As of 2020, the band have sold a total of 70 million records worldwide.Unfortunately for us fans, One Direction's days are finally numbered. The band went on hiatus in January 2016, allowing all members to pursue other projects. In 2014, Billboard named One Direction Artist of the Year. The band's Where We Are Tour, in support of Midnight Memories, was the highest-grossing concert tour in 2014, the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history, and the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of all time, grossing $290.2 million (unadjusted for inflation). Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the best-selling album worldwide in 2013 with 4 million copies sold globally. Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one. Forbes ranked them as the fourth highest-earning celebrities in the world in 2015, and second in 2016.Īfter the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the U.S. The world’s best-selling artist of 2013, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) named them the Global Recording Artist of the Year. In 2013, they earned an estimated $75 million, becoming the second highest earning celebrity under 30 according to Forbes. They have embarked on four world tours, two of which were all-stadium. The group have won nearly 200 awards including seven Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards (including Artist of the Year in 20), and 28 Teen Choice Awards.

(2015), topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including 'What Makes You Beautiful', 'Live While We're Young', 'Best Song Ever', 'Story of My Life' and 'Drag Me Down'. Propelled to global success by social media, One Direction's five albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014), and Made in the A.M. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010.

The group is composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson former member Zayn Malik departed from the group in 2015. One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London, England in 2010.

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