First hitting the charts as one-fifth of electro-pop vocal group the Saturdays, Mollie King is an English singer and songwriter also known for prior appearances on The X Factor and for her later solo releases.
Born in the London borough of Wandsworth, King skied competitively in her youth, eventually representing Great Britain in alpine skiing before auditioning for the U.K. edition of The X Factor in her late teens. Focusing on singing as her main ambition, she didn't make it through auditions on her first attempt on the show, but did two years later in 2007 as part of the a...