Lauren Jauregui | Success Story Of The Former Fifth Harmony Member

Lauren Jauregui is an American singer and songwriter. She was born on 27 June 1996 in Florida, USA. Lauren rose to fame when she auditioned for The X Factor America and became a member of Fifth Harmony, one of the best-selling girl bands of all time. Since the band split, Lauren Jauregui has collaborated with many significant artists like Halsey, Steve Aoki, and Marian Hill.

Early Life

Lauren Jauregui was born in June 1996 in Miami, Florida, USA, and she belongs to Cuban ancestry. Her father, Michael Jauregui, works as a plant manager, and her mother, Clara Morgado, is a teacher.

On academic scholarship, she then attended Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls Catholic college preparatory school in Miami. She was in the school’s international baccalaureate program and participated in the talent show and softball team. Throughout her school years, Jauregui expressed herself through the arts, while she enjoyed “constantly creating,” singing, writing, dancing, choreographing, playing piano, and painting.

Time At The X Factor

Lauren Jauregui auditioned for The X Factor US at the age of 15 in 2012. After being eliminated as a solo artist in the competition, Jauregui was brought back and put into a group alongside Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, and Camila Cabello, which would later become Fifth Harmony. The group made it to the finale and finished third in the competition.

Fifth Harmony

Fifth Harmony was signed to Simon Cowell’s label in January 2013. The group’s first EP, Better Together, came out in October 2013. They released their debut album in January 2015 called Reflection.

Fifth Harmony’s second album 7/27 came out in May 2016. Work From Home, the album’s lead single, peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 10 on several international charts. Work From Home became the first song from a girl group to get into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in eight years. 

The group’s third album, Fifth Harmony, they first as a foursome after Cabello’s departure in December 2016, was released in August 2017. The album marked the first time the group could co-write and have agency over the creative direction of an album. In March 2018, the group decided to take an indefinite hiatus to grow as individual artists and pursue solo ambitions.

Solo Career

In 2017, Lauren Jauregui collaborated on Halsey’s song Strangers. On 24 October 2018, she released her debut solo single, Expectations. In November of the same year, Lauren performed two new songs on MTV’s Plus 1, The Vote Election Party, More Than That, and Freedom.

On 15 September 2021, Jauregui announced her debut solo project, Prelude, and a live stream performance via Moment House scheduled for October 14 and 15. In October, she released the track Colors and Scattered featuring Vic Mensa. On 3 November, Jauregui released the song On Guard, featuring singer 6lack. Prelude came out on 5 November 2021.

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