# Glory Days (Little Mix album)
**Glory Days** is the fourth studio album by the British girl group [Little Mix](https://www.edgepedia.org/little-mix), released on November 18, 2016 through [Syco Music](https://www.edgepedia.org/syco-music) and Columbia, and the album that made the group a mainstage UK chart act. It became Little Mix's first Number 1 album on the Official UK Albums Chart, sold 96,200 copies in its first week, and went on to spend 89 weeks in the UK Top 40, the longest [Top 40](https://www.edgepedia.org/top-40) run of any girl group album in UK chart history[1](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-becomes-their-first-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__17235/) • [2](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-sets-uk-chart-record-as-the-longest-reigning-top-40-girl-group-album-ever__22376/) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/15/little-mix-lm5-review).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | November 18, 2016 (Japan editions November 23, 2016); fourth Little Mix studio album[4](https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/little-mix-release-new-album-glory-days/) • [5](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/5f4251cf-80bf-4967-9b0e-a6eac6f8fcca) |
| Standard edition | 12 songs, 42 minutes, Syco Music; genres listed as dance-pop, tropical house, and R&B[6](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days/1163805314) • [7](https://littlemix.fandom.com/wiki/Glory_Days) |
| UK chart peak | Number 1, the group's first chart-topping album; five non-consecutive weeks at the top[1](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-becomes-their-first-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__17235/) • [2](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-sets-uk-chart-record-as-the-longest-reigning-top-40-girl-group-album-ever__22376/) |
| First-week sales | 96,200 copies, the fastest-selling girl group Number 1 album in 15 years, since Destiny's Child's *Survivor* (2001)[8](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-official-biggest-albums-in-the-uk-ranked-and-revealed__31559/) • [1](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-becomes-their-first-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__17235/) |
| Longevity | 89 weeks in the Official Albums Chart Top 40, a record for any girl group album[3](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/15/little-mix-lm5-review) • [9](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/little-mix-glory-days/) |
| UK chart sales | 1.2 million, the group's biggest and most-streamed album in the UK[8](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-official-biggest-albums-in-the-uk-ranked-and-revealed__31559/) |
| Singles | "Shout Out to My Ex", "Touch", "No More Sad Songs", "Power", and the "Reggaetón Lento" remix[10](https://new.horizoneducational.com/book/Resources/fetch.php/Topics_In_Analysis_And_Its_Applications.pdf) |
| Reissue | *Glory Days: The Platinum Edition*, November 24, 2017, 48 songs on streaming[11](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days-the-platinum-edition/1309173849) |
## Release and editions
Little Mix released *Glory Days* on November 18, 2016, exactly a year after their previous album *Get Weird* (2015), with the group having been on tour for much of the period between the two records[4](https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/little-mix-release-new-album-glory-days/). The standard edition carries 12 tracks running 42 minutes, credited to Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK[6](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days/1163805314).
The deluxe edition adds three tracks and a DVD containing 15 bonus items, and a deluxe concert film edition pairs the album with the [Get Weird](https://www.edgepedia.org/get-weird) concert film recorded at [Wembley Arena](https://www.edgepedia.org/wembley-arena) earlier in 2016. Japanese editions followed on November 23, 2016 with 19-track tracklists, and vinyl pressings appeared in April 2017[4](https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/little-mix-release-new-album-glory-days/) • [5](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/5f4251cf-80bf-4967-9b0e-a6eac6f8fcca).
Production was led largely by the Norwegian duo Electric, Edvard Førre Erfjord and Henrik Barman Michelsen, with further contributions from producers including [Charlie Puth](https://www.edgepedia.org/charlie-puth), Cutfather, Daniel Davidsen, MNEK, Steve Robson, and Matt Rad; several members of Little Mix receive songwriting credits[12](https://www.allmusic.com/album/glory-days-mw0002990411) • [7](https://littlemix.fandom.com/wiki/Glory_Days). Vocal production on most songs was handled by songwriter Maegan Cottone, who had worked with the group since *Salute*[13](https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/little-mix/12380).
## Songs and singles
**Singles.** The lead single, "Shout Out to My Ex", went straight to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for three weeks, becoming Little Mix's fourth UK number 1 single and making them the X Factor winners with the most chart-toppers to their name at that point[4](https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/little-mix-release-new-album-glory-days/) • [1](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-becomes-their-first-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__17235/). Apple Music's editorial review describes it as a kiss-off anthem that capitalized on [Perrie Edwards](https://www.edgepedia.org/perrie-edwards)' well-publicized breakup with [One Direction](https://www.edgepedia.org/one-direction)'s Zayn Malik[6](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days/1163805314).
The second single, "Touch", is built on tropical house production with steel drums and panpipes; [Ed Sheeran](https://www.edgepedia.org/ed-sheeran) and Mabel later performed their own versions of it. "No More Sad Songs" and "Power", an industrial pop track with a guest verse from Stormzy, followed as further singles, alongside the "Reggaetón Lento (Remix)" with the [Latin pop](https://www.edgepedia.org/latin-pop) group CNCO[6](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days/1163805314) • [14](https://store.little-mix.com/products/glory-days-platinum-edition-cd). All four core singles and the remix reached the UK singles top ten, and all were certified platinum or higher by the BPI in 2018[10](https://new.horizoneducational.com/book/Resources/fetch.php/Topics_In_Analysis_And_Its_Applications.pdf).
Other album tracks include "F.U.", about the pull of a bad relationship, and "Nobody Like You", the album's principal ballad[6](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days/1163805314) • [13](https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/little-mix/12380).
## Commercial performance and records
In its first chart week *Glory Days* shifted just over 96,000 combined sales, taking Number 1 ahead of Metallica's *Hardwired… to Self-Destruct* and [Bruno Mars](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruno-mars)' *24K Magic*[1](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-becomes-their-first-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__17235/). It was the highest first-week sale for a UK girl group Number 1 since the [Spice Girls](https://www.edgepedia.org/spice-girls)' *Spiceworld* opened with 192,000 in 1997, and the fastest-selling Number 1 album by any girl group in 15 years[1](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-becomes-their-first-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__17235/).
Its chart life outlasted its sales peak. The album spent a year continuously in the UK Top 40, dipped out for a single week, and returned to the Top 10; by early 2018 it had accumulated 69 weeks in the Top 40, overtaking albums by the Spice Girls, Eternal, and [Diana Ross](https://www.edgepedia.org/diana-ross) and the Supremes to become the longest-reigning Top 40 girl group album ever[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-sets-uk-chart-record-as-the-longest-reigning-top-40-girl-group-album-ever__22376/). The total later reached 89 weeks[3](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/15/little-mix-lm5-review). Official Charts ranks it as Little Mix's biggest UK album, with 1.2 million chart sales, ahead of *Get Weird* at 950,000[8](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-official-biggest-albums-in-the-uk-ranked-and-revealed__31559/). The Guardian reported in 2019 that it was the group's first album to shift more than a million copies in the UK[15](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/05/little-mix-on-piers-morgan-body-shaming-and-simon-cowell), and Little Mix's label RCA describes it as the biggest-selling album by a female group in the UK so far this millennium[16](https://www.rcarecords.co.uk/artists/little-mix).
Stateside performance was weaker: a Guardian review of the follow-up album *LM5* notes there were few takers for *Glory Days* in the US, where the group's popularity had waned from the Top 10 placings of their early albums[3](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/15/little-mix-lm5-review).
The album was supported by The Glory Days Tour across UK and Irish arenas in 2017, announced at release[4](https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/little-mix-release-new-album-glory-days/).
## Critical reception
The Guardian's review, published the day before release, called the record "a chart-ready triple threat of weepy piano ballads, pop bangers and on-trend, Bieberesque EDM" and closed by calling it chart-pop perfection, while questioning how substantial its empowerment message was[17](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/17/little-mix-glory-days-review-perfect-chart-pop-with-added-empowerment). Apple Music's editorial review frames the album as the moment Little Mix cemented their position as the UK's biggest pop act, describing it as the group "at peak powers"[6](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days/1163805314). In interviews around the album's release, Perrie Edwards described making it as "kind of like therapy for us"[18](https://popcrush.com/little-mix-perrie-edwards-glory-days-ariana-grande-interview/).
## The Platinum Edition
A reissue, *Glory Days: The Platinum Edition*, was released on November 24, 2017. It collects the original album with remixed singles, including "Touch" featuring [Kid Ink](https://www.edgepedia.org/kid-ink) and the CNCO "Reggaetón Lento" remix, and reached 48 songs on streaming editions; the CD pressing pairs 16 tracks with a six-item DVD including the documentary *Glory Days: The Documentary* and the era's music videos[11](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days-the-platinum-edition/1309173849) • [14](https://store.little-mix.com/products/glory-days-platinum-edition-cd) • [7](https://littlemix.fandom.com/wiki/Glory_Days). The reissue debuted at number 3 on the [UK Albums Chart](https://www.edgepedia.org/uk-albums-chart), with top 25 placements in Ireland, Australia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, and the group's Summer Hits Tour supported it in 2018[19](https://littlemix.fandom.com/wiki/Glory_Days%3A_The_Platinum_Edition).
## References
1. [Little Mix's Glory Days becomes their first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-becomes-their-first-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__17235/)
2. [Little Mix's Glory Days sets UK chart record as the longest-reigning Top 40 girl group album ever, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-glory-days-sets-uk-chart-record-as-the-longest-reigning-top-40-girl-group-album-ever__22376/)
3. [Little Mix: LM5 review, The Guardian (Alexis Petridis)](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/15/little-mix-lm5-review)
4. [Little Mix release new album 'Glory Days', Sony Music UK](https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/little-mix-release-new-album-glory-days/)
5. [Release group "Glory Days" by Little Mix, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/5f4251cf-80bf-4967-9b0e-a6eac6f8fcca)
6. [Glory Days – Album by Little Mix, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days/1163805314)
7. [Glory Days, Little Mix Wiki (Fandom)](https://littlemix.fandom.com/wiki/Glory_Days)
8. [Little Mix's official biggest albums in the UK ranked and revealed, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/little-mixs-official-biggest-albums-in-the-uk-ranked-and-revealed__31559/)
9. [GLORY DAYS – LITTLE MIX, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/little-mix-glory-days/)
10. [Topics In Analysis And Its Applications (reproduced Little Mix web text: Glory Days singles and BPI certifications)](https://new.horizoneducational.com/book/Resources/fetch.php/Topics_In_Analysis_And_Its_Applications.pdf)
11. [Glory Days: The Platinum Edition – Album by Little Mix, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/glory-days-the-platinum-edition/1309173849)
12. [Little Mix: Glory Days Tracks & Credits, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/glory-days-mw0002990411)
13. [Interview: Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Coup de Main Magazine](https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/little-mix/12380)
14. [Glory Days: The Platinum Edition CD, Little Mix Official Store](https://store.little-mix.com/products/glory-days-platinum-edition-cd)
15. [Little Mix on Piers Morgan, body shaming and Simon Cowell, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/05/little-mix-on-piers-morgan-body-shaming-and-simon-cowell)
16. [Little Mix – Artists, RCA Label Group UK](https://www.rcarecords.co.uk/artists/little-mix)
17. [Little Mix: Glory Days review – perfect chart-pop, with added empowerment, The Guardian (Hannah J Davies)](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/17/little-mix-glory-days-review-perfect-chart-pop-with-added-empowerment)
18. [Interview: Little Mix's Perrie Edwards Talks 'Glory Days', PopCrush](https://popcrush.com/little-mix-perrie-edwards-glory-days-ariana-grande-interview/)
19. [Glory Days: The Platinum Edition, Little Mix Wiki (Fandom)](https://littlemix.fandom.com/wiki/Glory_Days%3A_The_Platinum_Edition)
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