Niall Horan

Niall Horan’s parents divorced when he was five and his mother has since remarried. Niall has an older brother named Greg.

Apart from music, he is also quite fond of sports and is an ardent follower of Cricket, Football and Tennis. In fact, in 2010, the same year as his ‘The X Factor’ auditions, Niall Horan hurt himself terribly while playing football. The injury caused significant damage to his kneecap.

In an interview, Niall Horan revealed that he was influenced by several artistes such as Michael Bublé, Frank Sinatra and Bon Jovi. In fact, he claimed that he could relate to Michael Bublé’s journey very much, since both of them had a similar life story.

Niall Horan was born to Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, Ireland. His parents decided to split when he was barely five years old.

He pursued his primary education at ‘St Kenny National School’ and ‘Catholic Secondary School’

He got to play his brother’s guitar at a young age and spent quite a lot of time at the ‘Mullingar Arts Centre’.

Niall Horan came into the limelight in 2010, when he attended the auditions for the seventh season of the famous television reality show ‘The X Factor’. His rendition of ‘So Sick’ didn’t impress the judges Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry, though Simon Cowell was quite impressed. Thus, his journey on the reality show didn’t turn out to be a fruitful one.

He was among the few contestants of that season who were chosen for the ‘X Factor Bootcamp’ to polish their skills. Celebrity singer, Nicole Scherzinger, who was one of the guest judges of the reality show, suggested that Niall Horan team up with four other fellow contestants and form a band of their own.

Thus, Niall Horan collaborated with Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne to form the band ‘One Direction’. The group started their journey by performing covers of several popular songs, such as Kelly Clarkson’s ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ and singer Bonnie Tyler’s composition ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’.

The band performed at several venues together and with the help of ‘The X Factor’ judge Simon Cowell, it bagged a contract worth 2 million pounds with the record label ‘Syco’.

Soon, the band travelled to several parts of the United Kingdom and performed at crowded venues. It is believed that around 500,000 people in total attended the various concerts of ‘One Direction’.

Niall Horan’s best achievement is undoubtedly his single ‘This Town’. Not only was the song a chartbuster worldwide, but was also certified Gold and Silver by several music associations such as ‘BPI’, ‘ARIA’ and ‘MC’.