Niall Horan is a British singer that was part of the boy band One Direction. He continued on a successful solo career.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career thus far.
- His full name is Niall James Horan
- He was born in 13 September 1993
- He is an Irish singer-songwriter
- He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction
- The band was formed in 2010 on the singing competition The X Factor
- The group released five albums
- It went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time
- Following the band’s hiatus in 2016, Horan signed a recording deal as a solo artist with Capitol Records
- He has since released two albums: Flicker (2017) and Heartbreak Weather (2020)
- Flicker debuted at number one in Ireland and the US
- And reached the top three in Australia and the UK
- The album’s first two singles, “This Town” and “Slow Hands”, reached the top twenty in several countries
- Heartbreak Weather was released in March 2020
- The album debuted at number one in the UK, Ireland and Mexico, and at number four in the US
- Horan’s third studio album, titled The Show is due for release in June 2023
- It was preceded by the single “Heaven”, which was released in February 2023
- Horan was born on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, County Westmeath
- He has an older brother, Greg
- His parents, Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher
- They were divorced when he was five years old
- He and his brother lived with their mother for a year
- After spending a year apart from their father, they later decided to move in with him
- He had asthma as a child
- He attended St. Kenny’s National School, a primary school, and Mary’s College, a Catholic boys school, which are both located in his hometown of Mullingar
- Horan tried to play the guitar that his brother bought for his marriage, but was not able to play it
- Horan, then aged 11, taught himself how to play the guitar by following YouTube tutorials
- His aunt discovered his abilities one day when she was in the car with Horan as he started singing, and she had initially thought that the radio was on
- As a teenager, he performed at the Mullingar Arts Centre during a fund-raiser for the local football team, the Shamrocks
- He was also bagging a support slot with former X Factor contestant Lloyd Daniels at the Academy club in Dublin
- Horan’s music style has been categorized as soft rock, folk, folk-pop, country, pop, indie folk, and pop rock
- Horan cited Michael Bublé as one of his biggest influences because they had similar life histories, as Buble’s vocal talent was discovered by his aunt and the same thing happened to Bublé, except his talent was discovered by his father
- At the beginning of his career, he saw Bieber as a career model
- Horan is also inspired by the work of classic rock veterans like The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Bruce Springsteen
- Horan enjoyed playing a number of sports while growing up, including golf, football, and Gaelic football
- In the summer of 2010, while playing football with friends, he injured his knee and was diagnosed with a floating kneecap
- The problem recurred several times over the next couple of years
- Including a 2013 incident where he dislocated his knee onstage during a concert in Antwerp, Belgium
- Horan went to the United States for major reconstructive surgery in January 2014, after the tour ended
- After the surgery, he was invited to do physical therapy with Chelsea by their manager, José Mourinho
- Horan went through more than seven weeks of physical therapy with the members of the team and their physical therapist at their training ground in Surrey
- In April 2018, Horan opened up on his diagnosis of mild OCD and his anxiety
- Horan started dating American actress/singer Hailee Steinfeld in December 2017. The two broke up in December 2018
- Horan began dating account manager Amelia Woolley in 2020
- He splits his time between Los Angeles and South London
- Horan is Catholic and is the godfather of his nephew
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