Pentatonix
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor
Fast Facts
- Their fourth album, "PTX Vol․ III," debuted at No․ 5 on the Billboard Top 200 in September 2014
- Won a YouTube Music Award for their collaboration on Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" with Lindsey Stirling at the inaugural ceremony in 2013
- Won the third season of NBC series "The Sing-Off" in 2011
- Formed in 2011 by Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying, who met at their high school in Arlington, Texas
- Members of the group include Kirstie Maldonado, Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Avi Kaplan and Kevin "K․O․" Olusola
- Five-person a cappella group whose reinterpretations of pop songs, including a Daft Punk mash-up, have made them popular on YouTube
- In addition to a Daft Punk mash-up, their most popular videos are "Evolution of Music," a 36-song vocal journey through the history of music, and a collaboration with violinist Lindsey Stirling on a cover of Imagine Dragon's "Radioactive․"