One Direction’s sudden and meteoric rise to fame has been the result of an extensive social media following. One Direction also holds the record for being the first band to have each of their first three albums, “Up All Night”, “Take Me Home” and “Midnight Memories”, debut at number one on the US Billboard chart. One Direction is responsible for causing a second-wave British pop invasion in the US after their hit singles “What Makes You Beautiful', 'Live While We're Young' and 'Story of My Life' all became top 10 singles on the US album charts. More impressive, though, is that the boys went on to win the hearts of teenage girls all over the world soon after the show’s end. While the band failed to win the British talent show, the boys won a lot of fans and did secure third place on the show.

After each member of One Direction individually auditioned for the 2010 series of the “The X Factor”, the boys were grouped together by talent scout Simon Cowell to form the band One Direction.

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