Niall Horan
Born Niall James Horan
13 September 1993
Mullingar, Ireland Occupation Singersongwriter
Niall James Horan
born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the band One Direction. In 2010, Horan auditioned as a solo contestant for British singing competition The X Factor. After being eliminated as solo performers, Niall, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, and Harry Styles were put together in a band. They went on to finish third in the competition beaten by season winner Matt Cardle. As a group, they have released five albums, embarked on four world tours, and won several awards.
Following the band’s hiatus in 2016, Horan signed a recording deal as a solo artist with Capitol Records. His singles “This Town” and “Slow Hands” from his debut studio album Flicker (2017) reached the top 20 in several countries. The album debuted at number one in Ireland and the United States, as well as charting within the top three in Australia and the UK. He embarked on the Flicker Sessions tour (2017) and the Flicker World Tour (2018) to support the album.
Niall James Horan was born on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, Ireland. He has an older brother, Greg HoranHis 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 himHe attended St. Kenny’s National School, a primary school, and Coláiste Mhuire, a Catholic boys school, which are both located in Mullingar.Niall James Horan was born on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, Ireland. He has an older brother, Greg HoranHis 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
Horan tried to play the guitar that his brother got for Christmas, 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 Niall as he started singing. She originally thought 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.
2010: The X Factor
In 2010, at sixteen years old, Horan auditioned for the seventh series of The X Factor in Dublin.
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.
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.
Personal life
Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballIn the summer of 2010, while playing football with friends, he injured his knee and was diagnosed with a floating kneecap.Personal life Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballThe 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.Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballIn the summer of 2010, while playing football with friends, he injured his knee and was diagnosed with a floating kneecap.Personal life Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballHoran went to the United States for major reconstructive surgery in January 2014, after the tour ended.[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.Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballIn the summer of 2010, while playing football with friends, he injured his knee and was diagnosed with a floating kneecap.Personal life Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballThe 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.Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballIn the summer of 2010, while playing football with friends, he injured his knee and was diagnosed with a floating kneecap.Personal life Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic footballHoran went to the United States for major reconstructive surgery in January 2014, after the tour ended.
In 2016, Horan was actively involved with the Drive, Chip, and Putt initiative that encourages and supports children golfers.
In April 2018, Horan opened up on his diagnosis of mild OCD and his anxiety
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