Pixie Lott

Victoria Louise Lott (born 12 January 1991), better known by her stage name Pixie Lott, is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and former ballet dancer.

Victoria Louise Lott was born in the Bromley area of London on 12 January 1991, the third child of Beverley (née Martin) and stockbroker Stephen Lott.

The family moved around the London suburbs, initially living in Petts Wood and then Bickley.

Lott was born several weeks premature, and her mother gave her the nickname Pixie because she was "such a tiny, cute baby who looked like a fairy".

She started singing in her church school, and attended the Italia Conti Associates Saturday school in Chislehurst when she was five years old.

At the age of 11, she was awarded a scholarship and went on to attend its main school, the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

At the age of 13, Lott moved with her family to Brentwood in Essex where she attended Brentwood County High School.

She appeared in a West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium and as Louisa von Trapp in BBC One's Celebrate the Sound of Music in 2005, aged 14.

Despite missing school time because she was recording her album, Lott says she received top marks in her GCSEs.

In 2006, at the age of 15, Lott sang for L. A. Reid after he heard a few of her demos.

He then signed her to the Island Def Jam Music Group.

After a change of managers, a bidding war ensued and Lott parted ways with the Island Def Jam Music Group, to sign with Mercury Records in the UK and to Interscope Records in the U.S. Lott signed a publishing deal, as a songwriter, with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in December 2007, while writing and recording tracks for Turn It Up.

Her debut album, Turn It Up, released in September 2009, reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.5 million copies.

It also spawned six consecutive top twenty singles on the UK Singles Chart, including two number-one singles, "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" and "Boys and Girls".

Lott wrote a song for Alexandra Burke's debut album, Overcome (2009), titled "You Broke My Heart" and a song for Girls Can't Catch titled "Happy Alone".

She also wrote two tracks on Lisa Lois's (the Dutch X Factor winner) debut album Smoke (2009), titled "No Good For Me" and "Promises, Promises".

She also wrote 'We Own the Night' with Toby Gad for Selena Gomez and ended up featuring on the track too for Gomez' album When the Sun Goes Down.

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.

Lott's debut single, "Mama Do", was released on 8 June 2009.

It spent one week at number one, 11 weeks within the top 40 and 18 weeks within the top 75.

The single also had considerable success outside the UK, reaching the top 40 in 11 other countries, including top ten peaks of number eight in Denmark and number 10 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.

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

Lott's second lead single "Boys and Girls" was released on 6 September 2009 and topped the UK Singles Chart on 13 September.

On 14 September, Lott's debut album, Turn It Up was released.

This followed an intensive promotional tour where Lott visited the Asia-Pacific region to promote the album and 'Mama Do'.

The album debuted at number six on the UK Album Chart, and sold over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.

Lott's third single from the album, "Cry Me Out" was released on 23 November 2009.

It was during this time that Lott was chosen as the face of Nokia's "Illuvial Pink Collection" mobile phone rang and Casio's range of Baby G watches.

Lott won two MTV EMA Awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 ceremony, Best UK & Ireland Act and Best Push Artist (best break through artist).

In August 2010, it was certified Double-Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.

The fourth single, "Gravity", was released in the UK on 8 March 2010.

Lott was nominated for British Breakthrough Act, British Female Solo Artist and British Single at the 2010 BRIT Awards.

Lott also served as the opening act of Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour in the UK 7–26 May 2010.

In April 2010, Lipsy launched a fashion range co-designed by Lott.

The first Pixie Collection comprised two ranges: Pixie Festival and Pixie Party.

Her second album, Young Foolish Happy (2011), spawned the number-one hit "All About Tonight", as well as the top ten singles "What Do You Take Me For?" and "Kiss the Stars".

Lott's self-titled third studio album, released in 2014, had the lead single "Nasty", which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, making it her sixth Top 10 single in the United Kingdom.

Lott has also occasionally acted in film, television and stage, including starring in the UK production of the Richard Greenberg play Breakfast at Tiffany's in 2016.

From 2017 to 2023, she was featured as a coach on the children's singing competition The Voice Kids UK.