About Niall James Horan (:

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I was always one of those kids that just liked music in general, and I always wanted to pick up the nearest instrument.

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Niall James Horan (born September 13, 1993) is a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik. 

Early Life

Niall was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. He is the son of Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher. His only sibling is an older brother named Greg. Bobby and Maura divorced in 1998 when Niall was five years old. He lived in both parents' homes before finally settling with his dad. He felt that living in Mullingar was the easiest thing to do at the time, because all of his friends were there. Niall's stepfather is from England, and he has family there.
Niall was a pupil at Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar, a boys' Christian Brothers school. He has been playing guitar since he was around eleven years old, and performed around his homeland, including as a support act for Lloyd Daniels, in Dublin.

Music career

Main article: One Direction History

One Direction's Niall Horan Full Audition(03:14)
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Niall Horan's audition "So Sick"

In 2010, at sixteen years old, Niall auditioned for the seventh series of The X Factor UK in Dublin. He sang "So Sick", and received mixed comments from the judges. Louis Walsh was in his favor, but Cheryl Cole and guest judge Katy Perry, felt he needed some time to grow. Simon voted to let him through, Cheryl said no, and Louis quickly added in his yes, and left Niall's fate up to Katy. She decided to vote yes, and Niall was put through to bootcamp.
At bootcamp, Niall sang "Champagne Supernova", but failed to qualify for the "Boys" category. After a suggestion from guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, Niall was put into a group with four other boys, who also failed to move on in the competition, but since they were too good to let go the judges decided to agree with Nicole. Niall, along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik formed One Direction. Harry Styles came up with the group name. They began competing every week until the finals where they received 3rd place, closely behind Rebecca Ferguson, who came 2nd, and Matt Cardle who won the competition.
Following The X Factor, One Direction signed a record contract with Sony Music subsidiary Syco Records. They released their first studio album, Up All Night, which became a big hit around the world and came out first. In November 2012, One Direction released their newest album Take Me Home, starting with Live While We're Young.

Credits

Credits adapted from album liner notes

• "Taken" — writing
• "Everything About You" — writing
• "Same Mistakes" — writing
• "Live While We're Young" — additional guitar
• "Kiss You" — additional guitar
• "Heart Attack" — additional guitar
• "Change My Mind" — additional guitar
• "Back For You" — writing
• "Summer Love" — writing
• "Still The One" — additional guitar

Personal Life

Relationships

Niall with Holly.

Niall was dating Holly Scally before he appeared on The X Factor. He stated that they broke up when he was on the show because he wanted to concentrate on his career. Two years later, she was the victim of a cruel internet rumor claiming she had died of cancer. Since his rise to fame there have been many rumours of relationships, most notably of Niall with Demi Lovato and Amy Green. Niall is yet to confirm whether any of these are true.

Quotes

• "I like anything that's edible..." (Favorite Things)
• "Let's go to Nando's!" (Common Quote)
• "I want to have sold out arenas, an album..." (X Factor Audition)
• "I look up to Justin Bieber..." (Common Quote)
• "Yes, it upsets me very much (when girls cry)" (New Megamind 2)
• "Well, personally, I wouldn't like to be a food, because I wouldn't want to be eaten." (X Factor Diary 7)
• "POTATO!" (X Factor, Xtra Factor)
• "Cheeseburgers and jellybabies."(something he says during an awkward moment)
• "I'd rather be a boy playing with a paper plane, than to be a grown man playing with a woman's heart."

Trivia

• Trademarks:
  • His love for food.
  • His blonde hair. (Note that it's naturally brown and is/has been bleached/dyed ever since he was 12)
  • His Irish accent.
• Niall's natural hair color is brown. He's been dying it blonde since he was twelve.
• Niall's favourite place to eat is Nando's.
• Niall has a pre-existing knee injury from playing football in Mullingar, and is due for an operation after their next tour.
• Niall is the only member of One Direction who was not born in the England. He was born in Mullingar, Ireland.
• Niall skypes his family and close friends from their tour bus.
• Before they named the band One Direction, Niall suggested they should be 'Niall and the Potatoes'.
• He believes in no sex before marriage.
• His star sign is Virgo.
• Niall's microphone has the colors of the Irish flag stuck to the bottom of it.
• The only book Niall has ever read is 'To Kill A Mockingbird'.
• His guitar was the best Christmas present he ever received.
• Niall cannot play the piano.
• He likes girls with brown eyes.
• Niall didn't take his T-shirt off in the 'What Makes You Beautiful' video because he does not think he is slim enough.
• Niall feels awkward talking about his body.
• His favorite subject in school was geography.
• He never went to his school prom.
• On the X-Factor, Katy Perry told Niall not to let her down. The day their album came out in the U.S. she tweeted Niall saying "Congratulations, you didn't let me down".
• Niall had two fish called Tom and Jerry, but they both died because he over fed them!
• He is left handed.
• He likes to swear a lot, which is why he is normally quiet in interviews.
• Niall waxed his legs for charity, but said he wouldn't do it again as it was too painful.
• Niall admits to masturbating on the tour bus. He describes it as 'relieving tour bus boredom'.
• Niall is a 'Belieber'.
• He screamed when Justin Bieber followed him on Twitter.
• His favorite animals are giraffes.
• He has Claustrophobia, which is the fear of small/enclosed spaces.
• His hair is naturally brown.

Sumber :  http://onedirection.wikia.com/wiki/Niall_Horan