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Take Me Home (Album) by One Direction
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One Direction Commonly Abbreviated To 1D Is A UK-Irish Boy Group Active From 2010 Until Going On Hiatus In 2016. The Original 5-Member Group Was Made Up Of Liam Payne Born 29 August 1993 From Wolverhampton Louis Tomlinson Born 24 December 1991 From Doncaster Niall Horan Born 13th September 1993 From Mullingar Westmeath Ireland Harry Styles Born 1 February 1994 From Holmes Chapel Cheshire And Zayn Malik Born 12 January 1993 From East Bowling Bradford Zayn Malik Announced He Was To Leave The Group On March 25 2015 And The Remainder Of The Group Confirmed They Would Continue As A 4-Piece Band. They Applied As Solo Candidates On The 2010 Edition Of The X Factor But The Judges After A Suggestion By Simon Cowell Put Them In A Band In London UK Therefore Qualifying For The Groups Category. One Direction's First Single What Makes You Beautiful Received Its First Airplay On August 10 2011 And Was Released A Month Later On September 11 2011. It Was The Fastest Selling Single Of The Year 2011 And Peaked At #1 On The UK Singles Chart. The Boys Released Their Second Single Gotta Be You On November 13th Peaking At #3 On The UK Singles Chart. Their Album Up All Night Followed On November 21st Reaching #2 On The UK Albums Chart Narrowly Missing Out On #1 To Rihanna. When Their Album Up All Night Was Released In The USA It Debuted At #1 On The Billboard Charts Setting The Record For The Highest-Selling Debut Album By A British Boy Band. Tickets For Their First Headlining UK Tour Went On Sale October 1st 2011 And All 22 Dates Sold Out Within 12 Minutes. Malik Exits One Direction March 2015 On March 25th 2015 Zayn Malik Announced He Was To Leave The Band. Commenting On His Exit From The Band He Said "My Life With One Direction Has Been More Than I Could Ever Have Imagined. But After Five Years I Feel Like It Is Now The Right Time For Me To Leave The Band". A Band Break- Up? From March 2016
On Aug 23 2015 The Sun Newspaper In The UK Reported That The Band Would "take A Break" From March 2016 After They Finish Promoting Their Fifth Studio Album Made In The A.M.. A Source Said "The Guys Have Been Together For Five Years Which Is An Incredible Run For Any Boy Band. They Fully Deserve To Have At Least A Year To Work On Their Own Projects. There Is Absolutely No Bad Blood Between Them And They Are All 100% Behind The Decision. It Is Definitely Not A Split And They Fully Intend To Get Back Together At Some Time In The Future."
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One Direction Commonly Abbreviated To 1D Is A UK-Irish Boy Group Active From 2010 Until Going On Hiatus In 2016. The Original 5-Member Group Was Made Up Of Liam Payne Born 29 August 1993 From Wolverhampton Louis Tomlinson Born 24 December 1991 From Doncaster Niall Horan Born 13th September 1993 From Mullingar Westmeath Ireland Harry Styles Born 1 February 1994 From Holmes Chapel Cheshire And Zayn Malik Born 12 January 1993 From East Bowling Bradford Zayn Malik Announced He Was To Leave The Group On March 25 2015 And The Remainder Of The Group Confirmed They Would Continue As A 4-Piece Band. They Applied As Solo Candidates On The 2010 Edition Of The X Factor But The Judges After A Suggestion By Simon Cowell Put Them In A Band In London UK Therefore Qualifying For The Groups Category. One Direction's First Single What Makes You Beautiful Received Its First Airplay On August 10 2011 And Was Released A Month Later On September 11 2011. It Was The Fastest Selling Single Of The Year 2011 And Peaked At #1 On The UK Singles Chart. The Boys Released Their Second Single Gotta Be You On November 13th Peaking At #3 On The UK Singles Chart. Their Album Up All Night Followed On November 21st Reaching #2 On The UK Albums Chart Narrowly Missing Out On #1 To Rihanna. When Their Album Up All Night Was Released In The USA It Debuted At #1 On The Billboard Charts Setting The Record For The Highest-Selling Debut Album By A British Boy Band. Tickets For Their First Headlining UK Tour Went On Sale October 1st 2011 And All 22 Dates Sold Out Within 12 Minutes. Malik Exits One Direction March 2015 On March 25th 2015 Zayn Malik Announced He Was To Leave The Band. Commenting On His Exit From The Band He Said "My Life With One Direction Has Been More Than I Could Ever Have Imagined. But After Five Years I Feel Like It Is Now The Right Time For Me To Leave The Band". A Band Break- Up? From March 2016
On Aug 23 2015 The Sun Newspaper In The UK Reported That The Band Would "take A Break" From March 2016 After They Finish Promoting Their Fifth Studio Album Made In The A.M.. A Source Said "The Guys Have Been Together For Five Years Which Is An Incredible Run For Any Boy Band. They Fully Deserve To Have At Least A Year To Work On Their Own Projects. There Is Absolutely No Bad Blood Between Them And They Are All 100% Behind The Decision. It Is Definitely Not A Split And They Fully Intend To Get Back Together At Some Time In The Future." read less
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On Aug 23 2015 The Sun Newspaper In The UK Reported That The Band Would "take A Break" From March 2016 After They Finish Promoting Their Fifth Studio Album Made In The A.M.. A Source Said "The Guys Have Been Together For Five Years Which Is An Incredible Run For Any Boy Band. They Fully Deserve To Have At Least A Year To Work On Their Own Projects. There Is Absolutely No Bad Blood Between Them And They Are All 100% Behind The Decision. It Is Definitely Not A Split And They Fully Intend To Get Back Together At Some Time In The Future." read less
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Take Me Home Is The Second Studio Album By English-Irish Boy Band One Direction Released Globally In November 2012 By Syco Records And Columbia Records Sony Music Entertainment . After Extensive Promotional Appearances And Touring In North America And Oceania In Support Of Their Debut Album One Direction Began Recording The Album In May 2012. As A Follow-Up To One Direction's Internationally Successful Debut Album Up All Night 2011 Several Writers And Producers Were Enlisted Including Carl Falk Rami Yacoub Savan Kotecha Ed Sheeran Jake Gosling And Tom Fletcher. The Album Is Predominantly A Pop Music Album Interpolating Elements Of Pop Rock Dance-Pop Teen Pop And Power Pop. The Album Received Generally Favourable Reviews From Contemporary Music Critics. Take Me Home Topped The Charts In More Than Thirty-Five Countries Including Australia Canada The United Kingdom And The United States Sold Over One Million Copies Worldwide In Its First Week Of Release And Received A Multitude Of Certifications Across The Globe. When Take Me Home Topped The 1 Million Mark In US Sales On The Week Ending 16 December 2012 One Direction Became The First Act To Sell 1 Million Copies Of Two Different Albums In A Calendar Year Since 2009. Their Debut Album Up All Night Became The Third Best-Selling Album 1 616 000 And Take Me Home The Fifth Best-Selling Album 1 340 000 Of 2012 In The United States Making The Vocal Quintet The First Act To Place Two Albums In The Year-End Top Five In The Nielsen SoundScan Era. The Lead Single "Live While We're Young" Released On 28 September 2012 Peaked Inside The Top Ten In Almost Every Country It Charted And Recorded The Highest One-Week Opening Sales Figure For A Song By A Non-American Artist. The Album's Second Single "Little Things" Released On December 3 2012 Became The Group's Second Number-One Hit In The United Kingdom. "Kiss You" Will Be Released As The Album's Third Single On 8 February 2013. Staged In Support Of The Record One Direction Performed The Album's Songs On Several Television Programs. The Album's Accompanying Seven-Month 2013 World Tour Is Scheduled To Begin In February 2013.