One Direction was a British-Irish boy band composed of five members: Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik. The group was initially formed in 2010 during the seventh season of the UK version of the reality show The X Factor, where they finished in third place. Since then, One Direction became a worldwide sensation and sold millions of records until their hiatus in 2016.