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Little Mix "dream" of working with Nicki Minaj.
The 'Wings' hitmakers - who have teamed up with both Jessie J and Jess Glynne for tracks on their forthcoming new album - are hoping they can find the right song on which to record with the 'Starships' singer.
Jade Thirlwall said: "We'd always wanted to work with Jessie J, but we'd never found the right time before. We really, really want to get Nicki Minaj on a track."
Her bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock added: "That's literally the dream. We say it all the time: we want a collaboration with Nicki. But it's about getting the right track, and obviously we do the album and then we go back and see what could use a feature. This album is open to suggestions."
The group - which also includes Jesy Nelson and Perrie Edwards - think their new album has "more personality" than their previous efforts and a much more "pop" sound.
Jade said: "Yeah album three is a lot more pop. It's more fun, and has more personality, I would say. We always say that if you put us four girls in a room for hours chatting away, that's what the album is. It's very real to what we would say and the little things we do. I feel like it's our strongest album yet."
While the quartet are delighted with their success so far, they have now set their sights on making a global name for themselves.
Jade told Digital Spy: "We've done so well so far and we are successful, but we just want that big song that explodes everywhere. It's about time that happened - especially in America and all over the world really. The UK have seen us be successful now, and it's just about taking that everywhere else. Representing Britain!"

Florence + the Machine think it would be "wonderful" to headline Glastonbury.
The 28-year-old singer admitted she's secretly relieved her band are not headlining the iconic festival this year, following several rumours they would be, but said she would love to top the bill at some point in the future.
She said: "I think I'm quite happy with where we are.
"It would be wonderful to headline, but also I don't know how I'd be dealing with that right now."
The 'Say My Name' hitmaker - whose third studio album 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful' is out this week - said the pressure would be particularly bad if they were headlining, having recently broken her foot at Coachella festival in California, but still insisted "anything could happen" when she performs on the Pyramid Stage.
She told the latest issue of NME magazine: "I'm not really planning what's going to happen at Glastonbury, because I just don't know. It's almost quite hard for me to remember gigs sometimes, because I just don't know what happens. It's almost as if something else completely takes over. So if I'm back in fully charged feet mode, I'm nervous for what's going to happen. It's this sense that anything could happen."
Florence's comments follow a criticism of the festival from The Vaccines, who said the 'Ship to Wreck' singer should have been a headliner because there aren't enough festivals putting women at the top of line-ups.
Frontman Justin Young told Digital Spy: "I would've had Florence headline.
"I know she's playing anyway, but people are complaining about the lack of women at the top of festival bills and the lack of new artists.
"There's a great artist who's huge as well and progressing in more than one sense of the word. Whether that's your thing or not I think it would've been a really big statement if Glastonbury put her at the top of the bill."

G.R.L. have split up.
The girl group's management and record label has confirmed the band, made up of Paula Van Oppen, Natasha Slayton, Lauren Bennett and Emmalyn Estrada, have disbanded nine months after the untimely death of member Simone Battle.
A statement from their labels Kemosabe Records and RCA Records, their manager Larry Rudolph and choreographer Robin Antin said: "Nearly 9 months following the tragic death of band member Simone Battle, girl group G.R.L. announces today that they are disbanding.
"We wish them continued success in each of their next creative endeavours."
Simone passed away after committing suicide in September aged 25, although the girls had previously vowed they would stay together following the tragedy.
Lauren said in January: "There was never a question that we weren't going to break up. We didn't know what was going to happen - we really didn't even think about it. We just got back together and just continued to do what we're doing today, to stay close, and that's just how it is. That's where we are now."
She has since taken to Twitter to thank the band's fans for their support, writing: "Thank u all for ridin with GRL thru the tough times.. I know it's all a bit confusing but I love you all, and care never forget.(sic)"

Zedd has blasted electronic dance music for being "boring".
The musician - who recently split from singer Selena Gomez - has confessed he finds the music that brought him success in the charts to be uninspiring and he is ultimately "bored of it".
He said: "To be completely honest, I'm not very inspired by EDM at all. I have a really hard time listening to EDM and being like, "Wow, that's really inspiring, I want to do something like that."
The 25-year-old DJ - whose real name is Anton Zaslavski - collaborated with singer Foxes to create chart-topping EDM single 'Clarity in 2013 and has since produced the dance hit 'Break Free' for Ariana Grande, but insists he prefers to listen to bands such as Beatles to give him direction for his future music.
When quizzed about what influences his writing style, he revealed: "I'm way more inspired listening to, song-structure-wise, the Beatles. The Beatles have never stretched things unnecessarily if it didn't help the song.
"[In] dance music, you will sometimes find those structure of, like, a one-minute intro. And, like, why do you need a one-minute intro? That's not necessary at all. I kind of went about it in a very Beatles way. Or Queen is a huge influence for me. Bands like Silverchair and Radiohead. Feeder, Queens of the Stone Age."
And now he is distancing himself from electronic music, he admitted his next collection could be entirely different as it's "very well possible" he could release an acoustic record.
He told Rolling Stone magazine: "It's boring to stay the same. I can't make 'Clarity' 10 times. I'm bored of it; I made it once and I want to move on. It's important for me that my fans know I'm Zedd the musician, not Zedd the EDM DJ. And if I decide to make an acoustic album next time, which is very well possible, that's still me. My heart is in there. It doesn't mean that sonically the sound will be the same."

Foxes has broken the world record for the most live concerts performed in 12 hours in different cities.
The 26-year-old singer - whose real name is Louisa Rose Allen - has made her way into the Guinness World Records book for the string of shows, which she undertook to raise money for cancer charity Trekstock.
The series of seven gigs kicked off at the University of Southampton Students' Union, before she headed to, Brighton, Guildford, Reading, Oxford, High Wycombe and London, travelling between venues in the new Citroën C1, which she claims has encouraged her to pass her driving test.
After breaking the record, she said: "It's been amazing to see this challenge through to the finishing line. It's been a long day, but I'm so excited to be able to say that I'm now a Guinness World Records title holder. I'd like to say a huge thanks to Citroën and my team for making this become a reality. After taking the New C1 from 'C1ty to C1ty', I'm more determined than ever to pass my driving test and get out on the open road."
She also tweeted: "ONLY WENT AND DID IT!!!!!!#C1tytoC1ty one of those wtf moments. Guinness World record done (sic)."
In order to make it into the record books, the 'C1ty to C1ty' shows had to be located a minimum of 50km apart, with each performance lasting at leas 15 minutes.
During her sets, the Grammy Award winner sang fan favourites including 'Youth', 'Glorious' and 'Let Go For Tonight', and was supported by a different up-and-coming act at each venue.

Muse will headline Lollapalooza Berlin.
The British alternative rockers - fronted by Matt Bellamy - are the final band to have been added to this year's festival, which takes place from 12 - 15 September.
The 'Supermassive Black Hole' hitmakers have played the festival - which takes place at what used to be, Tempelhof, Airport - several times before and will return to play a set, including songs from their latest LP 'Drones'.
The collection is the band's first since 2012's 'The 2nd Law', and he recently revealed he believes it's their best album so far, admitting, "That's not something I've been able to say for a while."
Their performance is noted as the only chance for German fans to see the Grammy Award winning band this year.
The premium European music event, completes its line-up with the final additions of former Jane's Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, who will DJ at the festival, and house music gods The 2 Bears.
Hot Chip and Joywave - who recently supported Brandon Flowers - were also included in the final line-up.
Previously announced headliners, include The Libertines and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis alongside the likes of Chvrches, Bastille, Fatboy Slim and Stereophonics.

Noel Gallagher believes One Direction only have "five years left".
The 47-year-old star has confessed he can't understand why Zayn Malik chose to quit the band to live a "normal life" when he thinks he'd have been able to do that soon enough anyway.
He said: "I can't understand why he would do it - because they've only got, at most, five years left."
Noel added he thinks Zayn should have stuck it out with his bandmates - Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - if only to line his pockets for a few more years.
Speaking to James Corden on 'The Late, Late Show', the former Oasis rocker added: "He should just stand at the back, smoke weed, get laid, just pick the cheque up and go home. But he should get himself a good accountant."
The 'Wonderwall' hitmaker's comments come after he said Zayn was "strange" for quitting the band and predicted he won't be the "normal" guy he wants to be in a few years' time.
He said previously: "It's a strange thing for that lad to have done at that age. The greatest quote was - I laughed out loud when I read it, 'I just want to be a normal 22-year-old'. Pfft. Who wants to be a normal 22-year-old?! Hang on a minute. You can be f**king anything that moves and getting paid half a million dollars a week, you f**king idiot. You want to be a normal 22-year-old? Have you met any normal 22-year-olds? They're s**t for brains. What are you talking about, you idiot? God. All those young Japanese girls s***ing me c**k. So shallow and meaningless. I'll say this to you, Zayn, You might have wanted to be a normal 22 year old, but you won't want to be a normal 25 year old!"
Noel's younger brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam Gallagher later jumped to the defence of Zayn and his former bandmates.
He wrote on Twitter: "Hey NG leave those 1d kids alone LG x ... Just coz you have a SAXAPHONE on your new record and you think your all Pink Floyd LG x ... Everybody knows your just another Pr**k in the wall LG x (sic)."

Iggy Azalea cancelled her 'Great Escape tour because of a "creative change of heart".
The 24-year-old rapper axed the string of shows over the weekend, having previously postponed the tour, and has revealed a number of factors contributed to the decision including the fact she wants to get started on something "totally anew".
She said: "I've had a different creative change of heart. I want to start totally anew, and if I stayed on my tour, that would mean I wouldn't even be able to start working on that until after Christmas."
The 'Fancy' hitmaker - who released her debut record 'The New Classic' last year - explained her hectic schedule was another reason behind the choice, insisting she is in desperate need of a break having had very little free time for the past two years.
She continued: "On top of that, mentally, to be honest with you, I just feel I deserve a break. I've been going non-stop for the past two years, nearly every single day. I'm not in a bad place. I think sometimes when you say you need a mental break, people are like, 'A mental break? Be sure you don't have a breakdown because you're sad.' No, not necessarily. It's very emotionally draining to be on all the time and going all the time, planning all the time. It's a lot, and it's tough. I need a break from everything to just enjoy what I worked so hard for, and I don't really feel like I've had a chance to do that."
Eventually, Iggy said she made the difficult decision because there were "so many things" stopping her from doing it, including the fact she struggled to find any opening acts to support her on the tour.
She told Seventeen magazine: "It just seemed like it was so many things pointing me in the direction of not doing [the tour], that I finally thought, when enough things come your way, you can't ignore the signs. It's not easy to decide that the best thing to do is cancel a tour, but that's the best thing for me. I don't want to disappoint fans. I feel really bad. It was a tough decision to make, but it was the best thing."

Lionel Richie decided to "make love to every girl in the world" when he started out in music.
The 'Hello' singer began touring with funk-soul group the Commodores as a youngster, and revealed they all attempted to bed as many women as possible as they travelled around the world.
He said: "When the touring [with the Commodores] started we knew we were gonna do a hundred shows in as many cities, maybe more, in a year. So we decided: we're gonna make love to every girl in the world. That was our mission statement."
The singer, now 65, insisted he kept score of the thousands of women he slept with during the period, which would sometimes be three each day, but revealed it occasionally got too much for him because he still needed the stamina to perform.
He explained: "We all kept score, yeah. We were college guys, so we liked stats. And when you start out, it's madness: there's one in the morning, one in the afternoon, one in the evening. It's great. You're killing it. But all of a sudden you get to the fifth show and you're, like: Everybody get out of my room! You can't do it. I don't care whether you're 19 and sexually possessed - you can't do that and put on high-heeled boots and run across the stage every night."
However, Lionel - who divorced his second wife Diane Alexander in 2004 - said the pressure of performing and seducing women eventually turned him onto drugs.
He continued: "That's why drugs became so inviting: because you get a hit of this, and it gives you the stamina. But how long does it last? And then you're in rehab, and what kind of b******t is that? Or you're falling down on stage and passing out halfway through the show."
And although he enjoyed a promiscuous time in his younger years, he insisted this soon ended when he got scared about fathering children with women he didn't know.
He told GQ magazine: "It wasn't the sex and it wasn't the drugs. It was... babies. Holy s**t! The first time you get that phone call when someone says... hey, guess what? That's called fear, shock and awe. That's when I realised the gun was loaded, you know what I'm saying?"