Little Mix hope to beat Ed Sheeran to number 1 as 3-piece after Jesy Nelson quit

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They were left stunned by the news that their bandmate Jesy Nelson was quitting after nearly a decade together. But after a tough couple of months, Little Mix are hoping to score their first No1 as a three-piece.

Sweet Melody, by remaining members Perrie Edwards, 27, Jade Thirwall, 28 and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 29, climbed eight places to No1 in the midweek charts.

If it’s still top on Friday, it will be the band’s fifth UK No1 single. Posting their first video without Jesy, 29, the trio said: “We can’t wait to see you all again very soon.

PS, Sweet Melody is the perfect song for the top of your New Year playlists.” But the girls have a fight on their hands to keep Ed Sheeran ’s sur­­prise Christmas release Afterglow at No2, as fewer than