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One Direction are a British-Irish boyband consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and placing third in the seventh series of The X Factor. They later signed in North America to Columbia Records.

In November 2011, One Direction released their debut album Up All Night, which became the fastest-selling debut album of 2011 in the UK. In 2012, it debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, making One Direction the first UK band in history to debut at number one with their first album. Up All Night spawned three UK Singles Chart top ten singles — "What Makes You Beautiful", "Gotta Be You", and "One Thing". In 2012, "What Makes You Beautiful" won the award for Best British Single at the 2012 BRIT Awards.

One Direction's World Tour is set for 2013, with tickets already grossing $15.7 million for their Australian and New Zealand dates. One Direction have endorsements with Pokémon, Nokia, HarperCollins and Hasbro. They have also been noted for resurge of the boyband and have even been labelled as the new British Invasion.