5 Seconds of Summer
Transcript
Four teenagers, one YouTube channel, and a world tour!
Meet 5 Seconds of Summer, or 5SOS. They are a pop rock band from Sydney, Australia.
The band started in two thousand eleven. Four friends who loved playing music together.
Luke sings and plays rhythm guitar. Michael plays lead guitar.
Calum plays the bass, and Ashton plays the drums. Together, that is the whole band.
At first they were YouTube stars. They posted videos, and people online started to watch.
Then came the big break. They toured with One Direction, playing for huge crowds.
- Huge stadium crowds!
After that, fans all over the world wanted to hear 5SOS. Their fame grew fast. In twenty fourteen they released She Looks So Perfect. It reached number one in four countries.
Their first album, also in twenty fourteen, reached number one in eleven countries.
Look at the numbers. They have sold over ten million albums and two million concert tickets. In the US, they were the first Australian act with three number one albums on the Billboard 200. Now a quick question to check what you learned.
So 5SOS went from a Sydney friend group on YouTube to one of Australia's biggest bands ever.
Quick quiz
Q1. Where did 5 Seconds of Summer begin their career?
They started as YouTube celebrities before touring the world.
