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Up All Night (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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Up All Night Is The Debut Studio Album By English-Irish Boy Band One Direction Released By Syco Records In November 2011 In Ireland And The United Kingdom Followed By A Worldwide Release During 2012. After Finishing Third In The Seventh Series Of British Reality Singing Contest The X Factor In December 2010 One Direction Began Recording The Album In Sweden UK And The United States Working With A Variety Of Writers And Producers. The Album Is Predominantly A Pop Music Album Which Orientates Into Pop Rock Dance-Pop Teen Pop And Power Pop. The Album's Lyrical Content Explores Themes About Having Fun Being Young Relationships Heartbreak And Empowerment. Staged In Support Of The Album One Direction Performed The Album's Songs Live On Televised Shows At Awards Ceremonies And During Their Worldwide Up All Night Tour. The Album Received Generally Favourable Reviews From Contemporary Music Critics Many Of Whom Appreciated The Album's Combination Of Melodic Song Craft And Catchy Pop-Oriented Material That While Slickly Produced Avoided The Commercial Cynicism And Adult Contemporary Posturing Of Some Of Their '80s And '90s Forebears. An International Success The Album Topped The Charts In Sixteen Countries And Sold Over 3.6 Million Copies Worldwide By December 2012. The Album Bowed At Number Two On The UK Albums Chart And Ultimately Became The UK's Fastest-Selling Debut Album Of 2011. Up All Night Went Straight To Number One On The United States Billboard 200 Selling 176 000 Copies In Its First Week Making One Direction The First British Group In US Chart History To Achieve This Feat With Their Debut Album. They Were Inducted Into The Guinness World Records As A Result. One Direction Finished 2012 With Two Of That Year's Top Five Best-Selling Albums In The United States Up All Night At Number Three 1 616 000 And Their Second Studio Album Take Me Home At Number Five 1 340 000 Making The Vocal Quintet The First Act To Place Two Albums In The Year-End Top Five In The Nielsen SoundScan Era. In Addition Up All Night Became The Best-Selling Album By A Group And The Best-Selling Debut Album Of 2012. Four Singles Were Released From The Album Including The UK Singles Chart Top Ten Hits — "What Makes You Beautiful" "Gotta Be You" And "One Thing". With Over 5 Million Copies Sold Worldwide "What Makes You Beautiful" Is Among The Best-Selling Singles Of All Time.