FIRST TIME HEARING Pentatonix - Evolution of Michael Jackson | REACTION
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- FIRST TIME HEARING Evolution of Michael Jackson - Pentatonix | REACTION
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They won a Grammy for Daft Punk, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Jolene with Dolly Parton.
kidding me? wow amazing!!! these kids are great and im glad to hear that!!! i remember watching michael jackson grammy performance of man in the mirror on youtube recently, he was taking people to church!!
One Grammy was " Dance of the sugar plum fairy " A song with no words performed by a group with no instruments.
You might enjoy watching and reacting to Pentatonix singing a tribute to the Jackson 5 at the 2017 Grammys. Scott Hoying (tall blonde) said that Rihanna said she hear them practicing for it and wondered who was singing and it was Mitch Grassi (high tenor) and she said his voice was sick. I really like their Evolution of Rihanna also.
They all have extensive vocal ranges - watch their Vevo Live "Kiss from a Rose"
They do this live on their 2016 popspring performance as well as 3 original songs and its incredible live.
The main vocalists are Scott (man in the middle), Kirstin, and Mitch. The bass, Avi or Matt, and the beatboxer, Kevin, make up the rhythm section. The main vocalists will also do some sound effects and the rhythm section will do some singing, as required. So they are all kept busy.
Recommend their live performance video of Kiss From A Rose.
Dude in the middle is my favorite, too 😂😉 That's Scott! Pentatonix can do rock, pop, gospel, rap.... Literally anything! Their talent is limitless.
The "Evolution of..." medleys all run from oldest to newest; that's kind of the whole point.
There may well be a teleprompter to remind them of the lyrics; they have them scattered all over the stage in concerts.
The singers:
Back row, from left to right:
• Mitch Grassi, contratenor.
• Scott Hoying, lyric baritone.
• Kirstin Maldonado, alto soprano.
Front row, from left to right:
• Avi Kaplan, lyric bass/basso profundo.
• Kevin Olusola, beatboxer/cellist/tenor.
Mitch, Scott, and Kirstin are all from Arlington, Texas. Avi grew up in Visalia, California, and Kevin's home town is Owensboro, Kentucky. Matt Sallee (Avi's replacement, not in this video) was born in Baltimore and grew up in La Plata, Maryland.
First Grammy: 2014, "Daft Punk Medley," Best Arrangement Instrumental Or A Cappella, shared with Ben Bram, their co-arranger.
Second Grammy: 2015, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy," Best Arrangement Instrumental Or A Cappella, shared with Ben Bram.
Third Grammy: 2017, for their collaboration with Dolly Parton on "Jolene," Best Country Duo/Group Performance, shared with Dolly Parton. It was the first time DOLLY PARTON won a Grammy for Jolene!
Daft punk by pentatonix won 3 grammys
PTX has several "evolution of" videos... Evolution Of Ariana Grande, Evolution of Rihanna, etc.
Their Grammys were all received back to back, 3 years in a row; 2014, 15 and 16.
Nope. You got the first two right, but then they skipped a year. "Jolene" was released in 2016, so the Grammy was in 2017.
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@@FTG2Eli And you see, this is why pentaholics are the best fandom on the internet. I can correct a pentaholic's fact and I get a grin in response. We don't engage in fan feuds.
@@margretrosenberg420 That's right!!!
Their 1st grammy was for their Daft Punk video, the second for for Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy and the most recent Jolene with Dolly Parton.
90’s Dance Medley is a lot of fun, too! Kiss From a Rose (live Vevo) is a recent mind-blowing cover that is off the charts 🔥.
Avi used to be the bass singer, now it's Matt Sallee - so anything with Avi is before 2017, after it is Matt Sallee. The bass singer contributes to the background, but only Kevin beatboxes. All of their "evolution" videos are spectacular - and done live, in one take, with no pauses in between songs. They did Evolutions of Rihanna, Beyonce, and Ariana Grande - plus a 90's Dance Medley that is a banger.
Avi will do some beats ( Daft Punk ) comes to mind, and during the Sing Off Kirstie and Mitch also did some beat boxing. But yes Kevin is THE beat master!
I love PTX but they can’t upgrade the King if they did just one song Since this is an evolution video ( in order) they did damn amazing and paid mighty fine tribute and respect to Michael
Have you seen Alien Ant Farm’s cover of Smooth Criminal? Definitely worth it! MJ-approved.
You remembered!!!
Pentatonix Grammy nominations:
Daft Punk (Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella 2014) - Winner
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella 2015) - Winner
Jolene (Best Country Duo/Group Performance 2016) - Winner
Evergreen (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 2022) - Nominated
Holidays Around The World (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 2023) - Nominated
I think they don't submit individual songs for Grammy's consideration anymore, which is why their last 2 nominations were for albums.
It's the job of the publisher, i.e. RCA, to make the submissions, and for two years running whoever it is at RCA has been making bad choices in this regard.
Before the most recent Grammy awards show, Scott said that they didn't expect to win because holiday albums are at a disadvantage in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category. Obviously that applies equally to "Evergreen."
"Prayers For This World," from "Holidays Around The World," MIGHT have been Grammy-worthy. "The Prayer," from "Evergreen," was definitely Grammy-worthy. But albums don't win Grammys for having ONE Grammy-worthy song.
"Greatest Christmas Hits" has THREE Grammy-worthy songs, IMO: "O Holy Night," "Pure Imagination / Christmas Time Is Here," and "Kiss From A Rose." MAYBE that would be enough to carry the whole album over the finish line despite the fact that it would be a holiday album competing in a general category, but I really hope that this year whoever is making these decisions at RCA does the math and decides that three Grammy chances for individual songs beat out one Grammy chance for a full album. I'm tired of Matt being the only member of Pentatonix to have no Grammys. That's gotta be hard.
@@margretrosenberg420 The Prayer was definitely Grammy worthy imo. I don't care too much for Prayers for this World though.
I'm sure they have their reason why they submit albums instead of songs, probably cause these categories get more attention. Although I don't know why they couldn't do both.
I'm kinda surprised that there is no holiday album category. PTX would probably have a few more Grammy's under their belt if that was the case.
@@hcroussette Yeah, but actual Grammys get more attention than mere nominations.
I LIKE "Prayers For This World," but I'm not at all sure that it's Grammy-worthy. "The Prayer," however, darn well SHOULD have a Grammy and I'm thoroughly pissed at RCA for not submitting it.
The three vocalists are from Arlington Texas - they knew each other from very young, doing musical theater and singing in groups. "They decided to audition for a singing competition and recruited Avi to sing bass and Kevin to beatbox. They won the Sing Off in 2011 and have been performing since then!
There are videos of their performances on the Sing Off that are fun to watch..
You just got "Mitch slapped"!
You should watch some live performances from them. It really shows how amazing they are. My favorite is "Joyful Joyful" Live from the evergreen experience.
Pentatonix a "brief" background.
They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that.
The founding members are:-
Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead);
Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”.
Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease);
Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and
Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese).
Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on CZcams, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings.
Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma.
While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition.
They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his CZcams videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing".
Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours!
They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on CZcams), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building.
But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an a cappella group could sell records.
Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on CZcams, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live.
Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers.
But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label.
They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys.
Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry.
Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group.
If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently.
It is an often debated subject among the Pentaholics as to just how soon we introduce the "Beginners Guide" as we don't want to overdo the introduction. This is a compilation of snips of a whole load of songs which PTX have released. It highlights each member with some of their solos and then a brief history in video. It is quite long - 14+ minutes and is a little dated now (Feb 2020) but is a good watch czcams.com/video/lDxIfwfCmQE/video.html&pp=ygUdYmVnaW5uZXJzIGd1aWRlIHRvIHBlbnRhdG9uaXg%3D.
After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre.
Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. A good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/
Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work.
Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place.
They have Grammy wins for Daft Punk Medley, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jolene featuring Dolly Parton. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. Another nomination for Holidays Around the World album in the 2024 list!
Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. They married 22/04/24!
They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only a capella group with a star!
They came 3rd in the 2023 Masked Singer performing as "California Rolls" being unmasked in May 23.
Things you need to know because if you get these wrong Pentaholics will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!!
1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used autotune as an effect - so they had to.
2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album.
3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.
4. It is "Pentatonix" there is no "The".
While not actually the case, it's 1000% a fair bet to assume this would be one of their grammy wins, just based on the sheer number of grammy's Micheal nabbed over the course of his incredible career.
You should check out their Popspring 2016 performance: they do this MJ medley live with full choreo and don't miss a beat or a note!
👍👍Awesome, Love it. 🖖❤
Very early in their career they did a cover of a Nicky Minaj song, "Starships" - and they did do choreography for that!
They also do choreo for concerts and some live shows. ( PopSpring 2016 is one where they did choreo for the entire 4 songs they did)
Mitch has a high tenor voice, Kristen is a full soprano. they all have a large range.
If you do Michael Jackson reactions, PLEASE consider doing a reaction to the Gabriel Henrique cover of Michael's "Earth Song". You won't regret it. Promise!
Loved this reaction to PTX. They do this one live, in concert, with a bit of choreo, in "Pop Spring 2016". They also do 3 greatly loved original songs. This concert video is 15 shortest minutes of your life! Thanks!
Also Alien Ant Farm' version of Smooth Criminal
Edit: they already did it. Probably gonna watch that next
Their Evolution of Rihanna is my absolute favorite! Check it out!!
as a new youtuber i adire you guys, love yas and mj is king!! loved we are the world react too guys
I just subbed. Thank you for your enthusiasm. My favorite song of theirs is the one I'm presently listening to. Try their "The Evolution of Beyonce". The guy in the middle is Scott. Mitch has the high voice.
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They have a “Evolution of Rihanna” that’s a bit more recent, with Matt, that’s fantastic as well s
I you like MJ you should definitely check out Weird Al's parody videos of Michael's songs. MJ was a big fan of Weird Al and not only corroborated with him on the production of these but even taught Al a few classic MJ dance moves! "Eat it" was the first one I think.
They do most of these videos in 1 take.
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😊❤ Hi, I have heard many people ask, 'I wonder who has the highest voice? Mitch or Kirsten?' But I saw a video where they were interviewed about their voices. They said depending on the day it could be Mitch, Kirsten ... or Kevin!! 😮😅 😊❤❤
Oh, it's definitely Kevin, no matter what they said, unless you're counting whistle notes. In that case it's Kirstin.
Since Matt replaced Avi, all five members have extremely high ranges.
Avi range is 5+ octaves!
Scott...
"I'm not gonna lìe" is actually a terrible phrase to become popular when you think about it. If you don't proclaim that does it mean you generally always do lie, as a default??? Please think about it. Then think about it more. After reasoning what way it's used in speech you can drop it from your vocabulary.