One Direction

One Direction

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One Direction are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and, until his departure from the band in 2015, Zayn Malik. 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 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".

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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. 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, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge, 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".Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practice. Styles came up with the name One Direction. For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn".Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well." Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were his last act in the competition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK .

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                                       One Direction Albums

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Up All Night (2011)

Take Me Home (2012)

Midnight Memories (2013)

Four (2014)

Made in the A.M. (2015)

                             One Direction Hits

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                                                           Best Selling Albums

2,095,000, Up All Night (2012)
2,043,000, Take Me Home (2012)
1,552,000, Midnight Memories (2013)
1,064,000, Four (2014)
853,000, Made in the A.M. (2015)
17,000, iTunes Festival: London 2012 EP (2012)

One Direction has sold 7.6 million total albums in the U.S.

                                                          Best-Selling Songs

4,888,000, "What Makes You Beautiful"
2,860,000, "Story of My Life"
1,637,000, "One Thing"
1,383,000, "Live While We're Young"
1,275,000, "Best Song Ever"
1,208,000, "Drag Me Down"
1,138,000, "Little Things"
1,010,000, "Night Changes"
959,000, "Kiss You"
817,000, "Perfect"

                                                                                            Source:Billboard.com

                               

Billboard Top Rankings

1. One Direction - “What Makes You Beautiful”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 4
Debut Date: Apr. 21, 2012

2. One Direction - “Story of My Life”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 6
Debut Date: Nov. 16, 2013

3. One Direction - “Best Song Ever”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 2
Debut Date: Aug. 10, 2013

4. One Direction - “Live While We’re Young”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 3
Debut Date: Oct. 20, 2012

5. One Direction - “One Thing”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 39
Debut Date: July 7, 2012

6. One Direction - “Little Things”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 33
Debut Date: Jan. 12, 2013

7. One Direction - “Steal My Girl”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 13
Debut Date: Oct. 18, 2014

8. One Direction - “Kiss You”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 46
Debut Date: Mar. 9, 2013

9. One Direction - “One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 13
Debut Date: Mar. 9, 2013

10. One Direction - “Midnight Memories”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 12
Debut Date: Dec. 7, 2013

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