Pentatonix

Pentatonix is a five-member a cappella group. consisting of Mitch Grassi ( countertenor ), Scott Hoying (baritone ), Avi Kaplan ( bass), Kirstie Maldonado (mezzo- soprano) and Kevin Olusola ( beatbox ), originally from Arlington, Texas, USA.

Band History

The group won the third season of a cappella talent competition The Sing -Off on NBC. The winning song is an a cappella arrangement of Eye of the Tiger, which originally comes from the band Survivor. Pentatonix won $ 200,000 and a recording contract with Sony. Her debut album, PTX Vol 1, debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart and her Christmas album, PTXmas, debuted at # 1 on the iTunes album charts Holiday. Pentatonix are on tour and are currently working on their next album.

First album and tour

Scott Hoying and Kirstie Maldonado broke from the school to win the Sing -Off competition in hope. After they had gathered, pulled out all the band members to Los Angeles to begin a career as an entertainer. The group's goal is to be the first mainstream a cappella group of modern times.

In January 2012, began Pentatonix videos with cover versions of popular and classic songs to post on YouTube. Some of these cover versions, including Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye and Kimbra, Gangnam style of Psy and We Are Young by Fun. , Experienced a viral distribution on YouTube.

The highly anticipated first EP, PTX Vol 1, was published on 26 June 2012 and debuted at # 14 in the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and # 5 on the digital charts. They sold 20,000 times in the first week of release. They were promoting their album through media appearances on Access Hollywood, VH1 The Buzz, Marie and local television broadcasts. Pentatonix also occurred in the Chinese version of Sing -Off on as guests, in the Kevin Olusola his language skills could show in Mandarin.

Pentatonix made ​​their first national headlining tour with guests Alexander Cardinale and SJ Acoustic Music in the fall of 2012. 's 30 cities comprehensive tour was sold out. The band said that the first tour was a chance to meet the fans and to learn to perform a 90-minute show.

The group released their Christmas EP, PTXmas on 13 November 2012, which debuted at # 1 on the iTunes Holiday Charts, number 8 in the Seasonal Charts, # 14 in the digital charts and in the Top 50 on the Billboard 200 chart. The day after, they released their video to Carol of the Bells. Their album competing, they were the main artists in the interlude of Coca -Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2012 American Music Awards on November 18, 2012, performed at the Hollywood Christmas Parade and were the main support act in 94.7 THE WAVE Christmas Concert Starring Dave Koz and Kenny Loggins December 16, 2012. They were also the main guests at Katie Couric (ABC ) Home and Family ( Hallmark ), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Big D NYE. Ryanseacrest.com called Pentatonix the 2012 main artist of the year for their rapid growth online in just one year.

The band concluded on 11 May 2013 from their second national headlining tour. At the same time they wrote more original compositions for their second EP, which was released on November 5, 2013.

The band has engaged in collaboration with other artists. Published in March 2013 with the violinist Lindsey Stirling Pentatonix a cover of Imagine Dragons song Radioactive, which debuted at number one on the Billboard charts in the category of classical digital songs and the first place in the Youtube Awards 2013 took.

Discography

• PTX, Volume 1 (26 June 2012)
• PTXmas (13 November 2012)
• PTX, Volume 2 (5 November 2013)

Awards and prizes

The Sing -Off

• 2011