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Niall Horan

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Niall Horan
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Horan in 2019
Born
Niall James Horan

(1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 28)
Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2010–present
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Labels
Associated actsOne Direction
Websiteniallhoran.com

Niall James Horan (/ˈnaɪəl ˈhɒrən/;[1] born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the English-Irish boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the British singing competition The X Factor. The group released five albums and went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Following the band's hiatus in 2016, Horan signed a recording deal as a solo artist with Capitol Records.

Horan's debut solo album, Flicker (2017), debuted at number one in Ireland and the US, and reached the top three in Australia and the UK. The album's first two singles, "This Town" and "Slow Hands", reached the top twenty in several countries. Horan's second studio album, Heartbreak Weather, was released in March 2020 and debuted at number four in the US and number one in the UK, Ireland, and Mexico.[2]

Early life

Horan was born on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland.[3] He has an older brother, Greg.[4] His parents, Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher, divorced when he was five years old, so he and his brother, Greg, lived with their mother for a year. After spending a year apart from their father, they later decided to move in with him.[5] He had asthma as a child.[6] He attended St. Kenny's National School, a primary school, and Mary's College (Irish: Coláiste Mhuire), a Catholic boys school, which are both located in his hometown of Mullingar.

Horan tried to play the guitar that his brother bought for his marriage, but was not able to play it. Horan, then aged 11, taught himself how to play the guitar by following YouTube tutorials. His aunt discovered his talent one day when she was in the car with Horan as he started singing, and she had initially thought that the radio was on. As a teenager, he performed at the Mullingar Arts Centre during a fund-raiser for the local football team, the Shamrocks. He was also bagging a support slot with former X Factor contestant Lloyd Daniels at the Academy club in Dublin.[7]

Career

2010: The X Factor

In 2010, at sixteen years old, Horan auditioned for the seventh series of The X Factor in Dublin.[8] He sang "So Sick" and received mixed comments from the judges. Louis Walsh was in his favour, but Cheryl Cole and guest judge Katy Perry felt that he needed some time to grow. Simon Cowell voted to let him through, Cole said no, Walsh said yes, and Perry decided to vote yes. Horan was then put through to bootcamp.

Horan with One Direction on The X Factor Live Tour in 2011

At bootcamp, he sang "Champagne Supernova", but failed to qualify for the category. After a suggestion from guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, Horan was put in a group with four boys who also failed to move on in the competition, and since they were too good to let go, the judges decided to agree with Scherzinger. Horan along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik formed One Direction. Styles came up with the band name, which he thought would sound good when announcer Peter Dickson read their name out on the live shows.

The group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practice. For their qualifying song at the "judges' houses" and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn". Simon Cowell later commented that the performance convinced him that the group "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well." Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were Cowell's last act in the competition. During the competition, the band performed different songs such as Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You" and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart", quickly gaining popularity in the Silver Islands. They finished in 3rd place, behind runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle.

2011–2015: One Direction

Following The X Factor, One Direction was signed by Cowell to a reported £2 million Syco record contract. They began recording their debut album in Los Angeles in January 2011. That February, a book licensed by One Direction, One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story), was released and topped The Sunday Times' Best Seller list. That same month, the band and other contestants from the series participated in The X Factor Live Tour. During the tour, the group performed for 500,000 people throughout the UK. After the tour concluded in April, the group continued working on their debut album. Recording took place in Stockholm, London, and Los Angeles, as One Direction worked with producers such as Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Steve Mac, and Rami Yacoub.

One Direction's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful", was released in September 2011. A global and commercial success, the song reached number one in several countries.[9][10][11][12] Subsequent singles, "Gotta Be You", "One Thing", and "More than This", had also received success,[13][14][15] with the first two becoming top ten hits in the UK. In November of that year, the group's debut album "Up All Night" was released in Ireland and the UK, reaching number one and number two on the charts, respectively. The album was released internationally in March 2012, and One Direction became the first UK group to have their debut album reach number one in the United States.[16] To promote the album, they embarked on their first headlining concert tour, the Up All Night Tour. Originally intended with shows taking place only in Europe, additional dates in North America and Australia were added due to extreme demand. The tour was a commercial success; tickets sold out in minutes, and the tour was met with positive reviews from critics who applauded their singing abilities and stage presence.[17] In May 2012, the band released the tour's DVD, Up All Night: The Live Tour.[18][19] That same month, One Direction's first book to be licensed in America, Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, was published and topped The New York Times Best Seller list.[20] In September 2012, the group released "Live While We're Young", the lead single from their upcoming second album. The album's second single, "Little Things," spawned the band's second number one single in the UK.[21] In November 2012, Take Me Home, One Direction's second album, was released. It reached number one in over 35 countries,[22][23][24][25] and, after reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the group became the first boy band in US chart history to record two number-one albums in the same calendar year alongside becoming the first group since 2008 to record two number-one albums in the same year.[26] To support the album, they embarked on their second headlining tour, the Take Me Home Tour, playing over 120 shows over four continents. In August 2013, One Direction: This Is Us, a 3-D documentary concert film was released and was a box office success, grossing over $68.5 million.[27][28][29] One Direction's third book, One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story: 100% Official, was released that same month.[30]

Horan during the On the Road Again Tour at Soldier Field, Chicago in 2015

The band's third studio album, Midnight Memories, was released on 25 November 2013. It was the best-selling album worldwide in 2013 with 4 million copies sold globally.[31] "Best Song Ever", the album's lead single, is One Direction's highest charting single in the US to date.[32] Following the album's released, the group embarked on the Where We Are Tour. The band's first all-stadium tour, tickets sold out in minutes,[33][34] and more shows were added due to "overwhelming demand."[35] The band averaged 49,848 fans per show.[36] The tour grossed over $290 million and was the highest-grossing tour of 2014, the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of all time, and is still the highest-grossing tour of all time by a vocal group.[37] In September 2014, One Direction's fourth book, One Direction: Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography was released. The group's second concert film, One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film, was released in October 2014, showing footage of the band's shows at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. In November 2014, One Direction released their fourth album, Four. The last album to include Zayn Malik, singles "Steal My Girl" and "Night Changes" both received platinum status.[38][39] The album debuted number one in 18 countries,[40] and One Direction became the only group in the 58-year history of the Billboard 200 albums chart to have their first four albums debut at number one.[41] In February 2015, the band embarked on the On The Road Again Tour, playing shows in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. Over 2.3 million tickets were sold with a gross of $208 million. In November 2015, Made in the A.M., their fifth album, was released. Led by singles "Drag Me Down" and "Perfect", the album reached number one in multiple countries, including the UK, while it reached number two on the US Billboard 200. Following the release of the album the group went on an indefinite hiatus.[42][43]

Horan during the Flicker World Tour at the SEC Armadillo, Glasgow on 18 March 2018

2016–2018: Flicker and Modest Golf Management

In February 2016, Modest Golf, a golf management company that Horan founded together with Mark McDonnell and Ian Watts, was released. Modest Golf has since signed several golf players. In March 2019, Modest Golf earned its first European tour win when Italian golfer Guido Migliozzi, the first golfer that the company signed back in August 2016, won the Kenyan Open.[44][45] In September 2016, it was announced that Horan had signed a solo deal with Capitol Records.[46] On 29 September 2016, Horan released his debut solo single "This Town".[47] Since its release, it has peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart[48] and number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[49] On 4 May 2017, Horan released his second solo single "Slow Hands".[50] It also entered the top 10 in the UK and the top 20 in the US.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Horan stated that his upcoming album, Flicker, was inspired by classic rock acts, including Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles, "Whenever I would pick up a guitar, I would always naturally play chords like that, and finger pick a lot and play that folky kind of style." He also described the collection as having a "folk-with-pop feel to it."[51] Horan embarked on a worldwide tour, Flicker Sessions 2017, which started in August to promote the album.[52] Horan announced that he had contacted American singer Maren Morris to contribute to his song "Seeing Blind".[53] In August, he debuted a song titled "On My Own" at Dublin's Olympia Theatre.[54] On 15 September 2017, Horan released his third single from the album, "Too Much to Ask".[55]

Flicker was released on 20 October 2017, and debuted atop the Billboard 200.[56] It also reached number one in Ireland and the Netherlands.[57][58] On 8 November 2017, he performed alongside Maren Morris at the 51st Country Music Association Awards.[59] In 2018, he embarked on the Flicker World Tour to promote the album.

2019–present: Heartbreak Weather

In September 2019, Horan stated that he had been working on his upcoming second studio album with Greg Kurstin, who helped him with a ballad entitled "Put a Little Love on Me".[60] The album's lead single, "Nice to Meet Ya", was released on 4 October 2019.[61] On 30 October, Horan announced that he would be embarking on the Nice to Meet Ya Tour in 2020.[62] "Put a Little Love on Me" was released as the album's second single on 6 December 2019.[63] On 7 February 2020, Horan released the album's third single, "No Judgement" alongside revealing the album's title as Heartbreak Weather and announcing 13 March 2020 as the release date.[64]

Heartbreak Weather was released to positive reviews and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the UK Albums Chart.[65] Due to concerns involving the COVID-19 pandemic, Horan cancelled the upcoming tour.[66] Whilst in lockdown, the singer co-wrote a new version of Ashe's song, "Moral of the Story", which was released in June 2020.[67] On 21 May 2021, Horan and English singer Anne-Marie released "Our Song".[68]

Artistry

Horan's music style has been categorized as soft rock,[69][70][71][72] folk,[73][74] folk-pop,[75] country,[71] pop[76][77] and indie folk.[74] His solo debut album was described as being on the "folkier side of pop",[78] incorporating elements of folk music as well as pop rock, soft rock, and country music.[79][80] In an interview with Digital Spy, Horan cited Michael Bublé as one of his biggest influences because they had similar life histories, as he was discovered by his aunt and the same thing happened to Bublé, except he was discovered by his father.[81] Horan has cited Taylor Swift as one of his influences, calling her one of the greatest songwriters of her generation.[82][83]

Horan has also stated that he is a "big, big swing fan", citing his favourite artists as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Bublé.[84] Horan has also stated that he is a "Justin Bieber fan" and has seen Bieber as a career model.[85] Horan likes pop and rock music and is a fan of The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Bon Jovi, The Script, Take That, and Westlife.[84][86][87][88]

Personal life

Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, soccer, and Gaelic football.[89] In the summer of 2010, while playing football with friends, he injured his knee and was diagnosed with a floating kneecap.[89] The problem recurred several times over the next couple of years, including a 2013 incident where he dislocated his knee onstage during a concert in Antwerp, Belgium.[89][90] Horan went to the United States for major reconstructive surgery in January 2014, after the tour ended.[89][91] After the surgery, he was invited to do physical therapy with Chelsea by their manager, José Mourinho. Horan went through more than seven weeks of physical therapy with the members of the team and their physical therapist at their training ground in Surrey.[89]

Horan founded Modest! Golf, a golf management company that also puts on a yearly tournament, in 2016.[92] Horan also helped promote the Northern Ireland Open.[93] He caddied for professional golfer Rory McIlroy for the Par 3 contest prior to the 2015 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.[94]

In April 2018, Horan opened up on his diagnosis of mild OCD and his anxiety.[95][96] Horan started dating American actress Hailee Steinfeld in December 2017. The two broke up after a year in December 2018.[97][98] Horan began dating fashion buyer Amelia Woolley in 2020, with the two making their first public appearance together on the red carpet at the Horan & Rose Gala in September 2021.[99] He splits his time between Los Angeles and South London.[100][101]

In June 2020, Horan expressed his support for the Black Lives Matter movement and attended multiple London marches.[102][103] Horan has also been vocal about the 2020 United States election year and has expressed his distaste for former United States President, Donald Trump, on multiple occasions.[104][105]

Philanthropy

Horan during his Charity Football Challenge at King Power Stadium in May 2014

As a former member of One Direction, Horan was involved in the Action 1D campaign that "aims to end extreme poverty, tackle inequality and slow down climate change with the help of their millions of fans".[106] The band also supported Comic Relief.[107]

In May 2014, Horan hosted the Charity Football Challenge at Leicester City's King Power Stadium to raise money for Irish Autism Action. The celebrity football match had 10,000 spectators and raised about £300,000 for the charity.[108] In 2016, Horan continued to support Irish Autism Action by creating limited edition T-shirts.[109]

Horan was announced to be joining the Soccer Aid 2016 star lineup fundraiser for UNICEF as an assistant manager and player for the Rest of the World team.[110] In 2017, Horan received an Arnie Award for his work with charities.[111] In 2019, Horan joins UNICEF's Soccer Aid World XI team, formerly called Rest of the World, alongside retired sprinter Usain Bolt and former Chelsea FC player Didier Drogba. UNICEF's soccer aid tournament aims to raise funds to benefit children around the world.[112]

Horan has been actively involved with the Drive, Chip, and Putt initiative that encourages and supports the younger generation of golfers.[113][114] He has also spoken about his desire to grow female participation in golf as well as wanting more support and promotion for women golfers, stating "golf is seen as a rich man's sport" and "we need more teenage girls involved".[115][116]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2012 iCarly Himself Episode: "iGo One Direction"
2013 One Direction: This Is Us Documentary concert film
2014 One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film Concert film
2017 One Love Manchester Television special
2019 Saturday Night Live Himself (musical guest) Episode: "Scarlett Johansson"/Niall Horan
2020 Together at Home Himself Television special

Discography

Main article: Niall Horan discography
See also: One Direction discography

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Niall Horan
See also: List of awards and nominations received by One Direction
Year Award Category Nominee/work Result Ref.
2016 BMI London Awards Pop Award Songs "Night Changes" Won [117]
2017 People's Choice Awards Favorite Breakout Artist Niall Horan [118]
iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Solo Breakout Nominated [119]
Radio Disney Music Awards Best Male Artist Won [120]
iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards Fan Fave International Artist or Group [121]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Song: Male Artist "Slow Hands" [122]
Choice Summer Male Artist Niall Horan Nominated [123]
Telehit Awards Video in English "Slow Hands" Won [124]
BMI London Awards Pop Award Songs "This Town" [125]
American Music Awards New Artist of the Year Niall Horan [126]
2018 Global Awards Best Song "Slow Hands" Nominated [127]
Best Male Niall Horan
Best Pop
iHeartRadio Music Awards Best New Pop Artist Won [128]
Best New Artist Nominated
Best Solo Breakout
Best Lyrics "Slow Hands" Won
Best Cover Song "Issues" Nominated
BMI Pop Awards Award Winning Songs "Slow Hands" Won [129]
"This Town"
SOCAN Awards Pop Music Awards "Slow Hands" [130]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Male Artist Niall Horan Nominated [131]
Choice Summer Male Artist
Choice Summer Tour Flicker World Tour
BMI London Awards Pop Award Songs "Slow Hands" Won [132]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Original Song – Animated Film "Finally Free" Nominated [133]
2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Cover Song "Crying in the Club" [134]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Collaboration "What a Time" [135]
BMI London Awards Pop Award Songs "On the Loose" Won [136]
BMI London Awards Pop Award Songs "Too Much to Ask" [136]
2020 BMI London Awards Pop Award Songs "Nice to Meet Ya" [137]
2021 BMI London Awards Pop Award Songs "Moral of the Story" [138]

Tours

See also: One Direction § Tours

Headlining

See also

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