Little Mix's Jesy Nelson says the band feel like Justin Bieber because of their screaming female fans.

The British four piece - comprising Perrie Edwards, Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall - shot to fame after winning the 2011 series of The X Factor.

Little Mix are currently on tour in the UK, and still find their overzealous female following bizarre.

She quipped: "It's mostly teenage girls at our shows so I do feel like I'm Justin Bieber. It's really strange. We were hoping it might happen, but realistically girl bands never really have that kind of following - you know, people banging on car windows."

Edwards added: "There are girls everywhere and the best thing is they know all the words, all the raps. We get so emotional hearing them on stage we just cry."

The band, who released their debut album 'DNA' at the end of last year, want to achieve international recognition, with Edwards revealing that they are focused on cracking the notoriously tough US market.

She told the Daily Star: "We will be going there and working our bums off. We want to be so successful so we'll be doing everything we can to break there. We want to be huge."

Thirlwall added: "'Wings' was written with the US in mind. We have an album that will travel well. We have big ambitions."