Jesy Nelson

Jessica Louise Nelson (born 14 June 1991) is an English singer, known for being a member of the British four-piece girl group Little Mix. The group was formed on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 and became the first group to win the competition. Since their debut the girl group has sold just under 60 million records worldwide, placing them in the top 5 of the best selling girl groups of all time. In 2019, Nelson presented a BBC Three documentary based on her experiences with body image and online bullying titled Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out, which won the Factual Entertainment Award at the 25th National Television Awards.

Jesy Nelson
Nelson in August 2015
Background information
Birth nameJessica Louise Nelson
Born (1991-06-14) 14 June 1991
Romford, East London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • dancer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2011–present
Labels
Associated actsLittle Mix

Early life

Jessica Louise Nelson[1] was born on 14 June 1991.[2] She was raised in Romford, East London to parents John Nelson, a businessman, and Janice White, a Police Community Service Officer. Her parents separated when she was five. She is the second youngest of four children with an older sister Jade, an older brother Jonathan and a younger brother Joseph.[3][4]

Nelson attended Jo Richardson Community School and Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College (in Hornchurch, London).[5] She also attended Sylvia Young and Yvonne Rhodes Theatre Schools alongside classmate Rita Ora.[6] Prior to auditioning for The X Factor, Nelson worked as a barmaid in Dagenham.[7]

Career

Her first audition was "Bust Your Windows" by Jazmine Sullivan.[8] Since joining Little Mix, she has faced cyber-bullying and struggled to cope during her time on The X Factor.[4] Nelson and Perrie Edwards were put in a group called "Faux Pas" while Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock were to be put in a group named "Orion". Both groups, however, failed to progress. Later, a decision was made to bring back the four to form the four-piece group Rhythmix, and they progressed to judges' houses.[9] They eventually reached the live shows and were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos.[10] In 28 October 2011, it was announced that the group's new name would be Little Mix.[11] In 11 December 2011, Little Mix were announced as the winners, the first group to win the programme.[12] Nelson had released five albums with the group DNA (2012), Salute (2013), Get Weird (2015), Glory Days (2016) and LM5 (2018) with a sixth one to be released in 2020.[13]

Nelson starred in a documentary for BBC One and BBC Three titled Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out which explored body image, mental health and online abuse,[14] which aired on 12 September 2019.[15] In the documentary, she revealed that after the online abuse regarding her weight, she attempted suicide in 2013.[16][17][18]

Personal life

In her BBC documentary Odd One Out, Nelson was vocal about her struggle with body image. She stated that the extreme amount of online abuse about her weight in newspapers and Twitter drove her to attempt suicide in 2013.[19]

In 2014, Nelson began dating Rixton lead singer, Jake Roche. The couple became engaged on 19 July 2015,[20] but broke up in November 2016.[21] In 2019, Nelson began dating Love Island contestant Chris Hughes[22] but broke up in April 2020 due to personal reasons.[23]

Discography
Main articles: Little Mix discography and list of songs

Songwriting credits
List of songwriting credits, with year released and album shown
Title Artist(s) Year Album Notes
"Pretty Girls" Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea 2015 Non-album single Co-writer

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The X Factor Herself Contestant; winner
2019 Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out Herself BBC Three documentary
2020 The Voice UK Herself Guest mentor[24]
2020 Little Mix: The Search Judge Music competition series

Awards and nominations
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Little Mix
Year Award ceremony Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Ref.
2019 I Talk Telly Awards Best Documentary Odd One Out Won [25]
2019 OnSide Awards Gold award Odd One Out Won [26]
2020 National Television Awards Factual Entertainment Odd One Out Won [27][28]
2020 Visionary Honours Awards Documentary of the Year Odd One Out Won [29]
2020 PLT Awards[30] Inspirational Influencer of the Year Herself Won [31]
gollark: Well, this seems vaguely nonsensical.
gollark: Yes, violent revolution bad.
gollark: It is, unfortunately, hard (for practical and ethical reasons) to really field-test them, but you can do simulations of some things.
gollark: It's reasonable and good to think abstractly about the pros and cons of different social/political/economic systems so we can consider which ones might be better in various ways.
gollark: What are you meant to do, just go "hmm, yes, let's just hope it all works out magically".

References
  1. "Names of Little Mix". Maximum Pop!. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. "Little Mix Glam Up As They Hit The Town For Jesy's 21st Birthday (PICS)". Huffington Post. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. Ali, Safira (12 December 2011). "Romford's Jesy Nelson has made history by winning X Factor with Little Mix". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  4. "Jesy Nelson". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  5. Ali, Safira. "Romford's Jesy Nelson has made history by winning X Factor with Little Mix". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  6. "Rita Ora was a theatre school rebel". Music News. 14 August 2016.
  7. "Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out review – a modern fairytale in reverse". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  8. "The Xtra Factor: The Winner's Story". The X Factor. Series 8. 17 December 2011. ITV. ITV 2.
  9. "X Factor finalists Rhythmix in legal trouble with charity over name". Metro. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  10. "X Factor: Tulisa Planning Duet With Little Mix? | MTV UK". www.mtv.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  11. "X Factor girl band Rhythmix are renamed Little Mix". BBC Newsbeat. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  12. "X factor australia final winner". The West Australian. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  13. Dixon, Faye (20 August 2019). "Eight years of Little Mix: Girl group celebrates milestone anniversary with social media message". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  14. "Little Mix's Jesy Nelson on surviving the trolls: 'People were saying horrific things'". The Guardian. 8 September 2019.
  15. "BBC - Little Mix's Jesy Nelson shares her struggles with mental health in new BBC documentary - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  16. "Jesy Nelson praised for 'inspiring' documentary". BBC News. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  17. Petter, Olivia (13 September 2019). "Celebrities rush to support Jesy Nelson after she revealed suicide attempt in documentary". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  18. "Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson reveals she attempted suicide after abuse online". The Independent. 9 September 2019.
  19. "Jesy Nelson: Little Mix singer reveals she attempted suicide after online abuse". The Independent. UK. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  20. "Watch: Jesy Nelson & Jake Roche Getting Engaged In Front Of Ed Sheeran Is Just Too Perfect". Capital. 21 July 2015.
  21. Duff, Anna (6 December 2016). "Coleen Nolan Opens Up About Jesy Nelson And Jake Roche's Split". Look. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  22. Baxter-Wright, Dusty. "Jesy Nelson and Chris Hughes relationship timeline". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  23. "Jesy Nelson and Chris Hughes split after 16 months together". Metro. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  24. "Jesy Nelson, Shania Twain, Ellie Goulding and Ella Eyre join as Guest Mentors!". ITV. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  25. "I TALK TELLY AWARDS 2019 Winners". I Talk Telly. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  26. "A FULL ROYAL ALBERT HALL HOSTS FIRST EVER ONSIDE AWARDS". OnSide Youth Zones. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  27. Duke, Simon (29 January 2020). "Jesy Nelson wins NTA and holds back tears in emotional acceptance speech for Odd One Out documentary". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  28. WILLIAMS, SIMONE. "Jesy Nelson shouts out her mum and Chris Hughes in emotional NTAs speech". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  29. "Little Mix's Jesy Nelson Celebrates Winning Award For Odd One Out Documentary". Capital FM. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  30. Halliday, Sandra (2 March 2020). "PrettyLittleThing launches influencer awards". Fashion Network. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  31. "Announcing the 2020 PrettyLittleThing Awards" (PDF). Boohoo PLC. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.