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One Direction

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The Resume

    Members include Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson
    Songs include 'What Makes You Beautiful,' 'Gotta Be You' and 'One Thing'

Why they might be annoying:

    They're like Justin Bieber...times five!
    They formed as a vocal group after each individual member failed to qualify for the boy's category on the British version of 'The X-Factor.'
    Their fans gave themselves a nickname: Directioners.
    They toured with Big Time Rush, an American boy band formed for a Nickelodeon show.
    They're managed by Simon Cowell.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Though they didn't make the 'X-Factor' cut as individual vocalists, they finished in third place as a vocal group (2010).
    Their song 'What Makes You Beautiful' hit number one in the UK.
    'What Makes You Beautiful' also won the Brit Award for Best Single (2012).
    They were part of the pop music resurgence on the hip-hop/rap dominated American singles chart.
    According to Matt Lauer, they attracted one of the largest crowds of any musical act performing live on Today.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 263 Votes: 58.94% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3505 Votes: 76.89% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 450 Votes: 57.56% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 1223 Votes: 70.32% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 231 Votes: 46.75% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 21085 Votes: 69.59% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 14716 Votes: 74.23% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 911 Votes: 87.71% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1066 Votes: 94.84% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 117 Votes: 57.26% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 172 Votes: 58.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 68 Votes: 57.35% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 115 Votes: 60.87% Annoying