One Direction Biography

One Direction are a British-Irish boy band consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They finished third on the seventh series of The X Factor. Following The X Factor, the group signed a record contract with Sony Music subsidiarySyco Records.

One Direction's debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" was released on 11 September 2011. The single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number one on 18 September 2011, shifting 153,965 copies, becoming the third fastest selling single of 2011. Their second single, "Gotta Be You", was released on 13 November 2011, which peaked at number three. Their debut album Up All Night was released on 21 November 2011. The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 138,631 copies, and was the fastest-selling debut album on the UK Albums Chart of 2011. Up All Night was the sixteenth biggest selling album on the UK Albums Chart of 2011, with 468,000 copies sold.

"What Makes You Beautiful" won the Best British Single award at the 2012 BRIT Awards, which was held on 21 February 2012.

HISTORY

2010: The X Factor and formation

Main article: The X Factor (UK series 7)

In 2010, all five members applied as solo candidates for the The X Factor, but failed to qualify for the "Boys" category. After suggestion by guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, the five were put into a band, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. After the elimination of F.Y.D., Diva Fever andBelle Amie within four weeks, they were Simon Cowell's last act in the competition. One Direction finished third behind runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle. Immediately after the final, their song "Forever Young", which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was leaked onto the internet.

2011–present: Up All Night

Main article: Up All Night (One Direction album)

Following The X Factor, the group signed a £2 million record contract with Syco Records. One Direction and nine other contestants from the series participated in the X Factor Live Tour from February 2011 to April 2011. The tour consisted of multiple stops within the UK and Ireland. On 29 July 2011, they made an appearance on Alan Carr: Chatty Man.

One Direction made an appearance on The Alan Titchmarsh Show on 4 April 2011 and Malik confirmed their debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" would be released in June, though it was pushed back to August in order to coincide with the launch of the eighth series of The X Factor, and then again to September. While on the show, One Direction also confirmed they are the new ambassadors for Pokémon.

They developed their debut album with Savan Kotecha and released their debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" on 11 September 2011. The song received its first airplay on 10 August on BBC Radio 1, and broke pre-order sales record for Sony Music. It entered theUK Singles Chart at No. 1 with 153,965 sales within the first week. As of December 2011 the single had sold 540,000 copies in the UK. 1 January 2012, it was revealed that 'What Makes You Beautiful' was the 20th biggest-selling single of 2011 on the UK Singles Chart. On 26 September, One Direction announced their debut headline UK tour, the Up All Night Tour, set for December 2011 and January 2012. The tour was sold out in minutes of release.

One Direction released their second single "Gotta Be You" on 13 November 2011. The single was followed by their debut studio album, Up All Night on 21 November. The album features songs written by Kelly Clarkson and Ed Sheeran. The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 138,631 copies, and was the fastest-selling debut album on the UK Albums Chart of 2011. Up All Night was the sixteenth biggest selling album on the UK Albums Chart of 2011, with 468,000 copies sold. On 9 November 2011, One Direction also revealed that they will be touring the United States with Big Time Rush from February 2012 to March 2012.

On 6 January 2012, One Direction released their third single "One Thing" on 6 January 2012, in various European countries and was released in the United Kingdom, 13 February 2012. In the UK's singles week of release, "One Thing" became the highest climber of the week up seventeen places (26-9), peaking at number nine with 31,602 sales, becoming the third consecutive top ten single from Up All Night.

One Direction have signed a record deal with Columbia Records in the United States. The album was originally set for release in North America 23 March 2012, but was rescheduled for a one week earlier release 13 March 2012, with Columbia Records releasing a statement: "due to overwhelming fan demand, their debut album will be released one week early on 13 March 2012. "What Makes You Beautiful" was released via digital download in the United States, 14 February 2012. In the Unites States, "What Makes You Beautiful" became the highest Hot 100 debut for a U.K. act since 1998. The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number twenty-eight, while debuting at number twelve on the Hot Digital Songs Chart, selling 132,000 downloads in its first week.

The group is set to appear on the American channel Nickelodeon's TV show iCarly in 2012. One Direction will play them self and will perform "What Makes You Beautiful" in the episode. The air date of the episode has not been confirmed.

ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT TRACKLIST

Dirilis	18 November 2011
Direkam	2011
Genre	Pop, pop rock, dance-pop, teen-pop
Durasi	45:16
Label	Syco, Sony
Produser	Ash Howes, BeatGeek, Brian Rawling, Carl Falk, Jimmy Joker,Matt Squire, Paul Meehan, Rami Yacoub, RedOne, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Shep Solomon, Steve Mac, Steve Robson, Toby Gad, Tom Meredith TRACKLIST Judul "What Makes You Beautiful"   "Gotta Be You"   "One Thing"   "More Than This"   "Up All Night"   "I Wish"   "Tell Me a Lie"   "Taken"   "I Want"   "Everything About You"   "Same Mistakes"   "Save You Tonight"   "Stole My Heart"

GREYSON CHANCE PHOTO

David Archuleta - Nandito Ako (Full Song Trailer)

DAVID ARCHULETA "NANDITO AKO" MISION PHOTO

THE WINNER OF 54th GRAMMY AWARDS 2012

yesterday, 12 february 2012, 54th GRAMMY AWARD 2012 be hald on staples center, LA, AS. and this is the winner of GRAMMY AWARD:




1. Record Of The Year
 WINNER Rolling In The Deep Adele
 2. Album Of The Year
 WINNER 21 Adele Jim Abbiss, Adele, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder & Dan Wilson, producers; Jim Abbiss, Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Ian Dowling, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Fidelman, Dan Parry, Steve Price, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Fraser T. Smith & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]
 3. Song Of The Year
 WINNER Rolling In The Deep Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele) Track from: 21 [XL Recordings/Columbia Records; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram/EMI Music Publishing]
  4. Best New Artist
 WINNER Bon Iver
  5. Best Pop Solo Performance 
WINNER Someone Like You Adele Track from: 21 [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]
  6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
 WINNER Body And Soul Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse Track from: Duets II [Columbia Records]
  7. Best Pop Instrumental Album
 WINNER The Road From Memphis Booker T. Jones [Anti Records]
  8. Best Pop Vocal Album
 WINNER 21 Adele [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]
  9. Best Dance Recording
 WINNER Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites Skrillex Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer Track from: Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites [Big Beat/Atlantic]
  10. Best Dance/Electronica Album
 WINNER Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites Skrillex [Big Beat/Atlantic]
  11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 
WINNER Duets II Tony Bennett & Various Artists [Columbia Records]
  12. Best Rock Performance 
WINNER Walk Foo Fighters Track from: Wasting Light [RCA Records/ Roswell Records]
  13. Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance 
WINNER White Limo Foo Fighters Track from: Wasting Light [RCA Records/ Roswell Records]
  14. Best Rock Song
 WINNER Walk Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters) Track from: Wasting Light [RCA Records/ Roswell Records; Publishers: M.J.-Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music, Ruthensmear Music]
  15. Best Rock Album
 WINNER Wasting Light Foo Fighters [RCA Records/ Roswell Records]
  16. Best Alternative Music Album
 WINNER Bon Iver Bon Iver [Jagjaguwar]
  17. Best R&B Performance
 WINNER Is This Love Corinne Bailey Rae Track from: The Love EP [Capitol]
  18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
 WINNER Fool For You Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona [Radiculture/Elektra]
  19. Best R&B Song
 WINNER Fool For You Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona) [Radiculture/Elektra; Publishers: Jacks Love Emporium/Radiculture Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music, Chrysalis Music/God Given Music]
  20. Best R&B Album
 WINNER F.A.M.E. Chris Brown [Jive Records]
  21. Best Rap Performance
 WINNER Otis Jay-Z & Kanye West Track from: Watch The Throne [Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam]
  22. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
 WINNER All Of The Lights Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Roc-A-Fella]
  23. Best Rap Song
 WINNER All Of The Lights Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie) Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Roc-A Fella; Publishers: EMI April Music, EMI Blackwood Music, Headphone Junkie Publishing, Please Gimme My Publishing, Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]
  24. Best Rap Album
 WINNER My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West [Roc-A-Fella]
  25. Best Country Solo Performance
 WINNER Mean Taylor Swift Track from: Speak Now [Big Machine Records]
  26. Best Country Duo/Group Performance 
WINNER Barton Hollow The Civil Wars Track from: Barton Hollow [Sensibility Music LLC]
  27. Best Country Song
 WINNER Mean Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift) Track from: Speak Now [Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music]
  28. Best Country Album
 WINNER Own The Night Lady Antebellum [Capitol Records Nashville]
  29. Best New Age Album
 WINNER What's It All About Pat Metheny [Nonesuch]
  30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
 WINNER 500 Miles High Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) [Concord Records]
  31. Best Jazz Vocal Album
WINNER The Mosaic Project Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists [Concord Jazz]
  32. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
WINNER Forever Corea, Clarke & White [Concord Records]
  33. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
 WINNER The Good Feeling Christian McBride Big Band [Mack Avenue Records]
  34. Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
WINNER Jesus Le'Andria Johnson Track from: The Awakening Of Le'Andria Johnson [Music World Gospel] 35. Best Gospel Song
 WINNER Hello Fear Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin) Track from: Hello Fear [Verity Gospel Music Group/Fo Yo Soul Ent.; Publisher: Aunt Gertrude Music]
  36. Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
WINNER Blessings Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story) Track from: Blessings [Fair Trade Services; Publishers: New Spring/Gleaning Publishing]
  37. Best Gospel Album
 WINNER Hello Fear Kirk Franklin [Verity Gospel Music Group/ Fo Yo Soul Ent.]
  38. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
WINNER And If Our God Is For Us... Chris Tomlin [Sparrow Records / sixstepsrecords]
  39. Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album
 WINNER Drama Y Luz Maná [Warner Music Mexico]
  40. Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album
WINNER Bicentenario Pepe Aguilar [Venemusic]
  41. Best Banda Or Norteño Album
 WINNER Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends Los Tigres Del Norte [Fonovisa]
  42. Best Tropical Latin Album
 WINNER The Last Mambo Cachao [Eventus/Sony Music Latin]
  43. Best Americana Album
WINNER Ramble At The Ryman Levon Helm [Vanguard/Dirt Farmer Music]
  44. Best Bluegrass Album
 WINNER Paper Airplane Alison Krauss & Union Station [Rounder]
  45. Best Blues Album
 WINNER Revelator Tedeschi Trucks Band [Masterworks]
  46. Best Folk Album
 WINNER Barton Hollow The Civil Wars [Sensibility Music LLC]
  47. Best Regional Roots Music Album
WINNER Rebirth Of New Orleans Rebirth Brass Band [Basin Street Records]
  48. Best Reggae Album 
WINNER Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life Stephen Marley [Tuff Gong/Universal Republic]
  49. Best World Music Album
WINNER Tassili Tinariwen [Anti Records
] 50. Best Children's Album 
WINNER All About Bullies... Big And Small (Various Artists) Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers [Cool Beans Music & East Coast Recording Co.]
  51. Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
 WINNER If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) Betty White [Penguin Audio]
  52. Best Comedy Album
 WINNER Hilarious Louis C.K. [Comedy Central Records]
  53. Best Musical Theater Album
WINNER The Book Of Mormon Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast) [Ghostlight Records]
  54. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
 WINNER Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1 (Various Artists) Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers [Elektra]
  55. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
WINNER The King's Speech Alexandre Desplat, composer [Decca]
  56. Best Song Written For Visual Media
WINNER I See The Light (From Tangled) Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi) Track from: Tangled [Walt Disney Records; Publishers: Wonderland Music/Walt Disney Music]
  57. Best Instrumental Composition
WINNER Life In Eleven Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones) Track from: Rocket Science [eOne Music]
  58. Best Instrumental Arrangement
 WINNER Rhapsody In Blue Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Track from: That's How We Roll [Telarc International]
  59. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
 WINNER Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah) Track from: Duets II [RPM/Columbia Records]
  60. Best Recording Package
WINNER Scenes From The Suburbs Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire) [Merge Records]
  61. Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
WINNER The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen) [Columbia Records]
  62. Best Album Notes
 WINNER Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists) [Arhoolie Records]
  63. Best Historical Album
WINNER Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition) Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings) [Hear Music]
  64. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
 WINNER Paper Airplane Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station) [Rounder]
  65. Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
WINNER Paul Epworth Call It What You Want (Foster The People) (T) I Would Do Anything For You (Foster The People) (T) I'll Be Waiting (Adele) (T) Life On The Nickel (Foster The People) (T) No One's Gonna Love You (Cee-Lo Green) (S) Rolling In The Deep (Adele) (T)
  66. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
 WINNER Cinema (Skrillex Remix) Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi) Track from: Electroman [Ultra Records]
  67. Best Surround Sound Album
 WINNER Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition) Elliot Scheiner
  68. Best Engineered Album, Classical
 WINNER Aldridge: Elmer Gantry Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton,
  69. Producer Of The Year, Classical
WINNER Judith Sherman Adams
  70. Best Orchestral Performance
 WINNER Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Gustavo Dudamel,
  71. Best Opera Recording
WINNER Adams: Doctor Atomic Alan Gilbert,
  72. Best Choral Performance
WINNER Light & Gold Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers) [Decca]
  73. Best Small Ensemble Performance
 WINNER Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird [Cedille Records]
  74. Best Classical Instrumental Solo
 WINNER Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony) Track from: Schwantner: Chasing Light… [Naxos]
  75. Best Classical Vocal Solo
 WINNER Diva Divo Joyce DiDonato
  76. Best Contemporary Classical Composition
WINNER Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein [Naxos]
  77. Best Short Form Music Video
 WINNER Rolling In The Deep Adele
  78. Best Long Form Music Video
 WINNER Foo Fighters: Back And Forth Foo Fighters