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Born | September 17, 1991 Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
Education | Martin High School University of Southern California |
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Spouse | Mark Hoying (Née Manio) (m. 2023) |
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Scott Hoying (born September 17, 1991) [1] is an American singer, musician and songwriter who came to international attention as the baritone of the a cappella group Pentatonix and one-half of the music duo Superfruit. [2] [3] As of June 2021, Pentatonix has released eleven albums (two of which have been number ones) and two EPs, have had four songs in the Billboard Hot 100, and won three Grammy Awards as "the first a cappella group to achieve mainstream success in the modern market". [4] As of November 2021 [update] , Superfruit's YouTube channel has over 2.4 million subscribers, and over 444 million views. [5]
Scott Richard Hoying was born in Arlington, Texas to Connie and Rick Hoying. He met Mitch Grassi, another co-founder of Pentatonix and his partner in the duo Superfruit, when he was young. He also met Kirstin Maldonado, a third Pentatonix founder, while they were both attending Martin High School. [6] Hoying and Grassi were both active in theater arts in Arlington and met when they were cast in the musical Annie ; they both play piano. They were "giggly" together but not best friends immediately; then they were split up being sent to different schools for a year and a half. They reunited while performing in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . [7] After graduating high school, he briefly attended the University of Southern California, where he studied popular music performance. [8]
Pentatonix started as a trio, as Hoying, Grassi, and Maldonado had been in choir for most of their time in high school. [9] The three quickly put together an a cappella cover of Lady Gaga's 2010 "Telephone" featuring Beyoncé to compete in a local radio station contest to meet Glee cast members. They did not win but kept competing and performing, gaining popularity. [10] [11]
Hoying heard about The Sing-Off reality-show competition for a cappella acts; he gained an interest in the genre once in college. [6] It was the first time the trio had embraced a cappella. The show required groups to have five or more members, so they recruited bass vocalist Avi Kaplan and singer/beat boxer Kevin Olusola. [12] [13] [14] After they won, they all relocated to Los Angeles to pursue recording artist careers. [15] [16] The main goal of the group was to become the first modern mainstream a cappella group, which they have done. [17]
Pentatonix is an a cappella collective and a quintet; most of their songs are covers and much of their success comes from touring, including internationally. [18] They gained national attention in the U.S. competing on NBC's a cappella reality show The Sing-Off in 2011, which they won. [19] The group got a record label, who dropped them as their audience was too niche—with no guarantee of selling albums, or concert tickets—but the group felt it was ultimately advantageous as around late 2012 Pentatonix started posting videos to YouTube building an international fan base. [lower-alpha 1] [20] Pentatonix also released the debut EP, PTX, Volume 1 , on their new label in June 2012, followed by a Christmas EP, PTXmas in November. [13] [20] They recorded covers of pop 40 hits like Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011), Psy's "Gangnam Style" (2012), and Fun's "We Are Young" (2011). [21] Their big video hit was a November 2013 video of a medley of Daft Punk songs. It had ten million views in the first week of its release and rose to over 150 million views; as of January 2020 it has over 320 million views. [22]
As of March 2015 they had 7.6 million YouTube subscribers. By October 2019 that number rose to seventeen million and in December 2020, 18.9 million; the channel has over three billion video views. [20] [23] As of February 2020, they had over 4.4 billion views; they also have two million followers on Instagram, and 3.6 million on Facebook. [24]
Their YouTube videos usually each have more than a million views. [25] [26] They also tour extensively including across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America—over an estimated forty countries as of December 2016; and have had cameos in shows and movies like Bones and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015); and their own television show, A Pentatonix Christmas Special (2016). [27] [28] [29]
As of June 2021, Pentatonix has released eleven albums, ten of which reached the Top Ten on the Billboard 200, all combined selling ten million albums—including two number one albums, and five of Christmas music—and have had four songs in the Billboard Hot 100, and won three Grammy Awards. [30] [31] [32] Their three Grammy wins were for their: Daft Punk medley tribute to the French electronic music duo (2015); version of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (2016); Jolene collaboration with Dolly Parton (2017). In addition to their regular tours, they use their extensive holiday music for Christmastime tours. Their That's Christmas to Me (2014) is the highest-charting Christmas album by a group of two or more since 1962. [33]
The individual members find inspiration to cover recent songs, as well as international classics, then if they decide as a group it is a good match, they compose an arrangement; their friend Ben Bram, who is also their producer, is their co-arranger. [10] [11] Although they are known for their covers and re-arranged popular songs, the band released their first album, Pentatonix, in October 2015, and it was all original music; it also marked the first time an a cappella group had the top album on the Billboard 200 album chart. [34] Their sold-out North American tour that year was documented in the movie, On My Way Home. [35] Grassi said that he and Hoying both being openly gay has been appreciated by the group's fans; a common demographic is Midwesterners and Christians who comment that the pair have helped them accept their LGBTQ children. [36]
Hoying and Mitch Grassi, lifelong friends, vlogged skits, comedy videos, and duets to YouTube quickly gaining a following; after hundreds of videos they saw the music ones were the most liked so created Superfruit. [19] Some of their viral videos include: Frozen medley (with more than thirteen million views as of April 2016) ; an "Evolution of Miley Cyrus" (12.8 million) and a Beyoncé album medley (with over twelve million). [37] According to Hoying, Superfruit "came from Mitch's random mind". [38] [ non-primary source needed ] Hoying said, "Our first rule with starting Superfruit was: This is for fun... This is to be free and do whatever we want. So, let's write stories that we want to write, let's make videos that we want to make, let's not put limitations on it... not care so much about calculating it to where we think it might be more successful... I think that's why it feels so good to the fans." [39] The first Superfruit video was released on August 13, 2013. [40] Navigating Pentatonix versus the duo's projects and touring schedules was simplified by the quintet's rule that the larger groups' commitments come first. [19]
They started to incorporate original music into the project, starting in 2016. [39] Superfruit's first EP, Future Friends, Part One, was released in June 2017, Part Two in September 2017, followed by a full-length album of the same name. [41] The EP's concept is that a friendship can run even deeper than any romantic component. [39] They wrote with songwriters and producers collaborators including Robopop, Justin Tranter, and John Hill; and produced videos for each song. The album won critical acclaim and rose to ninth place on the Billboard 200 album chart. [39]
Superfruit's debut video for Future Friends, "Imaginary Parties", was noted by InStyle for the bold fashions that their stylist Candice McAndrews helped them secure. [42] McAndrews has worked with Pentatonix since the beginning as well. [42] She used Gucci and Balenciaga to elevate with high-fashion inspiration and "a pop art approach to their look". McAndrews shared that a Superfruit fitting will have seven to nine racks of clothing for each, including designers "Alexander Wang, Loewe, Vetements, Haider Ackermann, Raf Simons, and Maison Margiela". [42]
In October 2019, Hoying started another a cappella group, with members who are aged 17 years or younger, calling the group Acapop! KIDS.
On August 18, 2020, 15-year-old member Nolan Gibbons (one of the group's beatboxers) passed away in his sleep from sudden unexplained death in childhood. In his memory, Acapop! KIDS put together a memorial video of Nolan's audition song, "This City" by Sam Fischer. [43] The group also auditioned for America's Got Talent in 2022, where they sang Nolan's original song "My Turn". Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara, and Simon Cowell all voted "yes" for Acapop! (Howie Mandel was sick, so he could not attend) sending them to the next round.
Hoying is openly gay and resides in Hollywood. [44] He began dating model Mark Manio in 2017. [45] They got engaged in the Bahamas on April 13, 2022 [46] [47] and were married in Santa Barbara, California, on July 7, 2023. [48] Their wedding was officiated by singer-songwriter Christina Perri. [49] Hoying has scoliosis and had to wear a brace for 5 years when he was younger to help treat the condition.
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Future Friends | 29 | 70 |
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"The Promise" | 2019 | Non-album single |
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"Black and White" (featuring Superfruit and Kirstin Maldonado) | 2017 | Todrick Hall | Straight Outta Oz |
"Beautiful" (featuring Superfruit) | 2017 | Betty Who | The Valley |
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Arms Around the World |
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"Mars" | 2022 | Parallel |
"Parallel" | 2023 | Parallel |
"Flaunt It" | 2024 | Non-album single |
"Mad About You" | 2024 | Non-album single |
Title | Year | Artist | Album |
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"Turn Up the Music" (featuring Scott Hoying) | 2012 | Peter Hollens | Non-album single |
"Blowin' in the Wind" (Scott Hoying, Julia Harriman & Mario Jose) | 2016 | Julia Harriman, Mario Jose | Non-album single |
"All for Me" (featuring Scott Hoying) | 2017 | Hoodie Allen | The Hype |
"Ghost" (Frankie & Scott Hoying) | 2018 | Frankie | Non-album single |
"Lose Us" (featuring Scott Hoying) | 2018 | Rozzi | Bad Together |
"All to Me" (featuring Scott Hoying) | 2018 | Shoshana Bean | Non-album single |
"Sensitive" (featuring Scott Hoying) | 2022 | Meghan Trainor | Takin' It Back |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Bones | Ted Gibbs | Guest Cast (The Strike in the Chord; Season 11 Ep.16) |
2021 | Centaurworld | Mouthpiece | 2 seasons |
2023 | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | TBD | Guest cast (Season 4) |
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2017 | Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" on Rachael Ray | Nominated | [52] |
2021 | Outstanding Original Song | "Cabana Boy Troy" on The Kelly Clarkson Show | Nominated | [53] |
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2023 | Outstanding Music Direction | "Super Bowl LVII: "Ragged Old Flag: An American Chorus" | Won | [54] |
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2015 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella | "Daft Punk" | Won | [55] |
2016 | "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" | Won | [56] | |
2017 | Best Country Duo/Group Performance | "Jolene" (ft. Dolly Parton) | Won | [57] |
2023 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Evergreen | Nominated | [58] |
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2014 | Best Cover Song | "Daft Punk" | Won | [59] |
Best Original Song | "Love Again" | Nominated | [59] | |
Best Musical Artist | Pentatonix | Nominated | [59] | |
2015 | Best Collaboration | Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling | Nominated | [60] |
Best Cover Song | "Evolution of Michael Jackson" | Nominated | [60] |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Response of the Year | "Radioactive" (with Lindsey Stirling) | Won | [61] |
2015 | Artist of the Year | Pentatonix | Won | [62] |
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2015 | Best YouTube Musician | Pentatonix | Won | [63] |
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2015 | Top Billboard 200 Album | That's Christmas to Me | Nominated | [64] [ non-primary source needed ] |
Top Billboard 200 Artist | Pentatonix | Nominated | [65] [ non-primary source needed ] |
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2016 | Favorite Music Group | Pentatonix | Nominated | [66] |
2017 | Nominated | [67] |
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2016 | Best Cover Song | "Cheerleader" | Nominated | [68] |
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2016 | Video Remixes/Mashups | Evolution of Michael Jackson | Nominated | [69] |
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2017 | Best Choreography in a Music Video | Sweet Life | Won | [70] |
Pentatonix are an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements with vocal harmonies, scat singing, riffing, vocal percussion, and beatboxing, they produce cover versions of modern pop works or Christmas songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. Pentatonix was formed in 2011 and subsequently won the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, receiving $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. When Sony's Epic Records dropped the group after The Sing-Off, the group formed its YouTube channel, distributing its music through Madison Gate Records, a label owned by Sony Pictures.
Kevin Oluwole Olusola, also known as K.O., is an American singer-songwriter, beatboxer, and cellist. Olusola is best known as the beatboxer of the a cappella group Pentatonix. After the group won NBC's The Sing-Off in 2011, they released eleven albums, which have sold over 2 million records, and have amassed more than two billion views on their YouTube channel.
Mitchell Coby Michael Grassi is an American singer from Arlington, Texas. Known for his high tenor voice, Grassi came to international attention as a founding performer in two groups—the a cappella quintet Pentatonix, and the duo Superfruit with Pentatonix bandmate Scott Hoying. As of September 2023, Pentatonix has released eleven albums and six EPs, have had five songs in the Billboard Hot 100, and won three Grammy Awards as "the first a cappella group to achieve mainstream success in the modern market". As of September 2023, Superfruit's YouTube channel has over 2.4 million subscribers and has accumulated over 483 million views.
Avriel Benjamin Kaplan is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for being the former vocal bass of the a cappella group Pentatonix from 2011 to 2017. As a part of the group, he released five studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over six million albums.
Kirstin Taylor Maldonado is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for being a vocalist in the a cappella group Pentatonix. With the group, she has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over six million albums.
PTX, Volume 1 is the debut extended play album by the a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released on June 26, 2012.
PTX, Vol. II is the third extended play (EP) by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released digitally on November 5, 2013, while physical versions of the album were available from November 12, 2013. As of October 23, 2015, PTX, Vol. II has sold 199,965 copies.
PTX, Vol. III is the fourth extended play album by the a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released on September 23, 2014 by RCA Records, although it was released earlier in Australia on September 19, 2014. The extended play contains four covers as well as three original tracks. As of October 23, 2015, PTX, Vol. III has sold 201,226 copies.
That's Christmas to Me is the third studio album by a cappella group Pentatonix. It is their sixth release overall and their second holiday release following their 2012 EP PTXmas. It only features previously unreleased material. It was released on October 21, 2014 through RCA Records, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
American a cappella group Pentatonix (PTX) has released 11 studio albums, six compilation albums, six extended plays (EPs), 34 singles and 58 music videos. The group won the third season of The Sing-Off in 2011, and subsequently received a recording contract with Sony. In June 2012, Pentatonix released their first extended play, PTX, Volume 1 through Sony-owned independent record label Madison Gate Records. The EP debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard 200, selling 18,401 copies in its first week of sales. A Christmas EP, PTXmas, was released in November 2012. It was re-released in November 2013 with one of its new tracks, "Little Drummer Boy", debuting at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and charting in other countries such as Austria, Canada and New Zealand. The EP became the sixth highest-selling Christmas album of 2013, selling over 168,000 copies. In November 2013, Pentatonix released their third EP, PTX, Vol. II which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, selling 31,000 copies in its first week of sales.
Superfruit is an American musical and comedy duo consisting of Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying, both known as members of the a cappella group Pentatonix. Superfruit is also the name of their comedy show, featured on their eponymous YouTube channel. Their channel was created in August 2013 with a focus on comedic vlogs and music performances. As of July 2023, the channel has over 2.4 million subscribers and over 481 million views.
Pentatonix is the fourth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix, which was released on October 16, 2015.
Jacob Collier is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and educator. His music incorporates a combination of jazz and elements from other musical genres, and often features extensive use of reharmonisations and close harmony. He is known for his energetic live performances, in which he often conducts the audience to sing harmony or play percussion parts. Collier demonstrates his harmonic expertise in lectures and master classes, particularly with his detailed analyses of songs like Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke" and his own music.
A Pentatonix Christmas is the fifth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It is also their second full-length holiday album since That's Christmas to Me in 2014. Featuring two new original songs, "Good to Be Bad" and "The Christmas Sing-Along", A Pentatonix Christmas debuted on the Billboard 200 at number three with 52,000 albums sold in its first week, and later peaked at number one, selling 206,000 units in its best week. A Pentatonix Christmas marks as their second number one album on the Billboard 200 after Pentatonix. The album also debuted atop the Billboard Holiday Albums chart, their second number one on that chart after That's Christmas to Me. The deluxe edition of the album dropped from number 6 to 200 on the Billboard 200 in 2018, the greatest drop for an album that still remained on the chart, in Billboard history. The album also, with a guest appearance by The Manhattan Transfer, marked the first recording by the fourth iteration of the group, as this was Trist Curless' first participation with the group in a recording since the death of Tim Hauser, whom Curless officially replaced in 2014.
PTX, Vol. IV: Classics is the fifth extended play album by the a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released by RCA Records on April 7, 2017, and is their first EP since 2014's PTX, Vol. III. It is their final release with original member Avi Kaplan, who left the group later that year.
PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I is the sixth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix, released on April 13, 2018. It is their first album with bass vocalist Matt Sallee, and without original bass vocalist Avi Kaplan. It is also their first full-length album not to feature any original material.
Christmas Is Here! is the seventh studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It is also their third full-length holiday album following A Pentatonix Christmas in 2016.
Citizen Queen is an American girl group formed in 2018 under the auspices of RCA Records, with mentorship from Pentatonix member Scott Hoying. Originally a five-member group, Citizen Queen consists of vocalists Kaedi Dalley, Cora Isabel, and Nina Ann Nelson.
The Best of Pentatonix Christmas is the first compilation album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It contains Christmas songs, originally recorded for and included on their holiday albums PTXmas, That's Christmas to Me, A Pentatonix Christmas and Christmas Is Here!, as well as four new songs: "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "God Only Knows", "Joyful, Joyful", and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". It was released via RCA Records on October 25, 2019. In December 2019, the group toured the United States in support of the album.
We Need a Little Christmas is the fourth Christmas album, and eighth album overall, by the American a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released on November 13, 2020, by RCA Records.