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One Direction

One Direction performing on their Take Me Home Tour, February 2013. From left to right: Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson
Background information
Also known as 1D
Origin London, England
Genres Pop[1]
Years active 2010-present
Labels
Syco Columbia
Associated acts The X Factor finalists 2010
Website onedirectionmusic.com
Members
Louis Tomlinson
Liam Payne
Niall Horan
Harry Styles
Past members Zayn Malik
One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. Previously, Zayn Malik was a member until his departure from the band 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 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", "Story of My Life" and "Steal My Girl".

Their achievements include five Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards, and nineteen Teen Choice Awards out of nineteen nominations, among many others. According to Nick Gatfield, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction represented a $50 million business empire by June 2012. They were proclaimed 2012's "Top New Artist" by Billboard.[2] According to the Sunday Times Rich List, by April 2013, they had an estimated personal combined wealth of £25 million ($41.2m) making them the second-wealthiest musicians in the UK under 30 years of age.[3] In 2014, Forbes listed them the second-highest earning celebrities under 30, with the group earning an estimated $75 million from June 2013 to June 2014.[4]

After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the U.S. Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one.[5] Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the biggest-selling album worldwide of 2013 despite being released in later November.[6] In 2014, Billboard named One Direction the top artist of the year.[7]

Contents
History
2010-11: The X Factor
2011-12: Up All Night
2012-13: Take Me Home
2013-14: Midnight Memories and This Is Us
2014-present: Four and Malik's departure
Musical style
Philanthropy
Image
Members
Discography
Filmography
Concert tours
Awards and nominations
See also
Publications
References
External links
History

2010-11: The X Factor

One Direction on The X Factor Live tour in 2011
In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor.[8] They failed to progress to the "Boys" category at "judges' houses" but were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, in London, England, in July 2010, during the "bootcamp" stage of the competition,[9] thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge,[8][10][11] and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band. In 2013, Cowell said that it "took him 10 minutes to put them together as a group".[12] Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practise.[13][14] Styles came up with the name One Direction.[13] For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn".[15] Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well."[16] Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were his last act in the competition.[17] The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.[16]