Revisiting One Direction's Most OMG Moments
They've Got the X Factor
Despite winning over audiences around the world, the band finished in third place behind Rebecca Ferguson and Matt Cardle in 2010.
Live From New York
The U.K. band made their Saturday Night Live debut in 2012 with an electric performance of their single "One Thing."
Hitting the Big Screen
The band gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at live on the road of their This Is Us Tour with their concert documentary movie This Is Us.
Music Royalty
While attending the Royal Variety Performance in November 2014, the band met Prince William and Kate Middleton.
One Direction Minus One
In March 2015, Malik announced that he was leaving the band to launch his solo career.
End of an Era
After releasing 2015's Made in the A.M. as a foursome, Styles, Payne, Horan and Tomlinson announced that One Direction would take an indefinite hiatus.
Reunion?
In 2020, fans suspected that a reunion of sorts was underway when Styles, Payne, Tomlinson and Horan all started following Malik on X—then known as Twitter—again.
Further fueling reunion rumors, Payne told The Sun at the time, "We've got a 10-year anniversary coming up so we've all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks which has been really nice."
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