One Direction: One Direction Are An English Boy Band Formed in London in 2010, The Members

One Direction
One Direction are an English boy band formed in London in 2010, the members are Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of British television music competition The X Factor. They were also signed in North America by Columbia Records. One Direction became noticed internationally with the global release of their debut album Up All Night in early 2012. Their first single "What Makes You Beautiful", topped the charts worldwide and marked the first time a debut album by a British group had entered at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. Preceded by the record-breaking lead single "Live While We're Young", the group's second studio album Take Me Home is scheduled for release on 12 November 2012. A follow-up world tour is set to run for most of 2013, with tickets grossing US$15.7 million for their Australian and New Zealand dates. They were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, London, England, 23 July 2010, during the "bootcamp" stage of The X Factor competition, and qualified for the "Groups" category. Styles came up with the name One Direction as he thought it would sound good when The X Factor announcer read their name out on the live shows. For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn". In the live shows, after the elimination of F.Y.D., Diva Fever and Belle Amie within four weeks, they were Simon Cowell's last act in the competition. They finished in third place behind runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle. Shortly afterwards it was confirmed, One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a 2 million Syco Records record contract. Recording for their debut album began in January 2011, as they flew to Los Angeles to work with producer RedOne. In February, One Direction took part in the X Factor Live Tour. The tour saw the group performing for 500,000 people throughout the UK. After the tour finished that April, the group continued working on their dbut album, recording took place in Sweden, UK, and the United States, One Direction worked with producers Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Steve Mac, and Rami Yacoub, among others.
1: Where were One Direction formed? A: Liverpool B: Lancaster C: London D: Lymm 2: Whose record label did they sign for? A: Simon Dee B: Simon Cowell C: Simon Le Bon D: Simon Fuller 3: Name the missing band member of One Direction.
Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, ____________, Louis Tomlinson 4: What is the name of the record label they signed for? A: Syco B: Cyco C: Dyco D: Ssyco
5: What is the name of the music competition One Direction took part in?
6: What is the name of their debut album? A: Up All Day B: Up Last Night C: Up the Road D: Up All Night 7: What was the name of their first single? A: Live While Were Young B: One Thing C: What Makes You Beautiful D: What Makes Us Beautiful 8: What month and year were the band put together? A: July 2010 B: June 2010 C: January 2010 D: June 2009
9: Who won the competition that One Direction took part in? A: Matt Cardile B: Matt Cordile C: Matt Cardle D: Matt Curdle 10: How many people did One Direction perform to during their tour throughout the UK? A: 550,000 B: 575,000 C: 500,000 D: 540,000
Answer the questions True(T) or False(F). The group's second studio album is called Take Me Home. T/F Styles came up with the name One Direction. T/F Their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Born". T/F They finished in second place behind the winner in the singing competition. T/F Recording for their debut album began in January 2011. T/F One Direction worked with the producer Carl Palk. T/F They have also been signed in North America by Columbia Records. T/F Their ticket sales for their Australian and New Zealand dates have grossed 15.5 million US dollars. T/F They came up with the name One Direction as they thought it would sound good. T/F Their dbut album was recorded in Switzerland, UK, and the United States. T/F
Answer Key
C, B Harry Styles A The X Factor D C A C C TTFFTFTFFF

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