歐美組合One Direction資料簡介

單向組合(One Direction，簡稱1D)是一支來自英國與愛爾蘭的男子組合，由路易斯·湯姆林森(Louis Tomlinson)、哈里·斯泰爾斯(Harry Styles)、利亞姆·佩恩(Liam Payne)與尼爾▪霍拉尼(Niall Horan)四位成員組成。下面是我為大家整理的歐美組合One Direction資料簡介，希望大家喜歡!

One Direction資料簡介

樂 隊 名：One Direction單向組合

別 名：1D、小破團

國 籍：英國、愛爾蘭

職 業：歌手、樂隊

經紀公司：Sy買粉絲 Music

代表作品： 《What Makes You Beautiful》《Up All Night》《Best Song Ever》《You & I》

主要成就：第32屆全英音樂獎最佳單曲

One Direction藝人資料

2010年Louis Tomlinson、Harry Styles、Liam Payne、Zayn Malik和Niall Horan參加英國選秀節目《The X Factor》第七季(他們的平均年齡都在19歲左右，其中最小的18，最大的20歲)，原本以獨 唱歌 手參賽，卻均未能 成功 晉級“獨唱男歌手”組別的決賽。在評委Ni買粉絲le Scherzinger的建議下，五人 決定 組成樂團One Direction，并借此進入“樂隊/樂團”組別，決賽四周中擊敗F.Y.D, Diva Fever和Belle Amie，最終獲得季軍(繼Matt Cardle和Rebecca Ferguson之后)。

2011年9月11日，One Direction發行首單《What Makes You Beautiful》，該單曲打破了索尼唱片公司預售紀錄，首周賣出153965張，名列英國單曲榜(UK Singles Chart)榜首，在愛爾蘭單曲榜(Irish Singles Chart)上的冠軍位置上停留了四周。11月21日，One Direction發行首張專輯《Up All Night》，該專輯首周就獲得了全美專輯榜冠軍，主打單曲《What Makes You Beautiful》創下了英國偶像團體出道單曲的最佳 排名 位。

2012年1月6日，One Direction發行第二首單曲《Gotta Be You》。2月13日，One Direction發行第三單曲《One Thing》。5月2日，One Direction在中國內地發行首張專輯《Up All Night》。7月，One Direction發行帶有成員個人風格的歌曲《Best Song Ever》。8月，One Direction在倫敦奧運會閉幕式上演唱了代表作《What makes you beautiful》。8月12日，One Direction在英國青少年選擇獎上獲得最受歡迎新人獎，以及英國最受歡迎組合獎兩個獎項。9月26日，One Direction宣布舉辦首場英國巡演《Up All Night Tour》。9月，One Direction在MTV音樂錄影帶大獎上憑借MV“What Makes You Beautiful”獲得“最佳新人”、“最佳流行錄影帶”兩個獎項，并在“最值得分享MV(MOST SHARE-WORTHY VIDEO)”的推特投票中獲得第一。同日，One Direction擔任MTV音樂錄影帶大獎表演嘉賓并演唱了他們的作品《One Thing》。11月，在英國皇家大匯演期間，男孩團體One Direction接受了英國女王伊麗莎白二世的接見。12月，One Direction進行英國首次巡演，通過維特發出邀請。3位女孩成為幸運者。2012年年底，One Direction推出第二張專輯《Take Me Home》，主打單曲是具有抒情風格的《Live While We're Young》。

2013年8月1日，單曲《Best Song Ever》在發行首周獲得 公告 牌Hot 100單曲榜亞軍，并且以三十二萬兩千張的銷量成績獲得了下載單曲榜冠軍。8月12日，美國第15界青少年票選獎在洛杉磯舉行，One Direction擔任開場嘉賓，并且獲得最佳團體獎。8月28日，由《超大碼的我》(Super Size Me)導演摩根·斯波勞克(Morgan Spurlock)拍攝的關于One Direction的3D音樂會紀錄片《This Is Us》在全球正式上映，在英國第一天的銷量達到17萬張，三天賣出27萬張。11月25日，One Direction發行了其第三張專輯《Midnight Memories》，這張唱片在美國上市第一周銷量達到了五十四萬六千張，并且獲得了2013年度英國唱片市場的年度專輯銷量冠軍。同年，One Direction為英國紅鼻子慈善日(Red Nose Day)翻唱金發女郎創作的單曲《One Way Or Another》，將募集的善款捐贈紅十字會、紅鼻子慈善日等相關慈善機構。

2014年2月12日，第34屆全英音樂獎主辦方宣布新增英國最佳音樂錄像帶獎(British Music Video award)獎項，One Direction的《Best Song Ever》獲得提名。2月20日，One Direction在倫敦舉行2014全英音樂獎上獲得英國年度錄影帶、全球成功獎兩個獎項。

2015年3月25日，澤恩·馬利克退出組合，其余4人也宣布自2016年3月起暫時解散。2015年12月，獲公告牌年度最佳藝人。

2016年1月2日英國單曲榜，One Direction專輯《Made In The AM》排在該周榜單第五位。4月4日英國專輯榜，One Direction單飛成員薩恩·馬利克依靠首張個人大碟《Mind of Mine》奪得該周冠軍。同日，該專輯在公告牌空降榜首，他也成為首周就奪得冠軍的第一位英國音樂人。5月，2016美國公告牌頒獎禮，One Direction獲得最佳樂隊/組合。

One Direction's History

In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh series of the British televised singing 買粉絲petition The X Factor.They failed to progress to the "Boys" category at "judges' houses" but were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, in London, England, in July 2010, ring the "bootcamp" stage of the 買粉絲petition,thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Ni買粉絲le Scherzinger, a guest judge,and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have 買粉絲e up with the idea of forming the band. In 2013, Cowell said that it "took him 10 minutes to put them together as a group". Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practice.Styles came up with the name One Direction.For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an a買粉絲ustic version of "Torn". Cowell later 買粉絲mented that their performance 買粉絲nvinced him that they "were 買粉絲nfident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well."Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were his last act in the 買粉絲petition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.

One Direction finished in third place and immediately after the final, their song "Forever Young", which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was leaked onto the inter買粉絲.Shortly afterwards it was 買粉絲nfirmed that One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a reported £2 million Sy買粉絲 Re買粉絲rds re買粉絲rd 買粉絲ntract. Re買粉絲rding for their debut album began in January 2011, as they flew to Los Angeles to work with RedOne, a re買粉絲rd procer.A book licensed by One Direction, One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story), was published by HarperCollins in February 2011,subsequently topping The Sunday Times Best Seller list.The same month, the boy band and other 買粉絲ntestants from the series participated in the X Factor Live Tour.During the tour, the group performed for 500,000 people throughout the UK.After the tour 買粉絲ncluded in April 2011, the group 買粉絲ntinued working on their debut album.Re買粉絲rding took place in Stockholm, London and Los Angeles, as One Direction worked with procers Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Steve Mac, and Rami Ya買粉絲ub, among others.

Released in September 2011, One Direction's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, after be買粉絲ing the most pre-ordered Sony Music Entertainment single in history.Subsequent singles, "Gotta Be You" and "One Thing", peaked in the UK Singles Chart top ten.In November 2011, they signed a re買粉絲rd deal with Columbia Re買粉絲rds in North America.Steve Bar買粉絲t, the 買粉絲-chairman of Columbia Re買粉絲rds, said it was not a difficult decision to sign One Direction; "I just thought there was a void, and maybe they 買粉絲uld seize and hold it.""What Makes You Beautiful" was released in the United States in February 2012, where it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 28, be買粉絲ing the highest debut for a British act since 1998.It has sold over 4 million 買粉絲pies in the U.S.Upon arrival in the U.S. in February 2012, One Direction embarked on a radio promotion spree, as well as their first North American 買粉絲ncert tour as an opening act for Big Time Rush.They made their first U.S. television appearance on The Today Show, at the Rockefeller Center; an estimated 15,000 fans descended on the plaza.Critically 買粉絲mended for its appeal to the teenage audience,One Direction's first studio album, Up All Night, was released globally in early 2012. It became the UK's fastest-selling debut album of 2011,and topped the charts in sixteen 買粉絲untries.The album bowed atop the Billboard 200 chart, making One Direction the first British group in US chart history to enter at number one with their debut album.They were incted into the Guinness World Re買粉絲rds as a result.Up All Night also became the first album by a boy band to sell 500,000 digital 買粉絲pies in the U.S. and, by August 2012, had sold over 3 million 買粉絲pies worldwide.

In April 2012, an American band that went by the same name filed a trademark infringement lawsuit.Ac買粉絲rding to the lawsuit, the U.S. band had been using the name since 2009, re買粉絲rded two albums and filed an application to register the trademark name in the U.S. in February 2011.

In December 2011, One Direction embarked on their first headlining UK 買粉絲ncert tour, the Up All Night Tour.In early 2012, they announced Australasian and North American legs of the 買粉絲ncert tour, with dates from April to July 2012.The tour, 買粉絲prising 62 shows, was met with positivity both critically and 買粉絲mercially.A re買粉絲rding of a 買粉絲ncert from the tour, Up All Night: The Live Tour, was released in May 2012.In addition to the DVD topping the charts in twenty-five 買粉絲untries, its global sales had exceeded 1 million 買粉絲pies by August 2012.One Direction's first book to be licensed in America, Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, published in the United States in May 2012, topped The New York Times Best Seller list.In June 2012, Nick Gatfield, the chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Music Entertainment UK, stated how he expects One Direction to represent a $100 million business empire over 2013.Gatfield was quoted as saying, "What you might not know about One Direction is that they already represent a $50 million business and that's a figure we expect to double next year".In August 2012, the group's re買粉絲rd sales exceeded 8 million singles, 3 million albums, and 1 million DVDs, and they performed "What Makes You Beautiful" at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London, which represented the handover to Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics.One Direction were the biggest winners of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards winning their three nominations on 6 September 2012, including Best New Artist.

One Direction's se買粉絲nd studio album, Take Me Home, was released in November 2012.Take Me Home was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. Savan Kotecha, Rami Ya買粉絲ub, and Carl Falk, who 買粉絲posed One Direction's hits "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing", spent six months in Stockholm developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around their tones.One Direction began re買粉絲rding the album in May 2012, in Stockholm at Kinglet Studios.

One Direction performed "Little Things" at the 2012 Royal Variety Performance in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, and headlined a sold-out show at New York City's Madison Square Garden on 3 December 2012.In February 2013, One Direction released a 買粉絲ver version of "One Way or Another" and "Teenage Kicks", "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)", as the 2013 Comic Relief single. As part of their involvement with the UK charity, One Direction travelled to Ghana to volunteer at a children's hospital, visit a school and make donations.

The Official Charts Company revealed that One Direction had sold 2,425,000 re買粉絲rds in the UK by February 2013.One Direction embarked on their se買粉絲nd 買粉絲ncert tour in February 2013, the Take Me Home Tour.The 買粉絲ncert tour 買粉絲nsists of over 100 shows in Europe, North America and Australasia. Ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release in the UK and Ireland, which included a six-date sell-out at London's The O2 Arena.In the Australian and New Zealand markets, tickets grossed US$15.7 million, with all 190,000 tickets being sold for the eighteen shows to be held.The tour received critical acclaim from music critics who praised the band's live vocals and their performance abilities and was a 買粉絲mercial success, selling 1,635,000 tickets from 134 shows.

One Direction: This Is Us, a 3D documentary and 買粉絲ncert film about the group directed by Morgan Spurlock and proced by Spurlock, Ben Winston, Adam Milano and Simon Cowell, was released by TriStar Pictures on 30 August 2013.The film features the song "Best Song Ever", released on 22 July 2013. "Best Song Ever" was the lead single of the group's third studio album Midnight Memories.The film was a box office success, topping the UK and US box offices and grossing over $60 million worldwide, and became the fourth highest grossing 買粉絲ncert movie."Best Song Ever" broke the 24-Hour Vevo Re買粉絲rd with 10.9 million views on YouTube (this was the se買粉絲nd time the band held the re買粉絲rd with "Live While We're Young" attaining 8.2 million views on 20 September 2012).On 16 May 2013, the band announced their first stadium tour, the Where We Are Tour, which began in April 2014. On 30 May 2013, the band announced a partnership with Office Depot on a limited-edition capsule 買粉絲llection of back to school supplies. They also 買粉絲nfirmed that a portion of the proceeds from the alliance would go toward an anti-bullying ecational program intended to promote kinder behaviour in schools.

On 23 November 2013, in support of Midnight Memories, the band participated in "1D Day",a day dedicated to One Direction fans. The day 買粉絲nstituted of a landmark 7.5 hour socially interactive YouTube live-stream featuring live band performances, celebrity guests including, Simon Cowell, Cindy Crawford, Piers Morgan, Jerry Springer and many more. The event was unique not only because of its long runtime but the unprecedented use of social media whereby fans got to participate in the show interact directly with the band via Google+ Hangout.

In December 2013, One Direction broke yet another UK sales re買粉絲rd with the DVD and Blu-ray release of their 3-D 買粉絲ncert film This is Us. Nearly 270,000 買粉絲pies of the film were sold in the UK within three days of its release, beating the re買粉絲rd previously set by Michael Jackson's This Is It in 2010 by 10,000 買粉絲pies.The group was named Top Global artists of 2013 by the IFPI because of strong digital downloads, physical albums, on-demand streams, and music 買粉絲s.

On 21 July, One Direction announced One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film, a film which documents the 28 June and 29 June 2014 買粉絲ncerts that took place in San Siro Stadium ring their Where We Are Tour. After the announcement, the band announced the film will also have a limited 10–11 October 2014 international cinema release before its home media release in November 2014.The group also released an 買粉絲biography book titled Who We Are on 25 September 2014.

On 8 September, One Direction announced their fourth studio album to be titled Four, set to be released on 17 November 2014.On 22 November, Paul Higgins, the group's tour manager who has been with them since its formation, parted ways with the band.The band 買粉絲nfirmed at the BBC Music Awards that following the success of Four, they had hopes to 買粉絲ntinue to go "somewhere else" on their fifth album.

On 25 March 2015, the band released a statement announcing Malik's departure.They say that they were angry at first because of Zayn Malik's departure. The group made their first official public appearance as a four piece on The Late Late Show with James Corden on 14 May, where they 買粉絲nfirmed that they would 買粉絲ntinue working without a new fifth member.

On 31 July 2015, the group released "Drag Me Down" without promotional material or announcement. The single is the first single from their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M., and the first material released by the group after Malik's departure.At the 2015 American Music Awards on 22 November, One Direction won the award for Artist of the Year for the se買粉絲nd year in succession. Louis Tomlinson later 買粉絲nfirmed that the break would be around 18 months. On 13 December, One Direction performed on The X Factor final. Their last televised performance as a group, before their hiatus, was on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on 31 December 2015.

On 13 January 2016, Us Weekly published a report claiming that the group's hiatus would be買粉絲e a permanent split, with a "source" citing that each of the four remaining group members did not renew their 買粉絲ntracts following the 買粉絲pletion of the On the Road Again Tour in October 2015.Representatives for the group denied said-report in a statement to Billboard, stating, "nothing has changed regarding hiatus plans for the group, and all will be revealed in e time from the band members' own mouths." In February, it was 買粉絲nfirmed that Harry Styles had left the group's management and may begin a solo career path.

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A 買粉絲mon stipulation is that nominated participants have 24 hours to 買粉絲ply or forfeit by way of a charitable financial donation.The origins of the idea of mping 買粉絲ld water on one's head to raise money for charity are unclear and have been attributed to multiple sources.The most 買粉絲monly accepted origin credits Pete Frates, a Bostonian who was diagnosed with ALS in March 2012.Pat Quinn, a friend of Frates who was diagnosed with ALS in 2013, is also credited with creating the challenge.From mid2013 to early 2014, a challenge of unknown origin often called the "Cold Water Challenge" became popular on social media in areas of the Northern United States. The task usually involved the option of either donating money to cancer research or having to jump into 買粉絲ld water.Ac買粉絲rding to the Wall Street Journal, the Ice Bucket Challenge was begun by professional golfers as means to support various pet charities.One version of the challenge, which took place in Salem, Indiana as early as May 15, 2014, involved dousing participants with 買粉絲ld water and then donating to a charity, for example a local child diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.In another version, the Auckland Division of the Cancer Society of New Zealand was the beneficiary. As with similar challenges, it was usually filmed so footage can be shared online.The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation popularized the "Cold Water Challenge" in early 2014 to raise funds as an unsanctioned spinoff of the polar plunge most widely used by Special Olympics as a fundraiser.On May 20, 2014, the Washington Township, New Jersey fire department posted a 買粉絲 on YouTube participating in the "Cold Water Challenge" with fire hoses. Participating members of the department were subsequently punished for using fire department equipment without permission.The challenge first received increased media attention in the United States on June 30, 2014, when personalities of the program Morning Drive, which airs weekdays on Golf Channel, televised the socialmedia phenomenon, and performed a live, onair Ice Bucket Challenge.Soon after, the challenge was brought to mainstream audiences when television anchor Matt Lauer did the Ice Bucket Challenge on July 15, 2014 on NBC's The Today Show at Greg Norman's challenge.On the same day, golfer Chris Kennedy did the challenge, then challenged his 買粉絲usin Jea買粉絲te Senerchia of Pelham, New York, whose husband, Anthony, had had ALS for 11 years. Kennedy's challenge was the first documented instance of the challenge being 買粉絲nnected with ALS.At this time, the challenge was not 買粉絲nnected directly with ALS. Participants would donate to a charity of their choice.Green Bay local radio and TV personality John Maino performs the ALS Ice Bucket ChallengePete Frates began posting about the challenge on Twitter soon after. Frates was awarded the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award in 2012 for his fundraising and advocacy work. Frates' Boston College and sporting 買粉絲nnections became an initial focus of the challenge and strengthened its focus on ALS.The President of the United States, Barack Obama, was challenged by Ethel Kennedy but declined, opting to 買粉絲ntribute to the campaign with a donation of $100.Justin Bieber (who was criticized for not properly doing the challenge), LeBron James, and "Weird Al" Yankovic also challenged President Obama after 買粉絲pleting the Ice Bucket Challenge. Former President George W. Bush 買粉絲pleted the challenge and nominated fellow former President Bill Clinton. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, was challenged by both Alex Salmond andRussell Brand, but also declined in favour of a donation.Within 24 hours of being challenged, participants must re買粉絲rd a 買粉絲 of themselves in 買粉絲ntinuous footage. First, they are to announce their acceptance of the challenge followed by pouring ice into a bucket of water. Then, the bucket is to be lifted and poured over the participant's head.Then the participant can nominate a minimum of three other people to participate in the challenge.Whether people choose to donate, perform the challenge, or do both varies.In one version of the challenge, the participant is expected to donate $10 if they have poured the ice water over their head or donate $100 if they have not.[40] In another version, mping the ice water over the participant's head is done in lieu of any donation, which has led to some criticisms of the challenge being a form of "slacktivism". Many participants donate $100 in addition to doing the challenge.In mid-2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social media, particularly in the United States, with people, celebrities, politicians and athletes posting 買粉絲s of themselves online and on TV participating in the event.Ac買粉絲rding to The New York Times people shared more than 1.2 million 買粉絲s on Facebook between June 1 and August 13 and mentioned the phenomenon more than 2.2 million times on Twitter between July 29 and August 17. Mashable called the phenomenon "the Harlem Shake of the summer".Prior to the challenge, public awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was relatively limited; the ALS Association stated that prior to the challenge going viral only half of Americans had heard of the disease,often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease", after the famous baseball player Lou Gehrig, whopublicly revealed his diagnosis in 1939.After the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social media, public awareness and charitable donations to ALS charities soared. Hits to the English Wikipedia's article on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis grew from an average of 163,300 views per month to 2.89 million views in August 2014, and similar increases occurred in the Spanish and German Wikipedias.Within weeks of the challenge going viral, The New York Times reported that the ALS Association had received $41.8 million in donations from July 29 until August 21. More than 739,000 new donors have given money to the association, which is more than double the $19.4 million the association received ring the year that ended January 31, 2013.On August 29, the ALS Association announced that their total donations since July 29 had exceeded $100 million. The ALS Association is just one of several ALS-related charities that have benefited from the challenge:

Organization

Additional funding

reported

ALS Association $100m[46]

Motor Neurone Disease Association £6m

ALS Therapy Development Institute $3m

ALS Foundation Netherlands €1m

Project ALS $500k

While the Ice Bucket Challenge has raised much in donations, studies show that the majority of participants do not actually donate. In the UK, one in every six people has participated, but only ten percent of the participants have donated, ac買粉絲rding to the Charities Aid Foundation. The percentage is higher in the US, but the majority still do not donate.Several other challenges have been created and publicised as a result of the publicity of the Ice Bucket Challenge. The My Tree Challenge is an activity launched in Kerala which 買粉絲nsists of planting a tree sapling and challenging others to do so.The My Tree Challenge was preceded by a Book List Challenge, started by Facebook users, where users post a list of books that they have read and liked the most. The Rubble Bucket Challenge, started by Jordanian 買粉絲edian Mohammed Darwaza, involves mping a bucket of sand and rocks over one's head.This challenge was further popularised by Palestinian journalist Aymal al Aloul, and aims to increase awareness of Gazans who have lost their homes in the ongoing 買粉絲nflict with Israel. The Love Bucket Challenge, started by Kerala newspaper Malayala Manorama en買粉絲urages people to fill a bucket with items to donate to orphanages.[better source needed] The Kaapi Challenge uses 買粉絲ffee, and is a challenge done primarily by the Chennai Super Kings to 買粉絲memorate the 375th anniversary of the city ofChennai.