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One Direction

One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English–Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group consisted of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik (until his departure in 2015). The group sold over 70 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, before going on an…

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Awards
Full list
Genres
Pop · pop rock
Labels
Syco · Columbia
Origin
London, England
Past members
Niall Horan · Zayn Malik · Liam Payne · Harry Styles · Louis Tomlinson
Works
Discography · songs

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One Direction

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related to 2010–2011: The X Factor · 46
One Direction → After, April, Boys, British, Cowell, During, Factor, Factor Live Tour, Factor Story, February, For, Forever Young, Groups, HarperCollins, Harry Styles, Horan, Immediately, In, Internet, January
related to 2011–2012: Up All Night · 43
One Direction → After, August, Big Time Rush, Billboard Hot, British, By June, Columbia Records, Critically, Critics, February, Gotta Be You, Guinness World Records, In December, In November, Ireland, It, March, May, North America, North American
related to 2015: Made in the A.M. · 43
One Direction → Africa, American Music Awards, Artist, Asia, At, Australia, Backstreet Boys, Beatles, Billboard, December, Dick Clark's New Year's, Drag Me Down, Europe, Factor, Fleetwood Mac, France, Hot, In August, In October, Infinity
related to 2013–2014: Midnight Memories and This Is Us · 41
One Direction → Adam Milano, August, Ben Winston, Best Song Ever, Bulgaria, Celine Dion, Day, Denmark, Google, Hour Vevo Record, In, In August, Ireland, It, July, Kelly Rowland, Khloe Kardashian, May, Mexico, Midnight Memories
related to Endorsements · 41
One Direction → American, August, Brisbane, Chicago, Colgate, Drew Brees, Filipino, Harrods, Hasbro, In, In February, In October, Later, Little Things, Live, Mini, MUA Cosmetics, My Favourite Things, Nabisco, New York
related to Significance · 34
One Direction → Adele, Backstreet Boys, Beatlemania, Beatles, Bill Werde, Billboard, Block, British, British Invasion, Considered, Factor, Four, HuffPost, In, Justin Bieber, Leicester Square, Many, Maria Sherman, McCartney, Neil McCormick
related to Philanthropy · 29
One Direction → Africa, Another, BBC's Children, Believe, British, Children, Comic Relief, DoSomething, Harry Styles, Horan, In, In February, Irish Autism Action, June, Liam Payne, Live While We're Young, Magic, Mullingar Park, Need, Niall Horan
related to 2012–2013: Take Me Home · 25
One Direction → Additionally, Billboard, British K6, Carl Falk, In November, In September, It, Kinglet Studios, Little Things, Live While We're Young, May, One Direction's, One Thing, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Stockholm, Take Me Home, The, There, UK
related to 2014–2015: Four and Malik's departure · 25
One Direction → After, As, Billboard, December, Fireproof, Four, In February, In July, It, June, Night Changes, November, October, On, Road Again Tour, San Siro Stadium, September, Steal My Girl, The, The Concert Film
related to Sales and tour records · 23
One Direction → Backstreet Boys, Beatles, Billboard, Billboard Hot, British, CD, Drag Me Down, European, Global Recording Artists, Guinness World Records, In, International Federation, Introducing, Nielsen SoundScan, NSYNC, Phonographic Industry, The, The Beatles, They, Top

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One DirectionGenresPop1.00infobox
One DirectionGenrespop rock1.00infobox
One DirectionLabelsSyco1.00infobox
One DirectionLabelsColumbia1.00infobox
One DirectionOriginLondon, England1.00infobox
One DirectionPast membersNiall Horan1.00infobox
One DirectionPast membersZayn Malik1.00infobox
One DirectionPast membersLiam Payne1.00infobox
One DirectionPast membersHarry Styles1.00infobox
One DirectionPast membersLouis Tomlinson1.00infobox
One DirectionWebsiteonedirectionmusic.com1.00infobox
One DirectionWorksDiscography1.00infobox
One DirectionWorkssongs1.00infobox
One DirectionYears active2010–2016[a]1.00infobox

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