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2 days ago · Liam Payne's voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction's debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and
Jul 23, 2020 · One Direction didn't win The X Factor in 2010, but filled stadiums, broke records and our hearts. Ten years ago today, July 23, One Direction created the universe. Read an excerpt from Maria ...
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1 day ago · One Direction, named by Styles, finished in third place. After the competition, the band signed with Cowell’s Syco record label. (Cowell previously sold the firm to Sony Music in 2005 but ...
Jul 23, 2020 · During production of the seventh series of the U.K.’s The X Factor, five young lads— Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson —failed to make enough of an ...
- The Beatles. The Beatles were the original boy band. Paul, John, George, and Ringo began as four rebellious teens with goofy haircuts, but their thoughtful songwriting, musical adventurousness, and work ethic turned them into legends.
- The Rolling Stones. Many of One Direction’s biggest hits — the sanguine “What Makes You Beautiful,” the weepy “Story Of My Life” — have the sappy heart of a Paul McCartney writing credit.
- Elton John. Harry Styles is a student of Elton John. Styles’ bold, elaborate stage outfits — think pink satin bell-bottoms and blue Princess Elsa sequins — are the kind of getups that would make the legendary English singer-songwriter proud.
- Fleetwood Mac. Whenever the One Direction members are asked about their influences, Fleetwood Mac inevitably comes up as a major one. Rolling Stone once called 1D’s song “Fireproof” one of the “best Fleetwood Mac songs that aren’t by Fleetwood Mac,” and Louis Tomlinson said their song “What A Feeling” “has kind of got a little Fleetwood influence in there.”
Jan 31, 2020 · For those five years, the One Direction boys seemed like they were untouchable. That is, until Zayn left the group in 2015 to embark on a solo career, and, a year later, the remaining band members ...
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Jul 23, 2020 · Somehow, One Direction only finished third – but as an army of online fans assembled and grew around them, the boyband became the first of their kind to have their enormous legacy documented in ...
