One direction

One Direction is an British-Irish boyband that was formed in 2010. The band consists of Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Harry Styles. Each of the boys performed on the X-Factor UK and got together through one of the judges, Simon Cowell. They were a five-member band until 25th march 2015, when Zayn left the band. They continued as a four-member band and decided to take a break five months after Zayn's leaving in august 2015. Since then, the five boys made carrier as solo artists.