DNA is the debut studio album by British girl group Little Mix, released on 19 November 2012 through Syco Music and Columbia Records.

The album's lead single, "Wings", reached number one in the UK and Ireland as well as charting in Australia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Canada and the US.

[6][7] In 2011, Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson individually auditioned successfully as soloists for the eighth series of the UK version of The X Factor in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Tulisa and Kelly Rowland.

The group, rechristened Little Mix, were mentored by Tulisa and reached the live shows, and survived the public vote each week without ever being in the bottom two.

[9][10] On 25 January 2012, the group made an appearance at the National Television Awards, and performed the En Vogue song "Don't Let Go (Love)".

They also accompanied X Factor judges Barlow and Tulisa on stage to receive the Best Talent Show award won by the programme.

[11] During an interview backstage, the group confirmed that they themselves had been writing material for their debut album, but had not yet received any input from Barlow, and that plans to release their next single in March of that year were underway.

[12] On 30 May 2012, the group announced through a live stream via Twitcam that their new single would be called "Wings", and a short snippet would premiere on Channel 4 that week after being played at their filming session for Alan Carr: Chatty Man.

[13] "Wings" received its official premiere on BBC Radio 1 on 2 July 2012 and was released on 24 August 2012, reaching number one in the UK[14] and Ireland as well as charting in Australia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Canada and the US.

featuring American rapper Missy Elliott was released on 15 April 2013 as the fourth and final single from the album, bot of which reached the top 20 in the UK.

[citation needed] Their Australian promotional tour lasted a week and destinations included Sydney and Melbourne.

[citation needed] The girls made their subsequent performances in France and Italy for the Album's April release.

[citation needed] As part of the promotion, Little Mix performed an acoustic version of DNA on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, as well as on ITV show Loose Women on 23 November 2012.

For the single, "Wings", Little Mix worked with TMS, who co-produced the albums of MOBO-winning artists Emeli Sandé and Tinchy Stryder.

The single version features singer/rapper, Missy Elliott and premiered on UK radio station Capital FM on 27 March 2013.

Al Fox from BBC Music was positive stating, "With placid, feline production, tight harmonies and breezy beats, much of DNA ambles along the well-trodden path of the temperate demi-ballad.

"[31] Rebecca Nicholson from The Guardian commented, "Their debut album arrives a year after the fact, and establishes their identity nicely, which is to say that they're being positioned as a sort of updated Girls Aloud with enormous drums and plenty of very "now" early-90s R&B references...When off-kilter beats collide with impeccable harmonies and pleasingly daft lyrics (literally, in the case of Madhouse, with its "Men in white coats, don't take me back there" line), it sounds like pop as it should be...", awarding the album three out of five stars.

In the United Kingdom, as part of Amazon's Black Friday Deals Week, more than 500 customised versions of the album were sold out in just 13 seconds of release online.