Pop - One Direction

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Personal identity

• Name Eman khatib
• English pop Subject
• Teachers Name aida mayouf
• Class 6c
• School years 2012\ 2013

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pop

• Pop music is a genre of popular music which
  originated in its modern form in the 1950s,
  deriving from rock and roll.
  The terms
  popular music and pop music are often used
  interchangeably, even though the former is a
  description of music which is popular (and can
  include any style), whilst the latter is a
  specific genre containing qualities
• of mass appeal.
• As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often
  borrowing elements from other styles including
  urban, dance, rock, Latin and country
  nonetheless, there are core elements which define
  pop. Such include
  generally short-to-medium length songs, written
  in a basic format (often the verse-chorus
  structure), as well as the common employment of
  repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy
  hooks.

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• So-called "pure pop" music, such as power pop,
  features all these elements, utilising electric
  guitars, drums and bass for instrumentation
  in the case of such music, the main
  goal is usually that of being pleasurable to
  listen to, rather than having much artistic
  depth. Pop music
  is generally thought of as a genre which is
  commercially recorded and desires to have a mass
  audience appeal.

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Definitions

• David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music
  as "a body of music which is distinguishable from
  popular, jazz and folk musics".
  Although pop music is often
  seen as oriented towards the singles charts it is
  not the sum of all chart music, which has always
  contained songs from a variety of sources,
  including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty
  songs, while pop music as a genre is usually seen
  as existing and developing separately.
  Thus "pop
  music" may be used to describe a distinct genre,
  often characterized as a softer alternative to
  rock and roll.

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• my favorite pop band is one direction

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one direction

• One Direction are a British-Irish boy band formed
  in London in 2010, consisting of members Niall
  Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and
  Louis Tomlinson.
  
  They signed to Simon Cowell's
  record label Syco Records after being formed and
  placing third in the seventh series of British
  television music competition The X Factor.
  
  They later
  signed in North America to Columbia Records.
• Buoyed by the international chart-topping debut
  single, "What Makes You Beautiful", One
  Direction's debut studio album, Up All Night
  (2011), topped charts worldwide. Its number one
  debut on the US Billboard 200, made One Direction
  the first British group in US chart history to
  debut at number one with their first album, a
  feat which was inducted in the Guinness World
  Records. One Direction supported the album with
  their Up All Night Tour. One Direction's
  2013 World Tour is set to run for most of 2013,
  with tickets grossing 15.7 million for their
  Australian and New Zealand dates.
  The tour is set to be preceded by their second
  studio album, Take Me Home, which is scheduled
  for release on 12 November 2012.
  Besides their musical endeavors,
  One Direction have supported various charities
  and foundations, and have commercial endorsements
  with Pokémon, Nokia, HarperCollins and Hasbro.

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• Generating millions in combined music,
  merchandising and touring sales, One Direction
  have been described as sparking a resurgence in
  the boy band concept, and of forming part of a
  new "British Invasion" in the United States. As
  of June 2012, according to Nick Gatfield, the
  chairman and chief executive of Sony Music
  Entertainment UK, One Direction represent a 50
  million business empire. By August 2012, One
  Direction have sold 12 million records. Their
  achievements include a BRIT Award and 3 MTV Video
  Music Awards. The Huffington Post proclaimed 2012
  "The Year of One Direction".

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History

• The X Factor, formation and record deal
  (201011)In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam
  Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson
  auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh
  series of British television music competition
  The X Factor.
  Failing to
  progress to the "Boys" category at "judges'
  houses", after a suggestion by guest judge Nicole
  Scherzinger, they were put together to form a
  five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, London,
  England, July 2010, during the "bootcamp" stage
  of the competition, thus qualifying for the
  "Groups" category.
  
  Subsequently, the group got together
  for two weeks to get to know each other and to
  practise. Styles came up with the name One
  Direction as he thought it would sound good when
  The X Factor announcer read their name out on the
  live shows. For their qualifying song at "judges'
  houses", and their first song as a group, One
  Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn".
• In the live shows, after the elimination of
  F.Y.D., Diva Fever and Belle Amie within four
  weeks, they were Simon Cowell's last act in the
  competition. The group quickly gained
  popularity in the UK.
  One Direction finished in third
  place behind runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and
  winner Matt Cardle.
  
  Immediately after the final, their song
  "Forever Young", which would have been released
  if they had won The X Factor, was leaked onto the
  internet. Shortly afterwards it was confirmed,
  One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a 2
  million Syco Records record contract.

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• Recording for their debut album began in January
  2011, as they flew to Los Angeles to work with
  producer RedOne.
  
  In February 2011, One
  Direction and nine other contestants from the
  series participated in the X Factor Live Tour.
  
  
  The tour saw the group performing for
  500,000 people throughout the UK.
  After the tour concluded in April 2011,
  the group continued working on their debut album,
  recording took place in Sweden, UK, and the
  United States, as One Direction worked with
  producers Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Steve Mac,
  and Rami Yacoub, among others.

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Niall Horan

• Niall James Horan, born 13 September 1993 (age
  18), is from Mullingar, County Westmeath,
  Ireland.
  Born to mother
  Maura Gallagher and father Bobby Horan, he has an
  older brother named Greg.
  
  Their parents divorced when he was five.
  
  He and his brother lived between each of their
  homes for a few years before eventually deciding
  to live with their father in Mullingar.
  Horan was a pupil at Coláiste Mhuire, a boys'
  Christian Brothers school. He was in the
  school choir, performing seasonally around
  Christmas. Prior to participating in The X
  Factor, he performed around his homeland,
  including as a support act for Lloyd Daniels in
  Dublin. Horan has been
  playing guitar since his childhood.
  Horan has also stated that
  he is a "big swing" fan, citing favourite artists
  Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Michael Bublé.
  Horan also
  cites rock music favourably and is a fan of The
  Eagles, Bon Jovi and The Script.

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Zayn Malik

• Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik, born 12 January 1993
  (age 19) in St.
  Luke's Hospital, is from Bradford, West
  Yorkshire, England.
  Born to British Pakistani father Yaser and an
  English mother, Tricia Malik (née Brannan), he
  has one older sister Doniya, and two younger
  sisters Waliyha and Safaa.
  
  He
  grew up in East Bowling, and was a pupil at Lower
  Fields Primary School and went to Tong High
  School, a state comprehensive school.
  Malik did not fit
  in at his first two schools due to his mixed
  heritage, revealing that when he and his older
  sister moved schools he felt he fitted in better.
  After moving schools at the age
  twelve, Malik, states he started taking pride in
  his appearance. On auditioning for The X Factor,
  Malik said "I was looking for an experience".
  
  
  He cites urban music as his main musical
  influence, growing up, he was into RB and rap.
  
  
  For his X Factor audition, he
  performed the Mario RB song, "Let Me Love You".
  He as well as other members of One Direction
  further notes artists such as Bruno Mars, as a
  "dream collaborator."
  
  Malik is addicted to smoking cigarettes in late
  2011, he expressed his desire to quit.
  
  
  Malik once tweeted, "La ila ha ill
  lalla ho muhammed door rasoolalah", the tweet is
  regarded as a common declaration of faith among
  Muslims meaning "There is no God but Allah and
  Muhammad is the prophet of Allah."
  In May 2012, Malik
  confirmed he is dating Little Mix member Perrie
  Edwards.

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Liam Payne

• Liam James Payne, born 29 August 1993 (age 19),
  is from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.
  
  
  Born three weeks early to mother Karen and father
  Geoff, he has two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.
  
  Until
  the age of four, Payne had regular tests done in
  hospital as doctors noticed one of his kidneys
  was scarred and dysfunctional.
  To help cope with
  the pain, he had 32 injections in his arm in the
  morning and evening as a child.
  
  As a student,
  Payne was heavily involved in sports.
  Payne was
  bullied in secondary school and took up boxing
  lessons at the age of twelve.
  
  He
  was a music technology student at City of
  Wolverhampton College. Payne
  had once performed in front of a 26,000 crowd at
  a Wolverhampton Wanderers' football match. Payne
  first auditioned in 2008 to The X Factor's fifth
  series when he was fourteen.
  
  He made it to the judges' houses,
  but Cowell thought he was not ready for the
  competition and asked him to come back in two
  years.
  Payne cites Justin Timberlake as one of his
  biggest influences.
  He also says he draws inspiration from Take That
  member Gary Barlow when performing.
  
  
  He is currently in a relationship with dancer
  Danielle Peazer, who has performed with acts such
  as The Saturdays and Jessie J.
  They met on
  The X Factor in 2010 and have been in a
  relationship ever since. Peazer has received
  death threats and other forms of cyber bullying
  on social networking website Twitter, due to her
  relationship with Payne.

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Harry Styles

• Harry Edward Styles, born 1 February 1994 (age
  18) is from the village of Holmes Chapel,
  Cheshire, England.
  
  He is a former
  pupil at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, a
  state comprehensive school. Born to mother
  Anne Cox and father Des Styles, he has an older
  sister, Gemma. He was seven
  when their parents divorced, his mother later
  getting remarried. Following
  the divorce, Styles, his older sister and mother
  moved further out into the Cheshire countryside.
  
  
  At the age of twelve he
  moved back to Holmes Chapel.
  Styles was
  the lead singer for the band White Eskimo with
  band members lead guitarist Haydn Morris, bass
  guitarist Nick Clough and drummer Will Sweeny.
  They had once
  entered a Battle of the Bands competition, which
  they won. Prior to
  participating in The X Factor, the then
  sixteen-year old Styles had a part-time job at
  the W.
  
  Mandeville
  Bakery in Holmes Chapel.
  
  As a child, Styles loved singing,
  noting Elvis Presley as one of his influences.
  He also cites Presley for
  his musical beginnings.
  Styles also
  cites contemporaries, Foster the People, Coldplay
  and Kings of Leon among his influences.
  
  
  Styles states that The X Factor gave
  him "a lot more" confidence as a performer and
  singer. Styles says that he often looks to
  Coldplay front man Chris Martin for inspiration
  when performing on stage.
  
  Styles also
  states that The Beatles had a profound influence
  on him growing up, as his father would play their
  music.
  
  He briefly dated English
  television presenter Caroline Flack, which caused
  widespread media controversy over their
  fifteen-year age gap.

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Louis Tomlinson

• Louis William Tomlinson, born Louis Troy Austin,
  24 December 1991 (age 20), is from Doncaster,
  South Yorkshire, England.
  Born to mother
  Johannah Poulston and father Troy Austin, his
  parents split when he was young and he took on
  his stepfather Mark Tomlinson's name.
  He has five younger half-sisters, and
  two of them had roles as babies on television
  series Fat Friends, on which he would go along
  and serve as an extra. After
  Fat Friends, he attended an acting school in
  Barnsley. He
  had small parts in an ITV1 drama film If I Had
  You and BBC's Waterloo Road. He was a sixth
  form student at Hall Cross School, a state
  comprehensive school, and a former pupil of the
  Hayfield School.
  He revealed that he
  failed his first year of A levels at the Hayfield
  School. He ended up going back to Hall
  Cross and started A levels over again.
  As a student at Hall Cross, Tomlinson
  starred in several musical productions. He
  had a number of jobs, including at a Vue cinema
  and at Doncaster Rovers football stadium as a
  waiter in their hospitality suites.
  Tomlinson revealed that
  landing the lead role of Danny Zuko in a high
  school musical production of Grease motivated him
  to audition for The X Factor.Tomlinson cites
  Robbie Williams as his biggest influence and
  idol.
  In an interview with Now Magazine, he
  stated "I've always loved Robbie.
  He's just so cheeky, he can get away with
  anything. His performances are unbelievable."
  
  
  He also admires recording artist Ed Sheeran,
  describing him as "phenomenal." Tomlinson
  is currently in a relationship with Manchester
  University politics and sociology student,
  Eleanor Calder.

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My favorite member of one direction Louis
Tomlinson