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One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish formed in London, England in 2010. The group are composed of , , and ; former member departed from the group in 2015. The group signed with 's record label after forming and finishing third in the of the British televised singing competition in 2010.

Propelled to global success by , One Direction's five albums, (2011), (2012), (2013), (2014), and (2015), topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including "", "", "", "" and "". After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the US history to have their first four albums debut at number one. Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the . The band's , in support of Midnight Memories, was the in 2014, the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history, and the 15th of all time, grossing $290.2 million (unadjusted for inflation). In 2014, named the band "Artist of the Year".

As of 2016, One Direction has sold a total of 50 million records worldwide, making them one of the . The band have won nearly 200 , including seven , four , six , seven (including in 2014 and 2015), and 28 . They have embarked on four world tours, two of which were all-stadium. In 2013, they earned an estimated $75 million, becoming the second highest earning celebrity under 30 according to . Being the world's best-selling artist of 2013, the (IFPI) named them the . ranked them as the fourth in the world in 2015, and second in 2016.

The band went on hiatus in January 2016, allowing all members to pursue other projects.

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In 2010, , , , , and auditioned as solo candidates for the of the British televised singing competition . They all failed to progress in the "Boys" category at the bootcamp stage of the competition, but were instead put together to form a five-piece boy band, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. , a guest judge, and have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band. In 2013, Cowell said that it "took him 10 minutes to put them together as a group". Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practice. Styles came up with the name One Direction. For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "". Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well." Within the first four weeks of the , they were his final act in the competition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.

One Direction achieved third place in the competition and immediately after the final, their song "", which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was leaked onto the internet. Shortly afterwards it was confirmed that One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a reported 2 million record contract. Recording for their debut album began in January 2011, as they flew to Los Angeles to work with , a record producer. A book licensed by One Direction, One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story), was published by in February 2011, subsequently topping . The same month, the boy band and other contestants from the series participated in the X Factor Live Tour. During the tour, the group performed for 500,000 people throughout the UK. After the tour concluded in April 2011, the group continued working on their debut album. Recording took place in Stockholm, London and Los Angeles, as One Direction worked with producers , , , and , among others.