- One Direction
One Direction (often abbreviated as 1D) is a British-Irish boy band formed in 2010 in London, UK, on the occasion of the show The X Factor. During the broadcast of the contest, the quintet, consisting of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, was mentored by Simon Cowell, the show's creator and manager that season of the category of groups. Its formation came after the five members did their auditions and were expelled from the competition. After that, Nicole Scherzinger, one of the judges, suggested that the five were part of a group, which eventually called One Direction.1 The group eventually came in third place in the contest, but still Cowell paid a record deal with Syco Music so they could launch a disc.1 February 3
In the second half of 2011, they released their first single, "What Makes You Beautiful ', which managed to debut at number one of the main UK charts and Irlanda.4 Therefore, received several awards, as a Brit for best single British and three MTV video Music Awards for best new artist, best pop video and video more worthy of compartir.5 6 Later, they released "Gotta Be You", "One Thing" and "more Than This", three singles that helped their success to expand in Europe and Oceanía.7 Up all Night, album to which all the simple named, managed to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 and One Direction became the first British group to reach number one with their first record in the history of the lista.8 to promote Up All Night, One Direction embarked on the Up All Night Tour, which resulted in different concerts in Europe, Oceania and America.
