One
direction is a British boy band, that took
third place on the X-factor UK, but have
made their way to fame. The band consist of five young British talented teenage
boys .
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| Niall Horan |
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| Zayn Malik |
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| Harry Styles |
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| Liam Payne |
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| Louis Tomlinson |
After
placing third on X-factor UK, the five
boys were signed to an American record label company, known as Columbia
Records where they made
their debut Single ‘What Makes you
Beautiful’. This song toped the music
charts in Ireland, UK, Scotland and came second on New Zealand Music charts.
The song sold 153,965 copies in its first week of sale and as of the 12th
of April it has sold
1,129,852 copies in the US.
This is the song 'What makes you Beautiful' that has become so famous.
It’s amazing
how quickly One Direction became popular with such a huge fan base within a year of making music. With their entire 2012 New Zealand
tour selling out in under 10 minutes. The New Zealand Concerts were so
successful that another tour has been promised in 2013.
But what
Makes girls fall in love with the boy band - One Direction?
Apart from
the boys good looks and singing talent, they have been followed by their fan base right from the X-factor Series in 2011. They are constantly being watched on YouTube and many fans have seen each of the
boys develop into the well known band that they are today! Each of these girls
feel that they have a special connection with each of the boys.
Famous People have such a big impact on Media.
Since One Direction have risen to fame, they have released two books featuring
- private captured moments, the ‘incredible story of One Direction's rise
to fame’, they have merchandise dolls, T-shirts, posters, stationary and lots
more!!
It all seems a bit crazy.
Will the Boy
Band Revelation ever die?
I don’t think
so;
From the
back Street Boys to the Jackson 5 , have
all been in the top ten of music charts. I think that girls have a fascination with boy bands, and it started
with the Beetles. We will never know why.
Although
there are many One Direction ‘Haters’ It is really good to see such a young
group of talented boys rise to fame and become successful. It shows us how much
impact talent shows such as the X-factor, America's Got Talent, The voice,
American Idol, have all given rise to a new
star.
I know I'm not a teenager and this blog isn't written for my generation, but I really am not convinced that this band have any talent, and comparing them to The Beatles (not "The BEETLES"!!) is really stretching it. I guess that makes me a ONE DIRECTION HATER. I did not watch the embedded video of the song, sorry. You didn't comment on it either, which didn't encourage me to click 'play'.
ReplyDeleteHowever I shall try to be objective about your blog. The second last paragraph has horrible formatting and it makes the reader work, which is always a bad idea, especially if you are trying to appeal to teenagers. I'm sure they will like the nice BIG photos of the boys, though. The reaction of the female fans is called HYSTERIA and it's no coincidence that they are all good looking. That is all part of the marketing exercise. The fact that one of them is of Indian origin is interesting - and surely not a mistake. I bet they thought carefully about reaching as wide an audience as possible when they chose them.
You say "it's amazing... it's crazy... we will never know why" - and I agree with that. However it seems obvious that the merchandising and promotion through TV and YouTube is a very clever marketing exercise and people - not just 'the boys' themselves - are getting very rich. It's not exactly Justin Bieber singing in his bedroom, is it?
This post needs careful proofreading - there are quite a lot of incomplete sentences, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Accuracy is one of the criteria!
Phoebe also did a post about One Direction and it might be worth reading hers and my comment?