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One Direction member Liam Payne was found dead this week after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at ...

I was in the sixth grade when the iconic boy band One Direction released their first single, “What Makes You Beautiful.” The pure pop track, which is overwhelmingly catchy, skyrocketed One Direction ...

And his untimely death serves to show how the concept of a boy band feels dated, especially as so many members of notable outfits have struggled with too much fame too young. The roll call of ...

The documentary also includes AJ McLean of Backstreet Boys, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass of *NSYNC, Jeff Timmons of 98 ...

Shortly after Rebeca Léon stopped managing Rosalía in 2023, the team behind her Lionfish Entertainment company embarked on a six-month journey to building a boy band from scratch. Inspired by K ...

Liam Payne's voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction's debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline ...

As Rolling Stone contributing editor Rob Sheffield points out, it was an “unprecedented” way for a boy band to get their start. “They were sort of assigned to be together. And you don’t ...

Liam Payne's voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction's debut single: "What Makes You Beautiful" launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline ...

One Direction Was the Internet's First Boy Band, and Liam Payne Its Grounding Force Liam Payne's voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction's debut single ...

Liam Payne’s voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction’s debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and ...