27 Facts About One Direction

One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London, England in 2010.

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.

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.

One Direction became the first group ever to have their first two albums reach atop the Billboard 200.

One Direction began recording the album in May 2012, in Stockholm at Kinglet Studios.

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One Direction performed "Little Things" at the 2012 Royal Variety Performance 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.

One Direction: This Is Us, a 3D documentary and concert film about the group directed by Morgan Spurlock and produced by Spurlock, Ben Winston, Adam Milano and Simon Cowell, was released by TriStar Pictures on 30 August 2013.

In December 2013, One Direction broke yet another UK sales record with the DVD and Blu-ray release of This Is Us.

On 21 July 2014, One Direction announced One Direction: 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.

On 8 September 2014, One Direction announced their fourth studio album to be titled Four, set to be released on 17 November 2014.

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.

At the 2015 American Music Awards on 22 November, One Direction won the award for Artist of the Year for the second year in succession.

At the 2017 Brit Awards, One Direction won the Video of the Year award for their song "History".

In 2011, One Direction became the face of Pokemon Black and White, starring in a series of television adverts.

In 2013, One Direction announced pop-up shops around the world, including Brisbane, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Tokyo and Stockholm, selling exclusive merchandise.

In 2015, One Direction appeared in an advert for the Toyota Vios, which aired in Thailand.

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

One Direction were named the most charitable in 2013 behind Taylor Swift by social change organisation DoSomething.

In 2015, One Direction launched 'Action 1D' campaign to raise awareness of global issues.

One Direction have been described as sparking a resurgence in the interest in boy bands as well as forming part of a new "British Invasion" in the United States.

Many media outlets noted that One Direction was the first boyband to rise to and eventually surpass a level of popularity comparable to NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and New Kids on the Block before their respective hiatuses and breakups.

One Direction was widely considered the biggest boy band in the world with band "barreling into international success" and falling into "seemingly effortless superstardom".

One Direction's rise to fame has been called "meteoric" with the group becoming the first British band to ever have their debut album top the US charts.

Slate noted that One Direction portrayed more of a "joking" and "fun" manner in their songs, music videos, and individual personas when compared to boy bands of the past.

One Direction are widely considered to have been one of the first groups and celebrities to have been propelled to global recognition by social media.

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One Direction's fans dubbed themselves as "Directioners" and were considered one of the largest fandoms on the internet.

One Direction holds the record as the most awarded act at the Teen Choice Awards with 28 wins from 31 nominations.