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On 12 August 2012, One Direction performed "What Makes You Beautiful" at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London, which represented the handover to Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [88] It was included on the set list of the group's headlining sold-out show at Madison Square Garden on 3 December 2012. [89]
What Makes You Beautiful", was released as their debut single and lead single from their debut studio album, Up All Night (2011). [2] They made history as the first U.K. group to bow at number one on the Billboard 200 with a debut album. [ 3 ] "
The digital download contains the principal recording, and live versions of the number itself, "What Makes You Beautiful", "Gotta Be You", and "Up All Night". [ 4 ] Produced by Brian Rawling and Paul Meehan, and written by Jamie Scott , "More than This" is an acoustic pop ballad that runs for 3:48 (3 minutes, 48 seconds).
Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk, who composed One Direction's hits "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing", spent six months in Stockholm developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around their tones. [72] One Direction began recording the album in May 2012, in Stockholm at Kinglet Studios.
In France, they performed "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing" on Le Grand Journal on 22 February 2012. [37] In the United States, One Direction performed "What Makes You Beautiful", "More than This" and "One Thing" on The Today Show at the Rockefeller Center on 12 March 2012. An estimated 15,000 fans descended on the plaza. [38]
One Direction's first hit single "What Makes You Beautiful" will hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. Liam Payne reflects on it in a new Instagram post.
Take Me Home is the second studio album by British-Irish boy band One Direction, released on November 9, 2012, by Syco Music and Columbia Records.As a follow-up to One Direction's internationally successful debut album Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track.
Just before Liam Payne’s unexpected death, The X Factor was looking back at how One Direction got its start. The group finished third in season 7 of the UK hit music competition show in 2010 ...