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Fifth Harmony (formerly known as LYLAS and 1432) is an American girl group formed on the second season of the X Factor USA.
The group consists of members Ally Brooke Hernandez, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane Hansen, Camila Cabello, and Lauren Jauregui.
They signed a joint deal with Syco Music, owned by Simon Cowell, and Epic Records, L.A.
Reid's record label, after finishing in third place behind Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar on the show.Fifth Harmony won MTV's Artist To Watch award at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
Following their exit from The X Factor, their debut single "Miss Movin' On" was released and peaked at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 digital downloads.
Their debut EP, Better Together was released in 2013 with a first week position of number six on the US Billboard 200.
Following the release of singles, "BO$$" (2014) and "Sledgehammer" (2014), both of which were certified Gold by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 digital downloads, their debut studio album, Reflection was released in February 2015 .
The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, with 80,000 units sold in the first week.
The album was also supported by the group's first major headlining tour, the Reflection Tour.
In conjunction with the tour announcement on January 7, 2015, a cover of the hit song "Uptown Funk" was uploaded onto Fifth Harmony's YouTube account, featuring the group and their three opening acts.The Reflection Tour started on February 27, 2015, in San Francisco.
Jasmine V, Jacob Whitesides and Mahogany Lox were the opening acts.
When it ended on March 27, 2015, in Philadelphia, a second leg was announced for July 15 through September 15.Fifth Harmony has emerged as the most successful alumni from the X Factor US franchise and have also been labeled the most influential contestant to come from the series.2012: The X FactorFifth Harmony is composed of five singers who all successfully auditioned as soloists on The X Factor, but failed to progress individually to the Judges' Houses stage of the competition.
They were later formed as a group at the end of bootcamp by Simon Cowell, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category.
Originally, the group's name was "LYLAS" (acronym for Love You Like a Sister), but another group called "The Lylas" (which consists of four of Bruno Mars' sisters) claimed that the show stole their name.
Thereafter, LYLAS changed their name to 1432 (which stands for I Love You Too), which was announced on the first live show on October 31, 2012, during which 1432 performed "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift.
Simon Cowell and L.A.
Reid were critical of the new name, and Cowell suggested that the group be renamed again.
During the first live results show on November 1, 2012, 1432 performed "Skyscraper" by Demi Lovato in a sing-off with Sister C.
Cowell decided to send 1432 through to the Top 12 and he announced that they would be renamed by the viewers online.
The name chosen by the public was announced: "Fifth Harmony".In the semi-finals stage of the show, they performed Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen" as well as Shontelle's "Impossible" (for the second time during the competition).
Their performance of "Anything Could Happen" was "a finals-caliber performance" according to L.A.
Reid and described as "magic" by Britney Spears.
Their performance of "Impossible" received mostly negative reviews from the judges because the group had previously performed the song at Simon Cowell's home (although not on The X Factor concert stage).
Three members of the group (Camila, Lauren, and Ally) sang parts of the song in fluent Spanish.
The following night's public vote results advanced Fifth Harmony to the final 3 along with Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar.
On the Top three live show, Fifth Harmony performed Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen" for the second time as their "Song of the Series" song.
Their second song was a duet with The X Factor judge Demi Lovato singing "Give Your Heart a Break".
Their final song of the night was "Let It Be" by The Beatles, billed as their "$5 million song".
After the first round of the finals they did not receive enough votes from the public to advance to the Top 2, and they finished in 3rd place on December 20, 2012.2013–14: Better TogetherApproximately one month following the X Factor season 2 finale, on January 14, 2013, Fifth Harmony was voted the "Next Pop Superstar of 2013" by Popdust Magazine They started putting covers on YouTube.
Three of these covers received public praise from the original artists, namely Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and Mikky Ekko.
Fifth Harmony was also featured on Boyce Avenue's 2013 EP "Cover Collaborations, Volume 2", singing covers of "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake and "When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars.Their debut Extended Play (EP), Better Together was released October 22, peaking on the Billboard 200 at number six, selling 28,000 copies in its first week.
The EP also peaked at number 3 in the US Billboard Digital Albums chart.
Spanish versions of the EP, Juntos and Juntos Acoustic was released on November 8, peaking at number two and 12 respectively on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.
The EP's lead single, "Miss Movin' On" peaked in the US Billboard Hot 100 at number seventy-six, becoming the highest charting single from an The X Factor contestant to appear on the chart.
Also, the song charted on the US Billboard Streaming Songs chart at number 45 and on the US Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart at number 4.
The song was certified Gold for selling 500,000 copies.
"Miss Movin' On" was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Break-Up Song.
The EP's promotional single, "Me & My Girls" charting on the US Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart at number seventeen and on the Hot Digital Songs chart at fifty-three.
"Me & My Girls" won an Radio Disney Music Award for "Best Song to Rock Out to With Your BFFs".Throughout the months of July and August 2013, Fifth Harmony performed at shopping malls across the United States in a tour titled "Harmonize America".
On August 5, 2013 the girl group celebrated their one-year anniversary by performing five shows in New York City.
The pop-up concerts throughout the city included performances at the iHeartRadio Theater and Madison Square Park.
The group was one of the opening acts for Cher Lloyd during her I Wish Tour which started on September 6, 2013.
On September 11, 2013 the girl group revealed that they would be headlining their first concert hall tour "Fifth Harmony 2013", playing concert halls in Canada and the US.
Their opening act is indie pop band AJR.
Fifth Harmony appeared at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards alongside Demi Lovato to present the Acuvue Inspire Award to Nick Jonas.
On November 24, they performed "Better Together" on the red carpet at the 2013 American Music Awards.Demi Lovato revealed on On Air with Ryan Seacrest on September 30, 2013 that Fifth Harmony was one of two opening acts for her 2014 Neon Lights Tour playing 27 arenas across North America.
On January 23, 2014, Fifth Harmony headlined the MTV Artists To Watch concert, an annual concert which showcases breakout artists that will be promoted by MTV during the year.
The 2014 concert also featured performances by Tori Kelly, Rixton, Echosmith and Jake Miller.2014–present: ReflectionIn early 2014, Fifth Harmony confirmed reports that recording had begun for their full-length debut album with record producers Julian Bunetta, Daylight, Joe London and multi-instrumentalist songwriter Ricky Reed.
The group stated the album is less pop, "more rhythmic" and has a more mature sound than Better Together.
Fifth Harmony's fourth headlining tour was revealed at the end of March 2014, titled Fifth Times a Charm Tour, with dates in Puerto Rico and the US.
It was announced by Billboard that a rep from Epic Records confirmed that the album release was moved from December 16, 2014 to January 27, 2015.Their debut studio album, Reflection was released on February 3, 2015.
After a full week of sales, Reflection entered the US Billboard 200 at number five with 80,000 units (with 62,000 of that coming from traditional album sales).
The album's lead single, "Boss", released on July 7, 2014, peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with first-week sales of 75,000, becoming the group's highest-charting song as well as their song with the highest first week sales at the time.
The song charted on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 at number 37, as well as in other countries such as the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 75.
"Boss" received a Gold certification in the US.
The second single from Reflection, the Meghan Trainor-penned "Sledgehammer", went on to become Fifth Harmony's first Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and highest charting single on the Mainstream Top 40 chart peaking at number 21.
"Sledgehammer" also became the group's highest-charting single in Canada, peaking at number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100.
On January 30, 2015, Sledgehammer was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 500,000 copies in the United States.
The third single from the album, "Worth It", featuring American rapper Kid Ink, made its peak position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at 21, making it their second Top 40 hit and highest-charting single in the United States.On October 28, the group made a cameo appearance on MTV’s Faking It, in the episode "The Ecstasy and the Agony" performing a cover of the New Kids On The Block’s 1988 hit single “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”.
On December 4, 2014, they were invited to sing at the White House for the National Christmas Tree Lighting, where they performed a cover of Mariah Carey's hit Christmas song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
Fifth Harmony returned to the White House on April 6, 2015 to perform at the annually-held White House Easter Egg Roll.
Fifth Harmony were scheduled to perform on the Billboard Music Awards but due to some issues only presented on stage.
They performed their Top 20, hit single "Worth It" on the Dancing with the Stars Finale.
They are scheduled to perform in the Capital FM Summertime Ball 2015.ArtistryFifth Harmony cites Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, Whitney Houston, the Spice Girls and Destiny's Child as their main influences.
Fifth Harmony also cites solo artists Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Selena, Celia Cruz, Alejandro Fernandez, and Leona Lewis as sources of musical inspiration.They have described their music as having a "retro feel" to it as well.
Each member has a different voice type: Lauren has an mature, smoky voice, which brings a fierce and "feisty flavor", Camila has a unique voice that gives the group a "raw edge", Normani has a bluesy vocal style that comes from her roots as a gospel singer, Ally has a "powerful" vocal range which has vibrant energy and Dinah has drawn comparisons to Beyoncé and Alicia Keys.PhilanthropyFifth Harmony supports a number of charities and organizations whose initiatives are focused on sponsoring underprivileged teenagers and promoting youth empowerment.
In November 2013 they partnered with the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, and visited patients at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
They have also performed for patients at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
In 2013, Fifth Harmony took part in the Social Media Mania initiative, sponsored by the executive producers of the Teen Choice Awards, which included seminars at high schools on topics such as promoting social media awareness and protecting against the dangers of technology misuse; and two members of the quintet also shared some of their own experiences as victims of cyber bullying.Fifth Harmony has a partnership with Girl Scouts of America, performing a number of free concerts for young girls who have participated in various fund-raising and charitable activities for the organisation.
Fifth Harmony has performed concerts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio and Virginia.The girl group participated in Goodwill Industries' 2013 Fall Haul Donation Challenge whereby schools in Wisconsin and Illinois were encouraged to donate as many items as possible to the charity organization; the school with the most donations won a private live Fifth Harmony performance.
It was revealed in January 2014 that Fifth Harmony is the new face of the Aéropostale and Do Something Teens for Jeans campaign.
The girl group recorded a public service announcement encouraging community-driven donations of "gently worn" denims to the campaign, in aid of homeless teens.In conjunction with the release of Fifth Harmony's single "BO$$", the group launched a self-esteem campaign in partnership with "Do Something" called #ImABOSS.
The campaign runs from July 9, 2014 to September 9, 2014 and it encourages young people to make signs for their friends that include a compliment or unique trait of those friends.
Pictures of the signs can be entered into a competition with prizes including scholarship money and a chance to meet Fifth Harmony.
The purpose of the campaign is stated to be to instill confidence and kindness in the youth.
Fifth Harmony member Ally Brooke was quoted as saying, "We believe that everyone is the boss of something.
The #ImABoss campaign is exactly in line with our new single BO$$ because it's all about owning and sharing what makes you confident and strong."Endorsements and sponsorshipsIn December 2013, Fifth Harmony was revealed as the faces of Jovani Fashions' Prom 2014 line.
This included a feature spread in Seventeen and a competition with the prize of having the girl group perform at the winner's high school prom.On January 30, 2014, Fifth Harmony invited members of the media to The Grammy Museum for a press conference to reveal the group's new multi-year partnership with Mattel's Barbie brand.
The girl group recorded a global brand anthem for Barbie, "Anything Is Possible", which they performed at the press conference.
The line of dolls was revealed in November 2014.As opening act on Demi Lovato's Neon Lights Tour, Fifth Harmony teamed up with Clean & Clear.
The group recorded a series of commercials for the product, which were shown to arenas of concert attendees and later uploaded onto Clean & Clear's YouTube profile.
Clean & Clear also sponsored a "meet and greet" competition for Fifth Harmony fans to meet the girl group backstage at each tour stop.
In August 2014, Clean & Clear commercials featuring Fifth Harmony were played on the MTV channel in the run-up to the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.In June 2014, Sony Music Entertainment announced that they would be launching endorsement deals between Fifth Harmony and a number of companies, including two clothing lines with Wet Seal.
The first clothing line with Wet Seal was launched in August 2014 in 200 stores across America, featuring a collection from each member based on their individual style.
Among other licensing agreements signed by Sony Music on behalf of Fifth Harmony were JCorp (apparel), Accessory Innovations (accessories), Brown Trout (posters) and Sky High (back-to-school supplies).