One Direction are a British-Irish boy band consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. The group signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and placing third in the seventh series of The X Factor. They later signed in North America to Columbia Records.
One Direction's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful", was released in September 2011 and peaked at number one in the UK and charted in the top ten in several international markets. Their debut album, Up All Night, followed in November 2011, and debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 138,631 copies, and was the fastest-selling debut album on the UK Albums Chart of 2011. On 21 March 2012, Up All Night debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week, making One Direction the first UK group in history to debut at number one with their first album.
"What Makes You Beautiful" won the Best British Single award at the 2012 Brit Awards, which was held on 21 February 2012.
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Neil McCormick from UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph published an article on the nature of One Direction's success in North America. Noting that Americans had left a gap in the market stating that it took prominence of Justin Bieber to demonstrate that there was still a market for "clean cut, wholesome, middle class parent friendly pop: cute boys advocating puppy love. And what could be better than one cute boy, if not five?" The group is often labeled as the new British Invasion. Bill Werde, a representative of Billboard Magazine stated on the matter. "There's a lot of possibility here, there's a lot of upside, that level of talent with those kinds of looks, it's really a perfect storm for a massive, massive successful phenomenon." Sonny Takhar, the chief executive officer of Syco Records, attributes the breakthrough to the power of social media. "Sometimes you feel the song's the star, but it's not like that here - it's the act," he says. "It's a real moment. Social media has become the new radio, it's never broken an act globally like this before."
Band member Niall Horan commented on One Direction as a boy band: "People think that a boyband is air-grabs and being dressed in all one colour. We’re boys in a band. We’re trying to do something different from what people would think is the typical kind of boyband. We’re trying to do different kinds of music and we’re just trying to be ourselves, not squeaky clean."
History
2010: The X Factor and formation
Main article: The X Factor (UK series 7)
2011–present: Up All Night
Main article: Up All Night (One Direction album)
Following The X Factor, One Direction signed a £2 million record contract with Syco Records. One Direction and nine other contestants from the series participated in the X Factor Live Tour from February 2011 to April 2011.They developed their debut album with Savan Kotecha and released their debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" on 11 September 2011. The song broke pre-order sales record for Sony Music. It entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 1 with 153,965 sales within the first week. One Direction released their second single "Gotta Be You" on 13 November 2011, which peaked at number three.The single was followed by their debut studio album, Up All Night on 21 November.The album features One Direction collaborating with Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, RedOne, Ed Sheeran, Kelly Clarkson, Steve Mac, Toby Gad and Carl Falk. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received "generally favorable reviews".The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 138,631 copies,and was the fastest-selling debut album on the UK Albums Chart of 2011. Up All Night was the sixteenth biggest selling album on the UK Albums Chart of 2011, with 468,000 copies sold.The album reached the top ten in nineteen other countries.
One Direction signed a record deal with Columbia Records in the United States. The album was originally set for release in North America, on 23 March 2012 through Columbia Records, but was rescheduled for a one week earlier release on 13 March 2012, with Columbia Records releasing a statement:"due to overwhelming fan demand, their debut album will be released one week early on 13 March 2012." "What Makes You Beautiful" was released in the United States, 14 February 2012.In the U.S. "What Makes You Beautiful" became the highest Billboard Hot 100 debut for a UK act since 1998. The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number twenty-eight. The week of release was accompanied by a performance on the Today Show at the Rockefeller Center on 13 March.On 21 March 2012, Up All Night went straight to number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week, which made One Direction the first UK group to debut at number one with their first album.
They performed "What Makes You Beautiful" at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards on 31 March 2012. One Direction was featured as the musical act for Saturday Night Live on 7 April 2012 and are also set to appear in an episode of iCarly in 2012, cast as themselves and perform "What Makes You Beautiful". The episode entitled iGo One Direction will air 7 April.
One Direction have announced Oceania and North American legs of their debut headlining tour with tour dates set for April to July 2012.
Members
Niall Horan
Niall James Horan (born 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland) was born to mother Maura and father Bobby, he has an older brother, Greg, 23,[62] their parents divorced when he was five.[63] He was a pupil at Coláiste Mhuire, a boys' Christian Brothers school.[64][65] Prior to participating in X-Factor, he performed around his homeland, including as a support act for Lloyd Daniels in Dublin. Horan has been playing guitar since childhood. In an interview he referred to his guitar as "the best present I ever received for Christmas".[66] Horan revealed his parents took note of his singing during a car trip, "my aunt said she thought the radio was on. Exactly the same thing happened to Michael Bublé with his dad. He's my absolute hero so I like the fact we have a similar story."[67] In 2010, he auditioned as solo candidate for the seventh series of The X Factor, performing "So Sick", receiving mixed comments from the judges present at his audition, with Louis Walsh in his favour. Two other judges voiced doubts about his abilities, with three votes out of four he was sent to bootcamp where he sang "Champagne Supernova", failing to qualify for the "Boys" category he was put in One Direction.Zayn Malik
Liam Payne
Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993), is from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, born three weeks early to mother Karen and father Geoff,[76] he has two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.[65] Until the age of four Payne had regular tests done in hospital, doctors noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional, to help cope with the pain he had 32 injections in his arm in the morning and evening as a child.[77] He described himself as a "naughty boy at school", at school he tried for teams, eventually trying out for the cross-country team, coming first "From then on I was training all the time and getting up at 6am to run for miles. At the age of 12 they put me in the school's under-18s team." Payne was bullied in school and took up boxing lessons, saying he "needed to find a way to defend myself, I was, at 12 years old, fighting the 38-year-old trainer. I broke my nose, had a perforated eardrum and I was always coming home with a bruised, puffy face. But it gave me confidence. I got pretty good over the next couple of years."[78] He was a music technology student at City of Wolverhampton College.[79] Payne had auditioned in 2008 to The X Factor's fifth series when he was 14 and reached judges' houses, however, Simon Cowell thought he was not ready for the competition and asked him to come back in two years. Payne came back and auditioned again singing "Cry Me a River", receiving a standing ovation from the audience and Simon Cowell. At bootcamp, he sang "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" before being rejected and put into One Direction. Regarding his one functional kidney Payne said, "I have to be careful not to drink too much, even water, and I have to keep myself as healthy as possible."[77] Payne is currently in a relationship with dancer, Danielle Peazer.[80]
โดยเพลงที่ Niall เลือกมาร้องในครั้งนี้คือเพลง So sick of love
งานนี้เสียงกรรมการแตกออกเป็น 2 เสียง Simon กับ Louis ให้ Yes แต่ Cheryl
บอกว่า No แต่สุดท้ายกรรมการรับเชิญสุดฮาอย่าง Katy Perry
ก็ให้โอกาสเจ้าเด็กแนว say YES ผ่านเข้ารอบมาอีกคน
