30 Facts About Jade Thirlwall

Jade Amelia Thirlwall was born on 26 December 1992 and is an English singer.

Jade Thirlwall won Best Pop Act at the 2025 Brit Awards and received the Trailblazer Award at the Rolling Stone UK 2024 awards.

Jade Amelia Thirlwall was born on 26 December 1992 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, to parents Norma Badwi and James Thirlwall.

Jade Thirlwall has Egyptian and Yemeni descent from her mother's side and English descent from her father's.

Jade Thirlwall identifies herself as mixed-race, and has been learning to connect more with her Arab-Egyptian-Yemeni heritage and its language in hopes of travelling more to the Middle East.

In 2008, at the age of 15, Jade Thirlwall auditioned for The X Factor, singing "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Whitney Houston, but was eliminated at the boot- camp stage.

Jade Thirlwall returned for a second time in 2010, but was unsuccessful.

In 2011, at age 18, Jade Thirlwall returned for the show's eighth series and auditioned with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, and advanced to bootcamp stage.

Jade Thirlwall has co-written two UK number one singles with "Wings" in 2012 and "Shout Out to My Ex" in 2016.

In March 2022, Jade Thirlwall appeared as a guest judge on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World, and made a cameo appearance in the British musical television drama series Mood.

Jade Thirlwall co-wrote a track for Nayeon's 2022 debut album, Im Nayeon, marking the second time she had worked with her having previously contributed to Twice's album Taste of Love in 2021.

In September 2024, Jade Thirlwall released the promotional single titled "Midnight Cowboy", followed by her second official single, "Fantasy", on 18 October 2024.

Jade Thirlwall performed "Angel of My Dreams" for the first time, along with "Fantasy", on Later.

Jade Thirlwall was scheduled to perform at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival in June.

Jade Thirlwall grew up listening to Motown music, with her grandfather playing Arabic music to her as a child.

Jade Thirlwall cites Diana Ross as a music influence and has expressed her love for Drag Culture, Drag Queens and is fan of RuPaul.

Since 2020, Jade Thirlwall has been in a relationship with English singer Jordan Stephens, from the hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks.

Jade Thirlwall has tattoos located on her feet, and in 2019 revealed a henna-style design on her right foot.

Jade Thirlwall is open about her struggles with body image, racism, bullying, and eating disorder, which she first developed at that age of 13.

Jade Thirlwall began recovery and left the hospital weeks before she auditioned for The X Factor in 2011.

Jade Thirlwall is a patron for Cancer Connections and an ambassador for Stonewall.

In November 2019, Jade Thirlwall opened her own cocktail bar, called Arbeia, in South Shields.

Jade Thirlwall is noted for her political reviews and social activism, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and Black Lives Matter and against transgender conversion therapy in the UK.

In 2017, Jade Thirlwall donated another collection of her clothes to help raise money for Cancer Connections.

In June 2020, Jade Thirlwall attended a Black Lives Matter protest in the UK following the death of African-American man George Floyd, and attended the Black Trans Lives Matter march in London.

In January 2021, Jade Thirlwall won one of The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off specials in the fourth series.

In May 2022, Jade Thirlwall contributed to Sink the Pink's book titled Sink the Pink's Manifesto for Misfits, writing about her experiences with bullying, anorexia and her identity issues because of her mixed race.

Jade Thirlwall teamed up with a designer to create a limited edition community shirt for a North East football club, with all donations going to charity Cancer Connections.

Jade Thirlwall attended the Not Safe To Be Me protest at Downing Street advocating for the ban on transgender conversion therapy in the UK, following the government's reversal on the issue.

Jade Thirlwall is the first Little Mix member to have a solo single spend two weeks inside of the top ten of the UK singles chart.