One Direction

‘That’s what makes you beautiful…’ – One Direction

One Direction is a boy band quintet, from England and Ireland, that sings pop style music.
One Direction has had a combined total of over 22 million albums and singles sold.
One Direction is also written as ‘1D’.
One Direction was formed in 2010, when the five teenagers entered the singing British television competition, ‘The X Factor’, as a group, after auditioning as soloists and failing to proceed in the competition.
The members of One Direction are Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, who were born in the years between 1991-1994, and are all from England except for Niall Horan, who comes from Ireland.

One Direction has won more than 65 awards and has been nominated for many other music awards.
One Direction is so popular, that as of the 16 June, 2013, they have more than 16 million Facebook fans and over 12 million Twitter fans.
One Direction gained third place in ‘The X Factor’ finals, and their first album was ‘Up All Night’, while the group’s debut single was ‘What Makes You Beautiful’.
One Direction have won two BRIT Awards (British Phonographic Industry Awards), similar to the American Grammy Award, and have gained a position in the Guinness World Records for being the first British group to have their debut album go straight to number one on the US Billboard 200 charts.
One Direction completed a solo world tour in 2011-12, and embarked on their second world tour in February 2013, and have another planned for 2014.