Niall Horan

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Niall James Horan (was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland on September 13, 1993) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the boyband One Direction . In 2010, Horan auditioned as a solo artist for British televised singing competition X Factor.

Niall said his family discovered his talents during a car trip when he was kid. During his audition on X-Factor, the handsome blonde admitted he frequently is compared to , which he finds flattering. He loves 'big swing' music, like and , in addition to rock, like The Eagles.


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He has parent named Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher, but got divorced when he was five years old, so he and his brother Greg Horan had to live in both houses for some time. They later decided to move indefinitely in with their father. He attended St. Kenny's National School primary school and, as a teen, , a Catholic boys school, which are both located in or near Mullingar. Horan started playing guitar when his brother got one for Christmas but failed to play it, so Horan started to play with it and taught himself how to do it by playing it off YouTube. 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 (in a fund-raiser for the local football team, the Shamrocks). He was also bagging a support slot with former X Factor contestant at the famous Academy club in Dublin

 He was also bagging a support slot with former X Factor contestant  at the famous Academy club in Dublin

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Niall Horan joined four other contestants to form 'One Direction' . The band has released five commercially successful albums, performed on four worldwide tours, and won a number of awards. One Direction first album was Up All Night and debuted at number one on the United States Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week. This led to One Direction becoming the first British band to debut its first studio album at number one.

In November 2012, they released their second studio album, Take Me Home. This album had a better reception than their first album, reaching number one in the UK and becoming their first album to top the UK chart. It also reached the first spot in Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland and New Zealand. And Niall Horan played guitar for Take Me Home.

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