5SOS

5 Seconds of Summer (often shortened to 5SOS) are an Australian pop rock band from Sydney, New South Wales, formed in late-2011.https://www.last.fm/music/5+Seconds+of+Summer The group consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Luke Robert Hemmings (born: ),https://www.instagram.com/lukehemmings/p/Bz9xhUwDanJ/ lead guitarist Michael Gordon Clifford (born: ),https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/5-seconds-of-summer/michael-clifford/ bassist Calum Thomas Hood (born: ),https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4158382/5SOS-share-throwback-bassist-Calum-Hood-birthday.html and drummer Ashton Fletcher Irwin (born: ).https://www.instagram.com/ashtonirwin/p/CfxLwVPLhmU/
Originally beginning their career as YouTube celebrities, they rose to international fame while touring with English-Irish boy band One Direction on their Take Me Home Tour.https://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/5-seconds-of-summer-6bdc6e66.html?tour=3bd2a494 After they signed on records label, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, they released their first song, "Out Of My Limit".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0V8BflCpvU
5SOS have sold more than 3.7 million albums, more than 2 million concert tickets globally, and amassed over 7 billion song streams, making them one of the most successful Australian musical acts in history.https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/88https://web.archive.org/web/20200212064035/http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/5-seconds-of-summer-announce-new-album-calm-out-march-27/
5 Seconds Of Summer's most popular song is called "Youngblood" and also their most popular video or song on YouTube called "She Looks So Perfect".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2BYmmTI04I
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
*5 Seconds of Summer (Released on 27 June 2014)
*Sounds Good, Feels Good (Released on 23 October 2015)
*Youngblood (Released on 15 June 2018)
*CALM (Released on 27 March 2020)
*5SOS5 (Released on 23 September 2022)
===Live albums===
*LiveSOS (2014)
*Meet You There Tour Live (2018)
===Extended plays===
*Unplugged (2012)
* Somewhere New (2012)
*She Looks So Perfect (2014)
*Don't Stop (2014)
*Amnesia (2014)
*Good Girls (2014)
*She's Kinda Hot (2015)
==Trivia==
*The band's name was created by Michael.https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/03/08/5-seconds-of-summer-explain-name/
*The 5SOS' YouTube channel was originally Luke's channel, it was under the name "hemmo1996".https://web.archive.org/web/20110607220454/https://www.youtube.com/user/hemmo1996
*5SOS revealed in 2014 that they would launch their own record label, called Hi or Hey Records.https://twitter.com/5SOS/status/427925631515377664
**The name of the record label was chosen through a fan voting system on Twitter.https://web.archive.org/web/20150418091533/http://5sos-official.tumblr.com/post/74222293315
**5SOS announced in May 2019 that they had left Hi or Hey Records/Capitol Records and signed with Interscope Records for their fourth studio album "Calm".https://web.archive.org/web/20190621071928/https://interscope.com/artists/5-seconds-summer
*Two members of the band, Ashton and Luke, have released solo albums, Superbloom and When Facing the Things We Turn Away From, respectively.
**Superbloom was released on 23 September 2020, and When Facing the Things We Turn Away From was released on 13 August 2021.https://open.spotify.com/album/0NDxJDqwkBzph4AkDqbezR?si=5EjSQ40gT4GBgnQkpkRv4Ahttps://open.spotify.com/album/5T1HI88OceUlUExSsAM3GQ?si=zKHpfmn_Qs6NtrJZVP7JUQ
*In June 2019, the band appeared in a season 6 episode of Celebrity Family Feud, in which celebrity teams compete for a $50,000 top prize to be donated to the charity of the winning team's choice. The band competed against The Chainsmokers for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10595140/https://vimeo.com/345496580
*In September 2019, the band appeared in a season 16 episode of Good Mythical Morning.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK8e-x87fvshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6EXs20vdCc
*Also in September 2019, the band appeared in a season 1 episode of Lilly Singh's late-night talk show, A Little Late with Lilly Singh.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6GP8BD_VQg
*In April 2021, in honor of the third anniversary of their hit single, Youngblood, the band collaborated with Seth Everman.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-KgM_Nuj_w
**According to Seth, Michael contacted him and asked him if he wanted to do something with them for the song's third anniversary.
*Their song "Want You Back" was featured in Simlish Soundtrack for The Sims 4's Seasons Expansion Pack.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxjzgQmtiqA
*The band released a cover of Queen's "Killer Queen."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGIKIdrUUDU
**The cover was made released to support the Mercury Phoenix Trust, a group started by Queen members to aid in the fight against HIV/AIDS.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/5-seconds-of-summer-killer-queen-747592/
==Gallery==
 
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==References==
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