When One Direction started developing a fanbase from their amazing music, their fans started to call themselves Directioners, and from there the fanbase has continued to keep growing.
The London, England based pop band consists of four members; Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. Created on the 7th season of the X-Factor UK in 2010, the, at then, five boys tried out separately for the show. Judge Simon Cowell then united the boys to form a band on the show. The boys, known as One Direction, got a closed 3rd place on the show. They stayed as a band after they left and released their first album, Up All Night, in November 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the worldwide release following in 2012. As an immediate hit, the album was nominated for six different awards throughout the years, winning People's Choice Award for Favorite Album and BBC Radio 1 Teen Choice Award for Best British Album. The album also included hits such as Up All Night, One Thing, and the all-time sensation, What Makes You Beautiful. Headlining their first tour, they played 54 shows internationally. They came out with the movie Up All Night: The Live Tour 2012. Later that year, One Direction released their second album, Take Me Home. This album was nominated for four awards and won American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album. The hit song Live While We're Young is included on this album. As their first arena tour, the band went on 123 worldwide shows in total. Their third album, Midnight Memories, turned more pop-rock producing two of One Direction's most popular songs; Best Song Ever and Story of My Life. Winning World Music Award for World's Best Album and Juno Award for International Album of the Year, being One Direction's most successful album. This tour, Where We Are was their forst all-stadium tour, with Up All Night being only stadium on their UK/Ireland leg of the tpur. With only 69 shows in total, the tour still won 2014 Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Tour. They also released the tour movie, Where We Are. In 2014, One Direction released their fourth album, Four, which won Juno Award for International Album of the Year. Having three radio hits; Steal My Girl, No Control, and Night Changes, this album had the most singles on any of their albums. On their tour, On The Road Again, vocalist Zayn Malik formally announced him leaving the band on March 25. The rest of the band continued their 80 show tour around the world. This tour also won Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Tour. One Direction released their fifth and latest album, Made in the A.M. on November 13, 2015 with the four remaining members, Niall, Louis, Harry, and Liam. This album included Drag Me Down, Perfect, and History. The band announced their 18 month hiatus in 2015. Their last preformance as a group was on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on December 31, 2015.
Harry Edward Styles was born on February 1, 1994 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, the son of Anne Twist and Desmond Styles. Styles found fame as a member of One Direction. Styles is known as "The Flirt". Styles also made his solo music debut with his self-titled debut album, released in May 2017. The 10-track album featured the lead single "Sign of the Times," which topped the iTunes charts in over 84 countries upon release day. In support of the new music, he made acclaimed appearances on "Saturday Night Live," including performing in multiple comedy sketches; "The Graham Norton Show"; and a week-long residency on "The Late Late Show with James Corden."
Louis Tomlinson was born on December 24, 1991 in Doncaster, England as Louis Troy Austin. He is a member of boy band One Direction and is known as "Tommo". He made his debut solo music career during the band's hiatus but hasn't released a debut album as of yet.
Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction. He also made his debut solo music career during the band's hiatus but hasn't released a debut album as of yet.
Niall was born September 13, 1993. He is a member of One Direction and also made his debut solo music career during the band's hiatus and has released an album in October of 2017.
Zain Javadd Malik known mononymously as Zayn, is an English singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition The X Factor in 2010. He was a member of One Direction but formally left in 2014. He made his debut solo music career soon after leaving the band and has released an album in 2016.