Little Mix are a British girl group consisting of group members Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock; former member Jesy Nelson departed the group in 2020. The group rose to prominence by becoming the first group to win the British version of The X Factor in 2011. Their music style is mainly of pop, R&B, and dance-pop, with influences from other genres such as tropical house, Latin pop and electronic, with lyrics that have often touched on the themes of female empowerment, body positivity, and LGBT rights.Little Mix debut album, DNA is the highest charting debut album by a british girl group on the Billboard 200. It also marked the first time for a girl group to chart inside the top five there with their debut album since Danity Kane in 2006. They have had five UK number-one singles with: "Cannonball", their X Factor winner's single in 2011, "Wings" in 2012, "Black Magic" in 2015, "Shout Out to My Ex" in 2016, and "Sweet Melody" in 2021. The group have released six studio albums DNA (2012), Salute (2013), Get Weird (2015), Glory Days (2016), LM5 (2018) and Confetti (2020), which have all peaked inside the top five of the UK Albums Chart, becoming the first girl group to score five top-five studio albums there. Get Weird and Glory Days are two of the longest charting girl group albums on the UK Albums Chart.The group's fourth album Glory Days, was the biggest-selling album by a female group this millennium. It spent five weeks at number one, spending the most weeks at number one by a girl group album since the Spice Girls' debut album. It was the fastest-selling girl group number-one album in 15 years and scored the highest first-week UK album sales for a girl group since Spiceworld. It has since become the longest charting girl group album inside the top 40 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2021, Little Mix became the first girl group to claim 100 weeks in UK singles chart Top 10. They was the first girl group to be awarded the Brit Award for British Group. Their other accolades include two Brit Awards, six MTV Europe Music Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, one iHeartRadio Music Award, and six Global Awards. The group have sold over 60 million records worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling girl groups.

Little Mix success during the 2010s made them one of the most popular girl groups since the early 2000s. They are cited as one of the greatest girl groups of all time, who have used their platform to advocate for female empowerment, body positivity, and LGBT rights. In 2021, the group received their own wax figures at Madame Tussauds to celebrate their ten-year anniversary. The group have appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK, the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in 2018, and the Sunday Times "Young Rich List" for four years from 2017 to 2021, with a current networth of £54 million.