In November 2012, Take Me Home, One Direction's second album, was released. The album's second single, " Little Things," spawned the band's second number one single in the UK. In September 2012, the group released " Live While We're Young", the lead single from their upcoming second album, which peaked at number three in the UK and US. To promote the album, they embarked on their first headlining concert tour, the Up All Night Tour. The album was released internationally in March 2012, and One Direction became the first UK group to have their debut album reach number one in the United States. In November of that year, the group's debut album " Up All Night" was released in Ireland and the UK, reaching number one and number two on the charts, respectively. Subsequent singles, " Gotta Be You" and " One Thing" received success, becoming top ten hits in the UK. The song reached number one in several countries. One Direction's debut single, " What Makes You Beautiful", was released in September 2011. That February, the band and other contestants from the series participated in The X Factor Live Tour. They began recording their debut album in Los Angeles in January 2011. Horan with One Direction on The X Factor Live Tour in 2011įollowing The X Factor, One Direction was signed by Cowell to a reported £2 million Syco record contract. They finished in 3rd place, behind runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle. Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were Cowell's last act in the competition. Styles came up with the band name, which he thought would sound good when announcer Peter Dickson read their name out on the live shows. Horan along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik formed One Direction. After a suggestion from guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, Horan was put in a group with four boys who also failed to move on in the competition, and since they were too good to let go, the judges decided to agree with Scherzinger. At bootcamp, he sang " Champagne Supernova", but failed to qualify for the category. Simon Cowell voted to let him through, Cole said no, Walsh said yes, and Perry decided to vote yes. Louis Walsh was in his favour, but Cheryl Cole and guest judge Katy Perry felt that he needed some time to grow. He sang " So Sick" and received mixed comments from the judges. In 2010, at sixteen years old, Horan auditioned for the seventh series of The X Factor in Dublin. See also: List of awards and nominations received by Niall Horan and List of awards and nominations received by One Direction 2010-2015: One Direction He also bagged a support slot with former X Factor contestant Lloyd Daniels at the Academy club in Dublin. As a teenager, he performed at the Mullingar Arts Centre during a fund-raiser for the local football team, the Shamrocks. His aunt discovered his abilities one day when she was in the car with Horan as he started singing, and she had initially thought that the radio was on. Horan, then aged 11, taught himself how to play the guitar by following YouTube tutorials. Horan tried to play the guitar that his brother bought for his marriage, but was not able to play it. Kenny's National School, a primary school, and Mary's College ( Irish: Coláiste Mhuire), a Catholic boys school, which are both located in his hometown of Mullingar. After spending a year apart from their father, they later decided to move in with him. His parents, Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher ( née Nolan), divorced when he was five years old, so he and his brother lived with their mother for a year. He has an older brother, Greg who was born in 1987. Horan was born on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland. It was preceded by the singles " Heaven" and " Meltdown", which were released in February and April 2023, respectively. Horan's third studio album, titled The Show, was released in June 2023. Heartbreak Weather was released in March 2020, and debuted at number one in the UK, Ireland and Mexico, and at number four in the US. The album's first two singles, " This Town" and " Slow Hands", reached the top twenty in several countries. Flicker debuted at number one in Ireland and the US, and reached the top three in Australia and the UK. The group released five albums and went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.įollowing the band's hiatus in 2016, Horan signed a recording deal as a solo artist with Capitol Records and has since released three albums: Flicker (2017), Heartbreak Weather (2020) and The Show (2023). He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition The X Factor. Niall James Horan ( / ˈ n aɪ ə l ˈ h ɔːr ən/ NY-uhl HOR-ruhn born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer-songwriter.
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