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poster painting: 1. tebakoji, 2015 2. me, 2015 3. untitled, 2015 4. Incredibly Still, 2015

[5htoday]

January 23

The first CD signing for 'Reflection' took place at the Mall of America in Minnesota. Hordes and hordes of fans lined up and waited for the girls to sign their booklets of the album. (shots of the booklets: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7)

More dates for the album signings have been confirmed:

January 31st at the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Maryland

February 1st at the Woodbridge Center Mall in New Jersey

February 3rd at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, NY and the Westfield Trumbull Mall in Connecticut

February 4th at the Southland Mall in Hayward, CA

February 6th at the Grove in Los Angeles, CA

March 7th at the Coral Mall in Coral Springs, FL

A media release confirmed that Fifth Harmony are going to perform live on the February 3rd episode of the Today Show.

Lauren, Dinah and Camila called in for an interview with 107.9 Sacramento. They spoke of their surprise to hear 'Sledgehammer' constantly on the radio, their excitement on the upcoming Reflection Tour, and their thoughts about the album.

'Sledgehammer' continues to maintain its positions in sales, streaming, and radio charts. Continue supporting the single!

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January 20

The day started off brightly as 'Worth It' jumped to a peak of #3 in the US iTunes chart as 'Reflection' also entered the Top 100! #5HWorthIt also trended worldwide continuously for the most part of the day.

As more and more countries around the world had 'Worth It' available, the song started to climb the iTunes charts of each country. It hit #1 in nearly 20 countries and more than 50 countries had it inside their iTunes top 10's at some point in the day.

Media outlets were all over the news of the release of 'Worth It'. Radio stations all around the world also started playing the song alongside 'Sledgehammer', even though the former isn't even a single! It's quite unusual for that to happen. However it helped 'Reflection' gain more hype as pre-orders for the album stayed well within the Top 100 of iTunes for the entire day.

Popstar got the chance to interview Normani on the red carpet premiere of Zendaya's show, K.C. Undercover. Normani talked about how the she and the girls are as excited as Harmonizers are in finally being able to release the album! She teased a little about the tour and their outfits as well.

Over at Australia's Shazam Top 20 radio show, 'Worth It' premiered on radio. According to the DJ's in the show, Fifth Harmony are going to Down Under sometime between February 16 to 20 for a promotional tour in support of 'Reflection'!

That would fit in nicely between their US promotions following the album release and their Reflection Tour!

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January 17

January 17 is a significant day for Fifth Harmony. This year's January 17 marks two years since they were announced to have been signed to both Syco and Epic Records! (credit for the collage goes to whoever created it)

Speaking of records, pre-orders for 'Reflection' continue to rise in iTunes. As of midnight PT, it has reached the upper 80's. Part of that can be credited to Dinah tweeting the link and promoting the pre-orders for the album tonight. It's almost certain that 'Worth It' is the next IG track off 'Reflection'. Information from Amazon says that the song will be released on January 20.

In media mentions and appearances, AwesomenessTV uploaded a new Fifth Harmony Takeover episode. Today's episode deals with the girls during their tour stop in Simpsonville, South Carolina. A magazine in the UK, Gay Times Magazine, tweeted that their latest issue features an interview with Dinah.

DJ Flict has posted a photo enumerating the producers Fifth Harmony has worked with for 'Reflection'.

On the topic of radio, 'Sledgehammer' is still hanging on to the #21 spot on Pop radio. On the Hot AC charts, it jumped +1 to #49 from yesterday. It rose +2 to #26 on this week's American Top 40 countdown. Saturday Night Online also played 'Sledgehammer' during their show.

Streaming is doing remarkably well, with daily streams for the song breaching the 700k mark for daily streams and the 20 million mark for cumulative streams. It has reached a peak of #32 in the Daily US Top Tracks on Spotify today! Over at YouTube, the music video of the song has passed 11 million views. Keep streaming!

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January 16

'Sledgehammer' continues to hang on to the #21 spot of Pop radio albeit with a less than stellar update, while over at the Adult Contemporary radio charts, the song debuts at #50.

General sale for 'Reflection Tour' tickets began today. A mad rush for tickets in the first 5 minutes of selling sold more half the total tickets allotted for the tour. Shows in big cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago are now sold out. Today's Fanuary giveaway gave a lucky fan a pair of tickets to one of the shows of her choice. If you still don't have tickets and live near a stop on the tour, go get your tickets before they all sell out!

As for VIP packages, some packages have been refunded, so not everything has been sold out yet. As of midnight ET though, 14/23 shows' VIP packages are now sold out.

Max from Capital FM UK finally uploaded a vlog about Fifth Harmony's visit to her radio show last month. The vlog shows the girls singing amazing covers in Insta-oki and answering some risky questions posed by Max.

'Them Girls Be Like' was featured in an episode of VH1's show 'Sorority Sister'.

Speaking of songs off 'Reflection', the band account sent out this tweet tonight. #Unlock5HWorthIt became the #1 trending topic worldwide after this tweet, and the pre-order for 'Reflection' has jumped more than +150 spots since the tweet was sent. Pre-order the album if you haven't!

Excitement built up over that announcement and so, it's widely expected that 'Worth It', a "horn-filled track" that features Kid Ink, would be released as an instant grat track off the album within a few days. The wait for the album is almost over, Harmonizers! Just a few more weeks!

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January 15

The usual Thursday chart updates rolled in today!

On Billboard, a number of new peaks were achieved by 'Sledgehammer'.

It rose to #26 (+6) on the overall Digital Songs chart.

On Twitter Top Tracks, the song climbs to #4 on its 11th week on the chart.

It also lands at 44 (+4) on this week's On Demand Songs Chart.

'Sledgehammer' rebounds to #44 (+2) on this week's Hot 100. Although sales were better, streaming was probably at a lesser rate compared to last week; hence, the gain in position wasn't as huge as expected. 

The Artist 100 chart, which ranks an artist's popularity across the US, Fifth Harmony rose 10 spots to a peak of #56 on its 7th week on the chart.

Over at Canada, all-time peaks were the rage:

#37 on the Canadian CHR/Top 40 radio

#73 on the Canadian Hot 100

AwesomenessTV has reverted back to releasing two Fifth Harmony takeover episodes a week. This day's episode featured Ally's adventure at Waffle House.

HollywireTV got the chance to interview Ally during Meghan Trainor's album release party, where she told host Chelsea Briggs about their relationship with Meghan Trainor, her excitement over the nearing release of 'Reflection'. She mentioned that 'Everlasting Love' is one of her favorites off the album, calling it "Destiny's Child-esque... showing another side of Fifth Harmony".

According to Ally, the group is getting back together in less than a week's time for tour rehearsals and preparation for the tour.

An interview Camila did two days ago has how been aired. She talked about her excitement over the features of the album. The feature with Tyga ('Like Mariah') is her favorite among the three. She also shared with the interviewer how Fifth Harmony would fare in a horror movie attack, among other fun questions.

VIP Nation has put up all VIP packages for the 'Reflection Tour' even before the general sale. As of the end of the day, 16/23 of these shows have sold out VIP's already.

General sale for 'Reflection Tour' tickets starts tomorrow, January 16 at 10am local venue time!

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January 14

The effects of Dinah's follow spree were evident in the rise of the iTunes position of 'Reflection'. The album rose to #141 today.

On Pop radio, the song continues to make significant gains in spins, bullets, and audience. It has now breached the 20 million audience impressions mark. On Spotify, the song also reached a peak of #35 on the US Daily Top Tracks with roughly 454k streams reported from the previous day.

Ally and Lauren had an interview with HOT 1079 where they talked about their excitement over the features of 'Reflection'. On the topic of the songs in their album, Lauren mentioned loving the vibe of 'Everlasting Love' and Ally loving the energy of 'Top Down'. They both promoted the 'Reflection Tour' and also answered some fun questions. Ally apparently has never driven a car, despite being the oldest in the group.

An interview the both of them had yesterday was also posted today. Ally almost slipped about "something they can't say" that they will be doing at the time around Valentine's Day. Lauren said that the tour would have new staging, new choreography, and definitely have more fun. Ally confirmed that 'Reflection' is coming out on February 3, 2015 for real as well.

Pre-sale for VIP passes and concert tickets for the 'Reflection Tour' went on sale in the morning across the United States. Pre-sale tickets for all 23 stops of the tour sold out in less than an hour. The day ended with the VIP passes of 12 shows already sold out. VIP Nation, the organizer of the girls' meet and greets, have promised to add a few more VIP passes per show to keep up with the high demand for them. Pre-sale for VIP passes still is ongoing!

Dinah took over the Fifth Harmony Snapchat this afternoon, using the opportunity to further encourage fans to pre-order the album on iTunes and buy their tickets for the tour. A few snippets of 'Reflection' were heard in the background as she did that. A few minutes after, #DinahJaneIsTheBOSS trended at #1 on Twitter worldwide. Ally also sent out a Snap encouraging Harmonizers to buy during the pre-sale.

In other trending topics, there is only less than 3 weeks to go before 'Reflection' comes out! #5HREFLECTION20DAYS trended as well, almost the same time #DinahJaneIsTheBOSS trended.

A third Fifth Harmony related hashtag, #NormanisGrandmaIsABoss trended later in the night too, after Normani posted a Snap on the group account of her grandma dancing to 'Them Girls Be Like' and 'BO$$'.

For the third night in a row, 'Sledgehammer' ruled Z100's 9@9 Countdown. This is its 6th night at #1 overall in 10 consecutive days of being in the countdown.

An Australian music source said that 'Worth It' would be released in Australia on the 21st of January. However, there has been no word from Fifth Harmony's label regarding the release of the girls' third single off 'Reflection'.

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January 13

Today was a busy media day for Fifth Harmony. A handful of radio stations have posted their interviews with the girls.

Dinah and Normani called in to talk about their tour, album, and clothing line at Wet Seal. They openly talked about their anticipation and excitement over 'Reflection' and its February 3 release. They teased bigger productions and a possible live performance of 'Uptown Funk' with their opening acts.

Camila called in to also talk about 'Like Mariah', calling it her "favorite track" and hinted that some lyrics of the song have been revealed. She divulged that their current break from work would probably be the last one they would have in a long while in the 'Reflection' album run, terming it as a "sleepless era".

Ally and Lauren were on 98.7 AMP Detroit to also promote the album and tour. A bigger show, a bigger production, and an overall better tour is in the works, Ally said. The girls are going to be on the Today Show on album release day, February 3, according to the DJ that interviewed them.

Though radio statistics for 'Sledgehammer' increased, the song fell two positions to #21 in today's Pop radio update. The song is now the 96th most played song across all of America.

The second night in a row and fifth night overall, 'Sledgehammer' made it to #1 on Z100's 9@9 Countdown. KIIS FM LA, the United States' second largest radio station, has also officially added the song to regular rotation, and the song entered at #9 on its version of the 9@9 Countdown.

Both Dinah and Ally attended the album release party of their labelmate, Meghan Trainor, in LA last night. In three weeks' time, 'Reflection' will be released as well!