Pixie Lott

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Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Victoria Louise Lott[1]
Born	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 34)[2] Bromley, London, England
Origin	London, England
Genres	R&B pop soul dance hip hop soul
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter actress dancer
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Mercury Interscope
Website	pixielott.com

Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott (born 12 January 1991)^[1] is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her first single, "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 ^[3] It went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart.^[4] Her second single, "Boys and Girls", also went to the top of the UK charts in September 2009. Her first album, Turn It Up was released in September 2009. It reached number six on the UK Albums Chart. The album had Top 20 singles. Over a million copies of the album were sold. Her second album, Young Foolish Happy, was released on 14 November 2011. "All About Tonight", the first single from that album, entered the charts at number one on 17 September 2011. It later became her third UK number one hit.

Many good things are said about her live performances and style.^[5][6][7] In July 2010, Lott was a guest judge for the auditions for the seventh series of The X Factor in Cardiff. She replaced Dannii Minogue, who was on maternity leave.^[8]

Lott released "Boys and Girls" as her first US single on 24 August 2010. The release happened at the same time as her first movie, Fred: The Movie was shown on television. In January 2010, Lott was named one of 2010's "Faces to Watch" by the American magazine, Billboard.^[9]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Collar, Matt. "Pixie Lott biography at Allmusic.com". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
2. ↑ "What would your Mama say? Pixie Lott parties till 4 am as she celebrates 19th birthday". Daily Mail. UK. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Times20090301 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
4. ↑ "Dream debut for new singer Pixie". BBC News. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
5. ↑ With the album bringing Pixie Lott widespread success, she’s now a household name, View London, 10 June 2010
6. ↑ The Saturdays / Pixie Lott at Plymouth Pavilions (review)^{[permanent dead link]}, 'What's On', 2 July 2009
7. ↑ Pixie Lott looks stylish, 'Mirror', 26 March 2010
8. ↑ Pixie Lott to join Cheryl Cole on the X Factor panel as guest judge for Birmingham auditions, The Daily Mail, 10 June 2010
9. ↑ Pixie Lott: Artist To Watch 2010