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Between Us › Released
2021
Sweet Melody
2020

Between Us is a greatest hits album released by British girl group Little Mix, on 12 November 2021 through RCA. The album has been described by the members as a celebration of sisterhood, friendship and fun The announcement was made as part of the group's celebrations commemorating the 10th anniversary since their formation on the eighth series of The X Factor UK. It was supported by the release of two songs, "Love (Sweet Love)" and "No".

Between Us

Standard edition cover

Greatest hits album by 

Little Mix

Released12 November 2021Recorded2011–2021Length78:54LabelRCAProducer

David Guetta

Electric

Eric Perez

Ester Dean

Galantis

Goldfingers

Jez Ashurst

Joe Kearns

Jorge Class

Kamille

Louis Bell

Luis Angel O'Neill

Maegan Cottone

Matt Rad

MNEK

Mojam

Nathan Duvall

Pete Nappi

Peoples

Richard Stannard

Rissi

Robin Oliver Frid

Stargate

Steve James

Steve Mac

Tayla Parx

TMS

Tre Jean-Marie

Little Mix chronologyConfetti
(2020)Between Us
(2021)Singles from Between Us

"Love (Sweet Love)"
Released: 3 September 2021

"No"
Released: 12 November 2021

The recording stages of the new songs took place during COVID-19 and Little Mix members Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards' pregnancies. The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and reached the top five of the charts in Ireland, Scotland and Portugal and the top ten in Spain, Netherlands and Australia. Between Us was announced as one of Sony Music's top ten best-selling albums globally of 2021. As of 2023, the album has spent 94 weeks on the UK Albums Charts, becoming one of the longest charting albums by a girl group.[2]

The standard edition consists of twenty-two tracks and includes eighteen of the group's previously released tracks, including four of their five number-one singles, "Wings", "Black Magic", "Shout Out to My Ex" and "Sweet Melody". The group's debut solo single "Cannonball", which peaked at number one in the UK, is included on the CD deluxe edition as the final track. The standard edition of the album also includes two other new tracks titled "Between Us" and "Cut You Off", both of which charted on the UK Singles Chart. A fifth new song titled "Trash" was featured on the deluxe editions of the album.

BackgroundEdit

Little Mix teased the project on 16 August 2021, three days before the official announcement, via their social media accounts by posting a video displaying all of their former logos, with a new one being shown at the end along with a snippet of one of the new songs, what would become the title track.[3] On 18 August, the group shared a teaser on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #10YearsOfLittleMix. On 19 August, the day of their ten-year anniversary, the group then announced that they would be releasing a new album titled Between Us.[4]

The track listing was announced a few hours later. The standard edition includes 22 tracks, featuring 18 of the group's previous singles and four new songs. A fifth new track was confirmed to be included on the deluxe editions of the album only.[5][6] Little Mix described the album as "a celebration of 10 years of hits, friendship, new tracks and so much more".[7] They also dedicated the album to their fans and thanked them for their support over the last ten years:

"We are so excited about this album. It includes all our hits, as well as some brand new songs we can't wait for you to hear...We can't thank you enough for your support over the last ten years... this album is for each and every one of you who's listened to our music, bought an album or sung your heart out at our shows. We wouldn't be here releasing this album if it wasn't for you."

— Little Mix on the new album announcement via Twitter.[8]

Between Us became available for pre-order the same day as it was announced.[7] The album was made available in a variety of physical formats, including on CD, cassette, as a box set and on picture disc vinyl with editions featuring each individual member in front of a floral backdrop.[5] This also marked the group's first greatest hits album.[9]

Group members Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock went on to share their thoughts on the album. "We can't believe it has been 10 years. Time has flown and when you look back we have done so much that we're super proud of", Edwards said in an interview. "It's going to be great to have all our big hits as a band on one album for the first time, celebrating 10 massive years of Little Mix. The tracks also show how much we have grown as artists, from 'Wings' to 'Heartbreak Anthem'", added Thirlwall. Pinnock also went on to say, "We're also really excited to release five brand new Little Mix songs that we've been creating. We can't wait for our fans to hear the new tracks we've been working on. We hope they love them as much as we do!"[10][5]

For the Japanese version of the album, Sony Music Japan allowed fans to vote on a song to be included on the album.l