The success of JLS and the Wanted, X-Factor contestants One Direction was the next music group to help revive the boy bands.
The group was formed by Niall Horan from Mullingar, Ireland; Zayn Malik from Bradford; Harry Styles from Cheshire; Louis Tomlinson from Doncaster, amd Liam Payne from Wolverhampton ( he had reached the judge's house stages of The X-Factor at 14 years old back in 2008). Each originally entered 2010's series of The X Factor as individuals. But a guest judge Nicole Scherzinger though were grouped together to become One Direction. Mentored by Simon Cowell they soon became the favorites to win the show thanks to Kelly Clarkson's song"My Life Would Suck Without You," Elton John's song "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." But receiving a standing ovation for their duet with Robbie Williams "She's the One" in the live final they eventually finished in third after Rebecca Ferguson and First place winner Matt Cardle. Seeing the potential of five Justin Bieber look alikes Simon Cowell signed them to his Syco label in a two million dollar deal and after performing on the X Factor tour the bans began work on its debut album with Savan Kotecha ,Britney Spears,and Enrique Iglesias. …show more content…
Following a sponsership deal with Nintendo DS and a book Forever Young named after their cover of the Alphaville classic that was intended to be their winner's song they released their first single, "What Makes You Beautiful," in late 2011. The full length album Up All Night followed soon after. In 2012, One Direction became the first British boy band to debut on top of the Billboard 200 list when Up All Night sold over 176,000 copies during its first week of release in America. In 2012 One Direction released their sophomore album Take Me Home. Take Me Home featured songs and production from Sweden's Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, and Savan Kotecha, who worked on Up All Night, as well as singer Ed Sheeran. The album proved to be another hit and topped charts around the world, multi platinim certification in half dozen countries. The singles "Live While We're Young" and "Little Things" also hit number one across the globe and "Kiss You" reached the top ten in the u.s. One Direction then began a world tour in which the band played over 100 shows including six sold out nights at London's O2 Arena. …show more content…
At the same time they were being filmed by Morgan Spurlock for This Is Us a mix of documentary and concert footage that proved to be successful when it was released in August of 2013. While they were touring, One Direction also began work on their third album, Midnight Memories. Released just in time for the 2013 holidays the record featured a songwriting input from all the members, and a new production team. It almost topped Take Me Home and Up All Night number one in seven countries and the singles "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life." The band toured the world for most of 2014 but still found time to record a fourth album which was released in late 2014. Produced by the same team who handled Midnight Memories and Four similarly looked back to the '80s for inspiration and featured a new song from
The group was formed by Niall Horan from Mullingar, Ireland; Zayn Malik from Bradford; Harry Styles from Cheshire; Louis Tomlinson from Doncaster, amd Liam Payne from Wolverhampton ( he had reached the judge's house stages of The X-Factor at 14 years old back in 2008). Each originally entered 2010's series of The X Factor as individuals. But a guest judge Nicole Scherzinger though were grouped together to become One Direction. Mentored by Simon Cowell they soon became the favorites to win the show thanks to Kelly Clarkson's song"My Life Would Suck Without You," Elton John's song "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." But receiving a standing ovation for their duet with Robbie Williams "She's the One" in the live final they eventually finished in third after Rebecca Ferguson and First place winner Matt Cardle. Seeing the potential of five Justin Bieber look alikes Simon Cowell signed them to his Syco label in a two million dollar deal and after performing on the X Factor tour the bans began work on its debut album with Savan Kotecha ,Britney Spears,and Enrique Iglesias. …show more content…
Following a sponsership deal with Nintendo DS and a book Forever Young named after their cover of the Alphaville classic that was intended to be their winner's song they released their first single, "What Makes You Beautiful," in late 2011. The full length album Up All Night followed soon after. In 2012, One Direction became the first British boy band to debut on top of the Billboard 200 list when Up All Night sold over 176,000 copies during its first week of release in America. In 2012 One Direction released their sophomore album Take Me Home. Take Me Home featured songs and production from Sweden's Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, and Savan Kotecha, who worked on Up All Night, as well as singer Ed Sheeran. The album proved to be another hit and topped charts around the world, multi platinim certification in half dozen countries. The singles "Live While We're Young" and "Little Things" also hit number one across the globe and "Kiss You" reached the top ten in the u.s. One Direction then began a world tour in which the band played over 100 shows including six sold out nights at London's O2 Arena. …show more content…
At the same time they were being filmed by Morgan Spurlock for This Is Us a mix of documentary and concert footage that proved to be successful when it was released in August of 2013. While they were touring, One Direction also began work on their third album, Midnight Memories. Released just in time for the 2013 holidays the record featured a songwriting input from all the members, and a new production team. It almost topped Take Me Home and Up All Night number one in seven countries and the singles "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life." The band toured the world for most of 2014 but still found time to record a fourth album which was released in late 2014. Produced by the same team who handled Midnight Memories and Four similarly looked back to the '80s for inspiration and featured a new song from