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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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In a formative moment in 1D history, Zayn Malik ducked out of the dance segment on The X Factor, because dancing just made him feel weird. He eventually came back to the stage, but not before setting a precedent: One Direction might be a boy band, one of the biggest in pop history, but that didn’t mean they were gonna dance. No matter how crazy things got around them, the boys retained an air of approachability that made them seem a little different. The goofy videos, the way they cracked up in their interviews, the way you could see Harry sitting behind Rihanna at the MTV Video Music Awards and casually peeling an orange. (An orange!) So, yes, a big show—but also five kids who won life’s lottery and were just as much along for the ride as everyone else.
They knew how to write toward their mostly female, mostly teenage fans, of course. But more, they made a point of taking those mostly female, mostly teenage fans seriously, bringing a sense of allyship to pop stardom that felt bo
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One Direction (commonly abbreviated to 1D) were a British-Irish boy group, active from until going on indefinite hiatus in The original 5-member group was made up of Liam Payne (born 29 August from Wolverhampton, - died 16 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina) Louis Tomlinson (born 24 månad ) from Doncaster, Niall Horan (born 13th September from Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland), Harry Styles, (born 1 February ) from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire and Zayn Malik, (born 12 January ) from East Bowling, Bradford: Zayn Malik announced he was to leave the group on March 25, , and the remainder of the group confirmed they would continue as a 4-piece grupp. They applied as solo candidates on the edition of the X Factor, but the judges, after a suggestion by Simon Cowell and put tillsammans by Nicole Scherzinger , put them in a band in London, UK; therefore kvalificerande for the Groups category.
One Direction's first single, What Makes You Beautiful, received its first airplay on August 10, and was r