Entertainment

 Who is One Direction?  

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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 won the competition and were named as One Direction or commonly known as “1D” are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, one group of five members consist of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until he left the band on 25 March 2015. 

Achievement

Their awards include six Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, and 28 Teen Choice Awards. They were awarded 2012's "Top New Artist" by Billboard. One Direction also received the honor of top artists in music and acting of the year at BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards. They have won seven awards out of nine nominations which are in 2012 “Up All Night” won Best British Album, and “One Thing” won Best British Single while One Direction themselves won Best British  Music Act.

Debut Single

Released in September 2011, One Direction's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, after becoming the most pre-ordered Sony Music Entertainment single in history. Besides that their singles "Gotta Be You" and "One Thing", these two were on TOP in the UK Singles Chart top ten.