Happy Birthday, One Direction

Happy Birthday, One Direction. Two years ago, on this exact day, One Direction was born. In 2010, Niall, Liam, Zayn, Harry and Louis auditioned for X-Factor as solo artists but got put together as a group in bootcamp where they came in third. Then they signed a 2 million record contract with Syco Records. It feels like it was just yesterday that I was watching them on the X-Factor.

 In 2011, they participated in The X-Factor Live Tour, performing to 500000 throughout the UK. They then begun to work on their debut album, recording it in Sweden, UK and US. They released their debut single, What Makes You Beautiful in September landing at number one and also became the most pre-ordered Sony Music Entertainment single in history. Singles 'Gotta Be You' and 'One Thing' peaked within the UK Single Chart Top 10. In December, they started their first UK 'Up All Night' Tour.

In 2012, What Makes You Beautiful  was released in the US in February debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 28 becoming the highest Billboard Hot 100 debut for UK act since 1998. In March, they made their first television appearance in the US on The Today Show; an estimation of 15000 fans showed up. Their album, Up All Night, debuted at number one in the US, making them the first UK group in US chart history to debut at number one. At the Brits award in February, they won Best British Single with What Makes You Beautiful winning over artists like Adele and Ed Sheeran. They have just completed the whole Up All Night tour and are recording their second album now. Very recently, on the 22nd of July, One Direction won three awards at the TCA (Teen Choice Awards); they won Choice Love Song with What Makes You Beautiful, Choice Summer Music Star Group and also Choice Music Breakout Group. They won not one award but THREE! 

From the X-Factor to sold out concerts to winning the Brits and yesterday they won 3 awards at the TCA (Teen Choice Awards). Words just can't explain how proud I am of them. They deserve every single thing that has happen to them. They will make it big and they will make it far. I just can't find enough words to describe how much they mean to me and how much I love them. Although they are far away from me, they are not far from my heart. Once a directioner, always a directioner and a directioner I will always be. One Direction is a part of me that I will never let go. 

originally written by Audrey Johnson
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