http://circlepad.com - One Direction is one of the biggest bands in the world not just the biggest boy band. According to their management they have sold 19 million singles and 10 million albums since they came together in 2010 the brainchild of impresario Simon Cowell. Each of the five young men had auditioned separately for The X Factor. None made it through but Cowell says it took him about 10 minutes to decide to put them together.