One Direction
Formed Date
July 23, 2010
Origin
London,
England
Genre
Pop
Members
About
Group formed by Simon Cowell's Syco Records after he discovered each member on The X Factor (UK). Zayn Malik left the band in 2015, which led to a hiatus.
Trivia
Their Where We Are Tour became the highest grossing concert tour in 2014. In 2013, the group won the Billboard Music Award for Top New Artist and went on to win nearly 200 awards. The band was also often called 1d.