One Direction | |
---|---|
![]() One Direction performing in Glasgow on their Take Me Home Tour, 27 February 2013. From left to right: Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson | |
Background information | |
Origin | London, England, U.K. |
Genres | Pop, pop rock |
Years active | 2010-2016 |
Labels | Syco • Columbia |
Website | onedirectionmusic.com |
Past members | |
Harry Styles (deceased) Niall Horan Liam Payne Louis Tomlinson Zayn Malik |
One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group was composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously Zayn Malik until his departure from the group in 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 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 several countries, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful" (their first number one on the UK Singles Chart, and the highest debut for a British act on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1998), "Live While We're Young", "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life" and "Drag Me Down". After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one. Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the best-selling album worldwide of 2013.
Considered teen idols, One Direction were often subject to fan hysteria. They embarked on four world tours, two of which were all-stadium. The band's Where We Are Tour, in support of Midnight Memories, was the highest-grossing concert tour in 2014, the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history, and the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of all time, grossing $290.2 million (unadjusted for inflation). The band went on an indefinite hiatus in January 2016, allowing all members to pursue other projects. Styles would die of a carbon monoxide poisoning in late June 2021 at the age of 27, leaving only four of the former five members of the band alive, who remain musically active to this day.
The band has sold a total of 103 million records worldwide, making it one of the best-selling acts of all time.
History[]
2010–2011: The X Factor[]
[UNDER PROGRESS]
2011–2012: Up All Night[]
[UNDER PROGRESS]
2012–2013: Take Me Home[]
[UNDER PROGRESS]
2013–2014: Midnight Memories and This Is Us[]
[UNDER PROGRESS]