This is an accepted version of this page Glory Days is the fourth studio album by British girl group Little Mix, released on 18 November 2016 by Syco Music and Columbia Records.

Glory Days showcased the best first-week sales so far in Little Mix's career, selling 100,000 copies in its first week.

It entered the top ten in Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Spain, and charted in other regions including Italy, Germany, and the United States, where it peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard 200.

"Shout Out to My Ex" was released as the lead single on 16 October 2016, and was premiered on the day of The X Factor UK results show.

[13] The sixth and final promotional single, "Down & Dirty", was released on 17 November, and peaked at number 159 in the UK.

It has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling over 400,000 copies in the country.

To promote the album, the group scheduled a promotional campaign called the Glory Days Road Trip, which visited the UK, Australia, the US, France, Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Finland and Singapore.

[16] Little Mix also made televised and award show appearances between 2016 and 2018 to promote the album across Europe, America, Asia, and Australia.

It kicked off on 21 May 2017 in Birkenhead, England, and ended on 25 March 2018 in Kobe, Japan, where Little Mix headlined the POPSPRING festival.

[23] AllMusic stated that Glory Days "finds the group delivering a set of hooky, smartly crafted songs that balance swaggering, '60s-style R&B with stylish, electronic-tinged dance-pop".

They also added that "Little Mix's vocal grit and sassy group chemistry make Glory Days such a celebratory album".

[1] In another positive review, Digital Spy wrote, "Little Mix have put together their most personal album yet, without sacrificing big hooks, a mainstream pop sensibility and plenty of sassy attitude."

The article continued by saying "Glory Days hears four young women come together with a very real bond, making their message all the more believable.

[28] The Evening Standard praised Little Mix for surviving with their fourth studio album, writing "Glory Days mostly sticks to their winning formula", and adding that "the foursome have carved out a pop niche for themselves".

[29] Time Out said that the album "has already earned its super-confident title", with the chart-topping single "Shout Out to My Ex" and added that "Little Mix sing brilliantly and sound like they’re having a ball.

[35] Glory Days spent a total of five consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, becoming the longest charting girl group number-one album this millennium since the Spice Girls spent 15 weeks at number one with Spice in 1996.

[37] All four of the album's singles have been certified platinum or higher by the British Phonographic Industry, making Little Mix the only girl group apart from the Spice Girls to have all singles from one album achieve at least platinum status in the United Kingdom.

In the United States, Glory Days, peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200 and reached the charts in nineteen additional music markets including Japan, Germany, and Canada.

[53] Since its release Glory Day's broke various records and is regarded as one of the most successful girl group albums of the 2010s.

[65] Glory Day's, for four consecutive years was ranked as one of the best selling albums in the United Kingdom between 2016 and 2019.