ONE DIRECTION - Where We Are Tour 2014 - Barcelona & Madrid - Fans

07-07-2014

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One Direction (commonly initialised as 1D) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, consisting of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Propelled to international success by the power of social media, One Direction's three albums, Up All Night, Take Me Home and Midnight Memories, (released in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively), broke several records, topped the charts of most major markets, and generated hit singles, which include "What Makes You Beautiful", "Live While We're Young" and "Story of My Life".

Their achievements include four Brit Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards among many others. According to Nick Gatfield, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction represented a $50 million business empire by June 2012. They were proclaimed 2012's "Top New Artist" by Billboard.According to the Sunday Times Rich List, by April 2013 they had an estimated personal combined wealth of £25 million ($41.2m) making them the second wealthiest musicians in the UK under 30 years of age. After the release of Midnight Memories, One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200's history to have their first three albums debut at number one.Additionally, the album was a global success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and becoming the fastest and biggest selling album of 2013 in the UK.

In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor. They failed to progress to the "Boys" category at "judges' houses" but were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, in London, England, in July 2010, during the "bootcamp" stage of the competition thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge,and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band. In 2013, Cowell said that it "took him 10 minutes to put them together as a group". Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practise.Styles came up with the name One Direction. For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn".Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well." Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were his last act in the competition.The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.

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One Direction (abreviado frecuentemente como 1D) es una boy band británica-irlandesa formada en 2010 en Londres, Reino Unido, con motivo del programa The X Factor. Durante la transmisión del concurso, el quinteto, compuesto por Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan y Louis Tomlinson, fue apadrinado por Simon Cowell, creador del programa.

En 2011, lanzaron su primer sencillo, «What Makes You Beautiful», que logró debutar en el número uno de las principales listas del Reino Unido e Irlanda.4 Por esto, recibieron varios reconocimientos, como un Brit al mejor sencillo británico y tres MTV Video Music Awards al mejor artista nuevo, mejor vídeo pop y vídeo más digno de compartir. Posteriormente, lanzaron «Gotta Be You», «One Thing» y «More Than This», tres sencillos que ayudaron a que su éxito se expandiera por Europa y Oceanía.7 Up All Night, álbum al que pertenecen todos los sencillos nombrados, logró debutar en la posición número uno del Billboard 200 y convirtió a One Direction en el primer grupo británico que alcanza el número uno con su primer disco en la historia de la lista.8 Para promocionar Up All Night, One Direction se embarcó en el Up All Night Tour, con el que dieron distintos conciertos en Europa, Oceanía y América.

En el 2012, su éxito se mantuvo con Take Me Home, su segundo álbum. Al igual que debutó en el primer puesto del Billboard 200 e hizo a One Direction el primer grupo masculino y segundo en general que logra alcanzar dicho puesto con sus dos primeros discos. También logró el número uno en el Reino Unido. El primer sencillo «Live While We're Young», tuvo una recepción comercial superior a la de «What Makes You Beautiful», ya que se ubicó entre los diez más vendidos.
Actualmente, se encuentran promocionando su tercer disco Midnight Memories con su tercera gira Where We Are Tour.

Discografía de One Direction
Álbumes de estudio
2011: Up All Night.
2012: Take Me Home.
2013: Midnight Memories.
EP
2011: Gotta Be You.
2012: More Than This.
2012: iTunes Festival: London 2012.
2012: Live While We're Young.