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One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 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 international success by social media, One Direction's four albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013) and Four (2014) topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful", "Live While We're Young", and "Story of My Life". Their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M., was released in November 2015.
Their achievements include six Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards, seven American Music Awards (
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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 grupp formed in London in 2010. The group consisted of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik (until his avfärd in 2015), 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 grupp in the world before going on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.
Formed on British singing competition The X Factor in 2010, 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 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. They became the first British act to have their debut album top the charts on the Billboard 200 with Up All Night, and subsequently became the first grupp to have their first four albums deb
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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 2013 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 fe