In the pre-streaming era, the band ruled album sales and downloads. While ten years ago, they were still baby-faced innocents, their charm shone through the fluffy hair and wide-eyes. From Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” to ’80s classics like “Kids in America” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart” to the practically uncoverable Beatles (“All You Need Is Love”) and Elton John (“Your Song”), the guys not only embraced their roles as serious singers, but learned to dance as well. Those “X Factor” covers and made-for-TV movesĮven though the members of One Direction were, in a sense, curated by Simon Cowell, the guys’ performances on the hit British show were among the best of the format both then and now.
In April 2020, Payne seemed to hint that the guys were planning something, telling The Sun, “We’ve got a ten-year anniversary coming up so we’ve all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks which has been really nice.”įans may have to keep waiting for that fateful reunion day, but until then, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate One Direction on this 10th anniversary milestone. Their individual accomplishments since 1D’s open-ended hiatus have also been many and include successful solo careers and expanding into other areas of entertainment, like acting. Between that airdate in 2010 and the group’s ultimate retirement in 2015, the guys did make “a whole lot of history,” from releasing five albums, touring the world four times and leaving a treasure trove of undeniable records. What’s the significance of July 23? It marks the moment on “The X Factor” when Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson progressed in the U.K.
The tweet swiftly accumulated nearly 1 million re-tweets in 14 hours and more than 1.7 million likes and spurred chatter all over the internet as to whether the group was planning to reunite. One Direction returned to Twitter for the first time in two years on Wednesday, July 22, posting ahead of its 10-year anniversary: “Tomorrow! You and me got a whole lot of history #10YearsOf1D,” the band wrote.
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