Perrie Edwards is from South Shields, Tyne and Wear. Perrie’s parents, Alex and Debbie split at a very young age. Both of Perrie’s parents are musicians, her father being in an unsigned band Alexander’s Palace. Her mother is a signer, but it is not known in which aspects.

Perrie’s audition for the X-Factor was one of the first auditions she’d ever done. She was in a few school musicals but was always in the back. Perrie auditioned for the X-Factor in Glasgow, She caused a bit of controversy between judges when Louis Walsh “didn’t get” Perrie, but the other three judges did.

Perrie, along side the other girls of Little Mix did not make it into the bootcamp stage of the television show, The girls were all selected from failed solo auditions and all put into separate groups, being named Faux Pas, (in which Perrie was in) and Orion. Neither of the groups made it past the judges house. However, a last-minute decision was made and two members from both groups were selected and put into a third ensemble, named respectably Rthymix.

A few weeks into competition X-Factor executives attempted to Copyright the Rhythmix name, and come to find out that the name was already copywritten. The girls had then decided to change the name of the group to avoid any confusion with a charity that had been step up for helping young people make music. Thus, Little Mix was born. Simon Cowell donated an undisclosed amount to the charity.

Perrie, along side the other girls made X-Factor history as weeks went on, becoming the first all-female band to ever make it in the top 6. Little Mix also the only X-Factor contestant to never be in the bottom 2. In December of 2011, Little Mix became the first band in the 8-year run to win the competition, which was followed by the release of the winner’s single “Cannonball” which hit the #1 position in 3 different countries.