One Direction
One Direction, often shortened to 1D, is an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London, England in 2010. The band is composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson; former member Zayn Malik departed from the group in 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Propelled to global success by social media, One Direction's five albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014), and Made in the A.M. (2015), topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful", "Live While We're Young", "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life" and "Drag Me Down".
| Origin | London, England
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| Genre | Pop · Rock · teen pop · pop rock
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| Label | Syco · Columbia
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| Touring members |
touring members
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| Associated acts | The X Factor finalists 2010
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FEATURED DISCOGRAPHY
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studio albums
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live albums
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compilation albums
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video albums
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| Singles |
singles
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
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![One Direction - TV-Grama Pop Magazine Cover [Chile] (22 March 2012)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/o/6/o60zqnnncocvoonz.jpg?skj2io4l)
![One Direction - TV-Grama Pop Magazine Cover [Chile] (3 May 2012)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/7/y/7ypudkv0dqfqfy0d.jpg?skj2io4l)
![One Direction - 13/20 Magazine Cover [Chile] (May 2012)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/e/v/evih37k9cj2nnic7.jpg?skj2io4l)
![One Direction - COOL! Magazine Cover [Canada] (December 2014)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/i/j/ij7h24wws1wp4s7p.jpg?skj2io4l)
- When One Direction met Joe Jonas, they decided to prank him but failed because Niall forgot what he was doing.
- Niall and Harry helped write "Gotta be you".
- They all want a girl who is a fan of theirs.
- The "What makes you beautiful" music video had 5 Million views in 16 days.
- Liam once sid that the cure to One Direction infection, is to kiss Harry.
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