The band went on to take the world by storm, amassing one of the largest and most passionate fan bases, and releasing five albums. And despite Malik leaving the band in 2015, and One Direction going ...

One Direction and Simon Cowell have a whole lot of history. The founding members of the boy band — Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — initially auditioned for The ...

Liam Payne’s voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction’s debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline ...

Simon Cowell shared his reaction to the death of One Direction’s Liam Payne, whose career was kickstarted when Cowell was a judge on the U.K.’s The X Factor. "You never really know how you feel about ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 11: (L-R) Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne of X-Factor band One Direction attend the Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 World ...

Payne died Wednesday after a fall from a hotel room in Argentina. Former One Direction stars paid tribute to fellow member Liam Payne, who died Oct. 16 after falling from his third story hotel room in ...