Pixie Lott

Birth name    :  Victoria Louise Lott
Born              :  12 January 1991
Genres          :  Pop, electropop, dance-pop, R&B, soul
Occupations  :  Singer-songwriter, actress, dancer
Instruments   :  Vocals, piano

Personal Life

Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott born 12 January 1991 is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It Up was released in September 2009. It reached number six on the UK Albums Chart, spawned five consecutive Top 20 singles, and sold over a million copies. Her second album, Young Foolish Happy, was released on 14 November 2011. "All About Tonight", the first single from that album, entered the charts at number one on 17 September 2011, making it her third UK number one hit.

She was born in Bromley, and lived initially in Petts Wood and then Bickley. Her mother gave her the nickname Pixie from when she was born "such a tiny, cute baby who looked like a fairy". She started singing in  her church school and when she was five she attended the Italia Conti Associates Saturday school in Chislehurst, she went on to attend the main school – Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts – at 11, where she was awarded a scholarship. At the age of 13, Lott moved with her family to Brentwood. 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 in 2005, aged 14, as Louisa von Trapp. At the age of 14, she was part of the chorus, recording vocals on Roger Waters's opera Ça Ira. Despite missing school time because she was recording her album, Lott gained straight 'A' grades in her GCSEs.  Lott was ranked No. 95 in TC Candler's "Most Beautiful faces 2010" list. She was voted No. 45 in 2010 and No. 31 in 2011 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list.  She cites Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston as major influences on her style of singing.