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One Direction reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart with "Drag Me Down". It was their first single following Zayn Malik's departure.
Related events
- The concert film One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film was released in cinemas. Its worldwide theatrical run ended the following day, and the film set a record as the highest-grossing event cinema production, with net revenues of $15 million.
- Cinemas across the UK handed out earplugs to parents accompanying their children to the film One Direction: This Is Us 3D. The accompanying adults could therefore enjoy the film without worrying about the expected loud screaming and cheering in the theaters.
- One Direction won a legal dispute over the right to use their group name. An American punk band of the same name claimed that it had used the name first. One Direction US sought $1 million in damages from the British group and a share of licensing revenues.
- In the seventh series of the British competition The X Factor, One Direction performed together for the first time. Before judge Simon Cowell at his villa in Marbella, Spain, they sang “Torn.” The members had originally been eliminated as solo contestants and were then given the opportunity to continue as a group. They eventually finished the competition in third place.