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. On 27 July 2012, they were formed as a group at the end of bootcamp by Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. franchiseįifth Harmony is composed of five singers who all successfully auditioned as soloists on the second season of The X Factor USA in 2012, but failed to progress individually to the judges' houses stage of the competition. With over 5.5 million certified digital singles sold, Fifth Harmony has emerged as the most successful alumni from the X Factor U.S. Their lead single, "Work from Home" from their sophomore album, 7/27, continued to replicate similar success, becoming the group's first top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100. and reached the top 10 in thirteen countries. The latter achieved triple platinum certification in the U.S. The album included the platinum singles "Boss", "Sledgehammer" and "Worth It". The group released their debut studio album, Reflection in February 2015 debuting at number five on the Billboard 200 and receiving a Gold certification from the RIAA. The following year, they won the Artist to Watch award at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Their debut EP, Better Together was released in 2013 with a first week position of number six on the U.S. įollowing their exit from The X Factor, they released their debut single "Miss Movin' On". Reid's record label, after finishing in third place on the show.įollowing their exit from The X Factor, they released their debut single "Miss. They signed a joint deal with Syco Music, owned by Simon Cowell, and Epic Records, L.A. The group consists of members Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane, Camila Cabello, and Lauren Jauregui. NORMANI: Yeah, and two bands collaborating would be cool.ĭINAH: Plus, it would be two different genres so that would be cool.Fifth Harmony is an American five-piece girl group formed on the second season of the The X Factor USA in July 2012. NORMANI: That would be kind of awesome to do a collaboration with our brothers.ĬAMILA: Emblem 3 is awesome and we formed a great relationship on the show so I think it would be awesome to. Would you ever consider working with Emblem 3? We wrote so many songs for it.ĭINAH: Let’s say pop with a little bit of R&B!ĭINAH: Its like pop retro. So I think its really great to take initiative to our own group and our own image.Ĭrazy how your very first album will be out soon!ĪLLY: We are super excited on it and have been working really hard on it.ĭINAH: The albums almost finished. What advice did you take away from the show?ĪLLY: I think it was to take ownership of us and of the group and really know who we are because in the end we’re the ones that are going out there and have to have a certain image and a certain presentation that we want to present to the world. What was your favorite song that you were the most proud of? I actually think, “Let It Be” because it’s a Beatles song and it’s so hard-I don’t think we made it as good as the original but it was a challenge even considering to do it. NORMANI: I think “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”
LAUREN: Yeah, and in difficult as in terms of hard to do, I think “I’ll Stand By You” was the most difficult to put together and figure what to do with it to make it special. What was the most challenging cover song you did while on the X Factor?ĭINAH: I think, “Let It Be.” We had a story behind it too because that was the week the kids passed away at school and we dedicated it to them.