Billboard: 4H and Camila underperforming their next eras.
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But right now, five girls and their various representatives (three of the five have their own attorneys and lawyer Dina LaPolt represents the group) are dealing with a very cold December. Between the 18th of the month (a day the four girls understood to be Cabello's last with the group, while a source in the Cabello camp claims it only marked the end of their commitments on this album cycle and "did not mean that she wanted to withdraw from the band”) and the end of the year, when Epic's option for a third album by Fifth Harmony comes up, Harmonizers' entire universe could be upended.
"I think it's a huge mistake,” says one industry power player who believes they should have stuck it out for a third album. "This is the group's moment. They just had the biggest record of their career and the next record is 'the one.' [Camila has] had success but all with singles that aren't hers.” (Worth noting: Cabello and Machine Gun Kelly share equal billing on "Bad Things.")
Fifth Harmony has sold 424,000 albums in the U.S. to date (), but its debut full-length set, Reflection, moved twice as many units as their most recent album, 7/27, so the metrics don't exactly point to a sure thing either. () From the label's perspective, even on the heels of three top 40 hits, to put out a new Fifth Harmony album is an expensive endeavor and a risky one. The safer bet for Epic might be to throw its weight behind Cabello as tomorrow's star. (). (Also worth noting: On the same week when their internal drama went public, Fifth Harmony's latest single, "That's My Girl,” dropped out of the Hot 100 and its spins at top 40 radio were cut in half, signaling that the plug may have been pulled on further promotion of the song.)
while a source in the Cabello camp claims it only marked the end of their commitments on this album cycle and "did not mean that she wanted to withdraw from the band”
I still think they should have stuck it out for one more album too. They could only get bigger from here and it would be more of stable position for solo attempts.
I do expect Camila to be quite big next year and 4H will have the support of all the people who wanted Camila gone who will hopefully stream at least their first single.
What a disaster on both sides. If Camilla would have just met the other girls a talked it out and if the 5H manager wouldn't have tried to beat Camilla to the punch and wrote that stupid letter this could have been resolved without anyone even knowing about the mess inside the group. I mean even if they HATED each other they could have remained associated for one more album.
I hope they both smash, but my heart is with 4H. Fifth Harmony have always been underdogs, up until WFH. Now they are back to where they have always been - proving everyone wrong.
), but its debut full-length set, Reflection, moved twice as many units as their most recent album, 7/27, so the metrics don't exactly point to a sure thing either. (
). (Also worth noting: On the same week when their internal drama went public, Fifth Harmony's latest single, "That's My Girl,” dropped out of the Hot 100 and its spins at top 40 radio were cut in half, signaling that the plug may have been pulled on further promotion of the song.)
