Salute (Little Mix album)

Salute
Studio album by Little Mix
Released	8 November 2013
Recorded	2013
Studio	The Boom Boom Room (Burbank, California) The Hide Out Studios (London, United Kingdom)
Genre	Pop hip hop soul R&B
Length	43:06
Label	Syco Columbia
Producer	TMS Future Cut Fred Ball MNEK Nathan Duvall Electric Ash Howes Richard "Biff" Stannard RyKeyz Nicky D'Silva
Little Mix chronology
DNA (2012) Salute (2013) Get Weird (2015)
Singles from Salute
"Move" Released: 3 November 2013 "Little Me" Released: 30 December 2013 "Salute" Released: 2 May 2014

Salute is the second studio album by British girl group Little Mix. It was released on 8 November 2013 by Syco Music.^[1]

Background

In an interview with Digital Spy in March 2013, Little Mix said that they wanted their second album to have a more R&B sound.^[2] Group member Jesy Nelson added: "I personally want to put a lot more dancey stuff in there. As in, one of the songs that comes on in a club that makes you want to dance. Not that David Guetta sound, but more R&B – a bit like Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". They also revealed that they would be starting to write material for the album in the coming months.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.5/10[3]
Metacritic	66/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Digital Spy	[6]
Evening Standard	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
Los Angeles Times	[9]
musicOMH	[10]
The Observer	[11]

Upon its release, Salute received positive reviews from music critics.

Track listing

Salute – Standard edition
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Salute"	TMS	3:56
2.	"Move"	Duvall	3:44
3.	"Little Me"	TMS	3:55
4.	"Nothing Feels like You"	MNEK	3:27
5.	"Towers"	Electric	3:58
6.	"Competition"	TMS	3:27
7.	"These Four Walls"	Stannard Howes	3:28
8.	"About the Boy"	TMS	3:44
9.	"Boy"	Fred Ball	2:54
10.	"Good Enough"	TMS	3:52
11.	"Mr Loverboy"	RyKeyz	3:14
12.	"A Different Beat"	TMS Nicky D'Silva (add.)	3:27
Total length:			43:06

UK & US deluxe edition bonus disc and European bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"See Me Now"	Ball	3:43
14.	"They Just Don't Know You"	Ball	3:55
15.	"Stand Down"	Future Cut	3:39
16.	"Little Me" (Unplugged)		3:56
Total length:			58:19

French bonus track
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Une Autre Personne" (Tal with Little Mix)	Gary Fico Tiery-F	4:01
Total length:			62:20

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Move" (Deekly And Eightysix Remix)	Deekly And Eightysix	3:21
18.	"Move" (Over Exposure Remix)	Over Exposure	5:53
19.	"Move" (The Alias Radio Edit)	The Alias J. Gingell B. Stone Pete Hofmann	3:46
20.	"Wings" (Japanese Version)	TMS	3:42
Total length:			75:01

Expanded Edition [12]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
4.	"Word Up!"	Cottone TMS	3:28
18.	"Move" (The Alias Radio Edit)	The Alias J. Gingell B. Stone Pete Hofmann	3:46
19.	"Little Me" (DE$iGNATED Radio Remix)		3:48
20.	"Word Up!" (The Alias Radio Edit)		3:28
21.	"Salute" (Single Version)	TMS	3:08
Total length:			76:00

Salute - Rarities & Remixes [13]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Salute" (Troyboi Remix)	3:36
2.	"Salute" (Anakyan Remix)	5:12
3.	"Word Up!" (Extended Mix)	5:00
4.	"Move" (Deekly and Eightysix Remix)	3:19
5.	"Move" (Mike Delinquent Remix)	5:19
6.	"Move" (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Mix)	3:43
7.	"Move" (Over Exposure Remix)	5:51
8.	"Move" (Acoustic) (Live)	2:57
9.	"Who's Lovin You" (Live)	1:08
Total length:		36:19

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2013) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 4 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 56 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 80 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 7 Croatian International Albums (HDU)[18] 20 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 25 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 49 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 50 French Albums (SNEP)[22] 32 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 90 Greek Albums (IFPI)[24] 74 Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 7 Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 21 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27] 11 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[28] 19 Scottish Albums (OCC)[29] 5 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[30] 17 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 53 UK Albums (OCC)[32] 4 US Billboard 200[33] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position UK Albums (OCC)[34] 45 Chart (2014) Position UK Albums (OCC)[35] 84 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[36] Gold 20,000 United Kingdom (BPI)[37] Platinum 300,000^* ^*sales figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Regions	Date	Format(s)	Label
Ireland[38]	8 November 2013	CD digital download	Syco Music
Poland[39]
United Kingdom[40]	11 November 2013
Italy[41]	12 November 2013
Australia[42]	15 November 2013		Sony Music Australia
New Zealand[43]			Syco Music
United States[44]	4 February 2014		Columbia Records

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