Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson all posted on social media to celebrate a decade since the band's formation Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

What happened: Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall, and Zayn Malik all auditioned for The X Factor as solo artists but were rejected. Why this is important: The initial rejection could have been the end of the ...

Footage of the moment that X Factor U.K. producers informed Liam Payne that they were considering him to join the group that would become One Direction in 2010 shows him keeping his cool while his ...

One Direction began in 2010 on ‘The X Factor’ with five teenage boys While the boys started out in the band as teenagers, they grew into their sound in One Direction. Their first album, Up All Night, ...

One Direction have amassed a relatively hefty discography in their five-year tenure as the most in-demand boy band on Earth. Pushed well beyond their collective limits of exhaustion, they're currently ...

One Direction has a pretty lengthy discography — they put out five albums in five years before going on hiatus in 2015. In fact, July 23 marks 10 years since the band was formed on The X Factor UK, ...

One Direction took off after appearing on 'The X Factor' Sophie Dodd is a writer for PEOPLE. She previously worked as an editorial assistant at PEOPLE from 2018 to 2022. One Direction fans are ...

Ten years ago today, July 23, One Direction created the universe. Read an excerpt from Maria Sherman's new book, Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS, about 1D's formation and ...

’90s babies might be quick to name a few of their own favorite boy bands, but it’s One Direction that captivated audiences in the last decade or so. Even since their split, they’ve remained relevant ...

Simon Cowell is on the hunt for the next One Direction in 'Simon Cowell: The Next Act', streaming Dec. 10 on Netflix. Liam Payne's girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, shares video of the couple's final moments ...