Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Mark Feehily were among the big winners at the Burberry British Diversity Awards held at London’s Grand Connaught Rooms on Thursday night.
Leigh-Anne beat off stiff competition to be awarded the Media Champion prize for her groundbreaking documentary Race, Pop and Power, which focused on her experience as a black woman in the music industry.
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Jade Thirlwall, founding member of the multi-platinum British group Little Mix, has signed a solo worldwide record deal with Sony Music‘s RCA.
RCA’s UK and US teams will work in partnership to develop the artist’s solo career.
MBW is told that a debut solo album is planned from Thirlwall, but further details and timing are yet to be confirmed.
In addition, Thirlwall has signed with Full Stop Management for worldwide representation.
Los Angeles-headquartered Full Stop – run by Jeffrey Azoff, Irving Azoff and Brandon Creed – represents a roster of artists including Harry Styles, Lizzo, the Eagles, Saweetie and Mark Ronson, amongst others.
Little Mix are one of the most successful all-female groups in history, selling in excess of 60 million records, according to Sony Music.
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With ‘Between Us’ now BRIT Certified Gold, all of Little Mix’s albums have reached Gold certification!
'Between Us', the album by @LittleMix, is now #BRITcertified Gold pic.twitter.com/I34GHTHU7h
— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) January 21, 2022
Jade is the first guest on CONTENT CLUB (a creative outlet for Artists and labels). You can check all videos and photos on special Instagram profile [yeticontentclub]
CONTENT CLUB x jadethirlwall
An idea we’ve had in the works for over a year, CONTENT CLUB is a creative outlet for Artists and labels looking for new and engaging ways to promote their album, tour or socials.
First in the club is Jade Thirlwall. One part of the best girl group of all time, Little mix – facts. Pop icon, Style icon and the first guest on CONTENT CLUB.
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