Leigh Anne Pinnock

Awards & Honours

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Leigh-Anne Pinnock's individual achievements extend beyond music. Her 2021 documentary Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power was a landmark moment for conversations about race in British pop music, earning her a National Diversity Award and a Visionary Honour Award from the Black Music Association. She was named one of the UK's most influential Black Britons on the Powerlist in 2022, 2024, and 2025. Her solo debut album My Ego Told Me To charted at number three in the UK, proving her staying power as a solo artist.

AwardsLeigh-Anne has won several individual awards. In 2023, she won Musician of the Year and Breakthrough Artist at the Glamour Awards. In 2021, she won Celebrity of the Year at the National Diversity Awards. She has been named to the Powerlist of influential Black Britons in 2022, 2024, and 2025.

Honours & Distinctions

Visionary Honour Award

Black Music Association·2022

Awarded for her advocacy and documentary work.

Guinness World Record

Guinness World Records·2012

As part of Little Mix, holds the record for highest-charting single by a British girl group in the US in the 2010s ('Wings').

Rankings & Lists

#1-100

Powerlist

Powerlist·2022

#1-100

Powerlist

Powerlist·2024

#1-100

Powerlist

Powerlist·2025

Magazine Covers

Rolling Stone UK

2023

Leigh-Anne: The Power of Pop

Glamour UK

2023

Women of the Year issue

Cosmopolitan UK

2021

Cover feature discussing documentary and motherhood

Records & Feats

First group to win the UK X Factor

Career Milestone·2011

Little Mix became the first group to win the UK version of The X Factor in 2011.