Fifth Harmony: 'Work From Home' Update #2

Work From Home debuted BIG last week on Billboard and in international charts. The girls did little promo for Work From Home in a week and a half and managed to debut at #12. They have literally done no 'intended' promotion for international countries, yet dedicated international harmonizers outside of America always pull through and made a splash in the music industries around the world to gain momentum in Fifth Harmony's new era. How did Work From Home do for the past week? Well.... Internationally the momentum is still there, but in America, it's been a rollercoaster. After a high debut on the Billboard Charts, the single began dropping down the American iTunes Chart and went as low as #14, barely selling around 20% of what the #1 iTunes single was selling. Now the song has begun rising once again, climbing to compete with new singles from Blake Shelton, Meghan Trainor, Ariana Grande and Zayn Malik (or ZAYN...) Read the entire post to understand how Fifth Harmony's been doing for the past week in terms of iTunes, Billboard and International charts!
(This Work From Home update will cover from Friday, March 11th to Thursday, March 17th, 2016)

Billboard (USA) Charts
As said above, it's a little mixed between new peaks and chart drops. Dropping from #12 to #16 on the Hot 100 is an indicator of less streaming and single purchases, but due to the rise on the iTunes chart, I believe they can still maintain their single in the Top 20 and hopefully stay in Top 15 for the next few weeks. It's honestly up to 5H and how they go about promoting the single. They've already visited several radio stations in the USA individually and started a twitter trend of #WorkAcrossAmerica while travelling across America together on a mission to gain more attention for their new single. How effective are their promoting strategies right now? Check the charts below to see how they did on the charts in the U.S.!
Debut Positions of 'Work From Home'
Billboard LyricFind Global Charts: #2
Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay: #33

Charts 'Work From Home' has shown an increase in position
Billboard On-Demand Songs: #13 to #7 (+6)
Billboard Streaming Songs: #13 to #11 (+2)
Billboard Pop Songs: #30 to #20 (+10)
Billboard Rhythmic: #39 to #27 (+12)

Charts 'Work From Home' hasn't changed positions
None of the charts have shown 'Work From Home' has changed positions.

Charts 'Work From Home' has shown a decrease in position
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: #2 to #5 (-3)
Billboard Digital Songs: #5 to #14 (-9)
Billboard Hot 100: #12 to #16 (-4)
Billboard YouTube Music Charts: #14 to #17 (-3)

Charts Yet to Debut In
There are still three charts that Work From Home has yet to debut in, but it'll be very soon!
Billboard Radio Songs
Billboard Adult Top 40

(Fifth Harmony at the 'Elvis Duran and the Morning Show' to premiere/debut their single on the radio)

International Charts
Our ladies are just killin' it internationally! Work From Home easily proves 5H can live up to Worth It's success by managing to peak higher than Worth It on several international charts in a matter of 3 weeks! Worth It took several months to climb up charts like Canada and Australia while Work From Home only required around two weeks to achieve positions barely below Worth It's peaks. Worth It required more promotion in the UK in order to land #3, yet no promotion was given to Work From Home and it still peaks to #11 (apparently on a mid-week report, the single is well on it's way of entering the Top 5!). Check out all the impressive International debuts and increases, and gladly there was only one chart decrease in a minor chart in Canada.

International Debuts (Arranged By Highest Charting Position)
Spain: #5
Scotland: #12
Norway: #19
New Zealand: #21
Denmark: #22
Germany: #41

New International Peaks (Arranged By Highest Charting Position)
UK: #23 to #11 (+12)
Australia: #39 to #13 (+26)
Slovakia: #34 to #13 (+21)
Canadian Hot 100: #18 to #14 (+4)
Czech Republic: #32 to #14 (+18)
Ireland: #37 to #18 (+19)
Netherlands: #55 to #24 (+21)
Switzerland: #44 to #25 (+19)
Sweden: #76 to #45 (+31)
Austria: #60 to #51 (+9)
Italy: #71 to #63 (+8)

International Chart Decreases
Canadian Digital Songs: #13 to #17

iTunes Charts (As of March 17, 2016 3:00 P.M. Mountain Time)
The girls are slaying on some of the iTunes charts, but some iTunes charts are falling behind. Check out all the current positions according to the current time I've written this! And might I add, 5H are slaying in the UK and Australia! Bravo! No shade to Little Mix, but 5H is giving them a run for their money now that they are competing with LM in their own country. Hopefully, sooner or later, Little Mix will be able to top the charts on Billboard in America. Although many people have heard of them in the U.S., Little Mix just can't seem to break-through the wall in America's music industry and achieve high success on the charts. Don't know why, but I wish them all the best in the future!

Here are all the iTunes positions of Work From Home, according to the time stated above!
(Note: If a country is not stated below, it means Work From Home is not currently charting in that country due to a decline in sales in some countries such as Finland, Norway, Greece and Sweden)
According to http://musicchartfeeds.com/,
iTunes UK: #3
iTunes Australia: #3
iTunes USA: #7
iTunes Philippines: #8
iTunes Canada: #12
iTunes Brazil: #30
iTunes Mexico: #30
iTunes India: #39
According to http://www.popvortex.com/charts/international-charts.php,
iTunes New Zealand: #8
iTunes Ireland: #10
iTunes South Africa: #15
iTunes Switzerland: #28
iTunes Germany: #37
iTunes Netherlands: #40
iTunes Belgium: #42
iTunes Austria: #56
iTunes Denmark: #62
iTunes Japan: #63
iTunes Spain: #68
iTunes France: #71
iTunes Italy: #88
According to http://musicweekly.asia/charts
iTunes Indonesia: #10
iTunes Singapore: #11
iTunes Cambodia: #20
iTunes Thailand: #22

Upcoming Live Performances
It has been announced over the past week, Fifth Harmony will be appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for their second time! This is very exciting news as the girls will get the opportunity to promote their new single Work From Home and try to earn more sales. Hoping they will do better than they did on Live! with Kelly & Michael.








Work From Home has achieved several views on YouTube and managed to accumulate to over 50 million views! With a steady climb and keeping up the daily streams, Work From Home will be Vevo certified in a matter of weeks! Cross our fingers for more views and also for better sales as they days go by! Thanks for reading and have a nice day you lovely harmonizer <3

Fifth Harmony: 'Work From Home' Update #1

Hey Harmonizers! After spending 4-5 months last year updating all of y'all on the success of Worth It and its respective chart changes, I'm here to now begin updating you on the success of Work From Home. From chart changes on Billboard and international charts to success on iTunes charts and certifications, make sure to check back here for new updates every week!
(This Work From Home update will cover from Friday, February 26th to Thursday, March 10th, 2016)

 

Billboard (USA) Charts
Harmonizers (like me <3) have proven to be very dedicated and loyal to Fifth Harmony. Days before the release of the single, harmonizers were freakin' out 5H wasn't doing a lot of promo prior to the release day..... So Harmonizers took it upon themselves to twitter trend #5DaysTillWorkFromHome and counted down the days through these trends. I'm not sure if this caught many people's attention, but harmonizers did manage to set the single on fire when it got released. Work From Home rocketed to the top 10 of the iTunes charts and in the top 5, although never achieving #1. Regardless, the consistency of airplay from radios, streaming on Spotify and YouTube and the sales through iTunes managed to get Work From Home as Fifth Harmony's highest debut at #12, tying Worth It for 5H's highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100! Worth It took around 5 months to achieve #12, and the fact that the girls could score this high debut within no time means that their fanbase has grown after the Reflection era. There are several other debuts on the other Billboard charts, but snagging #12 in their first week on the Hot 100 is just too incredible. Check out all the debut positions on the Billboard Charts! (Pop Songs and Rhythmic Songs are subjected to change due to the amount of airplay on radios, but the numbers below are the exact positions they debuted)
Debut Positions of Work From Home
Billboard Hot 100: #12
Billboard Pop Songs: #30
Billboard Digital Songs: #5
Billboard Streaming Songs: #13
Billboard On-Demand Songs: #13
Billboard Rhythmic: #39
Billboard YouTube Music Charts: #14
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: #2 (Debuted in #2 last week)

Charts Yet to Debut In
There are still three charts that Work From Home has yet to debut in, but it'll be very soon!
Billboard Radio Songs
Billboard Adult Top 40
Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay

International Charts
Fifth Harmony's 3x Platinum single Worth It took the world by storm with it's catchy beats and addictive chorus. It was Fifth Harmony's first all-around international hit and charted in several countries. With exposure to a wide array of countries already, this gave Work From Home an 'easier time' in sales since 5H has already established fans in several international countries. Here's how Work From Home charted internationally, and it's quite impressive!
Debuts
Canadian Hot 100: #18
Canadian Digital Songs: #23
UK: #23
Australia: #39
Ireland: #37
Switzerland: #44
Netherlands: #55
Austria: #60
Italy: #71
Sweden: #76

iTunes Charts
(Updates for iTunes Charts will begin this Thursday)


Certifications
Of course it is probably too early for any certifications as this is only the second week since Work From Home's release. Although, expect a certification or two really soon from RIAA. There's a reason why Work From Home debuted at #12 and tied 5H's other highest charting single Worth It. There were some pretty strong sales in the first week and a half and lots of streaming and airplay, so I'm sure the gold certification will come in less than a month or before March even ends!

Live Performances
Three days after the single's release, the girls performed the single for the very first time on Live! with Kelly & Michael's Oscar After Show! I gotta say, this was not their best performance that they could've possibly put out. Camila was okay, Normani was decent, while Dinah and Ally didn't really nail their verses. Lauren was alright, but only because the backtrack kinda covered her voice a little but you could still here her singing live. I believe that it will take time before they manage to put out the best possible performances for this single and I don't think they've gotten used to the choreography of the performance. I've also heard the Ally was sick, so that's probably one reason why she wasn't up to par. I think Ally and Dinah are used to the high notes and belting the songs out, but lower ranges may need more practice with all the dancing they have to do. Check out the performance below and formulate your own opinion!

YouTube
For some reason, I can't post the music video on here yet but since the release of the music video on February 26th, it has accumulated to over 33 million views! Make sure to continue to stream the music video to help Fifth Harmony earn more sales!

If Work From Home is any indicator of the future for Fifth Harmony, I'd say their upcoming album 7/27 will definitely debut successfully on the Billboard 200 and this new era will show up the Reflection era.

Fifth Harmony Makes Major Announcement!

Fifth Harmony has left us harmonizers worrying this February. Why? Because the five ladies of the quintet kept quiet about literally everything on their upcoming single and second full-length album. But guess what!? On the night of February 24th, the ladies excited their fans by announcing the title and release date for their next album. They also confirmed their upcoming single will be released tomorrow, February 26th.

(To view the announcement video, click the link beside 'May 20th')

#WorkFromHome coming Feb. 26th ▪️ Our new album 7/27 is coming May 20th.https://t.co/PD47gIzM72

— Fifth Harmony (@FifthHarmony) February 25, 2016

The name of the album is called 7/27, in honour of the date the girls were put together on The X Factor. The girls have come a long way, and it makes sense to pay homage to how it all started. 7/27 is set to be released May 20th, and that is a very reasonable date. In an interview, Camila said the group has finished 99% of the album. It's just a matter of finalizing the tracklist for their album and making some finishing touches. So two months of finalization is a lot of time, unlike what happened in 2014-2015 with their debut album Reflection. Hopefully the date of May 20th will not be pushed back because that seems far enough already.

'Work From Home' is being released tomorrow and I could not be more excited! I got my credit card ready y'all! I'm just a the point of hoping and praying this single is what we've all been waiting for, a song which will finally showcase their vocal abilities. But by the looks of it, people are saying it's a cross between Worth It and another 5H single......

(P.S. people been sayin that the music video will be released the same time as the single, so let's HOPE and PRAY <3)

Fifth Harmony To Perform On 'Work From Home' on After Oscar Show!

We're performing #WorkFromHome ✨LIVE✨ for the 1st time EVER Monday AM on @KellyAndMichael's #AfterOscars show!https://t.co/i1MSWYBZ2f

— Fifth Harmony (@FifthHarmony) February 26, 2016

Fifth Harmony to Appear on Oscar Stage

The girls of 5H are set to appear at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on the After Oscar Show hosted by Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan from the talk show Live! with Kelly & Michael. Fifth Harmony appeared on their show earlier in 2015 to promote their international hit Worth It and debut album Reflection. It's reported that the girls will perform the lead single Work From Home (releasing Feb. 26, 2016) on the show to promote it and to promote their upcoming sophomore album 7/27 (releasing May. 20, 2016).


It seems like the girls have decided to hang out in L.A. for a while. Ever since the time of the Grammys, the girls have been enjoyin' time in California as they prepare to promote their new era. Who's excited for this new era of 5H and their appearance on the After Oscar Show this upcoming Monday? I know I am <3

Fifth Harmony New Single Name Leaked!

Fifth Harmony's new single is called 'Work From Home'!!!!! SO EXCITED! Fifth Harmony didn't announce the name....... some radio station DJ posted on their website and were supposed to announce that the single was comin' out Friday, but instead of saying 'single', they accidentally forgot about secrecy and put in 'Work From Home'.
Well, I don't blame the Radio Station for leaking the name. 5H shoulda announced it like last week..... I don't know why they didn't promote over the past weekend. It's confirmed they will be at a radio station answering questions, not sure if it's about the single though. #4DaysUntilWorkFromHome has been trending recently and is one of the top worldwide trends as I'm typing this! WHO'S EXCITED!?!?!?!

Camila Cabello on Ellen Without Her Fellow Fifth Harmony Members

On the February 16th, 2016 edition of the Ellen DeGeneres Show this week, Camila performed with the sweet and kind Shawn Mendes, who earlier apologized to Ellen for not thanking her at the People's Choice. Ellen didn't even expect him to apologize or anything or to even think about thanking her for his win, and a lot of people in the crowd just fell in love with how humble Shawn was.

Back to Camila, this is her first appearance on Ellen without fellow Fifth Harmony members Ally, Normani, Lauren and Dinah. Camila and Shawn performed their collaborative Top 20 hit 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and put on a fun performance for the audience. Check out the interview with Shawn Mendes and the performance!

Interview With Shawn

 

'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Performance (Camila & Shawn)



Fifth Harmony Separates At Grammy After Parties

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards was a spectacular night where many artists are rewarded for their work in the music industry. There were also some spectacular performers including 'Album of the Year' recipient Taylor Swift, 'Best New Artist' nominees James Bay and Tori Kelly, Ellie Goulding, Andra Day, Pentatonix and Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar and many more. But personally, I loved the Tori Kelly and James Bay collaboration since I'm a big fan of both of these two artists. The mix of both 'Let It Go' and 'Hollow' was so beautiful. Tori's runs are so amazing and sends chills throughout the audience. Check it out below!

(Video from YouTube Channel: US SHOW)

After the Grammys was over, it was one night to remember as many artists set out to party all night long for celebration. Although Fifth Harmony didn't attend the Grammys (don't understand why they couldn't.... maybe because of Lauren's knee infection?), four of them set out to celebrate with fellow artists at Grammy After Parties! But, the four I'm talking about weren't all together. Camila hopped into a van with the likes of her bestie Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding and Lorde and headed to the Universal Music Group's After Party. At the Universal After Party, Camila got to hang out with celebrities and artists like L.A. Reid, Daya, Calvin Harris and Meghan Trainor.

 

(Borrowed Photos from JustJared)

And on the red carpet for the Universal Music Group Grammy After Party, Chelsea Briggs from Hollywire TV managed to interview Camila for a couple of minutes and asking about the Grammys, #5H2 and her appearance on Ellen with Shawn Mendes. One thing to note is that it's odd that it's all been so scrambled and possibly unorganized lately if Camila doesn't even know if a release date for their upcoming single has been announced, which it has.... Check it out below!

While Camila was partying it up at one of the Grammy After Parties in Los Angeles, 3/5 of 5H decided to go together to attend other parties in L.A. as well. Apparently, Dinah, Ally and Normani went to the Sony Grammy After Party, but after 10 minutes they left to party at Republic Records' Grammy After Party. The three ladies were able to hang out with stars like Tori Kelly, Rachel Platten and Shawn Mendes.

 





(Borrowed Photo from JustJared)

 

Sadly, Lauren couldn't party at all that night with her fellow 5H members due to her knee infection, but reports say that she's doing fine with her healing process. To be safe, I guess she had to stay away from too much action on one of the biggest nights in the music industry. But why did 3/5 of 5H go to one party and Camila went to another? Maybe the others agreed that it was okay if Camila wanted to hang out with her other musical besties and friends, but I believe that if they are a group they should stick together. When 5H starts appearing on their own, it's the cause of many harmonizers and 5H fans freaking out about signs of a breakup or a solo career for Camila. I definitely do think most harmonizers over-react when 1/5 of the group appears on their own or 3/5 appears without the other two. Although, I'd prefer to the girls showing unity and standing together to showcase the group as a whole.

 

Thanks for reading! Feel free to comment if you'd like and I'll be posting more blog posts soon!

Fifth Harmony: Goodbye?

(Video from OhYeahItsJack's Channel on YouTube)

Above is a full demo of Fifth Harmony's could've-been track on their debut album 'Reflection'. It's called 'Goodbye' and several harmonizers believed this is the new mature sound 5H was talking about. But no, it was just a potential track for Reflection which was never picked up. Although, this song is so perfect and displays true-real emotions from the girls. Give it a listen if you haven't yet! Won't be let down :)

Fifth Harmony Releasing Single in Two Weeks!?

Guess what harmonizers? The newest 5H single might be a lot closer than we thought! That's right, with photos from their Music Video shoots and a confirmation that some radio stations have already been given a special sneak peek of their latest track, it's possible that the single will be out in the last week of February!

The newly created buzz recently for #5H2 started up again in the end of January 2016 and beginning of February 2016 after 3-4 months of the Fifth Harmony members spending some quality family time and a much needed break after almost 8 months of touring, attending awards show, promoting singles and making special guest appearances in several talk shows. The five girls reunited and took a group photo in a desert setting with a sunset and posted on their Fifth Harmony social media sites 'Back to Work' on January 29th, 2016.

 

I'm very sure that to this day, they have finished recording all of their potential #5H2 tracks. Most of the recording seems to have been done in late 2015 in October and November before they set out to conquer Europe for their European Reflection Tour. So they are in the stage of preparing how to go about promoting their upcoming singles and their new album and finalizing the tracklist. We all know how excruciating it was waiting for them to 'finalize' their tracklist for the Reflection Album back in Fall 2014. Then it got pushed.... and pushed.... and pushed.... until it finally came upon is February 3rd, 2015...... So this is the reason why this time around, we don't have an actual date to look forward to. We're just stuck with the word 'soon' until they're comfortable with officialising a date for the release. Which is pretty understandable in terms of the tragic state all of us harmonizers were in during the Reflection Era....

 

So anyways, back to the big anticipation for 5H's upcoming single! Turns out that all along for the past two weeks, the girls were already on the set of their new music video and taking photos for the cover art of the new album! The shoot for the music video took place on February 8th and it may already be done right now! Check out some photos from the 5H music video!