Claim: One Direction is a band comprising of boys.
Evidence: One Direction -LRB- commonly abbreviated as 1D -RRB- are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London , composed of Niall Horan , Liam Payne , Harry Styles , Louis Tomlinson , and previously , Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015.
He made his debut as a singer with his band White Eskimo , who performed locally in Holmes Chapel , Cheshire.
He is known as a member of the pop boy band One Direction.
During his time in the group , they released the albums Up All Night -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Take Me Home -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , Midnight Memories -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , and Four -LRB- 2014 -RRB-.
He is known as a member of the pop boy band One Direction.
He appeared on Debrett 's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK.
He also went on to appear in another ITV drama film If I Had You and the BBC drama Waterloo Road.
He rose to fame as a member of the band One Direction.
He reauditioned as a solo artist in 2010 , where he was put into a group along with four other contestants , to form the boy band that would later become known as One Direction.
He failed to progress to the `` Boys '' category at the `` judges ' houses '' , but after guest judge Nicole Scherzinger suggested that Niall join One Direction , with Harry Styles , Zayn Malik , Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson , the group became a reality.
He continued to co-write , including the songs `` Do n't Forget Where You Belong '' , `` Why Do n't We Go There '' and `` Story of My Life '' for the album Midnight Memories ; `` Night Changes '' , `` Fool 's Gold '' and `` Change Your Ticket '' for the album Four ; and `` Wolves '' , `` A.M. '' , `` Temporary Fix '' and `` Never Enough '' for the band 's fifth album Made in the A.M..
He released his first single as a solo artist , `` This Town '' , in 2016.
In his career as a member of One Direction , Horan co-wrote many songs , beginning with `` Taken '' , `` Everything About You '' , `` Same Mistakes '' , `` Back for You '' and `` Summer Love '' from their debut albums Up All Night and Take Me Home.
A boy band -LRB- or boyband -RRB- is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers , usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation , singing love songs marketed towards young females.