Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Years after the breakup of One Direction, four of the five members ...

Liam Payne of One Direction told the UK's Capital FM that fans can expect a bit mellower album for the boys' follow-up to Four. "The songs have been coming out a bit more chilled," said Liam, who ...

Liam Payne's voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction's debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline ...

Louis Tomlinson is mourning on his own terms. Five months after his One Direction bandmate, Liam Payne, died following a fall from a hotel balcony in Argentina, the singer is still coming to terms ...