5 Things You Need to Know About One Direction--Gossip Teen

5 Things You Need to Know About One Direction

Written by Kelly Bandas on April 7, 2012 – 10:58 am

You may think you already know all there is to know about One Direction’s Niall Horan, 18, Zayn Malik, 19, Liam Payne, 18, Harry Styles, 18, and Louis Tomlinson, 20, but hold on to your hats ladies!

1. One Direction is the first U.K. band in history to have an album debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts.

2. Louis Tomlinson is officially off the market, having dated Manchester University politics and sociology major Eleanor Calder since 2011. Bummer sauce!

3. Auditioning for The X Factor as solo artists, the members were put together into a group at the suggestion of guest X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger.

4. Liam Payne had a kidney removed as a child. “I don’t drink at all because I have one kidney… I have just turned 18 but I don’t touch alcohol at all. It’s just a choice to be on the safe side.” Oh and P.S. Liam, you can’t drink until you’re 21 here in the states – just a little friendly tip.

5. Zayn Malik is big fan of Justin Timberlake! “My man crush…probably… Justin Timberlake,” the singer has said. “He’s a cool guy.”