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 amassed a relatively hefty discography in their five-year tenure as the most in-demand boy band on Earth. Pushed well beyond their collective limits of exhaustion, they're currently ...

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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 ...

One Direction members Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik are paying tribute to their friend and bandmate Liam Payne who died Oct. 16 at the age of 31. Medical officials ...

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, ...

’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 ...

Niall doesn’t have a hateful bone in his body. Or he’s really good at hiding it. Niall is the 1D member who’s friendly with most of the guys, in part because he has Harry. Get this: Niall and Harry ...

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 ...

One Direction fans have been given a late gift to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary, with the band making their Where We Are – The Concert Film available to watch online for free for 24 hours.

Thank goodness we had 1D in 2016 even though we didn’t Thank goodness we had 1D in 2016 even though we didn’t Regardless, One Direction was Forbes’ second highest-paid musical act for the year. A big ...