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Albums Chart and became the
fastest-selling debut album of 2011
in the UK. In the US it did even better
and it debuted at #1. This epic rise
made One Direction the first UK
group in history to hit the top spot
on the US Billboard 200 with a debut
album! This news in March 2012
followed the group’s success at the
UK’s BRIT Awards in February when
“What Makes You Beautiful” beat
favorite, Adele, to the coveted Best
British Single. Their second album,
“Take Me Home,” was released in
November 2012.
The boys had all wanted solo
careers before they found fame
with One Direction on
The X Factor
and although it began the start of
an exciting rise to fame for each
of them, they gave everything they
had, built up lasting friendships and
working relationships, and helped
to make the show a real success
in 2010. These five boys made the
show extremely popular that year
and helped to establish it and One
Direction beyond the shores of the
UK and Ireland. Boy bands had
been fading on the chart scene
for a few years, but a crop of British
bands including The Wanted and
now, One Direction, have changed
all that and boy bands look like
they’re here to stay. Appearing
on
The X Factor
gave the boys an
instant fan base from which to build
on and they know that their fans are
the ones who have helped them
get where they are today. Follow
the success…
RIGHT:
One Direction (L-R) Liam
Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles,
(with mentor Simon Cowell), Zayn Malik,
and Niall Horan during
The X Factor
Press Conference, 2010.
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