About Niall Horan
An Irish singer and songwriter, Niall James Horan is professionally known as Niall Horan. He is well known for being one of the members of the English-Irish pop boy band "One Direction". Whereas, the band released its first album "Up All Night" in November 2011 under the label of Syco Records. The album consists of 13 singles with a total length of 45:12 minutes. The boy band "One Direction" appeared in the British American 3-D concert film "One Direction: This Is Us" (also known as 1D3D). The movie released on 29th August 2013 in the United Kingdom. In 2016, he signed a record deal as a solo artist with Capitol Records. He debuted as a solo artist with his 2017 album "Flicker", which features the singles "Slow Hands" and "This Town." Niall debuted on television with "The X Factor" in 2010. As recent news, Horan plays a sort-of gig for a kind-of audience. Additionally, he has gained several awards in his careers such as BMI London Awards, iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, American Music Awards, Telehit Awards, and many others.
Famous For
- Being an Irish singer and songwriter.
- For being one of the members of the English-Irish pop boy band "One Direction".
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Early Life of Niall Horan
On 13th September 1993, Niall Horan took birth with the real name or full name of Niall James Horan in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland. He holds an Irish nationality and Irish-white ethnicity. Analogously, he is from the Roman Catholic religion and his race is white. Niall happily celebrates his birthday on 13th September of every year and he had celebrated his 27th birthday as of 2020 though as his birthdate his star sign is Virgo. He is the son of Bobby Horan (father) and Maura Gallagher (mother) whereas his parents divorced when he was five years old, so he and his brother, Greg, lived with their mother for a year. He attended St. Kenny's National School, a primary school, and Colaiste Mhuire, a Catholic boys school, which are both located in Mullingar. While growing up, he listened to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and performed in Christmas productions with his school choir. Since that time, he has guest appeared in many TV series. He taught himself how to play the guitar with YouTube tutorials when he was 11 years old.
Career of Niall Horan
- Niall Horan commenced his singing career by giving an audition for the seventh series of "The X Factor" in Dublin where he sang "So Sick" and received mixed comments from the judges in 2010 at the age of sixteen years old.
- Then, Niall along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik formed "One Direction" with whom he was failed to move on in the competition.
- "One Direction" was signed by Cowell to a reported 2 million pounds Syco record contract following "The X Factor" and began recording their debut album in Los Angeles in January 2011 though the band released "One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story)" which topped "The Sunday Times'" Best Seller list.
- After that, in September 2011, One Direction's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful", was released as well as launched group's debut album "Up All Night" in the following year whereas it was internationally released in March 2012.
- As well, the group's first book to be licensed in America, "Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction", was published and topped "The New York Times" Best Seller list.
- After that, the group released "Live While We're Young", the lead single from their upcoming second album in September 2012 as well as a launched second studio album, "Take Me Home", One Direction's sophomore album, was released in the following year.
- Also, "One Direction: This Is Us", a 3-D documentary concert film was released in August 2013 which got a box office success, grossing over $68.5 million as well as launched third book, "One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band", "Our Story: 100% Official", in the same month.
- On 25th November 2013, the band launched third studio album, "Midnight Memories" which was the best-selling album worldwide in 2013 with 4 million copies sold globally.
- Later, One Direction's fourth book, "One Direction: Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography" was released in September 2014 also released the group's second concert film, "One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film" in October 2014.
- One Direction released their fourth album, "Four" in November 2014 which debuted number one in 18 countries, and the band became the only group in the 58-year history of the "Billboard" 200 albums chart to have their first four albums debut at number one too released their fifth album, "Made in the A.M.", in November 2015.
- It was announced in September 2016 that Horan had signed a solo deal with Capitol Records and released his debut solo single "This Town" on 29th September 2016 as well as launched his second solo single "Slow Hands" on 4th May 2017.
- Besides, he released the debut studio album, "Flicker" on 20th October 2017 also released his third single from the album, "Too Much to Ask" on 15th September of the following year.
- On 4th October 2019, Niall launched a song, "Nice to Meet Ya" as well as announced that he would be embarking on the Nice to Meet Ya Tour in 2020.
- Horan released the album's third single, "No Judgement" on 7th February 2020, alongside revealing the album's title as "Heartbreak Weather" and announcing 13th March 2020 as the release date which was released to positive reviews and debuted at number four on the US "Billboard" 200 and number one on the UK Albums Chart.
- Due to concerns involving the coronavirus pandemic, Horan canceled the upcoming tour
- In June 2020, he expressed his support for the Black Lives Matter movement and attended multiple London marches. Horan has also been vocal about the 2020 United States election year and has expressed his distaste for United States President, Donald Trump, on multiple occasions.
- Furthermore, as a piece of fresh news, Horan plays a sort-of gig for a kind-of audience. It is, of course, strange watching Niall sing to a mostly empty room. So it's comforting to know that it feels that way for Horan too. "I really do wish you were here," he says one-third of the way through this enjoyably exuberant and heartfelt 60-minute concert from the Royal Albert Hall in London. "I've had a nerve-wracking start."
- Additionally, he was also seen as himself in the "Together at Home", a benefit concert organized by Global Citizen and curated by singer Lady Gaga, in support of the World Health Organization. The special was intended to promote the practice of social distancing while staying together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Awards and Achievements of Niall Horan
- iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards for Fan Fave International Artist or Group
- BMI London Awards for Pop Award Songs
- Radio Disney Music Awards for Best Male Artist
- American Music Awards for New Artist of the Year
- BMI London Awards for Pop Award Songs
- Telehit Awards for Video in English
- SOCAN Awards for Pop Music Awards
Personal Life of Niall Horan
Reflecting on Niall Horan's personal life, he is an unmarried guy. But regarding his relationship status, he is in a romantic relationship with businessperson Amelia Woolley. There is a greater possibility of his marriage after all he seems happy in his relationship with his girlfriend whereas he has not however spoken very daringly and openly about his relationship, but he definitely shows his affection whenever the two are together. Furthermore, talking about his sexual orientation, he is straight.
In 2016, he was actively involved with the Drive, Chip, and Putt initiative that encourages and supports children golfers. Horan also helped promote the Northern Ireland Open. Horan opened up on his diagnosis of mild OCD and his anxiety in April 2018.
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Net Worth of Niall Horan
Niall Horan has broken the myth that an individual has to reach a certain age to start working and become a global name. He is only an adolescent with the world's potential to reach the maximum height career-wise. Moving towards his net worth, his worth is around $70 million as of 2020 though he has also a handsome amount of salary too which is also in millions of dollars per year. With One Direction bandmates, he has appeared in commercials on Pepsi, and MTV VMAs also appeared in L'Oreal commercial from where he earns a handsome amount of money. In addition, his main source of income is from a singing career.
Body Measurement of Niall Horan
The handsome singer, Niall Horan stands at a perfect height of 5 ft 8 in or 173 cm though his body weight is around 73 kg or 161 lbs. He is considered one of the hottest celebrities of the time. The image of this shirtless actor who looks super hot flaunting his body is available everywhere on the internet. He's got unconventional good looks and raw appeal about him. He has blue eyes and dyed blonde hair color which has attracted a lot of people towards him. He has maintained his shape over the years with regular exercise it seems though his body build type is average.