FACTS ABOUT ONE DIRECTION

Facts about the band!

1. One Direction are the brand ambassadors for the computer game Pokémon Black and White and have appeared on TV adverts and performed at events.
2. The band’s Twitter ID’s are @Harry_Styles, @NiallOfficial, @zaynmalik, @Real_Liam_Payne and Louis_Tomlinson.
3. It was guest judge, former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, who suggested that Harry, Niall, Zayn, Liam and Louis should be put together as a group at X Factor bootcamp.
4. One Direction finished third on The X Factor behind winner Matt Cardle and runner-up Rebecca Ferguson.
5. Harry came up with the band name One Direction.
6. After coming third on The X Factor, One Direction were snapped up by Simon Cowell’s record label Syco.
7. 1D’s debut single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ entered the UK Singles Chart at number one selling a whopping 153,965 copies in its first week. It also smashed the pre-order sales record at One Direction’s label Sony Music.
8. One Direction’s 2011/2012 UK tour sold out in just 12 minutes when tickets went on sale in September.
9. Before auditioning for The X Factor, Harry was the frontman of the band White Eskimo which featured his school friends Haydn Morris, Nick Clough and Will Sweeney.
10. The ‘One Direction 2012 Calendar’ is the best selling calendar of all time on Amazon.co.uk ahead of Cheryl Cole and JLS’s official 2011 calendars.
11. One Direction’s debut album ‘Up All Night’ was the 16th biggest selling album of 2011 in the UK, shifting 468,000 copies.
12. 1D’s second single ‘Gotta Be You’ was released on 13th November 2011 and reached number three on the UK chart.
13. Despite not hitting the top spot, ‘Up All Night’ was the highest selling number two album of 2011 with 138,163 copies sold in the first week alone.
14. ‘Up All Night’ also charted in the top ten in Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, New Zealand and Australia.
15. 1D’s debut tour of North America will see the boys support US band Big Time Rush. They’ll play ten shows kicking off at Chicago Rosemont Theatre on 24th February 2012.
16. ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ has been nominated in the Best British Single category at the 2012 Brit Awards. They’ll find out if they’ve won on 21st February.
17. 1D took part in The X Factor Live Tour from February to April 2011.
18. Had One Direction won The X Factor they would have released a cover of the 1984 synthpop anthem ‘Forever Young’ by German group Alphaville. 1D’s version leaked onto the internet soon after The X Factor.
19. ‘Up All Night’ was recorded in three separate places – London, Los Angeles and Sweden.
20. Ed Sheeran (‘Moments’) and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson (‘Tell Me A Lie’) both penned tracks for ‘Up All Night’.
21. Niall, Liam, Louis, Zayn and Harry co-wrote four songs on the record – ‘Taken’, ‘Everything About You’, ‘Same Mistakes’ and ‘Save You Tonight’.
22. As of 24th January 2012, ‘Up All Night’ has sold 499,850 copies in the UK.
23. Following their North American tour with Big Time Rush, ‘Up All Night’ will finally be released in the US and Canada on 20th March 2012 on Columbia Records.
24. Along with fellow former contestants JLS, 1D guested on the 2011 X Factor finalists single ‘Wishing On A Star’ in November 2011. It charted at number one with first week sales of 98,932.
25. 1D’s third single ‘One Thing’ was released digitally on 6th January 2012 and reached number 28 on the chart. A CD version will be release on 13th February.
26. Simon Cowell believes 1D have what it takes to become one of the biggest boy bands on the planet. He told the Daily Star: "I think they are the new Take That."
27. The ‘One Thing’ music video was shot at various locations in London on 28th November 2011 and premiered on YouTube 13th January 2012.
28. To date ‘What Makes You Beautiful’, ‘Gotta Be You’ and ‘One Thing’ have amassed over 70million views altogether on YouTube. Impressive!
29. During the X Factor auditions all the 1D boys were students. Niall was at Colaiste Mhuire secondary school in Millingar, Zayn studied at Tong High School in Bradford, Liam was at the City of Wolverhampton College, Harry was a pupil at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School and Louis was a sixth former at Hall Cross School in Doncaster.
30. The One Direction dolls are all 30cm in height and were created using laser-image face-sculpts for maximum authenticity.
31. 1D’s first book 'One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story)’ debuted at number one on the Sunday Times Bestseller list.
32. The boys' mums don't approve of their tattoos.
33. The lyrics of WMYB were originally: "You say hello, like you don't know, ou made the lights in the room explode!!"
34. The boys would bang on the walls and jump on the floors to try and keep everyone awake in the X-Factor House.
35. On October 1, 2010 they were at the judge's house singing Torn. On October 1, 2011 they sold out their first tour in under 12 minutes
36. Japan is the first country in Asia they visited.
37. "The boys make fun of me because I'm a Belieber but when we met Joe Jonas, Liam was jumping everywhere." - Niall
38. At the Las Vegas concert Harry threw a towel at a security guard's face so he and Louis could jump off the stage.
39. When the boys travel, they read fanfiction.
40. In a poll asking people if Harry should be the frontman of the band, 96.74% said no.
41. Zayn loves Build-A-Bear, he bought Harry and Niall one as a joke, and dressed them up, Niall's had a long blonde wig.
42. "My favorite one in the group was Zayn, until he stole my meal. Now my favorite is Harry." - Niall
43. The boys once dared Louis to eat a script, something he had no problem doing.
44. In Sugarscape's top 50 hottest males of 2011, Liam came in 8th, Harry 7th, Louis 4th, Zayn 3rd, and Niall 1st.
45. Interviewer: "Miley or Selena?

Zayn: "Miley"

Niall: "Miley"

Harry: "Miley"

Louis: "Miley"

46. Nickelodeon aired A Year in The Making: A One Direction documentary on July, 15, 2012
47. The youngest the boys will date:

Zayn: 16

Liam: 15

Niall: 14

Harry: 14

Louis: 17

48. They nearly burned down the X-Factor House while making pizza.
49. After a concert Liam realized that the bus was leaving without him so he was running and screaming and the boys thought he was a fan.
50. The boys think Zayn and Louis attract the most of the gay fans.
51. They had to keep shooting the deep solo of Harry's in WMYB because he kept on spitting on her.
52. Boys like watching tv series „Friends” (that's my favourite one! <3)
53. Niall and Liam are the happiest people when they know they are gonna meet fans. They start jumping all around.
54. In 'Milkshake City' in London, they have a special One Direction drink you can buy.
55. One Direction bought an aiplane. It cost 3 million pounds and is called "Air Force One Direction"
56. "Justin Bieber first followed Zayn and we ran to tell Niall, who was in shower. He came out running wet and crying." - Liam
57. Apparently, Harry's "Hi" tattoo and Louis' "Oops" tattoo are the first things they said to each other in the bathroom where they first met.
58. Numbers of their X-Factor audition:

Zayn: 165616

Liam: 61898

Niall: 232677

Harry: 165998

Louis: 155204

59. Kiss You- #5, WMYB- #12, LWWY- #13, Little Things- #16, and One Thing- #18 on the most viewed YouTube videos for the week of Feb. 5.
60. When One Direction met Michelle Obama, Harry asked her how she could order a pizza from the White House.
61. When Louis was planking on the railing of a boat, Harry rushed and pulled him down because he was scared he would get hurt.
62. Niall once offered to give up his hotel room for fans that were waiting in the freezing cold.
63. After their first concert with Big Time Rush, lots of people left after they performed.
64. In One Thing, the producers wanted to change Niall's voice a bit, but Louis said, "No, his voice is beautiful, if you fix it, I won't sing."
65. Some fans posted posters of from the bottom of the stairs to the top of the world, welcome to Houston, Happy 3 year anniversary, with a picture of them doing a video diary.
66. Louis thinks Niall has the most beautiful eyes in the band.
67. Louis dreams about Harry and Niall the most.
68. Harry is Marcel, Liam is Leeroy, Zayn is Veronica, Louis is Johny, and Niall is Harvey for Best Song Ever!
69. To hire One Direction out for one night, it would cost over £21,000!
70. Each member of One Direction applied as solo contestants on X-Factor, but failed to qualify for the Boys category. They were then put together as a group.
71. One Direction starred in a series of TV ads and events for Pokémon Black and White.
72. One Direction finished third on the seventh series of The X-Factor.
73. Amazon revealed that One Direction's 2012 calendar is the top selling calendar of all time.
74. One Direction have had three books released.
75. If One Direction were animals, Zayn would be a gorila, Niall a hiena, Louis a lion, Harry a chimpanzee and Liam a monkey
76. Their first single, 'What Makes You Beautiful' was released on 11th September 2011 and was number one of the UK singles charts a week later.
77. One Direction's second single, 'Gotta Be You', was released on 13 November 2011, which made number 3 in the charts.
78. Their debut album 'Up All Night' was the fastest selling debut album on the UK Albums Chart in 2011.
79. 'Up All Night' was the 16th biggest selling album of 2011.
80. Boys won The BRIT Award 2012 for the best British single
81. Boys would like to work with Bruno Mars
82. In a poll asking for the favourite 1D member, Niall got 60% of votes.
83. Their first book called 'One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story) reached the number one spot on the Sunday Times Bestseller list.
84. One Direction announced their debut UK tour, which sold out within 12 minutes of release!
85. As a band, One Direction's biggest inspiration is 'Take That'.
86. They saw each other naked pretty much the first time they worked together, Harry stripped down first!
87. What Makes You Beautiful' was the third fastest selling single of 2011.
88. After The X-Factor, the band signed a £2 million record contract with Syco Music.
89. One Direction launched limited edition Nokia C2-02 and Nokia C3-00 phones.
90. Before they named the band One Direction, Niall suggested they should be called ‘Niall and the Potatoes’.
91. It was Nicole Scherzinger, the former Pussycat Doll who suggested that the boys should be put together at bootcamp to form one group