Biography

Victoria Louise Lott (as Pixie Lott) was born on 12 January 1991. She’s a Brit Award nominated, English singer-songwriter, actress and dancer signed to Mercury Records in the United Kingdom and Interscope Records in the United States. Her debut single, Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) was released on 6 June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Pixie’s follow-up single, Boys and Girls, also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album, Turn It Up was released on 14 September 2009 and reached number six in the UK Albums Chart and has since been certified platinum.

Early and personal life

Pixie was born in Bromley, South East London. She lives in Brentwood, Essex. She has an older brother and sister. Her mother gave her the nickname Pixie because she was a “tiny, cute baby” who looked like a fairy.

After she started singing in her church school, Pixie attended the Italia Conti Associates Saturday school in Chislehurst from 5 years old, she went onto the main school at 11 Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she was awarded a scholarship. At the age of 13 Lott moved with her family to Brentwood, Essex. During her time as a student she appeared in the West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, and in BBC One’s Celebrate the Sound of Music as Louisa von Trapp. At the age of fourteen she was part of the chorus line, recording vocals on Roger Waters’s opera Ça Ira. Pixie attended Brentwood County High School, where she returned on Friday 5th February 2010, to perform her latest hits, as well as reiterating the importance of going to school to the current students. Despite missing school time because she was recording her album, Lott gained straight ‘A’ grades in her GCSEs. She is dating model Oliver Cheshire.

Career

L. A. Reid heard one of her demos and signed her to the Island Def Jam Music Group when she was fifteen, but after a change of managers a bidding war ensued, resulting in her now being signed to Mercury Records in the United Kingdom and to Interscope Records in the United States.

Pixie 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.

She released her debut single, Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) on 8 June 2009. The video was released on MySpace in Lott’s news section and has gained in excess of two million views on YouTube. It entered both the iTunes chart and the UK Singles Chart at number one, after over 50,000 sales. Pixie was quoted as being shocked at the success of the single. The song was also recorded in Simlish for Electronic Arts’ The Sims 3. It spent one week at number one, eleven weeks within the top forty and eighteen weeks within the top seventy five. The single also had considerable success outside the United Kingdom, reaching the top forty in eleven other countries, including top ten peaks of number eight in Denmark and number ten 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.

Her second lead single, Boys and Girls was released on 6 September 2009 and topped the UK Singles Chart on 13 September 2009. During the week in which it reached number one, the single sold just under 50,000 copies. It has so far spent nine consecutive weeks within the top seventy-five and eight consecutive weeks within the top forty of the UK Singles Chart. The single has been accompanied by a music video and was directed by Diane Martel.

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

Her debut album, Turn It Up was released on 14 September 2009. The album debuted at number six on the UK Album Chart. The album has so far sold over 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry in October 2009.

Pixie has written a song for Alexandra Burke’s debut album, Overcome, titled ‘You Broke My Heart’ and a song for Girls Can’t Catch titled ‘Happy Alone’, which was feautured as a free Christmas present download on their website. She also has written two tracks on Lisa Hordij, the Dutch X Factor’s winners album, they are titled ‘No Good For Me’ (first single off of album) and ‘Promises, Promises’.

Her third single from the album was confirmed as Cry Me Out upon the release of the previous single and the single was later confirmed for physical release on 23 November 2009. The music video was directed by Jake Nava and was shot in Cuba.

The fourth single, Gravity will be released in the United Kingdom on 8 March 2010. The video premiered on channel 4 on 6 February 2010.

Lott was chosen as the face of Nokia’s Illuvial Pink Collection mobile phone range.

“I spend loads of time on my mobile, so it’s important to me that it looks good. The phones in the range all look fab – they’re stylish and yet still girlie.”

The Way The World Works, from Pixie’s debut record was used in the United States – produced medical drama Private Practice. 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. She also performed on the main stage at the V Festival in August 2010.

Pixie was cast as Judy, Fred Figglehorn’s crush, in the film Fred: The Movie, starring alongside Lucas Cruikshank. The comedy was released on America’s Nickelodeon channel on the 18 September 2010, and is scheduled to be released in UK theatres in November. The fifth single from Lott’s album, the title song Turn It Up, was released on 7 June 2010. Lott recorded a song for the film Street Dance 3D, entitled Live For The Moment, which is also featured on the soundtrack. On 23 May 2010, Lott performed at the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Bangor, North Wales, and on 4 July 2010 she performed at T4 on the Beach in Weston-super-Mare.

The deluxe version of album, Turn It Up Louder released on 17 October 2010 in the UK and Ireland. One single released from it, this is Broken Arrow.

The Crazycats Tour was the first concert tour by Pixie in support of her debut studio album Turn It Up. The tour was begining on 23 November 2010 and end on 18 December 2010. Pixie’s debut tour has received positive reviews.

Pixie’s second album, Young Foolish Happy was released on 7 November 2011. It debuted at #18 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 18,503 copies in its opening week. The first single, All About Tonight debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 88,893 copies (the highest of Pixie’s career!). Lott got her third number one. Her second single is What Do You Take Me For? featuring rapper Pusha T, the music video premiered on 6 October 2011. The single debuted at #10 in the UK.

Source: Wikipedia