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Group acts in pop have always been unstable compounds.

Even when the pieces fit, the blowup is inevitable.
It can happen many ways.
The management can be so corrupt that its intolerable, for one.
And then theres dissension.
Meanwhile, the remainder of Fifth Harmony has taken Cabellos acrimonious parting rather less well.
Today the quartet announced that it would besuspending operations until further notice.
Few types of acts have been more reliant on the music industry than the pop group.
The memberscontribution to their own artistic directionis secondary; all considerations of quality are tied to market appeal.
Who needs the next Jonas Brothers when the Migos already exist?
Of course, the prospects for the pop group are hardly dire everywhere in the world.