History Music / OneDirection

* '''Niall Horan''' - born September 13, 1993 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. (2010-)

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Niall Horan, Music/HarryStyles, Liam Payne, Music/LouisTomlinson.\\

* FriendshipSong: "History" is pretty unambiguously an ode to the friendship of the band before it ends, [[TrueCompanions having shared such incredible and unique experiences in their formative years]], and hope for its return one day. This also applies to songs like "A.M." and "Act My Age". "Spaces" and "Long Way Down" could be the sadder/more pessimistic takes on this.

+ Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheEagles, Music/FleetwoodMac, Music/GreenDay, Music/NSync, Music/EdSheeran, Music/PaulSimon, Music/TakeThat

+ Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheEagles, Music/FleetwoodMac, Music/GreenDay, Music/NSync, Music/TakeThat, Music/EdSheeran, Music/PaulSimon

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The boys' had different colours on their mics: blue for Louis, green for Harry, yellow for Zayn, red for Liam, and the Irish flag for Niall (defaulted to orange or white if stripes weren't an option).

* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: "Four" is unique among their discography as this

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Niall Horan, Music/HarryStyles, Liam Payne, Music/LouisTomlinson. Not shown: Zayn Malik]]

One Direction (commonly initialized as 1D) is a British-Irish BoyBand formed in London, England. Originally, the boys auditioned for the seventh series of ''Series/TheXFactor'' as individuals. They were assembled into a group by Creator/SimonCowell, who became their mentor throughout the show. After placing third, Cowell signed One Direction to his own record label in 2010.

Since then, the band has skyrocketed to worldwide fame, releasing many hit singles, winning numerous awards, and unseating Music/JustinBieber as the biggest teen heartthrobs in the world. After five years of world domination, 1D have become the most successful boy band to ever come out of either the UK or Ireland[[note]]Not counting, of course, Music/TheBeatles, whose status as a boy band is highly disputed[[/note]].

In March 2015, it was announced that Malik had left the band and that the other four members would be continuing. Then in August, it was announced that the band would go on hiatus (officially not a split) following the release of their fifth album the following year. A generation of fangirls mourned, as ever. Since then, all five members have released solo music.

* FriendshipSong: "History" is pretty unambiguously an ode to the [[TrueCompanions friendship]] of the band before it ends and hope for its return one day. This also applies to songs like "A.M." and "Act My Age". "Spaces" and "Long Way Down" could be the sadder/more pessimistic takes on this.

* FriendshipSong: "History" is pretty unambiguously an ode to the friendship of the band before it ends and hope for its return one day. This also applies to songs like "A.M." and "Act My Age". "Spaces" and "Long Way Down" could be the sadder/more pessimistic takes on this.

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Music/HarryStyles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Music/LouisTomlinson. Not shown: Zayn Malik]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Music/LouisTomlinson, Liam Payne, Music/HarryStyles, Niall Horan. Not shown: Zayn Malik]]

* OopNorth: Three out of five of the boys are northern – Louis and Zayn are from Yorkshire, while Harry is from Cheshire. Liam is from the Midlands, while Niall is Irish.

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Niall Horan, Music/HarryStyles, Music/LouisTomlinson, Liam Payne. Not shown: Zayn Malik]]