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One Direction
Information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Pop
Years active	2010 - present
Labels	Syco, Columbia
Website	onedirectionmusic.com
Members
	Harry Styles; Liam Payne; Louis Tomlinson; Niall Horan; Zayn Malik

One Direction is a British-Irish boy band consisting of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik. They competed on the seventh season of The X Factor in the UK and finished in third place. Despite the loss, the group was signed to Syco Music.

One Direction's first single "What Makes You Beautiful" was released on September 11, 2011 and debuted in the UK Singles Chart at number one on September 18, 2011. It became the third fastest selling single of 2011 selling 153,965 copies. Their second single, "Gotta Be You," was released on November 11, 2011, and peaked at number three.

History

The X Factor (2010-11)

Main article: The X Factor history

Originally, each member auditioned as a solo artist for the seventh season of The X Factor UK (This was actually Liam's second time auditioning). They each made it through to bootcamp, but were eliminated prior to judges' houses. However, the judges decided that some of the contestants were too talented, and they couldn't just let them walk away. They called back ten contestants. The boys called back were Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis. The five boys and five girls were told that they were being given a second chance. If they agreed, they would now be a part of a group act (one boy band and one girl group). Both groups agreed, and were put through to judges' house.

Following bootcamp, all five members of the boy band spent two weeks living at Harry's home in Chesire in order to get to know each other and bond together.^[1] While brainstorming group names, Harry came up with One Direction.

They made it to the finale, but finished in third place behind Rebecca Ferguson in second place, and Matt Cardle in first.

Up All Night (2011-12)

Since being signed to Syco Music, the band has released their debut album, Up All Night, which includes the singles: "What Makes You Beautiful", "One Thing", "Gotta Be You", and "More Than This".

Take Me Home (2012-13)

In late 2012, One Direction released their second album Take Me Home, which consisted of songs such as "Live While We're Young", "Little Things", "Rock Me" and "Kiss You".

Discography

Main article: Discography

Take Me Home (2012)
Up All Night (2011)

Tours

Film

"This Is Us" is the first film of the boy band, One Direction and to be shot in 3D. Shooting started in early 2013. It is set for release in UK cinemas on August 23rd, 2013.

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The X Factor (UK)	Contestant	Seventh series, group formed, placed third
2011	One Direction: A Year in the Making	Self	ITV2 special, documentry The X Factor to the present
2012 2013	I'm in a Boy Band!	Self	Part 1 of a BBC series, 1D were interviewed/appeared
	Kids' Choice Awards	Self	Attended, performed "What Makes You Beautiful"
	iCarly	Guest star	"iGo One Direction"; guest role and performed
	Saturday Night Live Big Time Invasion	Self Self	"Sofia Vergara/One Direction", musical guest Cameo
Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012 2013	Up All Night: The Live Tour	Self	DVD, concert filmed during the Up All Night Tour
	This Is Us	Self	Theatrical 3D concert film

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations

References

↑ 'We had to overcome our egos'. Digital Spy. 6 October 2010.

Start a Discussion Discussions about One Direction

U think 1D will ever split up?

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- Fake Plastic Trees
  
  GoTeamGale wrote:Lol. What's so funny? They will break up in a few years due to fights,them getting sick of it or one of them wanting to go s... 2013-04-07T17:34:25Z
- GoTeamGale
  
  Someone had got onto my account and posted lol, sorry. 2013-04-07T22:39:59Z
YAY for 1D4RND

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- Theonedirectioner
  
  Do you love them and their song, music video and support for comic relief??? 2013-03-15T21:45:31Z
- Fake Plastic Trees
  
  I used to love them when I was 12 or 13 but I find them bland pop music these days. Teenage Kicks/One Way or another is a rather good song desp... 2013-04-07T17:31:44Z

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[0] 'We had to overcome our egos'. Digital Spy. 6 October 2010.

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