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After a rocky year, the members of Fifth Harmony are in control — and tighter than ever

Inside a Burbank rehearsal studio, the women of Fifth Harmony _ surrounded by the thousands of album booklets they've autographed for fans, the most dedicated of whom are known as "Harmonizers" _ are having an emoji debate.

They want to use the digital icons to accompany the online reveal of the track list for their upcoming self-titled album, due Friday via Syco Music/Epic.

Dinah Jane Hansen, 20, suggested a finger pointing downward as a clue for the album's lead single, "Down," but the rest weren't as easy.

"We need to go quicker, guys," Ally Brooke Hernandez, 24, instructed as they struggled to stifle giggles.

After all, there's other, more important business for Fifth Harmony to convey in 2017.

"We should mention we wrote most of these," said Normani Kordei, 21.

Co-writing and ownership of records is a first for these women _ since being put together on the U.S. edition of the televised singing competition "The X Factor," the members of Fifth Harmony, which

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