! Number 1! We want to thank all the Little Mixers who went out and bought the single. You’ve made all our dreams come true” said Little Mix. “It means a lot because obviously we got a Number 1 at Christmas with Cannonball, but that wasn’t OUR song really, so now that we’ve become Number 1 with our own song that we wrote, we’re so proud, best feeling ever. Continue to listen to it and dance away in your bedrooms in your pants!”
Read more: The Official Charts Company
Little Mix interview: ‘We don’t want this year to end’
With the ninth series of The X Factor now under way, it’s odd to think that this time last year Little Mix were little more than a twinkle in Tulisa’s eye.
Digital Spy caught up with Jade, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Perrie to talk about their new single ‘Wings’, their as-yet-untitled debut album and find out what they make of this year’s X Factor judging lineup.
Read more: Digital Spy
They look Supreme! Little Mix ditch their trainers and channel their Sixties pop heroines for sexy shoot
Little Mix might be the most exciting girl band of today, but the X Factor winners have invoked the spirit of original sixties girl groups for a new magazine spread.
The young pop stars who are currently on the promo trail for their debut single Wings, made a departure from their normal colourful attire for a black and white sixties style shoot for fashion magazine, Fiasco.
Going back to the roots of pop music, the four girls went all retro, styling themselves in the image of sixties icons The Supremes and The Shangri-las.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Holy cow, Batman! Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson shows off newly-slim figure as she takes inspiration from Cheryl Cole in comic book dress
She’s been working hard to lose weight, and wanted to choose an outfit to perfectly showcase her newly-slim figure.
So today (Tuesday), Little Mix star Jesy Nelson decided to take style inspiration from someone who is never afraid to push the fashion boundaries, as she stepped out in an eye-catching dress recently sported by Cheryl Cole.
The 20-year-old singer certainly turned heads in the £60 Lazy Oaf for ASOS dress, which features black spots and batman logos over the long-sleeved, minidress design.
Read more: The Daily Mail
A dodgy all-in-one and green jogging bottoms! Little Mix suffer from a serious fashion fail as they perform in Blackpool
They’re known for their love of leather jackets and chunky boots, but tonight Little Mix got it terribly wrong when it came to their style.
The girl band made an appearance at the Blackpool Illuminations Switch On show, where they performed their single Wings, but their fashion was a sight for sore eyes.
Not only did they look mismatched, Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall looked like they could have been going to the gym rather than performing to their fans.
Read more: The Daily Mail
One Direction revealed their sophomore album’s cover. Lead single “Live While We’re Young” hits radio no sooner than September 24th.
Toy boys… the unstoppable rise of One Direction
One Direction have cracked America and Hasbro has even turned them into dolls. Gideon Spanier talks to Simon Cowell about the unstoppable rise of his fab five
The music mogul who created the band is surprised at how fast it has happened. “I haven’t seen a worldwide reaction like this to a group for a very long time — this is not standard, this reaction,” says Simon Cowell with a smile. “If we’d been having a conversation two years ago, I wouldn’t have said we’re going to debut at number one in America. That would have been ridiculous.”
Most people could be forgiven for assuming that 1D is yet another formulaic band to have been produced by Cowell’s hit factory Syco, the record label and TV firm behind X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. The boys were very young, aged between 16 and 18, when they appeared on X Factor, and Cowell is very hands-on in every corner of his media empire. 1D certainly could not have risen so fast without Syco, based in the offices of music giant Sony in Kensington.
“If you include Il Divo, Five and Westlife, three groups we’ve worked with, they’ve sold just under 100?million albums, so we didn’t go into this as amateurs,” concedes Cowell.
He says the 1D success story is a “team effort”. That 35-strong team at Syco includes managing director Sonny Takhar, one of his closest lieutenants for 15 years, creative director Tim Byrne, X Factor TV executive producer Siobhan Greene, and X Factor vocal coach Savan Kotecha, as well as two external agencies, Modest Management and PR firm Hackford Jones.
But Cowell and his inner circle insist the rise of 1D is about more than just the Syco “machine”. They say the five boys — all of them British apart from Horan, who is Irish — have been passionate about their sound and their identity from the start. “Intelligent” and “polite” is how Cowell describes them. “Everything we did was done with their support because they’ve got taste and they knew what they wanted to be.”
Read more: Standard
Gotta Be You: One Direction are immortalised in cartoon form in a new comic book which charts their rise to fame
They may already be one of Britain’s biggest boybands with a string of hit singles and their own upcoming reality show.
But One Direction have just added another accolade to their ever-growing list of achievements after being immortalised in comic book form.
The five-piece group – made up of Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne – have been transformed into cartoon characters for new book Fame: One Direction.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘He’s having a half sleeve over the next few weeks’: Harry Styles flashes a new tattoo while shooting music video
He may only be 18, but Harry Styles has already amassed a relatively large collection of tattoos.
And it would appear the One Direction singer has recently added to his set with a motif design at the top of his arm.
The teen hunk unwittingly attracted attention to the new inking when he got drenched with water while filming the video for the band’s upcoming single, Live While We’re Young, in Kent over the weekend.
Read more: The Daily Mail
One Direction Strip Down To Their Skivvies For Their First Time… Together!
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It’s her American look! Cher Lloyd wears a VERY short multi-coloured tutu dress to perform on the Today Show in New York
She’s known for her quirky style and today (Thursday) Cher Lloyd lived up to her reputation when she performed in New York City.
The 19-year-old singer took to the stage on the Today Show wearing a very short multi-coloured dress as she belted out a song from her debut album.
Showing off her slender pins, Cher’s bright garment featured a black and purple tutu that gave fans a glimpse of the sequin knickers she was wearing underneath.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Cher Lloyd’s perfume has the X Factor: Demand for singer’s debut fragrance exceeds expectations by 500% on first day of launch
At just 19-years-old Cher Lloyd is already on her way to pop super stardom.
Her debut single went platinum and broke the magic top ten mark in the U.S. where she is also set to release her first album in October.
And now like Britney, Kylie and Rihanna before her the singer has launched her own perfume.
Read more: The Daily Mail
JLS released some more information about their 4th album launch. Their 4th album is titled “Evolution” and will be released on November 5th, one week before One Direction’s album. Lead single, “Hottest Girl in the World” premieres tomorrow. It will be available on iTunes on October 21st.
Alexandra Burke ends her three-night-long birthday celebrations with a starstudded London bash – helped by One Direction
When you’re a celebrity, you get to celebrate your birthday over and over and over.
For Alexandra Burke that means a marathon three-night bash that ended on Saturday with a star-studded London party.
Wearing a shimmering full-length gold gown, The X-Factor winner didn’t look like she’d been up for two nights straight – but she only just managed to avoid being overshadowed by celebrity guest, One Direction heartthrob Niall Horan – who lived up to his party animal reputation.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Lucy Spraggan: I hope X Factor fame will help me find a girlfriend
X Factor favourite Lucy Spraggan has admitted she hopes her new-found fame following her performance on Saturday’s show will help her find a girlfriend.
Lucy, who came out at age 14, was seen on Saturday’s show where she performed a self-written track Last Night, which is a song about her antics whilst drunk.
She is now hoping the fame off the back of the show will ensure she doesn’t stay single for too much longer.
‘X Factor must do wonders for your love life,’ she said. ‘Girls do love girls with guitars.’
Lucy, 20, also revealed how delighted her mum was when she told her she was gay as it made her feel ‘cool’.
She added: ‘My mum loves gay people, she thinks she’s part of the cool club now.
‘But grandad only found out I was gay on Google.’
Read more: Metro
‘X Factor’ Lucy Spraggan: ‘I’m not out of control’
‘Last Night’ singer Lucy Spraggan has insisted that she won’t end up like Frankie Cocozza and go “out of control” on The X Factor.
Spraggan told Digital Spy that Cocozza was one of her favourite contestants from the show’s previous eight series, claiming that she admired his charisma.
Read more: Digital Spy
Smoke screen
X Factor chimney sweep’s hidden past
A SINGING chimney sweep who begged for a “lucky break” on The X Factor on Saturday night is hiding a secret pop career, TV Biz can reveal.
Only a year ago Kye Sones, 30, was in electro-pop band Diagram Of The Heart, who were signed to Sony Music.
The band were widely touted as “one to watch” by the national press, and even toured as the opening act for international superstars Scissor Sisters.
Wannabe pop star Kye was shown sweeping chimneys on the show.
Read more: The Sun
Louis: Brit beats Britney
LOUIS WALSH recently did a stint on The X Factor USA alongside Britney Spears – but says the British show is by far the best.
The judge said: “I did two days on the American show because Simon was sick. I was sat with Britney Spears, Demi Lovato and LA Reid.
“I’d work on any of the X Factor shows around the world. I love it.
“But I do think the UK X Factor is different, I think it’s got the edge on everything because we always get great personalities.
Read more: The Sun
Shaz after job
SHARON Osbourne wants to be an X Factor judge again after she and Simon Cowell made up.
Sharon, 59, said Simon, 52, “reached out” to her when her son Jack said he had MS.
She said: “Simon was so lovely and so supportive.”
Sharon, who left X Factor in 2007, added: “I would love to come back.”
The pair fell out after it was revealed Simon had an affair with fellow judge Dannii Minogue.
Read more: The Sun
Hotel security called to booze-filled party at X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger’s Dubai house… and she even joined in for a bit!
Security were called to a wild pool party after X Factor contestants let their hair down at Nicole Scherzinger’s Judges Houses in Dubai.
After Nicole broke the news of who would be going through to the live stages three of the group toasted their success while the other three got equally stuck into the booze to drown their sorrows.
And the ‘Poison’ singer even joined in the party in the early hours, chatting to her team and listening to R&B music on a huge plasma flat screen.
Read more: The Daily Mail
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Irish Charts
Singles
1 Little Mix – Wings
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8 Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time
16 Lucy Spraggan – Last Night
20 Cheryl Cole – Under The Sun
29 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
39 Loreen – Euphoria
42 Cheryl Cole – Call My Name
59 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
64 Tulisa – Young
97 Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
Albums
1 Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal
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7 One Direction – Up All Night
29 Jedward – Young Love
39 Olly Murs – In Case You Didn’t Know
70 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
72 Lucy Spraggan – Top Room at the Zoo
90 Jedward – Victory
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The Official Charts
Singles
1 Little Mix – Wings
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5 Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time
11 Lucy Spraggan – Last Night
24 Cheryl Cole – Under The Sun
28 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
57 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
65 Cheryl Cole – Call My Name
80 Tulisa – Young
92 Loreen – Euphoria
Albums
1 Rita Ora – Ora
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11 One Direction – Up All Night
22 Lucy Spraggan – Top Room at the Zoo
32 Olly Murs – In Case You Didn’t Know
50 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
70 Cheryl Cole – A Million Lights
100 Aiden Grimshaw – Misty Eye
