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