125-701: The Reflection Tour was the first major headlining and fifth overall concert tour by American girl group Fifth Harmony . Visiting Europe, North America and Asia (one date in Adu Dhabi ), the tour supported their debut studio album, Reflection (2015). Fifth Harmony was not backed by a band or backing singers, instead, they opted for studio recorded versions of songs from their album and an acoustic set for covers. The setlist consisted mostly of songs from Reflection , with several adapted from their debut extended play, Better Together along with several medley covers. The shows garnered acclaim from critical reviews, many praising
250-612: A password -protected area called "My Eyes Only". It has also reportedly incorporated limited use of end-to-end encryption , with plans to broaden its use in the future. Snapchat was created by Evan Spiegel , Bobby Murphy , and Reggie Brown, former students at Stanford University . It is known for representing a mobile-first direction for social media , and places significant emphasis on users interacting with virtual stickers and augmented reality objects. In 2023, Snapchat had over 300 million monthly active users. On average more than four billion Snaps were sent each day in 2020. Snapchat
375-750: A pop and R&B girl group. They have explored other genres such as trap , tropical house , hip hop , Rnbass , EDM , dancehall , dance-pop , and reggae . They have described their music as having a "retro feel" to it as well. The group lists the Spice Girls , Mariah Carey , Whitney Houston and Destiny's Child as their main influences. Lana Del Rey , Adele , Janet Jackson , Celine Dion , Taylor Swift , Brandy , Jennifer Lopez , Patti LaBelle , Cher Lloyd , Carrie Underwood , Jessie J , Beyoncé , Alicia Keys , Christina Aguilera , Selena , Celia Cruz , Demi Lovato , Ed Sheeran and Leona Lewis have influenced individual members of
500-530: A "My Eyes Only" area that is locked with a Personal identification number (PIN). Snapchat has stated that the Memories feature was inspired by the practice of manually scrolling through photos on a phone to show them to others. In April 2017, the white border around old memories was removed. While originally intended to let viewers know the material was old, TechCrunch wrote that the indicator "ended up annoying users who didn't want their snaps altered, sometimes to
625-561: A "Travel Mode" option was added in August 2015. When activated, the feature prevents the automatic downloading of snaps until they are explicitly requested by the user. In October 2016, the app was updated to replace its auto-advance functionality, which automatically moved users from one story to the next, with a "Story Playlist" feature, letting users select thumbnails of users in the list to play only selected stories. In January 2017, Snapchat revamped its design, adding search functionality and
750-501: A Change.org petition asking the company to remove the new app update. In December 2019, App Annie announced Snapchat to be the 5th most downloaded mobile app of the decade. The data includes figures for iOS downloads starting from 2010 and Android downloads starting from 2012. Snapchat acquired AI Factory, a computer vision startup, in January 2020 to give a boost to its video capabilities. In November 2020, Snapchat announced it would pay
875-540: A car were used in several tracks. The photographer umbrella lights were used in smaller numbers, with only several placed on the top of the stage and a five-piece screen in the background. For the third leg of the tour, a standard red backdrop and multiple stage lights, both up and down, were used along with a different outfit color. Including every date on this tour, the first show began on February 27, 2015 in San Francisco and ended on Abu Dhabi on February 12, 2016, nearly
1000-494: A cover of the hit song " Uptown Funk " was uploaded onto Fifth Harmony's YouTube account, featuring the group and their three opening acts: Jacob Whitesides , Jasmine V , and Mahogany Lox. After completing the first leg of the tour, the group decided to go on another leg in North America. This tour was a revamped version of the original tour, in which they were performing more songs in new and bigger venues. The group announced
1125-424: A fight for the spotlight. It wasn't a fair hand to have been dealt, but it gave them something to prove. After spending their formative teenage years being compared to one another while filling in pre-shaped pop molds, Fifth Harmony looked inward on their third and subsequently final album Fifth Harmony and restored the confidence in their voices that had been hidden beneath years of being kept quiet". Fifth Harmony
1250-585: A full week of sales, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number five with 80,000 units (with 62,000 coming from traditional album sales) and was eventually certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2016. The third single from the album, " Worth It ", featuring American rapper Kid Ink , was released on March 2, 2015, and became the group's most successful single at
1375-416: A group, the girls sang an acoustic version of " Impossible " by Shontelle . Afterwards, Marc Anthony called the performance "unbelievable" with Cowell sharing similar sentiments saying that they were "clearly one great group". Initially, the group's name was "Lylas" (an acronym for Love You Like a Sister), but another group called "The Lylas" (which consists of four of Bruno Mars ' sisters) claimed that
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#17328806835101500-419: A month following The X Factor season two finale, on January 17, 2013, Fifth Harmony was officially signed by their mentor Simon Cowell to his record label, Syco Music , in a joint deal with fellow judge L.A. Reid's label, Epic Records . Popdust awarded them the "Next Pop Superstar of 2013" recognition, an annual competition held for rising artists. They began recording covers of songs which were uploaded on
1625-408: A more interactive experience with users. The lenses now incorporate geo-locational mapping techniques to incorporate digital overlays onto real world surfaces. These lenses track 18 joints across the body to identify body movements, and generate effects around the body of the user. Advertising is now also utilizing AR lenses that make users a part of the advert. Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Taco Bell are just
1750-420: A new global live "Our Story" feature, to which any user can contribute. In May 2017, Snapchat introduced "Custom Stories", letting users collaboratively make stories combining their captures. In June 2017, "Snap Map" was introduced, which allows users to optionally share their location with friends. A map display, accessible from the viewfinder, can be used to locate stories based on location data, supporting
1875-489: A number of companies, including two clothing lines with Wet Seal . The first clothing line with Wet Seal was launched in August 2014 in 200 stores across America, featuring a collection from each member based on their individual style. During the summer of 2015, Fifth Harmony were named as the faces of the clothing brand Candie's . Snapchat Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc. , originally Snapchat Inc. One of
2000-517: A photo with the app filling in the space with the background, were also released. In July 2017, Snapchat started allowing users to add links to snaps, enabling them to direct viewers to specific websites; the feature was only available for brands previously. Additionally, the update added more creative tools: A "Backdrop" feature lets users cut out a specific object from their photo and apply colorful patterns to it in order to bring greater emphasis to that object, and "Voice Filters" enable users to remix
2125-585: A platinum certification by the United States for selling a million digital downloads and streams combined. The second single from Reflection , the Meghan Trainor -penned " Sledgehammer ", was released on October 28, 2014, and went on to become the group's first top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, and was also certified platinum in the United States. On December 4, 2014, the group was invited to sing at
2250-437: A private storage area, where they can be viewed alongside other photos stored on the device, as well as edited and published as snaps, story posts, or messages anytime. When shared with a user's current story, the memory would have a timestamp to indicate its age. Content in the Memories storage area can be searched by date or using a local object recognition system. Snaps accessible within Memories can additionally be placed into
2375-505: A quintet was on the previously taped Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve , during which they performed "Worth It", "Work from Home" and "That's My Girl". On December 18, 2016, the group announced that Cabello had left the group and that the remaining four members would continue as a four-piece . The group made their first appearance since Cabello's departure at the 43rd People's Choice Awards on January 17, 2017. There, they performed an edited version of "Work from Home" and went on to win
2500-489: A select few of the brands now utilizing the tech on Snapchat. Consumers no longer scroll past these adverts, but become a part of them with AR lenses. In March 2022, Snapchat launched the ability to share YouTube videos as stickers. The stickers function as clickable links that redirect users to a browser or the YouTube app. Friend emojis can be customized, however the default emojis are listed below. The snapscore, which states
2625-529: A semi-public "Story" or a public "Story" called "Our Story". The ability to send video snaps was added as a feature option in December 2012. By holding down on the photo button while inside the app, a video of up to ten seconds in length can be captured. Spiegel explained that this process allowed the video data to be compressed into the size of a photo. A later update allowed the ability to record up to 60 seconds, but are still segmented into 10 second intervals. After
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#17328806835102750-405: A shift from the $ 1 million per day model to a "millions per month" one. In June 2022, Snapchat announced plans to launch Snapchat Plus, a paid subscription model. The subscription gives users early access to features, the ability to change the app icon and see which users rewatch their stories. In July 2022, the company reported that they had 347 million daily active users, an increase of 18% from
2875-409: A show called My Ex-BFF Court ," which is a spoof of daytime-TV fare like the typical court shows we watch for example " Divorce Court " in which two ex-friends try to fix their problems. Who ever is guilty gets a funny sentence. Each episode is hosted by Judge Matteo Lane who is also known as Matthew Lane. In 2018, Snapchat / Vertical Networks made a deal with Fox to make a television version of
3000-486: A similar rewards system called "Perks". In October 2013, Snapchat introduced the "My Story" feature, which allows users to compile snaps into chronological storylines, accessible to all of their friends. By June 2014, photo and video snaps presented to friends in the Stories functionality had surpassed person-to-person private snaps as the most frequently used function of the service, with over one billion viewed per day—double
3125-526: A sing-off with three-piece girl group Sister C. Cowell decided to send 1432 through to the Top 12 and announced that they would be renamed via the viewers online. The name chosen by the public was announced: "Fifth Harmony". In the semi-finals stage of the show, the group performed Ellie Goulding 's " Anything Could Happen " as well as "Impossible" for the second time during the competition. However, their performance of "Impossible" received mostly negative reviews from
3250-515: A single viewing, the video disappears by default. On May 1, 2014, the ability to communicate via video chat was added. Direct messaging features were also included in the update, allowing users to send ephemeral text messages to friends and family while saving any needed information by clicking on it. According to CIO, Snapchat uses real-time marketing concepts and temporality to make the app appealing to users. According to Marketing Pro, Snapchat attracts interest and potential customers by combining
3375-481: A story. The video chat feature uses technology from AddLive—a real-time communications provider that Snapchat acquired prior to the feature's launch. In regards to the "Here" indicator, Spiegel explained that "the accepted notion of an online indicator that every chat service has is really a negative indicator. It means 'my friend is available and doesn't want to talk to you,' versus this idea in Snapchat where 'my friend
3500-400: A total of $ 1 million a day to users who post viral videos. The company has not stated the criteria for a video to be considered viral or how many people the payout would be split between. The promotion, called Snapchat Spotlight, was initially intended to run until the end of the year. As of 2024 , the program continues to operate but its payout structure changed in 2021 as the company announced
3625-453: A total of 31 shows, all located in the United States except for one show in The Bahamas . New production and a different setlist including new covers and more songs were planned for this leg of the tour. The success of the group's previous tour legs prompted them to issue another extension. This was the group's first tour to feature European dates. It was announced on September 2, 2015 through
3750-461: A year after the tour's initial announcement. Sixteen of the twenty-five dates were sold out. Following Fifth Harmony's success on the American televised singing competition The X Factor , the group released their debut extended play, Better Together . Before releasing their extended play, the group was an opening act for the I Wish Tour , headlined by Cher Lloyd. The following year, MTV selected
3875-637: Is activated by long-pressing on a face within the viewfinder. In April 2017, Snapchat extended this feature into "World Lenses", which use augmented reality technology to integrate 3D rendered elements (such as objects and animated characters) into scenes; these elements are placed and anchored in 3D space . On October 26, 2018, at TwitchCon , Snap launched the Snap Camera desktop application for macOS and Windows PCs, which enables use of Snapchat lenses in videotelephony and live streaming services such as Skype , Twitch , YouTube , and Zoom . However, this
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4000-520: Is here and is giving you their full attention.'" Spiegel further claimed that the Here video function prevents the awkwardness that can arise from apps that use typing indicators because, with text communication, conversations lose their fluidity as each user tries to avoid typing at the same time. On March 29, 2016, Snapchat launched a major revision of the messaging functionality known as "Chat 2.0", adding stickers, easier access to audio and video conferencing,
4125-459: Is named after the day they were formed on The X Factor . It was later announced that the album's release had been pushed back a week to May 27 to keep with the album's theme of 27. The lead single, " Work from Home ", which features American singer Ty Dolla Sign was released on February 26, 2016, along with its music video. The single peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became
4250-570: Is popular among the younger generations, with most users being between 18 and 24. Snapchat is subject to privacy concerns with social networking services . According to documents and deposition statements, Reggie Brown brought the idea for a disappearing-pictures application to Evan Spiegel because Spiegel had prior business experience. Brown and Spiegel then pulled in Bobby Murphy , who had experience coding . The three worked closely together for several months and launched Snapchat as "Picaboo" on
4375-571: Is used for a variety of creative purposes that are not necessarily privacy-related at all. In the study, only 1.6% of respondents reported using Snapchat primarily for sexting, although 14.2% admitted to having sent sexual content via Snapchat at some point. These findings suggest that users do not seem to utilize Snapchat for sensitive content. Rather, the primary use for Snapchat was found to be for comedic content such as "stupid faces" with 59.8% of respondents reporting this use most commonly. The researchers also determined how Snapchat users do not use
4500-605: The Los Angeles Times praised the group's song transition at the Los Angeles show, from the "rugged cover of Hozier's "Take Me to Church"", to the "miniature rave" for "This Is How We Roll" and the "confetti blast" at the show's last song, "Boss", which Wood reminisced to a stadium feel. His only criticism came from the record voice encouraging the audience members that they were "capable of achieving" their "wildest dreams". Wood finishes his review by saying that "when Fifth Harmony
4625-499: The Showtime at the Apollo show hosted by Steve Harvey on March 1, 2018. On March 19, 2018, the group made their decision to take an indefinite hiatus to pursue solo projects. Before their hiatus, the group completed a final run of shows, and released a music video for their song " Don't Say You Love Me ". As of January 2019, all members have released solo singles. Fifth Harmony is
4750-500: The AIDA (marketing) model with modern digital technology. Private message photo snaps can be viewed for a user-specified length of time (1 to 10 seconds as determined by the sender) before they become inaccessible. Users were previously required to hold down on the screen in order to view a snap; this behavior was removed in July 2015 The requirement to hold on the screen was intended to frustrate
4875-525: The MTV Artists To Watch concert, an annual concert which showcases breakout artists that will be promoted by MTV during the year. The concert also featured performances by Tori Kelly , Rixton , Echosmith and Jake Miller . In early 2014, Fifth Harmony confirmed reports that recording had begun for their full-length debut album with record producers Julian Bunetta, Daylight, Joe London and multi-instrumentalist songwriter Ricky Reed . The group stated
5000-474: The dating and reality show Phone Swap . In 2018, Snapchat got a new show called How Low Will You Go that was created by Above Average Productions and NBC . In contrast to other messaging apps, Spiegel described Snapchat's messaging functions as being "conversational", rather than "transactional", as they sought to replicate the conversations he engaged in with friends. Spiegel stated that he did not experience conversational interactions while using
5125-404: The diversity between the members which they often used to empower their female audience. Member Lauren emphasized that "We have an energy about us that's so unique and so intense, and it's because of how much power we have in us as individuals, being confident, harnessing that power, and wanting to share that with other women". In 2022, MTV credited Fifth Harmony for challenging several of
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5250-649: The iOS operating system on July 8, 2011. Reggie Brown was ousted from the company months after it was launched. The app was relaunched as Snapchat in September 2011, and the team focused on usability and technical aspects, rather than branding efforts. One exception was the decision to keep a mascot designed by Brown, "Ghostface Chillah", named after Ghostface Killah of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan . On May 8, 2012, Reggie Brown sent an email to Evan Spiegel during their senior year at Stanford, in which he offered to re-negotiate his equitable share regarding ownership of
5375-479: The "Teens" category, with Brooke failing to enter the "Young Adults" category. However, they were later brought back and put together to form a five-piece girl group at The Fillmore , in Miami , Florida on July 27, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Judges Demi Lovato , L.A. Reid , Britney Spears and Simon Cowell helped form the group. For their qualifying song at the "judges' houses", and their first song as
5500-416: The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and become the first all-female group to win this title. The following year, an MTV-sponsored headlining tour was announced in January 2015. This was to be Fifth Harmony's first major tour following small-scale headlining tours in 2013 and 2014, and slots as opening acts on tours for artists such as Lovato and Lloyd. In conjunction with the tour announcement on January 7, 2015,
5625-451: The 21st Century". Fifth Harmony have also been referred to as one of the best girl groups of all time by US Magazine , in 2022. American toy company Mattel produced Barbie -themed celebrity dolls modeled after each member of the group. The group have appeared on Spotify 's list of the 'Top 10 Most Influential Artists Under 25' (2015), as well as Billboard 's 21 Under 21 list three times (2014, 2015, 2016), including ranking atop
5750-687: The Children to show her care for Syria's children. Lauren Jauregui was involved in Do Something 's campaign #LoseYourVCard to help and encourage new adults to vote and to help guide them in the process so the youth of the United States could be more involved in the outcome. Normani Kordei was named the Diversity Ambassador of Cybersmile foundation after being abused online on the basis of her race. Sony Music Entertainment announced that they would be launching endorsement deals between Fifth Harmony and
5875-662: The EP, Juntos and Juntos Acoustic were released on November 8, peaking at number 2 and 12 respectively on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. The song was certified Gold in the United States for selling 500,000 digital downloads and streams combined. The extended play's promotional single, " Me & My Girls " charted on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart at 53. Throughout July and August 2013, Fifth Harmony performed at various shopping malls across
6000-531: The United Kingdom. The outfits used for this leg remained the same from previous extensions, with the exception being a change in color. For this leg, the group's outfits featured an all red design, a distinction from the blue color the girls used in their previous tours. Toybina returned as the designer for the group's outfits, who has designed concert outfits for notable artists such as Katy Perry , Ariana Grande , and Taylor Swift . The promotional poster for
6125-500: The United States in a promotional tour titled "Harmonize America". On August 5, 2013, the girl group celebrated their one-year anniversary by performing five shows in New York City. The pop-up concerts throughout the city included performances at the iHeartRadio Theater and Madison Square Park . The group was one of the opening acts for Cher Lloyd during her I Wish Tour which started on September 6, 2013. On September 11, 2013,
6250-506: The Washington show on September 16. These dates were not rescheduled. Both legs of the tour sold out the majority of its shows and received positive reviews. Yahoo! livestreamed the March 24 Boston concert. Different sets were utilized for different legs of the tour. In the first leg, concerts were structured with photographer umbrella lights serving as the background for every show. Props such as
6375-557: The White House for the National Christmas Tree Lighting, where they performed a cover of Mariah Carey 's hit Christmas song, " All I Want for Christmas Is You ". It was announced by Billboard that a representative from Epic Records had confirmed that the album release was moved from December 16, 2014, to January 27, 2015. Their debut studio album, Reflection was ultimately released on February 3, 2015. After
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#17328806835106500-717: The ability to leave audio or video "notes", and the ability to share recent camera photos. The implementation of these features are meant to allow users to easily shift between text, audio, and video chat as needed while retaining an equal level of functionality. In June 2018, Snapchat added the feature of deleting a sent message (including; audio, video, and text) before it is read. A feature introduced in August 2018 allows users to send Musical GIFs, TuneMojis. In August 2022, Snap Inc. announced it would discontinue all original scripted content with no plans to continue work in this direction. In 2023, Snapchat had over 300 million monthly active users. In January 2018, Snapchat introduced
6625-404: The ability to take screenshots of snaps; the Snapchat app does not prevent screenshots from being taken but can notify the sender if it detects that it has been saved. However, these notifications can be bypassed through either unauthorized modifications to the app or by obtaining the image through external means. One snap per day can be replayed for free. In September 2015, Snapchat introduced
6750-653: The activity of their children, ages 13–18, within the app. In February 2023, Snapchat launched "My AI", a custom chatbot offering Snapchat+ users access to a mobile version of the AI chatbot ChatGPT . It followed up by announcing that its customizable My AI chatbot would be accessible to all users within the app in April 2023, a month after OpenAI allowed access to third parties, and would be available for group chats. Snaps can be personalized with various forms of visual effects and stickers . Geofilters are graphical overlays available if
6875-479: The album at 39 and 9 in the exclusively pop category, respectively. Several critics noted the group's experimentation with grungy hip-hop and retro R&B that was previously not heard on their extended play. On September 23, 2015, the group announced they had started recording for their second studio album. After a winter break, it was announced on February 25, 2016, that Fifth Harmony would be releasing their second studio album 7/27 on May 20, 2016. The album
7000-482: The album is less pop, "more rhythmic" and has a more mature sound than Better Together . Fifth Harmony's fourth headlining promo tour was revealed at the end of March 2014, titled Fifth Times a Charm Tour, with dates in Puerto Rico and the United States. The album's lead single, " Boss ", was released on July 7, 2014, peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with first-week sales of 75,000, and received
7125-412: The album, titled " He Like That ". The music video for the song was released on August 25, and as a single to radio on September 19. The group performed their single from the album for Good Morning America and The Late Late Show with James Corden . Fifth Harmony took over TRL performing two songs "He Like That" and " Don't Say You Love Me ". The group recorded the song, " Can You See ", for
7250-453: The amount of snaps one has sent and received is recorded and is visible to one's friends. If users tap their own score it shows the ratio of sent and received snaps, the amount of snaps they have sent is on the right and the amount of snaps they have received is on the left, these numbers combined are their Snapchat score. There are multiple synonyms for Snapchat score such as Snapchat points, Snapscore, Snap points and Snap Number. YouTube has
7375-545: The app store, the age classification is 12+. In 2014, researchers from the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific University designed a user survey to help understand how and why the application was being used. The researchers originally hypothesized that due to the ephemeral nature of Snapchat messages, its use would be predominantly for privacy-sensitive content including the much talked about potential use for sexual content and sexting . However, it appears that Snapchat
7500-732: The app's contributors and selected for the "Live" section could also be more localized, but Snapchat eventually scaled back the more personal imaging streams in order to emphasize public events. An "Official Stories" designation was added in November 2015 to denote the public stories of notable figures and celebrities, similar to Twitter 's "Verified account" program. In January 2015, Snapchat introduced "Discover" an area containing channels of ad-supported short-form content from major publishers, including BuzzFeed , CNN , ESPN , Mashable , People , Vice and Snapchat itself among others. To address data usage concerns related to these functions,
7625-433: The award for Favorite Group for the second consecutive year. On May 29, the group announced their new single, " Down ", featuring guest vocals from rapper Gucci Mane . The song was released on June 2, and peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 . On July 24, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , the group announced that their third studio album would be titled Fifth Harmony . The album
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#17328806835107750-569: The biblical computer-animated movie The Star . The soundtrack album for The Star was released on October 24. On October 26, they released " Por Favor ", a duet with rapper Pitbull , as the third single from the Spotify re-release of the album and performed it at the 2017 Latin American Music Awards . The group performed their song, "Can You See" for The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration on November 30. They performed
7875-427: The biggest girl group of the 2010s. In 2017, Time referred to them as arguably "the biggest girl group in the world". Fifth Harmony have earned the most top ten albums on the U.S. Billboard 200 for any girl group in the 21st century. Their accolades include an American Music Award , three MTV Europe Music Awards , three Guinness World Records , four MTV Video Music Awards , four iHeartRadio Music Awards ,
8000-514: The coals, or are we left here to die?" In 2015, the group contacted a music lawyer that helped transfer the Fifth Harmony's trademark from Simon Cowell to its members, becoming the total owners of such. In 2016, journalist Hugh McIntyre of Forbes , declared "It's safe to say that Fifth Harmony doesn't have any real competition worth speaking of in the girl group lane". The Daily Trojan stated that "Fifth Harmony established themselves as
8125-618: The company developing Snapchat, had signed deals with NBCUniversal , A&E Networks , BBC , ABC , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other content producers to develop original shows for viewing through Snapchat's "Stories" format. According to the report, Snap hoped to have several new shows available on a daily basis, with each show lasting between three and five minutes, and the company has sent out detailed reports to its partners on how to produce content for Snapchat. Over 2017 and 2018, Snap and partners launched several shows. In, 2018 Snapchat and Vertical Networks (Snapchat Publisher Story) created
8250-505: The company. By May 31, 2016, the app had almost 10 million daily active users in the United Kingdom. In February 2017, Snapchat had 160 million daily active users, growing to 166 million in May. Investel Capital Corp., a Canadian company, sued Snapchat for infringement on its geofiltering patent in 2016. They were seeking "monetary compensation and an order that would prohibit California-based Snapchat from infringing on its patent in
8375-427: The company. Lawyers for Snapchat claimed that Reggie Brown had made no contributions of value to the company, and was therefore entitled to nothing. In September 2014, Brown settled with Spiegel and Murphy for $ 157.5 million and was credited as one of the original authors of Snapchat. In their first blog post, dated May 9, 2012, CEO Evan Spiegel described the company's mission: "Snapchat isn't about capturing
8500-445: The daily views tallied in April 2014. In June 2014, the story feature was expanded to incorporate "Our Stories", which was then changed to "Live Stories" about a year later. The feature allows users on-location at specific events (such as music festivals or sporting events) to contribute snaps to a curated story advertised to all users, showcasing a single event from multiple perspectives and viewpoints. These curated snaps provided by
8625-567: The empowering effect the group left on stage saying that the stage was left with "one last roar of empowerment, self-love, and love for others." Chris Gray from The Houston Press ranked the Houston show in the top five concerts of the week, for the week dated August 3. Fifth Harmony Fifth Harmony , often shortened to 5H , is an American girl group based in Miami , composed of Ally Brooke , Normani , Dinah Jane , Lauren Jauregui , and formerly Camila Cabello until her departure from
8750-522: The first ever Billboard Women in Music Group of the Year award, a record five Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (the most for a girl group), and ten Teen Choice Awards . In 2012, Ally Brooke , Camila Cabello , Normani Kordei , Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui auditioned as soloists on the second season of the American televised singing competition The X Factor . The latter four failed to progress in
8875-598: The first time. The album was supported by the group's first major headlining tour, the Reflection Tour , visiting 63 cities in North America and 6 cities in Europe Fifth Harmony returned to the White House on April 6, 2015, to perform at the annually-held White House Easter Egg Roll, where they sang "Happy Birthday" as part of the Fifth anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative. Later that year,
9000-640: The first top five single by a girl group in a decade on that chart. They released their self-titled third album in 2017. The group went on indefinite hiatus in March 2018, allowing its members to pursue solo projects. Fifth Harmony has sold nearly 15 million RIAA certified units, and are one of the best-selling girl groups of all time with a reported 33 million copies sold. They are known for their vocal range and songs with themes of female empowerment , self positivity, confidence, and unity. As of 2016, they have earned 1.6 billion on-demand streams, according to Nielsen SoundScan . Billboard named them
9125-587: The fourth girl group to achieve this. Additionally, they are one of three groups to have two soloist (Camila Cabello and Normani) reach number one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. Their biggest hit " Work from Home ", became the highest-charting single in the United States and the first top-five entry from an all-female group to chart in ten years since " Buttons " by the Pussycat Dolls , which peaked at number 3. in 2017, "Work from Home" ranked at number 14 on
9250-462: The future." In September 2016, Snapchat Inc. was renamed Snap Inc. to coincide with the introduction of the company's first hardware product, Spectacles — smartglasses with a built-in camera that can record 10 seconds of video at a time. On February 20, 2017, Spectacles became available for purchase online. Snapchat announced a redesign in November 2017, which proved controversial with many of its followers. CNBC 's Ingrid Angulo listed some of
9375-436: The group "encouraged young women to embrace self-care and confidence with an effectiveness that few other pop artists have been able to match this decade ... Fifth Harmony represented much more than a handful of hits to a young generation of music listeners. They mattered, and they will for a long time to come." Fifth Harmony was noted for their songs regarding topics such as feminism , female empowerment , body positivity and
9500-502: The group announced their first concert hall tour titled "Fifth Harmony 2013", playing in concert halls in Canada and the United States. Their opening act was indie pop band AJR. On November 24, they performed "Better Together" on the red carpet at the 2013 American Music Awards . They supported Demi Lovato 's Neon Lights Tour as one of three opening acts playing 27 arenas across North America. On January 23, 2014, Fifth Harmony headlined
9625-414: The group as part of a series of Artists to Watch. The concert series saw them perform several tracks from their debut studio album, Reflection . Simultaneously, the girls were opening acts on Demi Lovato's Neon Lights Tour , performing in arenas throughout North America. MTV nominated the group under its "Artist to Watch" category, along other rising acts. Fifth Harmony would end up winning the category at
9750-451: The group for their cohesiveness, stating that their, "sound is monumental in scale when they sang together as a unit." He continues his review by praising the group for not "embracing the stereotypical pop" many artists follow and the setlist, calling it "incredibly smart choice for the group as these songs are incredibly strong and the majority of their fans who came out expected to hear just those tracks." Erica Rucker of Leo Weekly praised
9875-483: The group for their empowering themes on the Louisville show, saying, "[b]eing told that you are beautiful and “Worth It” can actually save a young life." She concludes that statement by stating that, "no matter what it takes, no matter who tells young people that they matter — be it a pop group or the smiling parents who snapped cell photos of the children on the sly — kids need to know that they have value." Mikael Wood of
10000-468: The group for their vocals and the show's overall theme. Johnston expands on the reasoning behind Fifth Harmony's success, saying they have a "muscle to succeed where other girl bands failed, and why its followers, who packed the theater to capacity, are so loyal." She also highlight the brand the group holds, which is embodied by the female-empowerment. During the Mariah Carey medley, Johnston noted how there
10125-478: The group in December 2016. The group signed a joint record deal with Simon Cowell 's label Syco Records and L.A. Reid 's label Epic Records after forming and were the last contestant eliminated in the second season of the American singing competition series The X Factor in 2012. The group released their debut single " Miss Movin' On ", preceding their extended play Better Together . In 2015, The group released their debut studio album Reflection , which
10250-626: The group released " I'm in Love with a Monster " on September 25, 2015, a song for the film Hotel Transylvania 2 which was featured in the trailer and included in the movie as well. On December 11, 2015, Fifth Harmony received the Group of the Year award at Billboard Women in Music 2015 ceremony, honoring the industry's most influential women. Critically, Reflection landed in several mid-year and year-end lists, including Rolling Stone and Complex who ranked
10375-805: The group's highest-charting album to date. The album also marked the group's debut in Japan and South Korea, while also managing top ten peaks in fifteen other countries. The track " All in My Head (Flex) " was released on May 31, 2016, as the second single from the album. The song interpolates Mad Cobra's 1995 single "Flex" and was co-written by all five members. The album was supported with The 7/27 Tour which commenced on June 22, 2016, in Lima, Peru, visiting South America, North America and Europe with supporting artists Victoria Monét and JoJo . The group won two MTV Video Music Awards for "Work from Home" and "All in My Head (Flex)" and
10500-495: The group's highest-charting single in the United States, while reaching the top 10 in twenty-two other countries. The single also became the first top-five for an all-female group in almost a decade, following The Pussycat Dolls ' song, " Buttons " which peaked at number three. 7/27 was released on May 27, 2016, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200 with 74,000 album-equivalent units (49,000 in pure album sales), making it
10625-516: The group's vocal performance, the show's overall themes and the song transitions. The first North American leg of the tour was uninterrupted. However, for the second North American leg, which ran from July until October, the group cancelled two dates, citing a performance at the BET Players Awards for July 18, three days after their second leg started. On the other date, two of the members were diagnosed with bronchitis , prompting them to cancel
10750-438: The group. Fifth Harmony have been referred to as "the biggest girl group of the 2010s" by Billboard , "America's premiere girl group" by Vulture , "the current standard-bearers for girl group success" by Gold Derby , and "the biggest girl group in a generation" by The Recording Academy . Fifth Harmony's success was compared to the impact Spice Girls made in the 1990s, with MIC dubbing them as "The Spice Girls of
10875-417: The internet. As of May 2012, 25 Snapchat images were being sent per second and, as of November 2012, users had shared over one billion photos on the Snapchat iOS app, with 20 million photos being shared per day. That same month, Spiegel cited problems with user base scalability as the reason that Snapchat was experiencing some difficulties delivering its images, known as "snaps", in real time . Snapchat
11000-443: The judges because the group had previously performed the song at Cowell's home (although not on The X Factor concert stage). Three members of the group (Camila, Lauren, and Ally) sang parts of the song in fluent Spanish . The following night's public vote results advanced Fifth Harmony to the final three along with Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar . On the Top three live show, Fifth Harmony performed "Anything Could Happen" for
11125-487: The leg featured the same image used for the cover art of the 2015 animated fantasy comedy film Hotel Transylvania 2 track, " I'm in Love with a Monster ". The poster was revealed through the group's individual social media accounts. The tour was well received from critics with many praising the group's empowerment themes. In a positive review of the Bethlehem show, Matt Christine from Sight of Sound , complemented
11250-496: The list in 2016. That same year, they became the first female act to be crowned MTV 's Hottest Summer Superstar with over 67 million votes, narrowly beating out Beyoncé . Additionally, Fifth Harmony performed twice for former United States President Barack Obama , during his tenure at the White House . They also hold the title for the best-selling girl group in their generation. Writer Jason Lipshutz of Billboard , wrote that
11375-467: The list of '100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks' by Billboard . Rolling Stone named it one of the best songs of the 2010s. In 2019, the song was placed fourth on the U.K. Official Charts Company's list of the 'Top 100 girl band singles of the last 25 years', which was the highest position for an international or American act. The music video for the song was the most watched of 2016 on YouTube. Fifth Harmony's single " Worth It ",
11500-465: The most popular girl group of the new generation — a void that desperately needed to be filled after the dissolution of the Pussycat Dolls and Danity Kane . The girls found their niche: empowered women of color who didn't shy away from sexuality, feminism or achievement. Their songs echoed with dynamism and fierceness, and their vocal talents shined through in every hit". All three of the group's studio albums, as well as their extended play charted within
11625-460: The option to purchase additional replays through in-app purchases . The ability to purchase extra replays was removed in April 2016. Friends can be added via usernames and phone contacts, using customizable " Snapcodes ", or through the "Add Nearby" function, which scans for users near their location who are also in the Add Nearby menu. Spiegel explained that Snapchat is intended to counteract
11750-520: The photo sharing app, Snapchat , with each member announcing a different city through their individual accounts. The tour began on October 26 and concluded on November 9. All the shows in this tour were sold out. Dionne Bromfield was the opening act for shows in London and Manchester and Paul Rey for shows in Paris and Frankfurt. The group performed songs in five countries around Europe, including Spain, France, and
11875-428: The point where they would decide not to share the old content at all." In May 2017, an update made it possible to send snaps with unlimited viewing time, dropping the previous ten-second maximum duration, with the content disappearing after being deliberately closed by the recipient. New creative tools, namely the ability to draw with an emoji, videos that play in a loop, and an eraser that lets users remove objects in
12000-519: The previous year. In August 2022, Snapchat announced that Snapchat Plus had more than 1 million subscribers and added four new features to the subscription including priority replies, post-view emoji, new Bitmoji content, and new app icons. Snapchat is primarily used for creating multimedia messages referred to as "snaps"; snaps can consist of a photo or a short video, and can be edited to include filters and effects, text captions, and drawings. Snaps can be directed privately to selected contacts, or to
12125-455: The principal features of the multimedia Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually available for only a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients. The app has evolved from originally focusing on person-to-person photo sharing to presently featuring users' "Stories" of 24 hours of chronological content, along with "Discover", letting brands show ad-supported short-form content. It also allows users to store photos in
12250-498: The products of competitors like iMessage . Rather than a traditional online notification, a blue pulsing "here" button is displayed within the sender's chat window if the recipient is currently viewing their own chat window. When this button is held down, a video chat function is immediately launched. By default, messages disappear after they are read, and a notification is sent to the recipient only when they start to type. Users can also use messages to reply to snaps that are part of
12375-511: The reasons why many disliked the update, citing that sending a snap and re-watching stories was more complicated, stories and incoming snaps were now listed on the same page, and that the Discover page now included featured and sponsored content. A tweet sent by Kylie Jenner in February 2018, which criticized the redesign of the Snapchat app, reportedly caused Snap Inc. to lose more than $ 1.3 billion in market value. Over 1.2 million people signed
12500-540: The second time as their "Song of the Series" song. Their second song was a duet with The X Factor judge Demi Lovato singing " Give Your Heart a Break ". Their final song of the night (and their last on the show) was " Let It Be " by the Beatles , billed as their "$ 5 million song". After the first round of the finals, they did not receive enough votes from the public to advance to the Top two on December 20, 2012. Approximately
12625-462: The show stole their name. Thereafter, Lylas changed their name to 1432 (a colloquial term for I Love You Too), which was announced on the first live show on October 31, during which 1432 performed " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together " by Taylor Swift . Cowell and Reid were critical of the new name, and Cowell suggested that the group be renamed again. During the first live results show on November 1, 1432 performed " Skyscraper " by Demi Lovato in
12750-454: The show, calling it "terrible" and something out of a "well-funded talent show performance". She comments on the group's chemistry which seemed "off". One of the acts that she said was "worth sitting through" was Bea Miller, who compared her vocal range to Janis Joplin. Conversely, Elliot Friar of Emertainment Weekly , in review of the Boston show, commended the performances of the opening acts and
12875-621: The song again for the Showtime at the Apollo Christmas special hosted by Steve Harvey on December 14. The group began their PSA Tour on September 29 in Santiago, Chile, with Becky G serving as opening act in several Latin American countries, including Mexico and Argentina. Lost Kings were also planned to support the group on their Australian tour dates before the dates were cancelled. The group performed their single "Por Favor" with Pitbull on
13000-409: The sounds of their voices in the snap. Voice Filters was previously available as part of the feature enabling augmented reality lenses, with the new update adding a dedicated speaker icon to remix the audio in any snap. In June 2020, Snap announced "minis", embeddable apps that live inside the parent Snap app. In August 2022, Snap launched the "Family Center" feature which allows parents to monitor
13125-412: The stereotypes associated with girl groups, pouring their voices into their music and speaking out against misogyny and abuse of power, stating that "Fifth Harmony were also inheriting the low retention rate of girl groups in American popular music, which has long been driven by the misogynistic belief that multiple women couldn't function on a collaborative level without falling out with one another in
13250-436: The summer leg of the tour at a poolside party sponsored by Candie's with the event broadcast by Periscope . On this tour, Fifth Harmony wore their first ever custom-designed costumes by Marina Toybina, a four-time Emmy award winner. Choreography for this setlist was conducted by Sean Bankhead, who worked on the group's dance routine for their single, "Worth It". The first show started on July 15 and ended on September 16 for
13375-484: The time, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning the group a triple platinum certification. The song charted in the top ten in thirteen countries and received certifications from twelve. The success of "Worth It" was largely impacted with televised performances on the season finale of Dancing with the Stars , and their debut late night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on June 18, 2015, alongside Kid Ink for
13500-592: The top ten of the US Billboard 200 , making them the girl group with the most entries on the chart in the 21st century; they are also tied with Destiny's Child , for the third most top ten entries on the chart by a girl group overall, following behind the Chicks and the Supremes . Three members of Fifth Harmony (Camila Cabello, Normani, and Lauren Jauregui) have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as soloist, which made them
13625-400: The traditional Kodak moment. It's about communicating with the full range of human emotion—not just what appears to be pretty or perfect." He presented Snapchat as the solution to stresses caused by the longevity of personal information on social media, evidenced by "emergency detagging of Facebook photos before job interviews and photoshopping blemishes out of candid shots before they hit
13750-477: The trend of users being compelled to manage an idealized online identity of themselves, which he says has "taken all of the fun out of communicating." In November 2014, Snapchat introduced "Snapcash", a feature that lets users send and receive money to each other through private messaging. The payments system is powered by Square . In July 2016, Snapchat introduced a new, optional feature known as "Memories". Memories allow snaps and story posts to be saved into
13875-482: The use of Bitmoji as place markers. Entering a "Ghost Mode" hides the user from the map. The function is based on the app Zenly, which was acquired by Snap Inc. prior to its launch. The map data is supplied from OpenStreetMap and Mapbox , while satellite imagery comes from DigitalGlobe . In February 2020, Snapchat released a Discover cartoon series called Bitmoji TV, which will star users' avatars. The Wall Street Journal reported in May 2017 that Snap Inc. ,
14000-442: The use of end-to-end encryption in the application but only for snaps (pictures and video), according to a Snapchat security engineer presenting at the January 2019 Real World Crypto Conference. As of the January 2019 conference Snapchat had plans to introduce end-to-end encryption for text messages and group chats in the future. Snapchat is popular among the younger generations, with most users being between 18 and 24 in 2023. On
14125-719: The user is within a certain geographical location , such as a city, event, or destination. Users can design and create their own geofilters for personal events at a fee of $ 10–15 USD per hour. They can also subscribe to an annual plan which ranges from $ 1,000 to $ 10,000 depending on the location, for a permanent filter. A similar feature known as Geostickers was launched in 10 major cities in 2016. Bitmoji are stickers featuring personalized cartoon avatars , which can be used in snaps and messaging. Bitmoji characters can also be used as World Lenses. The "Lens" feature, introduced in September 2015, allows users to add real-time effects into their snaps by using face detection technology. This
14250-467: The video sharing platform, YouTube . Three of their covers received public praise from the original artists, including Ed Sheeran , Ariana Grande and Mikky Ekko . Fifth Harmony was also featured on Boyce Avenue 's extended play, Cover Collaborations, Volume 2 , singing covers of " Mirrors " by Justin Timberlake and " When I Was Your Man " by Bruno Mars . Their debut single " Miss Movin' On "
14375-403: Was "equal time being distributed among the members" and how any "diva moments" were "absent" on stage. Some critics were not so positive. In a mixed-positive review, Amanda Ventura of Phoenix New Times raved about the group's vocals, in particular, Brooke who described her note as a "Mariah Carey-level high F meant to induce goosebumps on anyone with ears". Ventura criticized the first half of
14500-492: Was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It spawned the singles " Boss ", " Sledgehammer " and " Worth It "; the latter of which was certified triple platinum by RIAA, and reached the top ten in thirteen countries. In 2016, the group released " Work from Home ", the lead single from their second album 7/27 , which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it
14625-514: Was discontinued in January 2023. Snapchat also launched integration with Twitch, including an in-stream widget for Snapcodes, the ability to offer lenses to stream viewers and as an incentive to channel subscribers. Several video game-themed lenses were also launched at this time, including ones themed around League of Legends , Overwatch , and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds . In August 2020, Snapchat collaborated with four TikTok influencers to launch Augmented Reality (AR) lenses to create
14750-401: Was involved in a long-time confliction with their ex-label for alleged mistreatments and the ownership of their music, in an interview with Billboard member Lauren expressed that "We'd put blood, sweat and tears — and birthdays and funerals we missed — into this thing, it's our livelihoods and our families, this is the train, and now you're like, 'Is the conductor going to come through with
14875-558: Was named by Billboard the "hottest young stars" under 21 for 2016. They performed their third single " That's My Girl " on the American Music Awards and won their first award from this show in the Collaboration of the Year category for "Work from Home". By November 2016, the album had sold 1.6 million equivalent units, that included sales, streaming and album tracks consumption. The group's last performance of 2016 and as
15000-598: Was part of the original Snapchat application and was activated when the user provided a date of birth to verify his/her age. Snapkidz allowed children to take snaps and draw on them, but they could not send snaps to other users and could save snaps only locally on the device being used. According to Snapchat's published statistics, as of May 2015, the app's users were viewing 2 billion videos per day, reaching 6 billion by November. By 2016, Snapchat had hit 10 billion daily video views. In May 2016, Snapchat raised $ 1.81 billion in equity offering, suggesting strong investor interest in
15125-508: Was released as an Android app on October 29, 2012. In June 2013, Snapchat version 5.0, dubbed " Banquo ", was released for iOS. The updated version introduced several speed and design enhancements, including swipe navigation, double-tap to reply, an improved friend finder, and in-app profiles. The name is a reference to a character from Shakespeare's Macbeth . Also in June 2013, Snapchat introduced Snapkidz for users under 13 years of age. Snapkidz
15250-408: Was released on August 25, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 . The girls performed on the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards , where they started with the promotional single " Angel ", before transitioning to "Down" featuring Mane. On August 9, they announced that they would embark on their third and final official concert tour in support of the album. The group released the second single from
15375-454: Was released on July 16, 2013, as the lead from their debut EP and peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 76, formerly the highest-charting single from an X Factor contestant to appear on the chart. Their debut extended play Better Together was released on October 22, selling 28,000 copies in its first week and peaking on the Billboard 200 at number six. Spanish versions of
15500-510: Was showing rather than telling — almost made you believe it." In a review adapted by USA Today from Serene Dominic, writer for The Arizona Republic , Dominic complimented the vocal abilities of the five girls, highlighting Ally Brooke for her "whistle register". She found the acoustic set "perplexing" but overall remained positive rain her review. In a positive review of the Wilbur show in Boston, Maura Johnston of The Boston Globe commended
15625-443: Was the first music video by a girl group to surpass one billion views on YouTube. It has amassed over two billion views on YouTube, becoming the group's second music video to achieve this following "Work From Home". Ally Brooke became a spokesperson for the mother and child health organization March of Dimes in November 2015, in honor of Prematurity Awareness Month and World Prematurity Day. Camila Cabello also partnered with Save
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