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Salute › Released

2013
Salute is the second studio album released by British girl group Little Mix, on 8 November 2013 through Syco Music and Columbia Records.[4] The album was mostly co-written by Little Mix, who stated that they were more involved in the development of this album compared to their debut album DNA. The album was preceded by the lead single "Move", an additional two singles "Little Me", and "Salute". It is also one of the two studio albums by the group to not feature any collaborations.

SaluteStudio album by 

Little Mix

Released8 November 2013Recorded2013Studio

The Boom Boom Room (Burbank, California)

The Hide Out Studios (London, United Kingdom)

Genre

Pop[1]

R&B[2][3]

Length43:06Label

Syco

Columbia

Producer

TMS

Future Cut

Fred Ball

MNEK

Nathan Duvall

Electric

Ash Howes

Richard "Biff" Stannard

RyKeyz

Nicky D'Silva

Little Mix chronologyDNA
(2012)Salute
(2013)Get Weird
(2015)Singles from Salute

"Move"
Released: 3 November 2013

"Little Me"
Released: 30 December 2013

"Salute"
Released: 2 May 2014

Musically, the album sees Little Mix approach a more R&B-influenced sound while retaining their previous pop sound of their debut album. Salute also sees the quartet experiment more with 90s production sound with elements of hip-hop, teen-pop, and electronic dance music influences from the 2000s. The album contains lyrics focused around themes such as girl power, mental health, self-love, breakups, insecurity, and female empowerment.

The album received generally positive reviews from critics, with some praising the group for their vocal harmonies. Commercially, Salute charted in nineteen music markets including reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, and America. It was named as one of the best selling girl group albums in the UK, between 1994 and 2019.[5]

BackgroundEdit

In an interview with Digital Spy in March 2013, Little Mix stated that they wanted their second album to have a more R&B sound.[6] Group member Jesy Nelson added: "I personally want to put a lot more dancey stuff in there. As in, one of the songs that comes on in a club that makes you want to dance. Not that David Guetta sound, but more R&B – a bit like Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". They also revealed that they would be starting to write material for the new album in the coming months.[6] On 19 September Little Mix held a livestream to announce that they had finished recording their second album and it was going to be sent to be mixed. In the same livestream the girls announced that the first single "Move" would be premiered on radio on 23 September. They also sang an acapella of a song that would become "Little Me". On 4 October, Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page, announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre-order on 7 October.[7] The album was released in the UK on 11 November 2013 and released in the US on 4 February 2014.[8]

Release and promotionEdit

On 4 October 2013, Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page, announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre-order on 7 October.[7] The album was released on 11 November 2013 in the United Kingdom and was released in the United States 4 February 2014.[8]

They sang "Move" for the first time live on 9 October at Big Gig 2013 for the Girlguiding organisation at Wembley Stadium.[9] On 20 October Little Mix travelled to Australia, where they performed the singles "Wings", "DNA" and "Change Your Life" in an autograph signing. Little Mix performed "Move" on The X Factor Australia on 21 October 2013 and on the morning show Sunrise. They also sang it on The X Factor UK on 3 November 2013.[10] They also performed it on The X Factor USA on 5 December 2013[11] and The Wendy Williams Show on 6 February 2014 as well as the Late Show with David Letterman.[12] In December 2013 the group announced their second headlining concert tour, The Salute Tour, in support of the album.

The album's lead single, "Move", made its radio premiere on 23 September 2013 and was released on 3 November 2013. It charted at number three on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the Irish Singles Chart. Follow-up singles "Little Me" and the title track peaked at number 14 and 6 respectively in the UK. To promote the album, Little Mix embarked on their second headlining concert tour, entitled The Salute Tour between May and July 2014. A North American extension of this tour was scheduled for September and October, but was later cancelled due to the process of recording their next album.

On 21 August 2020, two new versions of the album were made available for download and streaming: an expanded edition of the album, which replaced the deluxe edition on Spotify and other streaming platforms, and one that only contained rarities and remixes of songs from the album.[13][14]