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About Pixie Lott
Pixie was born Victoria
Louise Lott in 1991 and
was nick named pixie by
her mother ‘because she
was a tiny cute baby who
looked like a fairy’.
Lott started acting
while in school and
played Louisa Von Trapp
in BBC one’s Celebrate
The Sound Of Music; she
also played a part in
the West End production
of Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang. She was part of
the chorus vocals on
Roger Waters’ opera Ca
Ira.
L.A.Reid, three-time
Grammy Award winning
American record producer
and chairman and CEO of
Island Def Jam Music
Group, heard Pixie’s
demo when she was
fifteen and signed her
to the label straight
away. But some major
bidding wars ensued, and
Lott is now on Mercury
Records in the UK and
Interscope Record label
in the US.
In June 2009, Pixie
released her debut
single Mama Do (Uh Oh Uh
Oh). The track was a
phenomenal success. It
made it to number one on
UK Singles Charts, after
more than 50,000 record
sales. It stayed on the
Singles Chart for a week
and stayed on the top of
the UK Top 40 singles
charts for nine weeks!
The eighteen year old
was ‘shocked at the
success of the single’.
American Billboard.com
described Lott as being
the ‘first British
Female solo artist to
make a number 1 debut in
spite of not being
launched off of a
reality TV show’ Rumour
has it that Lott wrote a
song for X factor Winner
of 2008 Alexandra Burke,
and of course that Simon
Cowell has approved it.
The second single Boys
And Girls was physically
released on the 7th of
September. The single
received mixed reviews,
but peaked at number 4
on Irish Singles Charts
and at number one on UK
Singles Charts after
opening at number 73.
Lott had her first
festival concert
experience performing at
the Isle Of Wight
Festival 2009. In
August, Pixie was
featured on MTV’s first
ever Asian MTV World
Stage Concert held in
Malaysia. She featured
on the show along with
artists like Kasabian,
Boys Like Girls and
Raygun.
The album Turn It Up is
slated to physically
release on the 14th of
September 2009. The
album has received mixed
reviews, some stating
that the tracks rely
heavily on cliché and
that the real Pixie
fails to shine through,
while some raving about
the ‘fun 60s sound’ of
the record. Most reviews
however, make no bones
about the fact that she
has a unique and strong
voice and, lotts of
potential as well!
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