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FEATURES 16 | Exclusive interview with Rythmix

the girls give advice for stage fright moments that will make you cringe!

22 | 100 most shocking moments in music

28| 50 greatest singles of all time

JAN 2012 ISSUE #1

33 | Jools Riding strikes back

Jools reveals whats hes been doing for the past 18 months

35 | Little Mixs plans for the new year

will Little Mix make the charts?

42 | Amelia Fox

we speak to Amelia as she tells us how music changed her life

NEWS

37 | Ellison back for good?

48 | Rihanna announces 2012 tour! 53 | Drakes new album

will Rihanna be performing near you? find out on page 48

54| Ollie Collins behind the scenes

in the studio with Ollie

61 | Reviews

67 | Beyonces new family member

beyonce still looking amazing after having her baby - Blue Ivy

46 | Damien Blacks tragic

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Kirsty Allen interviews the rising stars girl band - Rythmix! She finds out about their pasts, and what their plans for the future are. The girls speak out about their friendship and give advice for new beginers.

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Hannah Anyone can make their dreams come true, you just need patience and motivation

THE RISING STARS!

Hey girls hope your all okay! All= Hiya! H= Were all very well thankyou! So then girls, how did you all come together as a band? S = Well we met eachother at school in 2001, and over the years we all became a really close group of friends. We then discovered we could all sing and thought wed continue as far as we could with it. We then started performing in little pubs infront of around 50 people, people uploaded videos of us on you tube and then famous artists like Little Mix and J Cole were asking to meet the band. Then things just took off from there. N= We never expected to be this successful, its like a dream come true! Thats amazing! So when did you realize music was what you wanted to do? H= Ive always been interested in music and singing since I was about 5, I attended singing classes from the age of 9, but stopped when I started at secondary school. So its a good job I met the girls otherwise I wouldnt be here now! B= I only realized it was what I wanted to do when me and the girls spoke about going on the X-Factor a few years back.

So we all know your new album comes out on the 8th March, are you all excited for it? B= Extremely excited! it doesnt feel real. To think that we have fans out there that are actually going to buy our music is such an amazing feeling. We just hope we can become as famous as other bands! Ovbiouusly weve heard ourselves singing before but its always been acoustic, so to hear ourselves with our very own music too, is just going to be like wow! N= Its just crazy to think we were just your average group of girls a few years ago!

uks top 40!. We hope that well be able to go on tour around the UK and bring out more and more sings to keep our fans entertained. We ovbiously still see ourselves as a group together and weve just got to keep going and try our hardest! Do you still get nervous before performing? S= When its infront of thousands of people it is a bit nail biting but I suppose weve just got used to it now, you learn to block out all the people which helps you concerntrate more on singing. But the first few times I felt sick with nerves. B= I do get a bit nervous when entering the stage but as soon as we hear the fans shouting us Im fine! What advise would you give to beginers? S=I normally have a cup of tea before each performance and just relax. The more you think about it the more it will make you nervous. The best thing to do is keep your mind of it! H= As long as youve practised loads and know all youre lyrics you have nothing to worry about! N=When Im on stage i think to myself that nobodys watching me and Im just in my bedroom singing on my own, it keeps my nerves down infront of large crowds. Any messages to the fans? B=Just want to say a big thankyou to everyone who has been supporting us. DONT GIVE UP IF SINGING IS WHAT YOU ENJOY! H= Anyone can make their dreams come true, you just need patience and motivation!

ITS JUST CRAZY TO THINK WE WERE JUST YOUR AVERAGE GROUP OF GIRLS A FEW YEARS AGO!

What would you say makes your group unique to other girl bands? H= Well I think anybody would agree that were bubbly and confident, which is a crutal charactistic that is needed to be successful. Alot of girl bands have been successful like Sugarbabes, Destinys Child, Did you end up auditioning for X-Factor in the Littlemix and Atomic Kitten, so it gives us motivation end? to be as successful as them. N= Nope, because after getting so many hits on S= We spend so much time together and are such youtube with our singing and meeting J Cole and close friends so we find ourselves singing when Little Mix I suppose things just became abit busy, and were together without even noticing. We all have we never ended up getting round to it unique voices and we feel as if we have a different Is there anything any of you would change from style then previous girl bands. your past? H= Nope, I believe that everything thats ever hap- Where do you see yourselves in 3 years? pened in the past, makes you who you are today. So if N= My dream would be to be turning on the radio and hearing Rythmix have made it to number one on the I changed anything then I wouldnt be here today!

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Shannon (left) Hannah (middle left) Nicole (middle right) Beth (right) photograph by Kirsty Allen

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