1. Perrie Louise Edwards was born on 10 July 1993 and is an English singer and songwriter.
26 Facts About Perrie Edwards
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Perrie Edwards rose to prominence as a member of Little Mix, a girl group formed during the eighth series of The X Factor UK, which they eventually won.
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Perrie Edwards launched her career as a solo artist in 2024 with the single "Forget About Us", which peaked inside the top ten on the UK Singles Chart.
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Perrie Louise Edwards was born on 10 July 1993 and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
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Perrie Edwards was named after Steve Perry from the rock band Journey.
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Perrie Edwards's parents, Deborah Duffy and Alexander Edwards, divorced when she was a child and both remarried.
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Perrie Edwards's mother married Mark Duffy from New Zealand, and her father married Joanna Wells.
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Perrie Edwards has an older brother called Jonnie Edwards and a half-sister named Caitlin Edwards.
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Perrie Edwards attended St Peter and Paul RC Primary School, and Mortimer Community College in South Shields, and later transferred to Newcastle College, where she received a BTEC in Performing Arts.
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Perrie Edwards was born with oesophageal atresia, which is responsible for the bisectional scar on her stomach, and anosmia.
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In 2011, at age 17, Perrie Edwards auditioned for The X Factor with "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette.
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Perrie Edwards released six albums and one greatest hits album with the group, DNA, Salute, Get Weird, Glory Days, LM5, Confetti and Between Us.
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In March 2023, Perrie Edwards signed a recording contract with Columbia Records.
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In November 2023, Perrie Edwards appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List for a second consecutive year.
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In February 2024, Edwards began teasing her upcoming debut solo single and revealed a new Instagram account called 'Perrie HQ' which would be managed by her team.
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Perrie Edwards performed "Forget About Us", "Tears" and a cover of I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston at Capital FM's Summertime Ball.
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Perrie Edwards released her first promotional single "Me, Myself and You" on 8 November 2024.
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On 14 February 2025, Perrie Edwards released her second promotional single "Rollercoaster".
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Later that year, Perrie Edwards became the new face of Nando's, a Portuguese-African food franchise.
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In 2021, Perrie Edwards launched her own fashion brand, Disora, describing it as a "contemporary luxury" brand.
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In 2013, Perrie Edwards became engaged to English singer Zayn Malik, whom she met on The X Factor UK in 2011.
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In February 2017, it was confirmed that Perrie Edwards was dating English professional footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
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In 2012, during the recording stages for the group's debut album DNA, Perrie Edwards had to undergo surgery to remove her inflamed tonsils.
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Perrie Edwards was interviewed on the subject of anxiety and mental health by magazine Glamour.
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Perrie Edwards had issues with anemia and was left malnourished because of her condition with oesophageal atresia.
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In 2024 in an interview with Nikkie de Jager, Perrie Edwards revealed she is partially deaf.