ONE DIRECTION
One Direction are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik.
Liam Payne |
Liam Payne was born on August 29, 1993, in Wolverhampton, England. His early interest in music and performing led him to compete on television talent competition The X Factor in 2008 and again in 2010. On his second try he attracted positive notice. Although he didn't win, the judges combined him with four other competitors to form the pop boy band One Direction, who became a global success.
They First Known in X Factor season 7th in 2010 from boy category, but they failed in the early round. Later on Simon Cowell signed them to be a band, and continue their journey in X Factor as a band.
The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the X Factor.
Until now, they have 5 albums
Up All Night (2011)
Take Me Home (2012)
Midnight Memories (2013)
Four (2014)
Made in the A.M. (2015)
They have won several awards two of them are:
Best New Artis on MTV Awards (2012)
Choice Music: Group On Teen Choice Awards (2016)
In 2011, the band performed on the BBC's Children in Need 2011 charity telethon, helping raise over 26 million pounds.
In February 2013, One Direction released "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" as the 2013 single for the UK's other major charity telethon Comic Relief.
In September 2012, Niall Horan organised an event to raise money for Irish Autism Action and another charity, called Temporary Emergency Accommodation Mullingar,
In 2013, band members Liam Payne and Harry Styles partnered with Trekstock, a leading cancer charity in order to help raise money for cancer research.
In 2014, One Direction donated £600,000 for the Stand up to Cancer campaign by giving portions of their ticket sales revenues from their Where We Are Tour.
In March 2016, One Direction decided to be Hiatus from the band. And some of them do Solo Career.
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