All albums made by One Direction with reviews and song lyrics. About One Direction One Direction was an English-Irish pop band based in London, consisting of Niall Horan , Liam Payne , Harry Styles , Louis Tomlinson , and previously Zayn Malik . Up All Night is the debut album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on 18 November 2011. One Direction finished 2012 with two of that year's top five best-selling albums in the United States; Up All Night at number three and their second studio album, Take Me Home, at number five, making the boy band the first act to place two albums in the year-end top five in the Nielsen SoundScan era. One Direction, Allstar Weekend are about to release their second album whereas One Direction are about to release their first. Allstar Weekend are … One Direction Albums.