Harry’s musical heroes are The Beatles and he’s also a huge Coldplay fan.

Liam’s favourite colour is purple.

Liam has a very unusual phobia – SPOONS! He admits it’s “very strange” and would like to invent an ‘anti-spoons’ app for mobile phones

Niall’s favourite movie of all time is Grease.

On their 53:14min long debut album ‘Up All Night’, Harry gets 7:18min worth of solos, Liam has 7:08min, Zayn has 5:38min, Louis has 1:29min and Niall has 1:24min.

1D’s debut single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ entered the UK Singles Chart at number one selling a whopping 153,965 copies in its first week. It also smashed the pre-order sales record at One Direction’s label Sony Music.

Before auditioning for The X Factor, Harry was the frontman of the band White Eskimo which featured his school friends Haydn Morris, Nick Clough and Will Sweeney

Ed Sheeran (‘Moments’) and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson (‘Tell Me A Lie’) both penned tracks for ‘Up All Night’.

Niall, Liam, Louis, Zayn and Harry co-wrote four songs on the record – ‘Taken’, ‘Everything About You’, ‘Same Mistakes’ and ‘Save You Tonight’

Zayn’s name is actually spelt with an ‘i’ (Zain). He reckons ‘Zayn’ is more original and adopted it as his stage name.

Zayn, Louis and Harry all support Manchester United. Liam is a West Bromich Albion fan while Niall follows Derby County.

Niall is an accomplished guitar player while Harry plays the kazoo!

Harry and Louis are the only two members of One Direction who have passed their driving test.

Harry has a 20-year-old sister called Gemma.

Zayn has three sisters but no brothers. They’re called Doniya, Waliyha and Safaa.
Niall has an older brother called Greg. He’s 23.

Louis has five sisters. They’re called Lottie, Fizz, Daisy, Phoebe and Georgia.

Liam and Niall both share the same middle name – James.

Louis’s middle name is William, Harry’s is Edward and Zayn’s is Jawaad.

Harry hasn’t always wanted to be a singer. Before he took part in The X Factor he had ambitions to be a lawyer!