Most nationalities in a pop group

Formed in 2017 by talent manager Simon Fuller (Spice Girls/Kelly Clarkson/Annie Lennox/Amy Winehouse), Now United originally consisted of 14 members from 14 different countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, South Korea, UK and USA. The troupe of singers and dancers were all teenagers or in their early 20s when Fuller’s vision for the world’s first global pop group came to fruition. Since 2017, Now United have released numerous singles and music videos, staged online shows and toured the world. They have picked up trophies at the Brazilian version of the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (Meus Prêmios Nick) and a Best Group nomination – alongside the likes of BLACKPINK, Little Mix and winners BTS – at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2020. The social-media-savvy collective have built a particularly strong following in Latin America, and have bagged some lucrative sponsorship deals in Brazil.

Original members (and their status as of 15 November 2022): Josh Beauchamp (Canada; left 2022), Sina Deinert (Germany; active), Any Gabrielly (Brazil; left 2022), Sabina Hidalgo (Mexico; inactive), Heyoon Jeong (South Korea; active), Joalin Loukamaa (Finland; inactive), Bailey May (Philippines; inactive), Lamar Morris (UK; active), Shivani Paliwal (India; active), Sofya Plotnikova (Russia; active), Diarra Sylla (Senegal; left 2020), Noah Urrea (USA; left 2022), Krystian Wang (China; inactive) and Hina Yoshihara (Japan; active).

The six remaining original members have been joined by new recruits from Australia (Savannah Clarke; voted Aussie/Kiwi Legend of the Year at the 2021 and 2022 Australian version of the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards), Ivory Coast (Mélanie Thomas), Lebanon (Nour Ardakani; recipient of the Young Talent Award at the 2021 Arab Women of the Year Awards) and Spain (Alex Mandon), with new members from Brazil (to replace Gabrielly) and Portugal still to be announced.