Posted November 19, 20186 yr By Rob Copsey Since beating the odds to be crowned winners of The X Factor in 2011, Little Mix have tirelessly turned out hit records and now rank highly among the UK's great girlbands of all time. In seven years, Jesy, Jade, Leigh-Anne and Perrie have amassed 12.7 million combined sales across their 20 Top 40 singles, including an eye-watering 774 million audio streams. View Little Mix's full Official Charts history here. Four of the group's singles have reached Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, but are they their four biggest overall? Here's how they stack up. Cannonball Official Chart Peak: Number 1 Released: 2011 Combined sales: 519,000 The group's lowest selling Number 1 is their X Factor winner's single - a cover of Damien Rice's folk song Cannonball. Placing 12th in their all-time Top 20, it's a song Little Mix rarely acknowledge these days, but knowing that Simon Cowell clearly never even considered them show champions when selecting the winner's single makes it slightly more palatable. Little Mix with their Official Number 1 Single Award for Wings Wings Official Chart peak: Number 1 Released: 2012 Combined sales: 716,000 Little Mix's first single proper was Wings; a life-affirming banger encouraging everyone to live their best life. It spent a week at Number 1 and has aged remarkably well, placing seventh on their Top 20 with 17.5 million streams logged to date, despite being released two years before streaming records began. Move Official Chart Peak: Number 3 Released: 2013 Combined sales: 596,000 It may be their lowest charting album lead single (heading up their second collection Salute), but Move is one of their most acclaimed, mostly for its killer harmonies and wonky structure. It places 11th on their Top 20 chart. Secret Love Song Official Chart Peak: Number 6 Released: 2015 Combined sales: 916,000 Little Mix's biggest ballad ranks at Number 5 in their Top 20, close to one million combined sales. The collaboration with Jason Derulo - who co-wrote the song - was apparently inspired by the group's Radio 1 Live Lounge cover of his single Want To Want Me. Touch Official Chart Peak: Number 4 Released: 2016 Combined sales: 1.25 million Despite missing the top spot, Touch is one of Little Mix's most successful singles; the MNEK-produced track spent ten weeks in the Top 10, six of which were spent stuck at Number 4. It narrowly misses out on being their most streamed song, with a massive 101.3 million plays to date. Little Mix with their Official Number 1 Single Award for Shout Out To my Ex Shout Out To My Ex Official Chart Peak: Number 1 Released: 2016 Combined sales: 1.4 million This kiss-off anthem - released a few months after Perrie's split from Zayn Malik, charged straight in at Number 1 and spent three weeks there, shifting 95,000 in it's opening week. It was also the only chart-topping single that year with a female lead - Girl Power! Little Mix's Top 20 biggest singles on the Official Chart POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR COMBINED SALES 1 SHOUT OUT TO MY EX LITTLE MIX 1 2016 1.4M 2 BLACK MAGIC LITTLE MIX 1 2015 1.32M 3 TOUCH LITTLE MIX 4 2016 1.25M 4 POWER LITTLE MIX 6 2016 993K 5 SECRET LOVE SONG LITTLE MIX FT JASON DERULO 6 2015 916K 6 REGGAETON LENTO (REMIX) CNCO & LITTLE MIX 5 2017 886K 7 WINGS LITTLE MIX 1 2012 716K 8 HAIR LITTLE MIX 11 2015 704K 9 NO MORE SAD SONGS LITTLE MIX 15 2016 682K 10 LOVE ME LIKE YOU LITTLE MIX 11 2015 622K 11 MOVE LITTLE MIX 3 2013 596K 12 CANNONBALL LITTLE MIX 1 2011 519K 13 SALUTE LITTLE MIX 6 2013 430K 14 DNA LITTLE MIX 3 2012 390K 15 ONLY YOU CHEAT CODES & LITTLE MIX 13 2018 328K 16 OOPS LITTLE MIX FT CHARLIE PUTH 41 2016 313K 17 LITTLE ME LITTLE MIX 14 2013 267K 18 CHANGE YOUR LIFE LITTLE MIX 12 2012 231K 19 HOW YA DOIN' LITTLE MIX FT MISSY ELLIOTT 16 2013 180K 20 WOMAN LIKE ME LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ 2 2018 157K ©2018 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. Listen to Little Mix's Official Top 40 singles on Spotify and Deezer When it comes to albums, Little Mix have shifted 2.63 million across their four records. 2017's Glory Days finishes on top with a might 1.01 million combined sales, followed by 2015's Get Weird on 796,000. Their debut album DNA is approaching the half million mark with 442,000 combined sales, while their second collection Salute is fourth on 387,000.
November 19, 20186 yr I know it was massive, but it pains me that SOTME is their #1. It's such a supremely annoying song and they have many (most) which are waaaay superior.
November 19, 20186 yr The right top 3 in my opinion and could’ve been in any order. Move, DNA and Salute would be in my personal top 10 over No More Sad Songs, Reggateon Lento and Hair. But no huge shocks. Woman Like Me will probably move right up that list maybe up to 7th place? Edited November 19, 20186 yr by Jordan Lee
November 19, 20186 yr Huuuuge impact on the charts over the last 7 years. It's crazy just how big the numbers actually are. I know sales are all over the place with streaming numbers etc.. but, the cultural impact they've had cannot be denied. 😍
November 19, 20186 yr At least oops has decent sales if it stalled at 41 (i know it just an album track)
November 20, 20186 yr The order of this list is so wrong in so many ways. I actually really like their discog for the most part (probably moreso than any other girlgroup!) but I hate 3 of that top 4, and their 2 best songs aren't even in the top 10. Why did 'Move' have to be their least successful lead single :cry: as if its sales are lower than 'No More Sad Songs' and 'Love Me Like You'...
November 20, 20186 yr 'Power' closing in on a million is incredible for a 4th single. Amazing to see 'Move' finally edging towards Platinum too (and DNA nearing Gold) -- both are long overdue!
November 20, 20186 yr They are surely the only reality TV show winner not to have their coronation single in their top 10 sellers!
November 20, 20186 yr They are surely the only reality TV show winner not to have their coronation single in their top 10 sellers! Kelly Clarkson?
November 20, 20186 yr Kelly Clarkson? I'm not sure, would A Moment Like This have been overtaken by 10 of her other singles in the US, it was a big selling No.1 there wasn't it? I guess it may well have been, she's had a major career.
November 20, 20186 yr I'm not sure, would A Moment Like This have been overtaken by 10 of her other singles in the US, it was a big selling No.1 there wasn't it? I guess it may well have been, she's had a major career. Probably because like this list newer stuff will be skewed towards because of the ease of downloads and now streaming.
November 20, 20186 yr Black magic is my favourite but don’t like their new song very much or recent material. Think they will struggle with the new album in comparison to the success of their last few.
January 4, 20214 yr Little Mix's Top 20 biggest singles on the Official Chart 04 January 2021 | By Rob Copsey Since beating the odds to be crowned winners of The X Factor in 2011, Little Mix have tirelessly turned out hit records and now rank among the UK's great girlbands of all time. Potentially on course for their fifth Number 1 single with Sweet Melody this Friday, Jade, Leigh-Anne and Perrie have amassed 18.9 million chart sales across their 27 Top 40 singles, as well as 3.4 million album chart sales. View Little Mix's full Official Charts history here. Four of the group's singles have already reached Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, but are they their four biggest overall? Here's how they stack up. Cannonball Official Chart Peak: Number 1 Released: 2011 Combined sales: 548,000 The group's lowest selling Number 1 is their X Factor winner's single - a cover of Damien Rice's Cannonball, which was a Top 40 hit for the folk musician in 2003. Placing 15th in their all-time Top 20, it's a song Little Mix rarely acknowledge these days, but knowing that Simon Cowell probably didn't even considered them show champions when selecting the winner's single makes it slightly more palatable. Wings Official Chart peak: Number 1 Released: 2012 Combined sales: 893,000 Little Mix's first single proper was a life-affirming banger encouraging everyone to live their best life. It spent a week at Number 1 and has aged remarkably well, placing eighth on their Top 20 with 40.7 million streams logged to date, despite being released two years before streaming records began. Move Official Chart Peak: Number 3 Released: 2013 Combined sales: 684,000 It may be their lowest charting album lead single (heading up their second record Salute), but Move is one of their most acclaimed, mostly for its killer harmonies and wonky structure. It places 12th on their Top 20 chart. Hair Official Chart Peak: Number 11 Released: 2015 Combined sales: 870,000 Hair is the group's biggest single to miss the Top 10, and in terms of chart sales, outperforms some of their higher charting songs including Salute, DNA and Word Up. Hair was first released as a teaser track ahead of their Get Weird album, before being upgraded to single status in 2016 with a new mix featuring Sean Paul. Secret Love Song Official Chart Peak: Number 6 Released: 2015 Combined sales: 1.23 million Little Mix's biggest ballad ranks at Number 5 in their Top 20, topping one million chart sales. The collaboration with Jason Derulo - who co-wrote the song - was apparently inspired by the group's Radio 1 Live Lounge cover of his single Want To Want Me. Touch Official Chart Peak: Number 4 Released: 2016 Combined sales: 1.53 million Despite missing the top spot, Touch is one of Little Mix's most successful singles. The MNEK-produced track spent ten weeks in the Top 10, six of which were spent stuck at Number 4. It narrowly misses out on being their most streamed song, with a massive 141 million plays to date. Shout Out To My Ex Official Chart Peak: Number 1 Released: 2016 Combined sales: 1.83 million This kiss-off anthem - released a few months after Perrie's split from Zayn Malik - charged straight in at Number 1 and spent three weeks there, shifting 95,000 chart sales in it's opening week. It was also the only chart-topping single that year with a female lead - Girl Power indeed! Little Mix's Top 20 biggest singles on the Official Chart POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR CHART SALES 1 SHOUT OUT TO MY EX LITTLE MIX 1 2016 1.83M 2 BLACK MAGIC LITTLE MIX 1 2015 1.75M 3 TOUCH LITTLE MIX 4 2016 1.53M 4 POWER LITTLE MIX 6 2016 1.34M 5 SECRET LOVE SONG LITTLE MIX FT JASON DERULO 6 2015 1.23M 6 REGGAETON LENTO (REMIX) CNCO & LITTLE MIX 5 2017 1.14M 7 WOMAN LIKE ME LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ 2 2018 970,000 8 WINGS LITTLE MIX 1 2012 893,000 9 HAIR LITTLE MIX 11 2015 870,000 10 NO MORE SAD SONGS LITTLE MIX 15 2016 848,000 11 LOVE ME LIKE YOU LITTLE MIX 11 2015 811,000 12 MOVE LITTLE MIX 3 2013 684,000 13 ONLY YOU CHEAT CODES & LITTLE MIX 13 2018 615,000 14 SALUTE LITTLE MIX 6 2013 568,000 15 CANNONBALL LITTLE MIX 1 2011 548,000 16 DNA LITTLE MIX 3 2012 453,000 17 BREAK UP SONG LITTLE MIX 9 2020 446,000 18 OOPS LITTLE MIX FT CHARLIE PUTH 41 2016 405,000 19 THINK ABOUT US LITTLE MIX FT TY DOLLA SIGN 22 2019 375,000 20 LITTLE ME LITTLE MIX 14 2013 314,000 Copyright Official Charts Company 2021. All rights reserved. When it comes to albums, Little Mix have shifted just shy of 3 million (2.98m) across their five records. 2017's Glory Days finishes on top with a mighty 1.16 million chart sales, followed by 2015's Get Weird on 892,000. Their debut album DNA is approaching the half million mark with 462,000 combined sales, while their second collection Salute is fourth on 417,000. 2018's LM5 is on 298,000, and finally 2020's Confetti has racked up 125,000 to date.
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