The band first appeared on SNL in 2012 as the musical guest when Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara was the guest host. The band sang “What Makes You Beautiful” and “One Thing” from their first album, Up ...

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 11: (L-R) Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne of X-Factor band One Direction attend the Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 World ...

One Direction took off after appearing on 'The X Factor' Sophie Dodd is a writer for PEOPLE. She previously worked as an editorial assistant at PEOPLE from 2018 to 2022. One Direction fans are ...

One Direction have reached number one on iTunes stores in 67 countries with their new album two months before its official release. The boyband made their new album FOUR available to pre-order on ...

One Direction will take part in a BBC Radio 1 station takeover on Saturday, October 6. New Radio 1 breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw confirmed that the boyband's five members will each present their ...

One Direction has a pretty lengthy discography — they put out five albums in five years before going on hiatus in 2015. In fact, July 23 marks 10 years since the band was formed on The X Factor UK, ...

One Direction found fame inside a nondescript North London TV studio, next to a McDonald’s and opposite a kebab shop — and I had a front row seat for the making of the world’s biggest boy band. Harry ...

Last year on this day, the Internet looked a lot like this when Zayn announced he was leaving One Direction: But there are definitely those who are still fighting through some anger and sadness. And ...

Simon Cowell pulled One Direction together in 2010 after Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne had each auditioned as solo artists on The X Factor UK. Better together, ...

Liam Payne’s family, friends and former bandmates came together to pay tribute to the One Direction star at his funeral in England on Wednesday, a month after the singer died at 31 after falling from ...

Zayn Malik left One Direction on March 25, 2015 — do you remember where you were? I was in a meeting, where I gasped (embarrassing) and asked if I could leave (no). Malik’s departure ahead of the band ...