As One Direction celebrate 10 years since the band was formed, we take a look back at their most memorable moments. Heres how all five members have ultimately found their own direction. One Direction was formed on The X Factor back in July 2010, making this year their 10-year anniversary. Besides The Things, Brittany has written for many online publications such as CelebMix.com, POPSUGAR.com, Top5Must.com, StudyBreaks.com and more. READ MORE: Are One Direction getting back together and will they reunite for the 10-year anniversary? NOMINATE REACT (Kids/Teens/Elders/Adults/YouTubers) for a Streamy Award! Snide things. They have all since gone on to have extremely successful solo careers, and Zayn, Liam and Louis have also become fathers! On November 6th, 2018, their debut video, "What Makes You Beautiful" hit one million views on Youtube, seven years after releasing it. That same day, Louis releases the song Back to You, featuring Bebe Rexha. Now, there is only 'Watermelon Sugar' but how did we get here? Ultimately, his solo music isnt bad, per se, its just boring. But this era of talent shows, it is dangerous and some people just don't know what they are getting into.". They'd go on to become one of young Hollywood's most popular couples, even posing for their own Vogue cover together. Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik (born January 12, 1993), also known mononymously as Zayn, is a former member of British-Irish band One Direction. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. Quora should have read this before hand lad ! Louis had a helping hand in some of One Directions greatest latter-career hits, so hes clearly a talented pop writer, which makes his detour into BritPop all the more confusing. Ant Payne But in that five-year period, Louis dropped several singles, including "Just Hold On" with Steve Aoki in 2016, and "Back to You," a collab with Bebe Rexha. This content is imported from youTube. This content is imported from twitter. Pillowtalk debuted andpeaked at No. Hes set to accompany host Jimmy Fallon as the musical guest on April 15th. The band consisted of Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson, who all met and formed the band onThe X- Factor. 1 on the mainstream Top 40 chart and No. Yeah, I did speak to Harry, and it was really lovely, Payne said during an Instagram Live at the time. Pillowtalk, his debut single, is the most instantly enjoyable 1D star solo single he ranks low on this list, however, since his overall output has been patchy to say the least. Horan, meanwhile, inked a deal with Capitol Records in September 2016, and released his first album, Flicker, in October 2017. "I love the band, and would never rule out anything in the future," he tells Cameron Crowe. Harry, you can tell, has studied the careers of the greats; Bowie especially, but we also see shades of Sir Elton John, Janet Jackson and even Lady Gaga in his outlandish yet strangely personal approach to pop. Talk about full circle. One Direction solo songs reacted to by Adults! pic.twitter.com/HZIWAhVVal, One person wrote: My day just got a whole lot worse [crying emoji].. Oct. 29, 2017: Nialls album Flicker debuts at number one the Billboard 200, following number-one debuts by Zayn and Harry. Debut single This Town was a cute little acoustic ditty, but it was in Slow Hands that he found something truly special and, dare we say, even became a little sexy? As Billboard previously pointed out, their audition songs were comparable to the music theyre making on their own and without the voices or even just opinions of four other members, each guy has really been able to hone in on their specific sounds and skills. Polar opposite. Were a little over a week away from Harrys solo launch and man, those words are simply music to my ears. 4 on the Billboard 200, and hit No. His first new single Lights Up, reckons with self-discovery and owning who you are, while staying in the initial, melancholy vibe thats marked much of Harrys output since he split with his former boy band. The Life of Ozzy Osbourne . First there was One Direction. "Thank you very much everyone for your patience.". It is mostly about children having a food fight, until Harry enters with puppies. It is their first video to hit this milestone. I have a wall dedicated to displaying them.. Its pretty obviousthat fans were pumped forwhat was to come. Harry just gets it, doesnt he? But his fans, bereft at the thought of not seeing One Direction tour for many years if ever again channeled their grief into something productive and turned out in droves for his first tour. Now it is officially 10 years since One Direction were formed on The X Factor and went on to become global behemoths of the highest degree, it is the perfect time to rank the boys' solo careers . 1 (2016s Pillowtalk), In order to view the gallery, please allow Manage Cookies. "If you're shortsighted, you can think, 'Let's just keep touring,' but we all thought too much of the group than to let that happen. The boys first became a band on the X Factor on 23 July 2010 - a day which Im sure we all have marked in our calendars, BTW. Download 'Genie In A Bottle' on iTunes. Niall, out of all of the boys, had the least to lose but most to gain from his solo career, as lets be honest, no-one was really expecting him to come out swinging. In 2014, One Direction set another record when they embarked on their headlining concert tour, Where We Are Tour, in support of "Midnight Memories." The teenage dream has been on a bit of hiatus. He was 1/5 of the world's biggest boyband of all time, but Niall James Horan has been making moves since One Direction announced a 'indefinite hiatus' back in 2016. One Direction's solo efforts prove the boys were better together One Direction's 10 Biggest Career Moments, In Chronological Order As the quintet has grown up and gone on to independent careers, Harry Styles has become a solo superstar. Louis told the Today show in January that One Direction was enjoying a bit of time to ourselves and exploring our own solo things. Liam certainly enjoyed his time offconsidering he just had his first baby with Cheryl. Like many good boy bands,One Direction broke up, going on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. While he may have technically been on a hiatus from music since the summer of 2018, Harry doubled down on his cultural icon status by co-hosting the Met Gala with Lady Gaga, and even rocking a sheer, black ruffled ensemble that everyone quickly agreed fit the theme of camp to a T. Slyly, confidently sliding in at the end of the year, Harry returned just a few weeks ago with his first new music in two years. Payne and Tomlinson had slower starts to their solo careers. He left the band on 25 March 2015, to pursue a solo music career. The Quavo-featuring track recently took over Horans Slow Hands for the top spot on the Pop Songs chart, proving that going in a racier direction both lyrically and musically was definitely not a bad thing for Liam. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows! ", "They went through a phase where they took time apart and weren't communicating at all, but they have been in touch recently," our source said. While some fans found the single to be a bit disappointing because of its slow tempo, plenty of others fell in love with the Bowie-esque feel of the track, seeing it as an homage to the recently fallen British star. Sometimes winning doesn't always mean success. Hes great, hes really, really great. Horan was the most soft-spoken member of One Direction, with his solos providing a sweet, soothing balance to Malik and Styles power moments. We dont actually have much to add to the Liam Payne discourse, we really think this review of his debut album by the Guardian sums it up pretty well: LP1 is a bad pop album, but very effective contraception.. Louis joined The X Factor in its 15th season as a judge and mentor for the Boys category, eventually going on to become the first former contestant to become the winning mentor. Puppies! Dubbed one of thebest dressed man in the world by GQ UK, Harry proved to be a fashion industry darling when he was selected to serve as one of the co-chairs for the 2019 Met Gala, along with Lady Gaga and Serena Williams. More recently, on the cover ofVogues August2017issue, the couple discussed (controversially, it turned out) sharing closets and gender fluidity in wardrobe. The original five members of One Direction in 2014, a simpler time. 2010: 17-year-old Zayn Malik almost sleeps through his audition for The X Factor, but his mum forces him to get out of bed at the last minute. An age-old maxim in the world of pop music is that what you do when you leave a band is far more important than what you did IN the band. The only other group to have three members solo albums debut at number one is the Beatles. 12pm - 4pm, Wish You The Best Fans of the History stars were quick to comment on the tweet and a lot of them were (unsurprisingly) not OK after finding this out. After the band's hiatus, Harry hit the studio to begin working on his solo music, ultimately releasing his 10-song debut album, Harry Styles, in May 2017. RELATED: 20 Sketchy Things Everyone Ignores About One Direction's Zayn Malik, The show sold out in one minute, breaking one of many records. This tour was their first-all stadium tour, and was the highest-grossing tour of 2014, making it the 15th highest-grossing tour of all-time, and the highest of all-time by a vocal group. 1 (2022s As It Was), Concert Tours: 2 (2017/2018s Harry Styles: Live on Tour; 2021-2023's Love on Tour), Grammy Wins: 3 (2021s Best Pop Solo Performance for "Watermelon Sugar," 2023's Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year for Harry's House), EPs: 4 (2017s Spotify Singles, 2018s Mirrors, 2020s Spotify Singles, 2021s Nialls Mix), Albums: 2 (2017s Flicker, 2020s Heartbreak Weather), Singles: 13 (2016s This Town; 2017s Slow Hands, Too Much to Ask; 2018s On the Loose, Seeing Blind featuring Maren Morris; 2019s What a Time with Julia Michaels,Nice to Meet Ya, Put a Little Love on Me; 2020s No Judgement, Black and White, Moral of the Story with Ashe; 2021s Our Song, Everywhere), Billboard Hot 100 Peak: No. And Ive got a lot of love for the man. Personal Life: Again, much like Louis, Liam was the second 1D member to become a father, welcoming a son named Bear in March 2017 with Cheryl, the Girls Aloud member who was a judge on X Factor when Liam was a contestant. Billboard is a part of Penske Media Corporation. While dating The Originals star Danielle Campbell, Louis welcomed his son Freddie in January 2016, tweeting, "He is healthy and pretty amazing :) I'm very happy!!". And guess what? July 14, 2015: People reports that Louis Tomlinson is expecting a child with stylist Briana Jungwirth. After the tour, Harry declared he was taking a break from music, but stayed in the public eye. It's been just over 4 years since One Direction went on hiatus, and just over 5 years since Zayn left to pursue his solo career - but how well do you still remember everything about the band? One Direction 's Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Harry Styles all embarked on their solo careers in 2015, less than one year after Zayn Malik left the band, and each of the. 10 Finished Third on "X-Factor" Sometimes winning doesn't always mean success. Is the wait finally over? But he has proceeded to be anything but a normal 23 or 24-year-old externally validated by winning the 2016 American Music Award for New Artist of the Year. Harry infamously brought out Kacey Musgraves on this tour, as well as covering Fleetwood Macs The Chain on several occasions, and threw in One Direction fan favorites from time to time, too. Despite parting ways, most of the former boy banders have remained in touch over the years. Harry Styles has signed a solo recording contract with his One Direction label Columbia Records, sources told Billboard. Throughout the tour, Harry showed his support for theLGBTQ, including helping a fancome out to her mom by reading aloud a sign she made, waving a rainbow pride flagaround and attaching it to his mic stand after it was thrown on stag, and at a concert in London, audience members held up their phones and used colored light filters to create a giant light-up rainbow Pride flag display. One Direction released their debut single What Makes You Beautiful in 2012. After the hiatus, Harry founded his own label, Erskine Records, and signed with Columbia Records as a solo artist in June of 2016. While he said in his statement that he was "leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight," he immediately went into the studio to work on his solo endeavors. But it is what it is, and I'm OK about it. Just months after Zayn left the group, the rest of One Direction announced they were going on a hiatus.