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[ 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 in 2015, from left to right, 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗘𝗦, 𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗘, 𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗡, 𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦𝗕𝗬 ]

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𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑨𝒔,1D

𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏, England

𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆𝒔, Pop • Pop Rock

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 2010 - 2015 (indefinite hiatus)

𝑳𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒔, Syco • Columbia

𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒔, The X Factor finalists 2010

𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔, Louis Tomlinson • Liam Payne • Niall Horan • Harry Styles • Aviana Fernsby

𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓, Zayn Malik

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𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, often shortened to 1D, is an English-Irish band formed in London, England in 2010. The group is composed of Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Aviana Fernsby (then, Rae); former member Zayn Malik departed from the group in March 2015. 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. One Direction quickly gained popularity as a band with both male and female members which have been a rarity in the industry since the 1970s and got recognised as the top mixed pop band in almost 40 years.

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 (2015), topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including 'What Makes You Beautiful' (their first number one on the UK singles chart, and the highest debut for a British act on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1998), 'Live While We're Young', 'Best Song Ever', 'Story Of My Life' and 'Drag Me Down'. 

After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in US history to have their first four albums debut at number one. 

Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the best-selling album worldwide of 2013.

Considered Teen Idols, One Direction were often subject to fan hysteria. They embarked on four world tours, two of which were all-stadium. 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 of all time, grossing $290.2 million.

The band went on hiatus in January 2016, allowing all members to pursue other solo projects.

As of 2020, the band has sold a total of 70 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The band has won nearly 200 awards, including seven Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, six Billboard Awards, seven American Music Awards (including Artist Of The year in 2014 and 2015), and 28 Teen Choice Awards.

In 2013, they earned an estimated $75 million, becoming the second highest-earning celebrity under 30. 

As the world's best-selling artist of 2013, the group was named the Global Recording Artist of the year by the International Federation Of the phonographic industry. In 2014, Billboard named the band Artist of the Year. Forbes ranked them as the fourth highest-earning celebrities in the world in 2015, and second in 2016.

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𝑯𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀

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In 2010, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, and Aviana Fernsby auditioned as solo candidates for the British televised singing competition The X Factor. Tomlinson, Payne, Horan, Malik, and Styles all failed to progress in the "Boys" category at the Bootcamp stage of the competition, unlike Fernsby who was selected to continue to Judges House in the "Girls" category. But, Nicole Scherzinger, the guest judge has claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band with the six teenagers, making them go further in the competition within the "groups" category.

In 2013, Simon Cowell said that it "𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑚 10 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝". The band's making quickly started getting attention from around the UK, leading to controversy as Cowell was negatively criticized for his decision to join Fernsby as the only female member. But later the television mogul managed to clear down the contention after a confirmation statement from Fernsby herself. Years later, Cowell revealed how the scandal almost made Fernsby quit the band within the first two months in the band. 

Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practice. Styles came up with the name One Direction. For their qualifying song at judges' houses and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of 'Torn'. Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they "𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑓𝑢𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙"  Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were his final act in the competition.

One Direction achieved third place in the competition and immediately after the final, their song 'Forever Young', which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was leaked onto the internet. Shortly afterwards it was confirmed that One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a reported 2 million record contract.

 Recording for their debut album began in January 2011, as they flew to Los Angeles to work with recording producer, RedOne. A book licensed by One Direction, One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story), was published in February 2011, subsequently topping The Sunday Times Best Seller List.

The same month, the boy band and other contestants from the series participated in The X Factor Live Tour. During the tour, the group performed for 500,000 people throughout the UK. After the tour concluded in April 2011, the group continued working on their debut album. Recording took place in Stockholm, London, and Los Angeles.

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𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏 - 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐 | 𝑼𝑷 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻

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Released in September 2011, One Direction's debut single, 'What Makes You Beautiful', was a commercial and international success. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart after becoming the most pre-ordered Sony Music Entertainment single in history. 

Subsequent singles, 'Gotta Be You' and 'One Thing', peaked in the UK Singles Chart top ten. In November 2011, they signed a record deal with Columbia Records in North America. The co-chairman of Columbia Records said it was not a difficult decision to sign One Direction; "𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑡." 

That same month, they released Up All Night, their debut studio album, in the UK and Ireland. Critically commended for its appeal to the teenage audience, it became the UK's fastest-selling debut album of 2011. In December 2011, they embarked on their first headlining UK concert tour, the Up All Night Tour.

The Up All Night Tour, comprising 62 shows, was met with positivity both critically and commercially, with critics praising their singing abilities and stage presence, and with tickets selling out in minutes. A recording of a concert from the tour, Up All Night; The Live Tour, was released in May 2012. In addition to the DVD topping the charts in twenty-five countries, its global sales had exceeded 1 million copies by August 2012. One Direction's first book to be licensed in America, Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, published in the US in May 2012, topped The New York Times Best Seller List.

In August 2012, the group's record sales exceeded 8 million singles, 3 million albums, and 1 million DVDs, and they performed 'What Makes You Beautiful at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London, which represented the handover to Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. 

One Direction were the biggest winners of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards winning their three nominations on 6 September 2012, including Best New Artist.

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𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐 - 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑 | 𝑻𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑴𝑬 𝑯𝑶𝑴𝑬

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In September 2012, 'Live While We're Young', the lead single from the group's second album was released and was a global success. It reached the top ten in almost every country it charted in and recorded the highest one-week opening sales figure for a song by a non-US artist in the US. A second single, 'Little Things', resulted in the band's second number-one single in the UK.

In November 2012, One Direction's second studio album, Take Me Home, was released. It was an international hit, reaching number one in over 35 countries. Upon reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the group became the first band in US chart history to record two number-one albums in the same calendar year alongside becoming the first group since 2008 to record two number-one albums in the same year. One Direction became the first group ever to have their first two albums reach atop the Billboard 200. Take Me Home sold 540,000 copies in its first week in the US, debuted atop the Billboard 200, and topped the charts in more than thirty-four other countries.

Additionally, Up All Night and Take Me Home were the number three and number four best-selling albums of 2012 globally, each album selling over 4.4 million units worldwide. The album and 'Little Things'  both debuted at number one in the UK simultaneously, making One Direction the youngest act in British chart history to achieve that. Following the release of Take Me Home, One Direction embarked on their second concert tour in February 2013, the Take Me Home Tour.

Take Me Home was written in groups and has an average of just under six songwriters per track. Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk, who composed One Direction's hits 'What Makes You Beautiful' and 'One Thing', spent six months in Stockholm developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around their tones. Fernsby was credited as a co-producer of the album along with writing credits for almost eleven songs as well as engineering and mixing credits. In an interview with Billboard, Kotecha praised Fernsby for her talent in mixing, engineering and producing as well as her work as a melodist. "𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑟. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑑. 𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑡" Kotecha mentioned Fernsby's drumming skills as well.

One Direction began recording the album in May 2012, in Stockholm at Kinglet Studios. The album cover artwork features the group surrounding a traditional British K2 Telephone Box, a familiar sight on the streets of the UK. Take Me Home garnered mixed reviews from music critics. There was praise for its quality of production, while it was criticized for its generic, rushed nature.

One Direction performed 'Little Things' at the Royal Variety Performance 2012 in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, and headlined a sold-out show at New York City's Madison Square Garden on 3 December 2012. In February 2013, One Direction released a cover version of 1970s Blondies' 'One Way or Another' and 'Teenage Kicks', 'One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks remix)', as the 2013 Comic Relief single. As part of their involvement with the UK charity, One Direction travelled to Ghana to volunteer at a children's hospital, visit a school and make donations. The song was fully composed and produced by Fernsby while the video was also made on their own. Later, in an interview at the Brit Awards, Payne revealed the reason to choose and make a cover version of Blondie's One Way Or Another was the similarity between the two bands and their bandmate, Fernsby's personal admiration towards Debbie Harry. When asked. Fernsby proceeds to point out the similarities between the two bands starting from Blondie being a band with four men and one woman. Fernsby addressed it as "𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛"

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'Best Song Ever', the lead single of the group's then-upcoming third studio album Midnight Memories, was released on 22 July 2013. The song is their highest charting single in the US to date, reaching number two. It broke the 24 hours Vevo Record with 10.9 million views on YouTube (this was the second time the band held the record with 'Live While We're Young' attaining 8.2 million views on 20 September 2012). 

This Is Us, a 3D documentary and concert film about the group directed by and produced by Morgan Spurlock, Ben Winston, Adam Milano, and Simon Cowell, was released by TriStar Pictures on 30 August 2013. The film was a box office success, topping the UK and US box offices and grossing over $60 million worldwide, and became the fourth highest-grossing concert movie.

On 16 May 2013, the band announced their first all-stadium tour, the Where We Are tour. Tickets for the tour sold out in minutes and more shows were added due to "overwhelming demand".

On 23 November 2013, in support of Midnight Memories, the band participated in '1D Day', a day dedicated to One Direction fans. The day constituted a secret landmark, 7.5-hour socially interactive YouTube live-stream featuring live band performances and celebrity guests including Simon Cowell, Cindy Crawford, Piers Morgan, Jerry Springer, and Selena Gomez. 

On 28 October 2013, the second single from Midnight Memories, 'Story Of My Life', was released, charting at number six in the US and number two in the UK, while charting at number one in countries such as Mexico, Spain, Bulgaria, Denmark, and Ireland.

Midnight Memories was released globally on 25 November 2013. It debuted at number one in the UK and the US, making them the first group to debut at number one on the with its first three albums, and the second to reach the top after in 1967. The album was described by the band as edgier and as having a "slightly rockier tone" than their previous efforts. Despite being released at the year's end, it was the best-selling album worldwide in 2013 with 4 million copies sold globally. To promote the album, the band performed on both the UK and US versions of The X Factor.

The band embarked on the Where We Are Tour on 25 April 2014, and it was concluded on 5 October 2014. Playing 69 shows with an average of 49,848 fans per show, the tour grossed over $290 million, becoming the highest-grossing concert tour in 2014.  in 2014, the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of all time, and the highest-grossing tour of all time by a vocal group. The tour was attended by 3.4 million fans. In August of that same year, the group released their third book, One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story: 100% Official

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On 21 July 2014, One Direction announced Where We Are: The Concert Film, a film which documents the concerts of 28 and 29 June 2014 that took place in San Siro Stadium during their Where We Are Tour. The group also released an autobiography book titled Who We Are on 25 September 2014.

On 8 September 2014, One Direction announced their fourth studio album to be titled Four (stylized as FOUR in uppercase), set to be released on 17 November 2014. As part of the announcement, one of the songs from the album, 'Fireproof' was released for free download for 24 hours on their official website. 'Steal My Girl', the album's lead single was released on 29 September 2014, receiving critical acclaim for its classic rock sound. 

The second single from the album, 'Night Changes', was released on 14 November, three days before the album's release. It also achieves platinum status, selling over one million units in the United States. Four was released on 17 November 2014, topping the UK Album Chart. In total, it debuted at number one in 18 countries, selling 3.2 million copies. It became the top charted album on iTunes in 67 countries.

One Direction became the only group in the 58-year history of the Billboard 200 albums chart to have their first four albums debut at number one. In February 2015, the group embarked on their fourth world tour and second all-stadium tour, the On The Road Again tour, grossing $208 million, making it the second-highest-grossing tour of 2015.

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On 25 March 2015, the band released a statement announcing Malik's departure. The group made their first official public appearance as a five-piece on The Late Late Show With James Corden on 14 May, where they confirmed that they would continue working without a new sixth member.

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On 31 July 2015, the group released 'Drag Me Down' without promotional material or announcement. Despite this, it still topped the charts in multiple countries, including France and Australia, making the song their first single to reach number one in those respective countries. It also reached number one in multiple other countries, including Ireland and the UK, while charting third in the United States. The single was the first single from their fifth studio album, Made In The A.M, and the first material released by the group after Malik's departure. 

On 22 September, Made In The A.M., was officially announced along with the promotional single 'Infinity' being released. The group began to reveal the tracklisting on their Snapchat stories to which was later confirmed on iTunes. In October, another single, 'Perfect', was released. It reached the Billboard top ten, making it the group's second consecutive (after 'Drag Me Down') and fifth overall top ten hits, breaking The Beatles' record for the most top-ten Hot 100 debuts among bands. 

Following the release, it was revealed that the group would be going on hiatus in 2016.

Made in the A.M. was released on 13 November 2015, topping the charts in the UK among other countries while reaching number two in the U.S. It was the sixth-best selling album of 2015. At the 2015 American Music Awards on 22 November, One Direction won the award for the Artist Of The Year for the second year in succession.

 Louis Tomlinson later confirmed that the break would be around 18 months.

On 13 December, One Direction performed on The X Factor final. Their last televised performance as a group, before their hiatus, was on 31 December 2015.

On 13 January 2016, US Weekly published a report claiming that the group's hiatus will become a permanent split, with a "source" citing that each of the five remaining group members did not renew their contracts following the completion of the On The Road Again Tour in October 2015. Representatives for the group denied the report in a statement to Billboard, stating, "𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠' 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑠." 

By May 2017, all members of the group had released solo singles. Despite saying the hiatus would last 18 months, the band still are yet to confirm when they will reform. Since then, all band members have pursued other projects.

At the Brit Awards 2017, One Direction won the Video of the Year award for their song 'History'. Payne and Fernsby accepted the award on the behalf of the band. In February 2018, it was reported that the group had folded its touring company after applying for removal within the Companies House registry in October 2017.

Currently, being the only One Direction member and globally only artist to be still signed under Syco Records, Fernsby is the legal owner of One Direction and all related sources.

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One Direction became the face of Pokemon Black & White, starring in a series of television adverts. They were the first instalments in the fifth generation of the Pokemon series of role-playing games. 

They also launched Nokia C3 and Nokia C2-02 phones. To promote the launch, Nokia made a series of photos of the band members using the phones to take photos of themselves.

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 They teamed up with Colgate to launch their own One Direction Colgate MaxFresh Power Toothbrush, the One Direction Colgate Maxfresh Manual Toothbrush, and the One Direction Colgate MaxFresh Toothpaste. 

The band was signed by Pepsi in a multimillion-dollar advertising deal in 2012. Social media marketing included a tie-up with Shazam, whereby consumers that used the digital music app in conjunction with the ad both on TV and online were able to view exclusive content and link back to iTunes to buy One Direction's single, 'Live While We're Young'. 

Mini-figures based on Tomlinson, Payne, Horan, Styles, Malik and Fernsby was launched for the band's US fans after the agreement was signed by an American firm, Hasbro. 

In October 2012, the band also signed up to endorse Filipino clothing brand, Penshoppe.

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One Direction announced pop-up shops around the world, including Brisbane, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Tokyo and Stockholm, selling exclusive merchandise.

The band became the new faces of Toyota VIOS, releasing behind-the-scenes looks at their commercial for the vehicle. 

One Direction's debut fragrance, 'Our Moment', launched via Fernsby's personal cosmetics & beauty brand, Felce Beauty in London and on their website in 2013. The full-length advert for the fragrance was released on 24 August 2013, featuring the song "My Favourite Things". The perfume was the best-selling famous fragrance of Christmas 2013.

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The band released their second scent 'That Moment'. The fragrance was released with a matching shower gel and body lotion via Felce Beauty alongside their third fragrance, 'You & I', named after their 2014 song of the same name.

Tomlinson and Fernsby appeared in a commercial for Taylors of Harrogate's newest creation 'CeylonShire' a global collaboration between Yorkshire Tea and Ceylon Tea. In the ad, The duo is seen arguing about if Yorkshire or Ceylon Tea is better and eventually the Yorkshire and Ceylon tea accidentally gets mixed. In the end, they are seen agreeing to use CeylonShire tea instead.

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One Direction appeared in an advert for Toyota VIOS. the commercial aired in Thailand. 

Coca Cola Mexico launched the session and full interview with One Direction, with a series of commercials in which Tomlinson, Payne, Styles, Fernsby and Horan showed us what it means to be a True Friend. 

One Direction revealed their fourth fragrance 'Between Us'  in London, England on 24 June. 

The band appeared in a Honda Civic ad which shows the quartet testing out the car's stereo, style and trunk space with a humorous tone and the tagline "It's all One Direction approved." The ad is set to the 1D single 'Drag Me Down'.

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In 2013, the American snacks & cookie brand, Nabisco became the title sponsor of One Direction's North American shows on Where We Are Tour.

The group's 2015, On The Road Again Tour, was sponsored by Honda after One Direction appeared on their Honda Civic advertisement.

In 2011, One Direction was signed by Lipton Tea in a joint contract with Ceylon Tea via Fernsby's father, Jonathan Rae who was an international envoy for the company.  As a result, The group appeared on a total number of four advertisements for Lipton Tea including two Lipton Ceylonta advertisements as a part of the global campaign "#spilltheteawith1D." They were seen hanging out in their tour bus and seemingly 'spilling the tea' about the bands' new singles or upcoming events.

Lipton and Ceylon tea became the title sponsors for One Direction's all five tours. Up All Night and Take Me Home tour was supported by Lipton while  On The Road Again Tour was supported by Ceylon tea. Both the brands joined together and took part being the Title Sponsor for their Where We Are tour.

All the One Direction tours were also co-supported by Fernsby's cosmetics, beauty & clothing brand, Felce Beauty. Styles, Tomlinson, Horan, Payne and Malik even appeared in a commercial chain for the brand in 2013 and 2014 where they were filmed getting a makeover using Felce cosmetics.

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In 2011, the band performed on the BBC's Children In Need charity telethon. In 2012, they extended their involvement with Children in Need as they opened the telecast with a performance of their single 'Live While We're Young'.

In February 2013, One Direction released 'One Way Or Another' as the 2013 single for the UK's other major charity telethon Comic Relief. 

For ITV's Santa charity Christmas campaign, they filmed a set of pleas to their fans and the general public, asking them to donate £2. 

The band have made numerous other appearances for charitable causes, including the 2011 Pride Of Britain where they presented 13-year-old quadruple amputee Danielle Bailey the Child of Courage award at her school assembly, and the 2014 Royal Variety Performance where they played in front of Prince William and Catherine.

In September 2012, Niall Horan organised an event to raise money for Irish Autism Action and another charity, called Temporary Emergency Accommodation Mullingar, based in his hometown. Due to the overwhelming demand to participate in the fundraising, the ticket website for the event broke down. Horan's brother Greg commented on the website crash, saying that "𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 500 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘".

In 2013, band members Liam Payne and Harry Styles partnered with Trekstock, a leading cancer charity to help raise money for cancer research. As ambassadors of the charity, the duo collaborated to offer the chance for one fan and a friend to win an evening out with them in return for a donation to the charity as part of an exclusive "#HangwithLiam&Harry" global campaign.

In 2014, One Direction donated £600,000 for the Stand up to Cancer campaign by giving portions of their ticket sales revenues from their Where We Are Tour. 

In 2014, band members Louis Tomlinson and Aviana Fernsby partnered with the tea house, Taylors of Harrogate in support of helping families of tea planters around India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Kenya as a part of the global campaign, "#Avi&Louwithyou".

On 15 November 2014, One Direction joined the charity group Band Aid 30 along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording the latest version of the track 'Do They Know Its Christmas?'

In 2015, One Direction launched 'Action 1D' campaign to raise awareness of global issues. The initiative aims to end extreme poverty, tackle inequality and slow down climate change with the help of their millions of fans.

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During the mid-2010s, One Direction was dubbed as Teen Idols, and was often subject to fan hysteria. One Direction has been described as sparking a resurgence in the interest in bands, and as forming part of a new "British Invasion" (along with acts like Adele) in the United States. In NPR, Maria Sherman noticed that before One Direction's breakthrough, bands were "off the radar" since NSYNC went on an indefinite hiatus in 2002. She also wrote how One Direction was the first mixed band since the '70s, Blondie to ever invade the whole world with their music.

Several controversies rose at many points in their career mainly about the band consisting of five males and only one female, One Direction were the constant subject of pop culture. Jamie Doorman for Billboard wrote One Direction was "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦." 

One Direction's Twitter account had amassed 10 million followers by February 2013, with the account gaining followers at an average of 21,000 per day. In an approach pioneered by The Beatles, each member was applied a persona; Horan is "the cute Irish one", Malik is "the quiet and mysterious one", Payne is "the mature and sensible one", Styles is "the charming flirt", Tomlinson is "the funny and irresponsible one" and Fernsby is "the exciting and sensual one" Each member's individual identity is reinforced by their intentionally different personal styles. In the early days of One Direction, the members were often noticed wearing clothing similar to students seen in a typical high school. Once again; Horan is "the nerdy boy", Malik is "the Varsity player", Payne is "the preppy one", Styles is "the charming Hearthrob" Tomlinson is "the flashy and flamboyant one" and Fernsby is "the cheerleader and Prom Queen"

Caroline Watson, the band's original stylist, spoke about styling the band, "𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 – 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔." Instead, her original idea was for them to be an "equivalent to the Spice Girls", with each member being a part of the group but still having his own individual style.

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List of Billboard Social 50 number one artists

List of artists who reached number one on the UK singles chart

List of highest-grossing concert tours

List of Best Selling vocal groups

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Hola peeps, so this is the Wikipedia page of One Direction (If it had six members) I just wanted to say a few things before you go. First, the edits of the google page were handmade by me, with the fonts and all so you wouldn't be able to find any template of it. Secondly, the chapter was edited from the real One Direction Wikipedia so only some parts are written by me and all the rights go to Wikipedia. And the parts written by me are fiction obviously, The Lipton stuff actually didn't happen.

And lastly, I hope you got an idea of what One Direction is by this page.

Thank you so much for all the votes and comments so far, it means a lot. And please stay safe and wear a mask if you're going outside!

TPWK ♡

- Esa

p.s - Liam's new single, SUNSHINE is out now! Get your ass on Spotify, iTunes or Deezer and start streaming! ☀☀