One Direction: an unofficial biography. From X-Factor to wow-factor: adored at home and provoking a Beatlemania-style reaction in the US and Canada – the boys have conquered the world! Who would have known that after placing third on the talent show, they would go on to inspire such crazed devotion in millions of adoring fans? With a global breakthrough undeniably helped by social media and phenomenally successful debut single 'What Makes You Beautiful', the five lads fulfill a still-present need for cute, clean cut, wholesome pop. Awesome pics and inspirational text chart their extraordinary rise to fame.

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