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One Direction's '1D3D' Teaser Trailer Arrives Online
February 12, 2013 5:51 AM EST 55 285 0 Grab your earplugs, because the One Direction “1D3D” trailer has hit the Web. The teaser trailer for the British boyband’s debut 3D feature film is just 1 minutes and 52 seconds in length. But it should prove more than enough to set young pulses ...
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One Direction's Right Direction: The Billboard Cover Story
December 14, 2012 9:00 AM EST As 2012 dawned, few American adults outside the most dedicated of Anglophiles knew much, if anything, about One Direction . In part, that's because the kind of boy-band pop One Direction had already turned into 2011's fastest-selling debut ...
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One Direction Q&A: Louis Tomlinson
December 14, 2012 8:55 AM EST The elder statesman of the group, Louis Tomlinson, 20, is also known in inside circles as the defacto leader and resident perfectionist in One Direction . In our conversation about being named Billboard's Top New Artist of 2012 , Tomlinson does ...
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Morning Fix: Universal Music Predicts $158 Million Annual Boost From EMI; Ticketmaster & Walmart Expand Deal; Depeche Mode Signs With WME
November 14, 2012 7:08 AM EST Head HERE to subscribe to Billboard's Morning Fix email and other free music-business newsletters UNIVERSAL MUSIC EARNINGS DIP, REVENUES RISE IN FIRST NINE MONTHS: Universal Music Group posted a 2.5% decline in earnings before interest taxes ...
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One Direction 3D Film Gets 'Super' Director
November 13, 2012 10:50 AM EST 'Super Size Me' Star Morgan Spurlock to Helm Sony Project, Set for Labor Day Weekend 2013 Prepare to have Harry Styles lurch at you at your local cineplex. Sony Pictures announced on Tuesday it's making a 3D film, directed by "Su ...
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One Direction Drops 'Little Things' Single: Listen
October 29, 2012 3:15 PM EDT One Direction ventures into ballad territory with its new single, "Little Things," released Monday from the group's upcoming "Take Me Home" album, due Nov. 13. Listen below. Although the song's official lyric video was ...
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One Direction & Drew Brees Form Fake Supergroup: Video
October 24, 2012 4:20 PM EDT One Direction and New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees teamed up to promote Pepsi in an ad campaign released earlier this month , and Brees has now joined the U.K. boy band, forming supergroup 1DB. In a new behind-the-scenes video, we see the rise and ...
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One Direction Has Highest-Ever Hot 100 Debut by U.K. Group
October 10, 2012 4:10 PM EDT One Direction's "Live While We're Young" debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart , marking the highest bow by a U.K. group in the 54-year history of the chart. It's the second-highest debut among all U.K. acts, ...
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One Direction Has Highest-Ever Hot 100 Chart Debut by U.K. Group
October 10, 2012 3:33 PM EDT One Direction's "Live While We're Young" debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, marking the highest bow by a U.K. group in the 54-year history of the chart. It's the second-highest debut among all U.K. acts, ...
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One Direction: 21 Under 21 (2012)
September 17, 2012 7:15 PM EDT No. 2: One Direction Last Year's Rank: 19 Birthdates: Zayn Malik - Jan. 12th, 1993 (age 19); Harry Styles - Feb. 1, 1994 (age 18); Louis Tomlinson - Dec. 24, 1991 (age 20); Niall Horan - Sept. 13, 1993 (age 19); Liam Payne - Aug. 29, 1993 (age ...
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One Direction Solves Legal Issue Over Band Name
September 06, 2012 8:24 AM EDT One Direction, the mega-selling UK act that was put together by Simon Cowell on The X Factor, has settled a legal war over its band name. Cowell's record label, Syco Entertainment as well as Sony Music and members of the band were sued in Apr ...
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One Direction (U.S.) Changes Name to Uncharted Shores
September 04, 2012 5:55 PM EDT The battle for One Direction is over. A California rock group with the same name as the U.K. version will now be known as Uncharted Shores , putting an end to a legal kerfuffle that sought damages from the "What Makes You Beautiful" quinte ...
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One Direction Reveals 'Take Me Home' Album Cover
August 30, 2012 1:35 PM EDT One Direction 's debut album "Up All Night" was released less than six months ago, but the U.K. vocal group is already moving on to its second full-length. The album artwork for the group's "Take Me Home" was released T ...
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One Direction Returning with New Album in November
August 23, 2012 10:40 AM EDT First single, 'Live While We're Young,' hits iTunes on October 1. One Direction 's debut album "Up All Night," which spawned the hits "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing," was released less tha ...
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One Direction Live: Shriek Show in Australia
April 19, 2012 7:30 PM EDT One Direction mania spilled into central Brisbane on Wednesday, as the boy-band from Britain closed their mini-tour of Australia with a show that sent its female audience into a teary, screaming frenzy. To say 1D is the hottest boy-band on the scene ...
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Simon Cowell's Label Sued Over One Direction's Name
April 11, 2012 9:55 AM EDT One Direction is one of the hottest boy bands in years, formed by Simon Cowell after the bands' members finished strongly on the seventh season of "The X Factor" in the U.K. The group's debut album recently topped the U.S. chart, ...
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Simon Cowell's Record Label Sued Over Hot Boy Band One Direction
April 10, 2012 7:04 PM EDT One Direction is one of the hottest boy bands in years, formed by Simon Cowell after the bands' members finished strongly on the seventh season of UK's "X-Factor." On Saturday, the group had a successful performance on "Sa ...
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One Direction & The Wanted: The Billboard Cover Story
March 27, 2012 12:05 PM EDT When Melissa Lonner, senior entertainment producer for NBC's "Today," booked Brit pop quintet One Direction in January, she scheduled the group for a routine in-studio performance. But once news broke that the boyish fivesome would be ...
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Backbeat: One Direction's Harry Styles Gets a Faceful of Ice-Cream Cake at Z-100
March 26, 2012 5:32 PM EDT Sweet Smile: (from left:) Z-100's Skeery Jones, Billboard's Maggie Doherty, Z-100's Danielle Monaro, One Direction's Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne of One Direction, Z-100's Elvis Duran, One Direction's Harry Styles a ...
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One Direction Tour! Headlining Trip Through America Begins May 24
March 21, 2012 11:45 AM EDT One Direction mania will keep its grip on America's teens and tweens well into the summer. The U.K. pop vocal sensations announced on Wednesday they'll headline their first-ever North American Tour, starting May 24 in Fairfax, Va. and swee ...
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One Direction Makes History With No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200
March 20, 2012 8:00 PM EDT U.K. pop vocal group One Direction makes history on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the first U.K. group to bow at No. 1 with a debut album. "Up All Night" enters atop the list with 176,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A ...
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One Direction Makes History With No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
March 20, 2012 8:00 PM EDT U.K. pop vocal group One Direction makes history on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the first U.K. group to bow at No. 1 with a debut album. Up All Night enters atop the list with 176,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. One Direction ...
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One Direction Aiming for Historic No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
March 14, 2012 6:15 PM EDT One Direction could be on the way to making history on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week. Industry sources suggest the vocal quintet's "Up All Night" may sell between 160,000 and 180,000 copies by the end of the tracking week o ...
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One Direction Aiming for Historic No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
March 14, 2012 5:55 PM EDT One Direction could be on the way to making history on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week. Industry sources suggest the vocal quintet's "Up All Night" may sell between 160,000 and 180,000 copies by the end of the tracking week ...
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One Direction, 'Up All Night': Track-By-Track Review
March 07, 2012 11:45 AM EST Along with their boy band counterparts/friends/pseudo-rivals The Wanted , U.K. group One Direction has helped revive a left-for-dead genre of pop music by capturing the fancy of their native country in an incredibly short time. After finishing third ...
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One Direction Has Highest Hot 100 Debut For New U.K. Act Since The Verve In 1998
February 23, 2012 7:15 AM EST Vocal group One Direction makes waves on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week as its "What Makes You Beautiful" debuts at No. 28. It's the highest bow for a U.K. act's debut U.S. single in nearly 14 years. Katy Perry&# ...
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One Direction Has Highest Hot 100 Debut For New U.K. Act Since 1998
February 22, 2012 5:55 PM EST Vocal group One Direction makes waves on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week as its "What Makes You Beautiful" debuts at No. 28. It's the highest bow for a U.K. act's debut U.S. single in nearly 14 years. "Beautifu ...
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21 Under 21: One Direction (2011)
September 27, 2011 10:04 AM EDT No. 19. One Direction Birthdates: Zayn Malik - Jan. 12th, 1993 (age 18); Harry Styles - Feb. 1, 1994 (age 17); Louis Tomlinson - Dec. 24, 1991 (age 19); Niall Horan - Sept. 13, 1993 (age 18); Liam Payne - Aug. 29, 1993 (age 18) Why They're Hot: ...
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Ed Sheeran Tops U.K. Chart; Tony Bennett in First Top 40 Hit in 46 Years
September 19, 2011 10:40 AM EDT British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran followed his two recent top ten U.K. singles with an instant No. 1 album as the Official Charts Company's new data was published Sunday (18). Sheeran's "+" opened at the top, while new boy ban ...
