Biography

Pixie Lott (born Victoria Lott on 12 January 1991), is an English singer, songwriter, actress and dancer. Signed to Mercury Records in the UK, and Interscope in the US, her first single “Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)”, was released for download on 7 June 2009 and officially on 8 June, going straight to Number 1 in the UK on 14 June. She is scheduled to release her debut album “Turn It Up” on September 7th 2009.

Pixie lives in Essex with her father, who is a stock broker, her mother a housewife, and 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 starting singing in her church school, Lott attended the Italia Conti Associates Saturday school in Chislehurst from five years old, her family then moved to Essex and she went onto the main school Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she was awarded a scholarship. During her time as a student, she appeared in the West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, and A Celebration To The Sound Of Music as Louisa Von Trapp on BBC 1 television. Aged fourteen she was part of the chorus line, recording vocals on Roger Waters opera, Ça Ira.

L. A. Reid heard one of her demos and signed her to 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 UK, and Interscope 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. It entered the iTunes chart at number one and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one after over 50,000 sales. Lott was quoted as being “shocked” at the success of the single.

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