Biography of one direction group 2015
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One Direction
English-Irish boy band
Not to be confused with One-way.
One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English-Irish popboy band formed in London in The group consisted of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik (until his departure in ), Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. They became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time and were regarded as the biggest boy band in the world before going on an indefinite hiatus in
Formed on British singing competition The X Factor in , the group was propelled to global success by social media. One Direction's debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" was a commercial and international success, reaching number 1 on the UK singles chart and being performed by the band at the Summer Olympics closing ceremony. They became the first British act to have their debut album top the charts on the Billboard with Up All Night, and subsequently became the first band to have their first four albums debut at number 1 following the
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The history and legacy of One Direction
British-Irish boy band, One Direction, was a phenomenon: Dubbed “the internet’s first boy band,” the group found profound, and retrospectively unexpected, success in the early s. Composed of five members, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik, the iconic pop band had a short-lived five-year career before taking an indefinite hiatus in
The band members got their start in an extremely unassuming way, not only for the time, but also in a way that has yet to be recreated on the same large scale. They were brought together on the London-based talent show “X-Factor” as individual contestants who failed to progress past the bootcamp stage of the show.
Individually, each member was light-years away from being a pop star prodigy. Average-at-best singers, dancers and overall performers, their stage presence lacked the confidence and fine-tuning that a solo act needs to command the industry. Yet, producers saw an unde
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One Direction (1D) was a British + Irish pop boy grupp consisting of Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. Zayn Malik exited the band on March 25, and Liam Payne died on October 16, The group were active from to
They were solo contestants placed into a group during the seventh season of The X Factor UK in , where they finished in third place. The group was subsequently signed to Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music.
After releasing fem best-selling albums between and , the band announced an indefinite hiatus, beginning January By May , all members had released solo material, and by January , all band members had released solo albums.
Background
In early , teenagers Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik auditioned as solo performers for the seventh season of British reality/talent show, The X Factor (UK). For Liam Payne, it was his second audition process. Payne had first auditioned in , but was eliminated during the judge's