Jesy Nelson

About

Gained fame with the all-girl group Little Mix, whose 2012 debut album, DNA, broke the Spice Girls' chart record. She left the group in 2020. 

Before Fame

She worked as a bartender before being selected to compete on The X Factor, where she auditioned with the Jazmine Sullivan song "Bust Your Windows." 

Trivia

Her former group became the first all-girl group to win a season of The X Factor.

Family Life

She was raised by John Nelson and Janice White. She has a sister named Jade and two brothers named Joseph and Jonathan. She dated Eddie Brett from the band Lovable Rogues in 2013. She was engaged to Rixton singer Jake Roche up until 2016. She then dated musician Harry James from 2017 until late 2018. Subsequently, she dated Chris Hughes of Love Island for about a year and a half before the two split in April 2020. In 2022, she began dating British rapper Zion Foster. In January 2025, she announced she was pregnant with twins. 

Associated With

She, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock won the Glamour Band Award in 2014.

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