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THEN AND NOW: The members of One Direction 12 years later

It's been over a decade since One Direction was first formed.Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage/Getty,C Flanigan/FilmMagic/Getty Malik initially had a rough time on "The X Factor." Zayn Malik didn't like ...
PopSugar

These 10 Underrated One Direction Songs Were Paid Dust and Deserve Better

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, ...
NPR

One Direction's Big Bang

Ten years ago today, July 23, One Direction created the universe. Read an excerpt from Maria Sherman's new book, Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS, about 1D's formation and ...
Page Six

I had a front-row seat to One Direction’s rise to fame — here’s how drugs, girls and stress tore them apart

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 ...
Cosmopolitan

One Direction make US music history as second album tops the Billboard chart

Blimey, it's been one helluva good week for our December cover stars, One Direction. Their second album Take Me Home has went straight in at the No.1 position on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart with ...
Rolling Stone

One Direction Reunion: We Rank the Boys’ Chances of Getting Back Together

When the guys in One Direction teased that they were doing something special to celebrate the group’s 10th anniversary this month, fans around the world started speculating that it was a big reunion ...
American Songwriter

Behind The Band Name: One Direction

It’s hard to think of a group in recent years that can hold a candle to the absolute pandamonium One Direction started in the early 2010s. They shut down cities, they unionized the internet and they ...
Forbes

One Direction Is Back In The Spotlight Following One Member’s Death

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) One Direction (L-R) Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne pose for a portrait backstage during the 28th Annual ...
Rolling Stone

‘Better Than Words’: How One Direction Became One of the Great Rock Bands of the 21st Century

A bathroom figures significantly in the origin stories of at least two classic One Direction songs. The first will be familiar to any fan: Songwriter and producer Savan Kotecha was sitting on the ...
The Cheat Sheet

One Direction: Who Wrote The Most Songs In The Band?

Even though One Direction has been on a band hiatus since 2015, the group’s influence on pop culture has remained apparent in the years following their break through their dedicated fan base and ...
The Cheat Sheet

One Direction: Who Is the Tallest Member?

’90s babies might be quick to name a few of their own favorite boy bands, but it’s One Direction that captivated audiences in the last decade or so. Even since their split, they’ve remained relevant ...