50 Fun Facts About Fifth Harmony

Which X Factor judge mentored Fifth Harmony in the Groups category and signed them to his label Syco?

Simon Cowell mentored the Groups category that season and signed the five singers in January 2013 in a joint deal with Epic Records.

In which workplace is Fifth Harmony's 'Work from Home' video, directed by Director X, set despite the song's title?

A construction site for a house is the setting, where the group dance in work gear beside male builders rather than anywhere near a desk.

Fifth Harmony dropped their first name, Lylas, after a band made up of four sisters of which singer objected?

Bruno Mars has four sisters who perform as The Lylas, and they said the show had taken their name. Lylas stood for 'love you like a sister'.

Which featured guest on Fifth Harmony's 'Work from Home' also shares a writing credit on the 2016 hit?

Ty Dolla Sign supplies the guest verse on the group's highest-charting single, which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.

Which First Lady is praised by name, alongside Oprah Winfrey, in the chorus of Fifth Harmony's single 'Boss'?

Michelle Obama's name led some radio stations to censor the song, its producer Ricky Reed said. The group went on to sing at the White House twice.

What does the title of Fifth Harmony's second studio album, 7/27, commemorate from their X Factor days?

The day the group formed was July 27, 2012, when the judges put five rejected soloists together. The album's release was even moved back a week to land on the 27th.

Which solo single featuring Young Thug gave former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello her first US number one?

Havana topped the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2018, a little over a year after Cabello left the group, and later won the MTV award for Video of the Year.

Fifth Harmony reunited on stage in August 2025 as surprise guests at a Dallas concert by which band?

Jonas Brothers brought out four of the five members in Dallas, the first time they had performed together in public since their 2018 hiatus.

Which Mattel doll line produced celebrity dolls modelled on each member of Fifth Harmony?

Barbie versions of all five singers were made by Mattel, and the group also voiced themselves in an episode of Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse.

Which film series inspired the dystopian desert video for Fifth Harmony's 'That's My Girl'?

Mad Max was the model for the clip, shot in a Californian desert, in which the group in white outfits rescue people trapped in a ruined village.

In what position did Fifth Harmony finish The X Factor USA in 2012, one place ahead of fellow group Emblem3?

Third place went to the five-piece in the December final, behind winner Tate Stevens and runner-up Carly Rose Sonenclar. A record deal still followed within a month.

Which rapper, for whom 'Worth It' was originally intended, ended up as the featured guest on Fifth Harmony's single?

Kid Ink was meant to record it himself before the lyrics and melody were reworked for a female point of view. It peaked at number 12 in the US.

Which Canadian singer recorded the duet 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' with Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello?

Shawn Mendes wrote the song with Cabello while she was still in the group, and the pair teamed up again in 2019 for 'Señorita'.

On which TV competition did Fifth Harmony's Normani and Ally Brooke each reach the final, two years apart?

Dancing with the Stars paired Normani with Val Chmerkovskiy in 2017 and Brooke with Sasha Farber in 2019, and both singers lasted until finale night.

Which X Factor judge duetted with Fifth Harmony in the 2012 final and later took them on tour as a support act?

Demi Lovato shared 'Give Your Heart a Break' with them on finale night, then booked the group as an opening act on the Neon Lights Tour across 27 arenas.

Fifth Harmony's 'I'm in Love with a Monster' was written for, and featured in the trailer of, which animated film?

Hotel Transylvania 2 previewed the song in its trailer, and the video cuts scenes from the film with the group exploring a haunted hotel full of monsters.

Which rapper guests on 'Down', the first single Fifth Harmony released after Camila Cabello left the group?

Gucci Mane was added at the group's own suggestion once the track was finished, and its video won Best Pop Video at the 2017 MTV VMAs.

Which rapper shares the 2017 single 'Por Favor' with Fifth Harmony, performed at the Latin American Music Awards?

Pitbull's duet with the group was added to a Spotify re-release of their self-titled 2017 album and served as its final single.

Which debut single by Fifth Harmony has a video that follows the five members around an amusement park?

Miss Movin' On reached number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it later won the group the Artist to Watch prize at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Which singer joined Fifth Harmony's Normani on 'Love Lies', her first solo single, made for a 2018 film soundtrack?

Khalid and Normani took the duet into the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018, and it was later certified five times platinum.

How was the name Fifth Harmony chosen after two X Factor judges criticised the earlier name 1432?

Viewers voted online after the judges panned 1432, and the public's pick was in use by the second week of the live shows.

Fifth Harmony retitled 'Work' as 'Work from Home' to avoid confusion with a song released a month earlier by which star?

Rihanna had put out a single called 'Work' a month before, so the group lengthened their title to keep the two apart.

Fifth Harmony's 'Work from Home' was the first US top-five hit by a girl group since 'Buttons' by which act?

Pussycat Dolls took 'Buttons' to number three in September 2006, and no girl group reached the US top five again for almost ten years.

Which pop singer co-wrote Fifth Harmony's 'Sledgehammer', the group's first single to reach the US top 40?

Meghan Trainor co-wrote the 2014 single, which just made it at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was later certified platinum.

Which rapper guests on Fifth Harmony's 'All in My Head (Flex)', whose video is set on a tropical beach?

Fetty Wap also co-wrote the reggae-flavoured track with all five members and the hitmakers Stargate and Benny Blanco.

Which instrument plays the Balkan-flavoured riff that opens and runs through Fifth Harmony's 'Worth It'?

Saxophone gives the song its hook, and the video became the first by a girl group to pass one billion views on YouTube.

Which soul legend's songs did Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello and Normani each sing at their solo X Factor auditions?

Aretha Franklin supplied 'Respect' for Cabello and 'Chain of Fools' for Normani, though Cabello's audition never aired because the show lacked the song rights.

Which rap veteran wrote and recorded a verse for 'Not That Kinda Girl' after Fifth Harmony contacted her themselves?

Missy Elliott said yes when the members felt the funk-inspired 7/27 track was incomplete without a rapper.

Which debut studio album by Fifth Harmony entered the Billboard 200 at number five in 2015 and later went gold?

Reflection arrived in February 2015 after being pushed back from December 2014, and it spun off three singles.

What is the one-word title of the Spanish-language version of Fifth Harmony's debut EP, a number two Latin album?

Juntos means 'together', echoing the English EP's title, and it debuted at number two on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart.

Fifth Harmony's first performance together was an acoustic 'Impossible', originally a hit for which Barbadian singer?

Shontelle's ballad was their judges' houses song, and they returned to it in the semi-final, singing parts of it in Spanish.

Fifth Harmony briefly competed on The X Factor as 1432, a text-message code standing for which phrase?

I love you too was the meaning, but two of the judges disliked the name and it lasted for only one week of the live shows.

In which Florida city did The X Factor hold the 2012 bootcamp where its judges put Fifth Harmony together?

Miami hosted the bootcamp round, where the five rejected soloists were called back on the last day of filming and put together as a group.

Fifth Harmony's first major support slot came in 2013 on the I Wish Tour of which British X Factor alumna?

Cher Lloyd's tour began that September, about six weeks before the group's own debut EP came out.

Which rapper does Fifth Harmony's 'Boss' hold up as the kind of man the singers want, unlike Ray J?

Kanye West is the rapper the lyric asks for, one of several pop-culture nods in a song that also mentions Kim Kardashian and Beats by Dre.

In what kind of venue did Fifth Harmony perform on their 2013 Harmonize America promotional tour?

Shopping malls across the United States hosted the shows that July and August, months before the group's first EP was out.

How did Fifth Harmony open their 2017 MTV VMAs set, seen as a nod to Camila Cabello's exit?

An extra figure flew offstage: five hooded singers stood on a platform until one was launched off and the other four began 'Angel'.

Which pop star brought Fifth Harmony on stage in Santa Clara in 2015 to sing 'Worth It' on her world tour?

Taylor Swift made surprise guests a feature of the 1989 World Tour, and the group also appear as themselves in its concert film.

Which singer chose Fifth Harmony's Lauren Jauregui as her duet partner on the love song 'Strangers'?

Halsey picked Jauregui, who is openly bisexual, so that two women with mainstream pop careers could sing a love song for the LGBTQ community.

Former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello starred as the title character of which 2021 film directed by Kay Cannon?

Cinderella was announced as a Sony Pictures project in April 2019, a little over two years after Cabello left the group.

Fifth Harmony's Ally Brooke auditioned for The X Factor in Austin, not far from which Texas hometown of hers?

San Antonio is where Brooke was born and raised; she arrived six weeks premature weighing under two pounds, and later became a March of Dimes spokesperson.

Fifth Harmony's Dinah Jane sang the national anthem of which Pacific nation at a 2017 Rugby League World Cup semi-final?

Tonga is part of Jane's heritage, alongside Samoan, Fijian and Danish roots, and she grew up in Santa Ana, California.

Which Mariah Carey hit does Fifth Harmony's tribute track 'Like Mariah', featuring Tyga, sample in its hook?

Always Be My Baby supplies the sampled hook, produced by J. R. Rotem, on a debut-album track saluting one of the group's main influences.

Fifth Harmony's 2017 single 'He Like That' borrows from 'Pumps and a Bump', a 1994 single by which rapper?

MC Hammer's track is interpolated in the pre-chorus and bridge of the song, which was written and produced by Ammo, DallasK and Ester Dean.

Which electronic producer wrote and produced 'Angel', from Fifth Harmony's self-titled 2017 album, with Poo Bear?

Skrillex and Poo Bear's track came out ahead of the album as a promotional single, and the quartet used it to open their 2017 MTV VMAs performance.

Which R&B singer co-wrote two songs on Fifth Harmony's 7/27, 'That's My Girl' and 'The Life', with Alexander Kronlund?

Tinashe's two co-writes were the only songs from the group's sessions at MXM Studios that made the album's final cut.

Which producer wrote 'Dope', a slow jam on Fifth Harmony's 7/27, with Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter?

Jack Antonoff is among the album's best-known outside collaborators, alongside Kygo and the Norwegian duo Stargate.

Critics described 'Suga Mama', from Fifth Harmony's debut album, as a 2010s update of which hit by TLC?

No Scrubs came to mind because the singers stay affectionate but refuse to bankroll a deadbeat boyfriend's lavish lifestyle.

Whose song 'Anything Could Happen' did Fifth Harmony sing in the X Factor semi-final and again in the final?

Ellie Goulding's hit was the group's own choice for the semi-final and their 'Song of the Series' pick on finale night.

At which annual White House event did Fifth Harmony sing 'Happy Birthday' for the Let's Move campaign in 2015?

Easter Egg Roll guests heard them mark the fitness campaign's anniversary, four months after they sang at the National Christmas Tree Lighting.