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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Their first four albums all contain their nickname, "PTX," in the title; the fifth one is titled "That's Christmas to Me." Their sixth resumes the pattern, being a true SelfTitledAlbum.

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* BassoProfundo: Avi, full stop. The man can rattle the floorboards on incredibly deep, low tones.
** One fan-filmed Website/YouTube video shows them needing to stop in the middle of singing "Hit the Road, Jack" when Avi hits such a low note, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeHRokYRVms he blows a speaker out.]] ''



* BrownNote: As mentioned above, Avi's voice is so [[BassoProfundo earth-shakingly deep]] that it has ''blown out sound equipment'' before because the speakers are literally not capable of matching notes that deep.

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* BrownNote: As mentioned above, Avi's voice is so [[BassoProfundo earth-shakingly deep]] deep that it has ''blown out sound equipment'' before because the speakers are literally not capable of matching notes that deep.



** Despite having the [[BassoProfundo deepest]] voice of the group, Avi is 5'11" to Kevin's 6'1" and Scott's 6'3".

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** Despite having the [[BassoProfundo deepest]] deepest voice of the group, Avi is 5'11" to Kevin's 6'1" and Scott's 6'3".
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* AffectionateParody: ''Pentatodrix'', a parody by good friend of theirs, Todrick Hall, playfully insulted the group and their mannerisms, such as Scott's height and Avi's body rolls.

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* AffectionateParody: ''Pentatodrix'', a parody by a good friend of theirs, Todrick Hall, playfully insulted the group and their mannerisms, such as Scott's height and Avi's body rolls.
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Pentatonix, aka "PTX," are an American ACappella singing group formed in 2011.

Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado and Mitch Grassi grew up in Arlington, Texas and sang in choirs together. They recorded a Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev0SZgNC21E cover]] of [[Music/LadyGaga "Telephone"]] in an attempt to win a "meet the cast of ''Series/{{Glee}}''" contest. They didn't win, but when Scott learned about ''Series/TheSingOff'', they were inspired to audition. With advice from ''Sing-Off'' staff member and Scott's college friend Ben Bram, they added Avi Kaplan, the bass singer, and invited Kevin "K.O." Olusola to join them on vocal percussion after seeing his viral "cello-beatboxing" video on [=YouTube=]. They won the show's third season.

PTX have released four [=EPs=] and two studio albums thus far, while regularly releasing [=YouTube=] videos of their music. They have had multiple viral videos, most notably "Evolution of Music/{{Beyonce}}" and a Music/DaftPunk medley which reached 100 million views in November 2014 (one year after it was posted). Both videos received wide media attention as well. Pentatonix has headlined multiple US and European tours and one Australasian tour, and opened for Music/KellyClarkson's ''Piece by Piece'' tour. They've performed pop, electronic, dubstep, R&B, and hip-hop music in their signature ACappella style. They're the first ''Sing-Off'' alums to have an album go platinum (''That's Christmas to Me'') and also the first to win a Grammy (for "Daft Punk"), and the first ''a cappella'' group to have a No. 1 album in the United States.

In May 2017, [[https://www.facebook.com/Pentatonix/videos/1383192448425088/ Avi announced his departure from Pentatonix]], stating that he couldn't keep up with the fast pace of the group. PTX as a whole took the opportunity to begin premiering various solo projects (typically involving actual instruments): Kirstie as [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nJcoe15N6nL_DmUisfHOA/videos kirstin]], Avi as the frontman of [[https://www.youtube.com/user/AviKaplanMusic Avriel and the Sequoias]], Scott and Mitch together through their [[https://www.youtube.com/user/sup3rfruit SUPERFRUIT]] collaboration, and Kevin via his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/kolusola/videos pre-existing solo act]]. PTX nonetheless sold tickets for a Holiday 2017 tour, and later announced that Matthew Sallee, a member of fellow ACappella group [[https://www.housejacks.com The House Jacks]], would join them for the duration. This was apparently an extended audition, as they officially inducted him as a replacement bass in February 2018.

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Pentatonix, aka "PTX," Pentatonix (aka "PTX") are an American ACappella singing group formed in 2011.

2011, founded by Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado Maldonado, Avi Kaplan, and Mitch Grassi Kevin Olusola. The group performs {{pop}}, {{electronic|Music}}, {{dubstep}}, RAndB, and [[HipHop hip-hop]] music in their signature a cappella style. They derived their name from the pentatonic scale, which they felt represented their five members; according to Scott, they added the X to their name "to [[XtremeKoolLetterz make it]] [[RuleOfCool cooler]]."

The group began with Scott, Kirstin and Mitch, who
grew up in Arlington, Texas and sang in choirs together. They recorded a Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev0SZgNC21E cover]] of [[Music/LadyGaga "Telephone"]] in an attempt to win a "meet the cast of ''Series/{{Glee}}''" contest. They didn't win, but when Scott learned about ''Series/TheSingOff'', they were inspired to audition. With advice from ''Sing-Off'' staff member and Scott's college friend Ben Bram, they added Avi Kaplan, the as their bass singer, and invited Kevin (nicknamed "K.O." Olusola ") to join them on vocal percussion after seeing his a viral "cello-beatboxing" video on he had uploaded to [=YouTube=]. They Together, they won the show's third season.

PTX have released four six [=EPs=] and two 12 studio albums thus far, while regularly releasing [=YouTube=] videos of their music. They have had multiple viral videos, most notably "Evolution of Music/{{Beyonce}}" and a Music/DaftPunk medley which reached 100 million views in November 2014 (one year after it was posted). Both videos posted), both of which received wide media attention as well. Pentatonix The group has headlined multiple US and European tours and one Australasian tour, and also opened for Music/KellyClarkson's ''Piece by Piece'' tour. They've performed pop, electronic, dubstep, R&B, and hip-hop music in their signature ACappella style. They're the first ''Sing-Off'' alums to have an album go platinum (''That's Christmas to Me'') and also the first to win a Grammy UsefulNotes/{{Grammy|Award}} (for "Daft Punk"), and in addition to being the first ''a cappella'' a cappella group to have a No. 1 album in the United States.

States (which they achieved with their 2015 SelfTitledAlbum; they achieved it again with the following year's ''A Pentatonix Christmas'').

In May 2017, [[https://www.facebook.com/Pentatonix/videos/1383192448425088/ Avi announced his departure from Pentatonix]], stating that he couldn't keep up with the fast pace of the group. PTX as a whole took the opportunity to begin premiering various solo projects (typically involving actual instruments): Kirstie as [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nJcoe15N6nL_DmUisfHOA/videos kirstin]], Avi as the frontman of [[https://www.youtube.com/user/AviKaplanMusic Avriel and the Sequoias]], Scott and Mitch together through their [[https://www.youtube.com/user/sup3rfruit SUPERFRUIT]] collaboration, and Kevin via his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/kolusola/videos pre-existing solo act]]. PTX nonetheless sold tickets for a Holiday holiday 2017 tour, and later announced that Matthew Sallee, a member of fellow ACappella a cappella group [[https://www.housejacks.com The House Jacks]], would join them for the duration. This was apparently an extended audition, as they officially inducted him as a replacement bass in February 2018.



* (Not pictured) Matthew Sallee - born February 11, 1994

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* (Not pictured) Matthew Sallee - born 11 February 11, 1994
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* BadassBaritone: Scott and ''especially'' Avi. Scott can hit some pretty low notes, but Avi's voice is [[BassoProfundo so deep]] that he makes Scott sound like Mike Tyson.
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* PrettyInMink: Kirstie wore a white fur jacket on the album cover of ''That's Christmas To Me''.

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* PrettyInMink: Kirstie wore Kirstin wears a white fur jacket on the album cover of ''That's Christmas To Me''.
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* ''Holidays Around the World'' (October 2022)



* ChristmasSongs: Three full albums of them, ''[=PTXmas=]'', ''That's Christmas to Me'', and ''A Pentatonix Christmas''.

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* ChristmasSongs: Three They're well known for these, with six full albums of them, ''[=PTXmas=]'', them thus far: ''That's Christmas to Me'', and ''A Pentatonix Christmas''.Christmas'', ''Christmas Is Here!'', ''We Need a Little Christmas'', ''Evergreen'', and ''Holidays Around the World''. There was also an earlier EP, ''[=PTXmas=]''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:L - R: Avi, Kirstin, Scott, Mitch and Kevin.]]

Pentatonix, aka "PTX," are an ACappella singing group.

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[[caption-width-right:350:L - R: [[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Avi, Kirstin, Scott, Mitch and Kevin.]]

Pentatonix, aka "PTX," are an American ACappella singing group.
group formed in 2011.



* ''That's Christmas To Me'' (October 2014)

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* ''That's Christmas To to Me'' (October 2014)



* ''We Need A Little Christmas'' (November 2020)

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* ''We Need A a Little Christmas'' (November 2020)
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* FiveManBand:
**TheHero: Scott, (has the most solos out of all of them)
**TheLancer: Mitch, (also has more solos than the rest of the group)
**TheSurfettePrinciple: Kirstie, (the cute girl and soprano of the group)
**TheSmartGuy: Kevin, (a multilingual cellist and beatboxer and former Yale medical student)
**TheBigGuy: Avi or Matt, (the bass of the group)

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