Simon Cowell has one regret about One Direction: not owning the band name. On Stephen Bartlett’s “The Diary of a CEO” podcast, the television and music mogul discussed what made the One Direction ...

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What's going on with One Direction? Nearly a decade after the four members went their separate ways to pursue solo careers, Directioners are sensing a change in the air and are atwitter over a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 23: (L-R) Recording artists Harry Styles ...

Liam Payne gave the world so much in a short time. That’s why the pop world is reeling this week in shock and grief over the tragic news of his death on Tuesday. People loved Payne because he had so ...

Rewinding to the days before One Direction was a global pop sensation, longtime fans might recall goofy video diaries that inspired plenty of inside jokes, silly dance moves and Liam Payne being the ...

Fans didn’t know it, but One Direction released their last album with all five members in November 2014. Every member of the group had a writing credit on the album, which offered them a chance to ...

One Direction have always been better at saying goodbye than I could ever be. I’ve always struggled with the finality of farewell, always jumping through as many mental hoops as I needed to in order ...

It’s hard to think of a group in recent years that can hold a candle to the absolute pandamonium One Direction started in the early 2010s. They shut down cities, they unionized the internet and they ...

Liam Payne, a former member of the preeminent 2010s boy band One Direction, died on October 16 at the age of 31. In his short and fairly troubled post-1D career, he never fully slotted into his own ...