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Pentatonix is an acappella American group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola and Matt Sallee vocalists. Avi Kaplan was formerly a member of the group; he was replaced by Sallee in 2017. Characterized by their pop style settings with vocal harmonies, basslines, riffing, percussion and beatboxing, they are widely known for its cover, mostly from modern pop works or Christmas carols, sometimes in the form of medley, with original material. Pentatonix was formed in 2011 and later won third season of NBC's The Sing-Off received $ 200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. When Sony Epic Records dropped the group after The Sing-Off , the group formed its YouTube channel, distributed its music through Madison Gate Records, a label owned by Sony Pictures. With over 13 million subscribers and 2.7 billion views, the Pentatonix YouTube channel is currently the 50th most subscribed channel to YouTube. The group video award to Daft Punk has received over 250 million views in mid-2017.

Their debut EP PTX, Volume 1 was released in 2012, followed by their holiday release PTXmas in the same year, with the third release of Pentatonix, PTX, Vol. II , debuting at number 1 on the Billboard Independent Billboard chart and number 10 on Billboard 200 in 2013. On the month May 2014, the Pentatonix signed a contract with RCA Records, the "flagship" label of Sony Music Entertainment, while in the same year, the group released their fourth EP, PTX, Vol. III , and two full-length studio albums; PTX, Volume. 1 & amp; 2 , a compilation album released in Japan, Korea and Australia, and their second holiday release, That's Christmas for me , with a gold certified album by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), platinum at 24 December 2014 and double platinum on February 11, 2016, became the highest-profile holiday album by a group since 1962, and the fourth best-selling album in the United States in 2014. The following year, the Pentatonix released their eponymous album, the first of which consisted mostly of the original material, which debuted on the US Billboard 200 chart for the first time in their career, followed by a third Christmas album, A Pentatonix Christmas, in 2016, and a new EP, PTX, Vol. IV - Classical , the following year. In May 2017, Kaplan announced that he would leave the Pentatonix due to his inability to follow the demands of a group tour; He left after the completion of the tour in September, and was substituted the following month by Matt Sallee, featured on their next album PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I am

Pentatonix has won three Grammy Awards: they are the first to perform acappella to win Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, do so in 2015 and 2016, and the Best Duo Performance/Country of the Year in 2017.

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Careers

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The Pentatonix began with Kirstin "Kirstie" Maldonado (born May 16, 1992), Mitchell "Mitch" Grassi (born July 24, 1992), and Scott Hoying (born September 17, 1991) who grew up together and schoolmates at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas. For local radio show competitions to meet Glee players, they set up and sent a trio version of "Telephone". Despite losing the competition, their singing sparked attention at their school, and they started performing. Their "Phone" version by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncà ©  © then gets attention on YouTube.

Hoying and Maldonado both graduated from Martin High School in 2010, Grassi in 2011. Hoying went to University of Southern California (USC) to pursue a bachelor's degree in Popular Music while Maldonado pursued the Musical Theater at the University of Oklahoma. While in USC, Scott Hoying joined a cappella group called SoCal VoCals. He knows about The Sing-Off from other members of the group, Ben Bram (also arranger, producer, and sound engineer), and is encouraged to audition for the show. He persuaded Maldonado and Grassi to join him, but Bram suggested to have the bass and beatboxer as well to support the group. Through a friend, Hoying met Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (born April 17, 1989), a well-known vocal bass in the cappella community. Then, the three found Kevin Olusola (born October 5, 1988) on YouTube, where one of his videos where he simultaneously beatboxing and playing cello (called "celloboxing") has become viral. Olusola was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, and passed pre-med from Yale University. She is fluent in Mandarin after spending a year studying in China.

The group met the day before the audition for the third season started. The group successfully auditioned for the show and eventually won the title for 2011 (season three).

The Pentatonix, as suggested by Scott Hoying, is named on a pentatonic scale, scale or musical mode with five tones per octave, representing five group members. They replace the last letter with the letter "x" to make it more interesting. This quintet gets its influence from pop, dubstep, electro, reggae, hip hop, and classical music.

The Sing-Off (2011)

Pentatonix performs the following songs on The Sing Off . Group does not show in Episode 1 or 3.

PTX Vol. 1 and PTXMas (2011-13)

Scott Hoying and Kirstie Maldonado left college hoping to win The Sing-Off while Mitch Grassi missed her high school graduation to audition for the show. After they won, all the members moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a recording artist. The main purpose of this group is to become the first major acappella group this time.

In January 2012, after signing a contract with Sony Pictures's label, Madison Gate Records, the group began working on their first album with producer Ben Bram. Over a six month period of selecting cover and writing original documents, Pentatonix released covers of popular and classic songs on YouTube. In the interview, the members mentioned that it was a way to remain relevant to their viewers who enjoyed their work on "The Sing-Off", in addition to getting new fans. Almost all covers, including Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra, "Gangnam Style" by PSY and "We Are Young" by Fun, became viral on YouTube.

Their first EP, PTX, Volume 1 , was released on June 26, 2012, charting at number 14 on the US Billboard and the number 5 on the digital chart. It sold 20,000 copies in its first week of release. The Group promotes the album through press appearances in Access Hollywood , VH1 Buzz , Marie, and local television shows. The Pentatonix is ​​also featured on the Chinese version of The Sing-Off as a guest where Kevin exhibits fluent Mandarin. Pentatonix also embarked on their first national headlining tour in fall 2012. The tour was sold out and stretched 30 cities. The opening act consists of Alexander Cardinale and SJ Acoustic Music.

The group released their Christmas EP, PTXmas , on November 13, 2012. The group released their video of the original arrangement "Carol of the Bells" the next day. The group performed at "Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The American Music Awards 2012" Pre-Show on November 18th, Hollywood Christmas Parade, and "94.7 THE WAVE Christmas Concert, starring Dave Koz and Kenny Loggins" on 16 December. The group also features guests at Katie Couric (ABC), Home and Family (Hallmark), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , and Big D NYE. The Ryan Seacrest website named Pentatonix as "Featured Artist of the Year" 2012 for their extensive online growth in just one year. The Christmas album was re-released on November 19, 2013 as a deluxe edition containing two additional songs. One of them, "Little Drummer Boy" charted in several categories including Billboard including number two on the "Streaming Song" chart and number one on the Holiday 100 chart, received a number of Billboard awards. PTXmas reappeared on the Billboard chart again in November 2014, placing No. 24 at Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the Holiday charts, giving the Pentatonix three albums on Billboard 200 at the same time. On Billboard ' s Year End Chart 2014, PTXmas is No. 8 on the chart Catalog Album and No. 119 on Top Billboard 200 Album chart, with Pentatonix ranked No. 1. 46 on the Top Artist Billboard 200 chart. On December 24, 2014, PTXmas sold 356,000 copies.

PTX Vol. II (2013-14)

The band went on their second national headlining tour from January 24, 2013 to May 11, 2013, and simultaneously wrote additional original material for their second EP, PTX, Vol. II The group released their first single, cover of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's "Can not Hold Us" on August 20, 2013 which to date has more than 66 million views. The Group also promotes PTX, Vol. II at The Ellen DeGeneres Show in November 2013, following the successful "The Evolution of BeyoncÃÆ'Â ©" mashup on YouTube. That week, the band performed on "Around the World with Diane Sawyer" and was named "Persons of the Week".

In March 2013, Pentatonix and violinist Lindsey Stirling released the cover of Imagine Dragons "Radioactive", and won for this Year's Response at the YouTube Music Awards. In July of the same year, along with American Idol contestants and fellow Arlington Texan Todrick Hall, they released "The Wizard of Ahhhs", which polished several songs to create one song. The music video follows the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz with artists dressed as the leading role.

PTX Vol. II was released on November 5, 2013 along with their second single album on YouTube: medley song Daft Punk. The video became viral, garnering over ten million views in its first week, and by December 2016, had nearly 225 million views. Medley was then nominated and won Best Arrangement, Instrumental or Cappella from the 57th Grammy Awards. PTX, Vol. II debuted at number ten on Billboards 200 and number one on the Independent charts, selling 31,000 copies in its first week. Pentatonix then re-released the deluxe version of PTXmas on November 18, 2013 with two new songs, "Little Drummer Boy" and "Go Tell It On The Mountain". Their YouTube video of "Little Drummer Boy", released towards the end of November, garnered more than ten million views in its first week and reached number ten on the top iTunes charts worldwide. The song debuted and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 21, 2013. The video has over 98 million views per December 2016.

In May 2014, the Pentatonix signed a contract with RCA Records, Sony Music Entertainment's flagship label. On July 30th, through a new label, the group released their first official album PTX, Vols. 1 & amp; 2 in Japan, containing all the songs from two name EP and four additional songs, previously released as singles. It was released in Australia on August 15 and in the Philippines on September 26th.

PTX Vol. III and It's Christmas for me (2014)

On August 7, 2014, the Pentatonix announced that their third EP PTX, Vol. III will be released on September 23, 2014. The EP went up for pre-order on iTunes on August 11, 2014 and includes the download of two tracks from the EP, "Problems" and "La La Latch". PTX Vol. III debuted at number 5 on Billboard 200.

The group also revealed on August the second full-length Christmas album, It's Christmas for me , titled after the title song from the album, an original song written by Pentatonix itself. The album was released on October 21, 2014 and peaked at number 2 on Billboard 200, and number 4 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. One of the albums, the covers of the group "Mary, Did You Know?", Both debuted and peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 26, at number 7 on Billboards span> ' s Adult Contemporary graph, and at number 44 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart. Another single, "That's Christmas To Me", the title track of the album, also reached number 8 on the Adult Contemporary® Billboard .

Pentatonix is ​​also the first act to occupy both album Holiday Albums and Holiday Songs simultaneously since Holiday 100 was launched as a multi-metric tabulation in December 2011. This album is also the highest holiday charting album by a group since 1962.

During the holiday season, 7 songs from It's Christmas for Me are mapped on Billboard ' s. On December 10, 2014 It's Christmas for me is gold certified by the Recording Industry Association of America. On December 24, 2014 the album was certified Platinum. At the end of the year (December 31, 2014), Billboard reported the album has totaled 1.14 million copies sold - becoming the 4th best-selling album of 2014 by any artist of any genre (surpassed only by Taylor Swift's 1989 , Frozen Soundtrack and Sam Smith's In a Lonely Time ) and is a Top Selling Holiday Album for 2014. In February 11, 2016 the album this is certified Double Platinum.

Self-titled albums, A Pentatonix Christmas , and PTX, Vol. IV (2015-2017)

At the end of December, Scott Hoying stated that for the year 2015, "Pentatonix transitions to original music." A full album release consisting only of original material is planned. Hoying also stated, "We are at the point of our career now [where] we have to go to original music, and we want to go to original music; we have so many things to say, and I think it will be enough travel. "

On August 28, 2015, the Pentatonix announced in social media that their third self-titled album, the third album and the first album made mostly of original music, will be released on October 16, 2015.

On September 4, 2015, Pentatonix released "Can not Sleep Love" the first single from the upcoming album Pentatonix . Then, 2 weeks later on September 18, 2015, the second version featuring Tink was released online. On October 9, 2015, the Pentatonix released their second single, a cover of Jack ÃÆ'Ã… "and Justin Bieber's" Where Are ÃÆ'Ã… "Now". The album was finally released one day early as a surprise gift for their fans. On the same day, Pentatonix released their third single, "Sing".

The album debuted at number 1 on US Billboard 200. In the US, the album started with 98,000 units (88,000 in pure album sales). On February 8, 2016, the album was certified Gold.

On April 14, 2016, a music video was released for the Pentatonix cover with Jason Derulo from Shai's "If I Ever Fall In Love". In August 2016, Pentatonix's music video "Perfume Medley" was also released. Medley consists of songs "Spent All My Time", "Pick Me Up", "Chocolate Disco", and "Polyrhythm".

Their second full-length Christmas album, titled A Pentatonix Christmas , was released on October 21, 2016. It featured two new original songs, "Good to Be Bad" and "The Christmas Sing-Along". It debuted on Billboard 200 at number three with 52,000 albums sold in its first week, and then peaked at number one. The album also debuted on Billboard Holiday Album Album, their second number one on the chart after It's Christmas for me .

Their fifth EP, PTX, Vol. IV - Classics , released on April 7, 2017. This marks the departure from the group's distinctive sound, which focuses on the older cover of rock, blues, country, and pop music.

New bass, Top Pop, Vol. I am (2017-present)

In May 2017, the band announced in a Youtube video that Kaplan left the group after their upcoming tour. The split is friendly and focuses on his inability to follow group tour demands, and to deal with distance from his family.

On July 31st, the group released their single "Dancing on My Own", a cover of an eponymous song by Robyn, their first release without Kaplan (although he was still a member at the time, as the tour was underway). Olusola performs a cello on the song as a substitute for bass vocalist.

Kaplan performs his latest concert with Pentatonix on September 3, 2017 in Essex Junction, Vermont. On October 13, Hoying introduced Matt Sallee as the group's new bass. The band's first official release with Sallee is a cover of Camila Cabello's "Havana", released as a single on February 23, 2018.

On February 27, 2018, the group announced via their social media to release a new album titled PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I on April 13, 2018, to be followed by a summer tour. It marked their first album with Sallee and without Kaplan. Preceded by three singles: their cover "Havana", the medley of the "New Rule" of Two Lipa and Aaliyah "Are You That Somebody?" titled "New Rule x Are You That Somebody?", which was released along with a music video on March 9th, and Charlie Puth's "Caution" cover, which was released along with a music video on March 23rd.

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Tour

Pentatonix embark on their first national headlining tour in fall 2012. The tour is sold out and spans 30 cities. The action opening consists of Alexander Cardinale and SJ Acoustic Music. The band went on their second national headlining tour from January 24, 2013, through May 11, 2013, and simultaneously wrote additional original material for their second EP, PTX, Vol. II

In 2014, the Pentatonix toured extensively covering the United States, Canada, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

In 2015, the Pentatonix began their North American "On My Way Home Tour" journey, which began on February 25, 2015, in California and ended at the Verizon Theater Grand Prairie on March 29th. The group embarked on a European tour in Portugal on April 9th. The European leg ended in Glasgow on May 6th. The Southeast Asian tour of the tour starts in Seoul, South Korea on May 28th. The last show of this leg is on June 16th in Osaka, Japan.

Pentatonix opened for Kelly Clarkson on the Piece Tour by Piece. During Clarkson set up a group performing "Heartbeat Song" with him. Due to Clarkson's request for a vocal break, the tour canceled 15 initial gigs.

In 2016, the Pentatonix started their first leg "Pentatonix World Tour" with Us The Duo. The tour starts on April 2, 2016, in Chiba, Japan. The second leg runs from May 23 to June 26 in Europe before returning to Japan for two performances in August 2016. The third and fourth legs of the tour (in Oceania and Asia respectively) took place in September 2016, followed by the fifth foot in the North America from October 17 to November 22, 2016. The 2017 tour starts in May with five other shows in Japan. The final round of the tour begins July 2, 2017 in Los Angeles and continued throughout the United States before ending in Vermont on September 3, 2017. The final show marks Kaplan's last performance with the group.

Show

In September 2012, Pentatonix was invited to perform some of their songs ("Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye and "We Are Young" by pleasure.) In the Mandarin Sing-Off edition. In addition, they cover the song of Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng, Tian Mi Mi.

The Pentatonix appeared and appeared on The Now Show , The Tonight Show With Jay Leno , The Talk and Conan . The group also returns to The Sing-Off , featuring their cover version of Ellie Goulding's "I Need Your Love" during the final episode of Season 4, which airs on December 23, 2013.

In November 2014, the Pentatonix was invited by Baz Luhrmann (director, producer and writer) to engage with the Window Vacation view at Barneys in New York City. Each window has themes such as "love," "beauty," "truth" and "freedom" with its own soundtrack, recorded by Pentatonix. The Pentatonix also performs on opening night, as well as "after party" for invited guests.

On November 27, 2014, the Pentatonix participated in the annual Macy Thanksgiving Parade in New York City, featuring "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" at the Homewood Suites float.

Pentatonix was also performed during the annual NBC annual Christmas Games at Rockefeller Center on December 3, 2014, performing "Sleigh Ride" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

Pentatonix back to The Sing-Off , performing a medley of songs from It's Christmas for me during a special holiday Season 5, which airs on December 17, 2014.

On December 7, 2014 the Pentatonix appeared in the award presentation of The Kennedy Center Honors, as part of a presentation for actor Tom Hanks, singing "That Thing You Do", from the Hanks film of the same name. The event is broadcast on CBS on December 30, 2014.

On December 31, 2014 the Pentatonix appeared as part of ABC Television Network's New Year's Rockin 'Dick Clark with Ryan Seacrest 2015 , featuring from Hollywood's Billboard party hosted by Fergie.

In December 2014, the Pentatonix was invited to perform in the final episode of Wetten, dass..? , an old entertainment event in Germany, performing medley songs from artists who have been in the program for years.

Appearance and presentation

Pentatonix appears on Sesame Street on February 7, 2014.

Pentatonix is ​​a presenter at the American Music Awards 2014, introducing performances by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj. This group is also featured in the "YouTube Rewind 2014" video as one of the most subscribed YouTube music channels.

Pentatonix is ​​on the Disney Channel show, K.C. Disguise on June 14, 2015.

Maldonado, Hoying, and Grassi appeared as members of the acappella group on the Fox Bones television show, in the episode "The Strike In The Chord" which originally aired on May 19, 2016.

They made a guest appearance on The Voice on November 24, 2016 where they sang "Jolene" along with Miley Cyrus and original songwriter and player, Dolly Parton.

On December 14, 2016, the group held their first special Christmas, titled around their current album, A Pentatonix Christmas Special . Special for an hour aired on NBC and featured guest appearances by Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Kelly Clarkson.

Movies

The Pentatonix has a cameo role in Pitch Perfect 2 , released in May 2015, as Canadian teams compete against Barden Bellas. Pentatonix also released a documentary film about a group trip entitled "On My Way Home" (based on the original song of the same name from PTX, Vol III III and group tour 2015) on June 18, 2015., promoted at social media via hashtag #OnMyWayHomeProject.

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Awards and nominations

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Philanthropy

During The Sing-Off Pentatonix visited the administrative office of The Trevor Project, an American non-profit organization founded in 1998 and a leading national organization focused on suicide prevention among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender , and questioned (LGBTQ) youth. The group members shared their experiences dealing with bullying and noting public service announcements. A 60-second spot on The Trevor Project aired during the end of life, but it met with considerable controversy when the producer edited the LGBTQ reference and failed to acknowledge the Grassi and Hoying orientation, both of which are part of the LGBTQ community.

Pentatonix performs two shows in Rochester, New York, on December 11, 2011 to support Kenya Kenya University's "United We Sing" project. The event, which also featured all of Delilah's female composers, was hosted by YellowJackets at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater university. Pentatonix was also invited to the A Cappella Palooza fundraiser in Boston in April 2012 (along with Ben Folds, Delilah, The Dartmouth Aires, North Shore, and the Honorable Monastery of Boston University) in an effort to raise funds for the Mass General Cancer Center.

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Discography

• PTX, Volume. 1 & amp; 2 (2014)
• PTX (2014)
• It's Christmas for me (2014)
• Pentatonix (2015)
• Christmas Pentatonix (2016)
• PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I am (2018)

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Members

• Scott Hoying - Baritone leads and supports vocals (2011-present)
• Mitch Grassi - lead tenor and backing vocals (2011-present)
• Kirstin Maldonado - mezzo-soprano leads and supports vocals (2011-present)
• Kevin Olusola - vocal percussion, beatboxing, backing vocals, cello (2011-present)
• Matt Sallee - bass vocals, bass leads and backing vocals (2017-present)

Former member

• Avi Kaplan - bass vocals, percussion vocals, bass leads and backing vocals (2011-2017)

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Concert tour

headlining

• Tour 2012 (2012)
• Tour 2013 (2013)
• World Tour 2014 (2014)
• Tour Pulang My Way (2015)
• Pentatonix World Tour (2016-2017)
• Tour Natal Pentatonix (2017)
• PTX present Tour (2018)

Opening action

• Piece by Piece Tour with Kelly Clarkson (2015)

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See also

• Superfruit, a comedy/comedy duo composed of Pentatonix members Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying.

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References

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External links

• Official website
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• Pentatonix channel on YouTube
• Pentatonix on IMDb

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