The group signed with Simon Cowell 's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in After the release of Four , One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard history to have their first four albums debut at number one. Considered teen idols , One Direction were often subject to fan hysteria. As of , the band have sold a total of 70 million records worldwide, [11] making them one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Nicole Scherzinger , a guest judge, [19] [21] [22] and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band. In , Cowell said that it "took him 10 minutes to put them together as a group".

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The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The series saw the creation of the boy band One Direction , from boys who entered the competition as individuals. The winner of the competition was Matt Cardle. After the victory, he released his debut single " When We Collide ". A total of 15,, votes were cast throughout the series. The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses and live shows. Minogue missed the auditions and bootcamp due to being on maternity leave, so Geri Halliwell , Natalie Imbruglia , Katy Perry , Pixie Lott and Nicole Scherzinger were brought in as guest judges. Cole missed the auditions in Manchester and bootcamp because she had malaria.
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