5 Seconds of
Summer (5SOS) are a four-piece boy band that originates from Australia. Their
music genre consists of pop punk and pop rock. The members include Michael
Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin.
All of the boys
are on vocals in the group but Luke Hemmings is known as the lead vocals of the
group but he also plays the guitar alongside members Michael Clifford and Calum
Hood while Ashton Irwin plays the drums.
The boy band
firstly debuted as a three-piece boy band by doing covers on YouTube. They
debuted around December 2011 before they met Ashton Irwin. As well as the start
of the group; drummer, Ashton Irwin, also joined them and that’s how the
completed band came around.
The band has said
to already have stardom thus alluring the interests of numerous major record
labels and publishers in Australia who wanted to sign them on but then they
eventually got a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing. The group
mainly relied on promotion from social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
Their first ever music released was an EP called ‘Unplugged’ which charted
number 3 on the iTunes chart in Australia. They have worked with a few popularly
named artists such as McFly and Scouting for Girls.
The group’s
popularity in both the music industry and the celebrity world was boosted with
the help of One Direction member Louis Tomlinson who gave recognition to one of
their song ‘Gotta Get Out’. Niall Horan who is also a member of One Direction
gave recognition on twitter for one of their video clips. With the help of
promotion from One Direction members on social media; it boosted their
popularity on a massive scale since One Direction are one of the biggest boy
bands in the 21st century.
Not only did One
Direction give them more attention on-line but they also had 5 Seconds of
Summer to participate in their worldwide album tour. They were the opening act
for the famous boy band, which was a huge way of promoting them and their
music. They played at such iconic arenas such as the O2 arena in London. After
being recognized more in the music industry from touring with One Direction;
the music the boy band have been releasing has started to become favourable
tunes of the public ever since also becoming official signed to the record
label ‘Capitol’.
Their first debut
album as an official instrument and vocal boy band was called ‘5 Seconds of
Summer’ which was released in the summer of 2014 for Europe and Australia.
Their first single released was ‘She Looks So Perfect’ which became their first
UK number-one single.
2014 was really
the debuting year for the Australian boy band since they were only releasing
their first few singles and their debut album. The year has also given them
opportunities at being nominated at awards, which led to them winning some such
as an Teen Choice Award for ‘Choice Music: Breakout Group’ in 2014. They’ve
recently just won a People’s Choice Awards for ‘Favourite Breakout Artist’ in
2015. It has been announced that they will once again be supporting One
Direction on their latest worldwide tour ‘Where We Are’.
