The One Direction Story

So far:
- 61 album and single no.1’s worldwide
- The last album, ‘Take Me Home’, was no.1 in 37 counties 
- Their debut album, ‘Up All Night’ became no.1 in 17 countries
- The only UK band to have their first 2 albums debut at 1 in US 
- The first British band since The Beatles to have 2 no.1 albums in the same year in the US
- Winners of 2 Brit Awards in 2012 for ‘Best British Single’ and 2013 for ‘Global Success Award’
- Awarded 3 MTV VMA’s and 3 MTV EMA’s
- Received NRJ award for ‘Best International Group’
- Won 3 Billboard Music Awards for ‘Top Duo/Group’, ‘Top New Artist’, ‘Top Pop Artist’.
- 2 x Sunday times bestselling books
- A sold out 2013 UK Arena tour
- Over 18.5 million Facebook fans and 71 million combined followers on Twitter

This year:
- World stadium tour announced for 2014
- Launched their own fragrance ‘Our Moment’ 
- Set to release their movie ‘This is Us’ in cinemas worldwide
- Their new single ‘Best Song Ever’ releasing 22 July 2013

Meet Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson - together they are One Direction. It’s hard to believe that just three years ago these five boys hadn’t even met each other. But with the help of the biggest television show in the UK, The X Factor, their millions of loyal fans and some killer songs, One Direction have become a global phenomenon. And this is their incredible story…

http://www.onedirectionmusic.com

One Direction go heavy metal (sort of) for a cover of Lamb Of God’s We Rise Again

Get ready to never look at One Direction in the same light again.

Imagine if Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and co, were not the embodiment of manufactured pop perfection and instead, were full-blown heavy metal rock gods…

After all, when you think about it, there’s not much between attending one of their shows and say, one of Lamb Of God’s, right? YouTuber somethingtowatch decided to put the theory to the test and with a surprising outcome.

Moshing? Check. Electric guitars? Check. A screaming Harry styles? Er, check.

While it’s not exactly What Makes You Beautiful, syncing One Direction clips to this does strangely work.

http://metro.co.uk/