Pixie Lott started singing in her church school at a young age and when she was just five she attended the Italia Conti Associates Saturday school in Chislehurst, going on to attend the main school – Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts – at 11, where she was awarded a scholarship.

In 2006, at the age of 15, Lott sang for L. A. Reid after the American record executive had heard some of Pixie’s demos, and he signed her to the Island Def Jam Music Group shortly after. Pixie later signed a publishing deal, as a songwriter, with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in December 2007, while writing and recording tracks for her debut album Turn It Up.

Her debut single, ‘Mama Do’, was released in the summer of 2009 and spent one week at number one, eleven weeks within the top forty and eighteen weeks within the top seventy five. The single also had considerable success outside the UK, reaching the top forty in eleven other countries, including top ten peaks of number eight in Denmark and number ten in France. The single was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry on 28 August 2009 after selling over 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.

Lott’s second album, Young Foolish Happy was released late 2011 and includes collaborations with Stevie Wonder and John Legend. On 10 February 2012, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments in excess of 100,000 within the UK.

In March 2014, Lott took part in recording England’s 2014 World Cup song, ‘Greatest Day’, collaborating with fellow pop stars Melanie C, Eliza Doolittle, Emma Bunton, Conor Maynard, Kimberley Walsh and Katy B.

Pixie participated in the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2014, partnering with Australian dancer Trent Whiddon.

A few months after Strictly Come Dancing Pixie released her first greatest hits album, called Platinum Pixie. The album was preceded by the single ‘Caravan of Love’.