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Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Years active | 2008–2014 |
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Past members | Brooke Allison Adams Dominique Domingo Mandy Jiroux Noreen Juliano Laura New Jaime Lee Ruiz |
YLA (known as BG5 from 2008–2012) were an American girl group. The group's most successful release was "$$$EX", a collaboration with Vanessa Anne Hudgens that peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and spent twelve weeks on the chart.[1]
In 2008, Brooke Allison Adams, Mandy Jiroux, Laura New, Dominique Domingo, and Noreen Juliano formed the group The Beach Girlz.[2] The group members met after being individually hired as entertainers on the 2008 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.[3] The group's name was later simplified to BG5, which stands for The Beach Girl5.
In 2009, BG5 won KIIS-FM’s "Breakout Star" contest, which awarded them $10,000 and a spot in the 2009 Wango Tango line-up.[4] They worked with producers Rock Mafia and released the single "Unbreakable" which was followed by the release of their debut EP Beach Girl5 on May 8, 2009.[5][6] In 2010, they opened for Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber.[5] They began being managed by Kris Jenner and appeared in several episodes of the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians beginning in September of that year.[7] That same month, they were credited as backing vocalists on the track "Summer's Not Hot" by Selena Gomez & the Scene from their album A Year Without Rain.[8] In November 2010, they released the single "Scratch".[9] The following year, they released the single "Lay A Little Sunshine".[10]
In late 2012, Jiroux departed from BG5; the group disbanded and reformed under the name YLA (which stands for Young L.A.) with new member Jaime Lee Ruiz.[11]
In March 2013, YLA released the single "$$$EX", a collaboration with Vanessa Anne Hudgens.[12] The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and spent twelve weeks on the chart.[1] Though not included on the soundtrack, the song was released to promote the film Spring Breakers, which starred Hudgens.[13] Later that month, the group was featured on the third soundtrack for the Disney Channel show Shake It Up with the song "I Can Do Better".[14] In August 2013, the group performed "I Can Do Better" on the third season episode of Shake It Up, "Oui Oui It Up".[15] In September 2013, BG5's self titled full debut album, which was recorded prior to their disbandment, was released to digital retailers.[16] In November 2013, YLA released the single "Bad Bitches".[17]