Jesy Nelson
English singer
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| May 18 2025 | Announced the birth of her twin daughters on Instagram. |
| May 15 2025 | Gave birth to twin daughters Ocean Jade Nelson-Foster and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster, born prematurely at 31 weeks and 5 days due to a high-risk pregnancy complicated by twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. |
| January 2025 | Nelson and Zion Foster announced they were expecting twins. |
| August 2 2024 | Collaborated with Zion Foster on the single 'Mine'. |
| April 14 2023 | Released her second official solo single 'Bad Thing' independently, receiving praise from Women's Aid for the song's themes of domestic abuse. The single peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart. |
| November 2022 | Nelson began dating rapper Zion Foster. |
| July 2022 | Announced split from Polydor Records due to 'creative differences', with her debut album remaining unreleased. |
| October 8 2021 | Released her debut solo single 'Boyz' featuring Nicki Minaj, which debuted at number four on the UK Singles Chart. |
| August 2021 | Nelson gave an interview to The Guardian criticizing The X Factor for lack of support during online trolling and discussing her mental health struggles. |
| May 2021 | Faced accusations of 'blackfishing' after the release of her music video 'Boyz'. |
| May 2021 | Signed a record deal with Polydor Records and announced plans to release solo music. |
| May 2021 | Nelson was accused of 'blackfishing', with her name trending on Twitter after users realized she is white. |
| 2020 | Nominated again for CelebMix Awards 'Biggest Inspiration' |
| 2020 | Won Visionary Honours Awards 'Documentary of the Year' for 'Odd One Out' |
| 2020 | Won National Television Awards in Factual Entertainment category for 'Odd One Out' |
| 2020 | Won PLT Awards 'Inspirational Influencer of the Year' |
| December 14 2020 | Nelson announced her departure from Little Mix due to struggles with mental health. |
| November 2020 | Little Mix's publicist announced Nelson would take an extended break from the pop group for 'private medical reasons'. |
| April 2020 | Nelson and Chris Hughes split up. |
| 2019 | Won Metro UK Awards 'Celeb of the Year' |
| 2019 | Nelson releases the documentary 'Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out', which addresses her struggles with body image, mental health, and online bullying. The documentary wins the Factual Entertainment Award at the 25th National Television Awards and the Visionary Honour Award for Documentary of the Year. |
| 2019 | Jesy Nelson was nominated for CelebMix Awards 'Biggest Inspiration' |
| January 2019 | Nelson began dating Love Island contestant Chris Hughes. |
| 2018 | Co-writes songs for Little Mix's LM5 album, including 'Strip' with Sharaya J and 'Love a Girl Right' |
| November 2018 | Nelson ended a 16-month relationship with musician Harry James. |
| June 2018 | Nelson posted an Instagram image wearing dreadlocks, which was later deleted after criticism of cultural appropriation. |
| 2017 | Nelson had a brief relationship with Chris Clark. |
| 2016 | Co-authored the group book 'Our World' with her Little Mix bandmates, providing insights into their life and career. |
| 2016 | Continues songwriting for Little Mix's Glory Days album, co-writing 'Shout Out to My Ex', 'Freak', 'Down & Dirty', and 'Private Show' |
| November 2016 | Nelson and Jake Roche ended their engagement and broke up. |
| 2015 | Co-writes multiple tracks for Little Mix's Get Weird album, including 'Grown', 'OMG', 'I Love You', 'Lightning', 'I Won't', and 'Clued Up'. Also co-writes Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea's 'Pretty Girls' single |
| July 19 2015 | Nelson became engaged to Jake Roche. |
| 2014 | Nelson began dating Rixton lead singer Jake Roche. |
| 2013 | Continues co-writing for Little Mix's album Salute, contributing to songs 'Salute', 'Move', and 'Little Me' |
| 2012 | Published her first book 'Little Mix: ready to fly' alongside her bandmates Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall, documenting the group's early journey. |
| 2012 | Jesy Nelson co-writes multiple songs for Little Mix's debut album DNA, including 'Wings', 'DNA', 'Change Your Life', and 'How Ya Doin'?' |
| 2012 | Nelson began dating Diversity dancer Jordan Banjo, but they separated after a year together. |
| December 11 2011 | Little Mix won the eighth series of the UK version of The X Factor, becoming the first band to win the British version of the show. |
| October 28 2011 | The band's name was changed from Rhythmix to Little Mix during The X Factor competition. |
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