General – Part 1

1. Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger suggested the boys should get together as a band.

2. Sony have never sold as many pre-orders as they did for the boys’ debut single What Makes You Beautiful.

3. One Direction didn’t actually win X Factor - they finished behind Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson.

4. Up All Night’ got into the top ten in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Sweden and Argentina.

5. Up All Night was recorded in London, Sweden and Los Angeles.

6. Kelly Clarkson helped write Tell Me a Lie from Up All Night.

7. One Direction sang on the UK charity single Wishing on a Star, which reached Number One.

8. Simon Cowell reckons that 1D will be one of the biggest boy bands on the planet.

9. A Set of One Direction dolls were made using laser scanning of the boys’ faces to make them as accurate as possible.

10. The video for Gotta Be You was filmed in New York and by Lake Placid.