About One Direction

The making of One Direction

Five boys from difren't parts of the UK and Ireland had entered the X-factor competition. Their names were Niall (from Westmeath, Ireland), Zayn (from Bradford), Liam (from Wolverhampton), Harry (from Cheshire) and Louis (from Doncaster) and they had all entered as solo artists. Arriving to their individual auditions, they were given the task of impressing the judges. And they did. But just not quite how they imagined. During the Bootcamp round of the competition that Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh had to give the boys the bad news, (that they hadn’t made it through as solo artists). They were devastated, but they were offered a suggestion. The judges wanted them to form a group; to learn to sing as a five-piece rather than individuals. The boys jumped at the chance and became One Direction<3

Signing a record deal 

One day the boys got a call from Simon Cowell, who asked them to attend a meeting at Syco Records head offices in London to discuss their future. On that day, he said that he would sign them to Syco, they had a record deal.

The making of Up All Night

There were quite a few big producers and writers who wanted the chance to work with One Direction.
The group put together an album of thirteen tracks, which they later named Up All Night. And by Autumn 2011, it was it released.

The first Number One

One Direction’s debut single, What Makes You Beautiful was released on 11 September 2011 in the UK. Quickly it was breaking records before it went on sale. It became the biggest pre-order in Sony’s single history and went in a number one in the UK and Irish charts as soon as it was on iTunes.