One Direction

English-Irish teen-pop boy band formed during the British TV singing competition "The X Factor" in 2010. They finished third in the series and subsequently signed with Simon Cowell's label Syco Music. In March 2015, ZAYN left the group and the band went on an indefinite hiatus in January 2016. On October 16, 2024, Liam Payne died after falling from a third-floor balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the age of 31.