A picture of former One Direction singer Liam Payne adorns a memorial outside the hotel where he was found dead after falling from a balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption
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Liam Payne, seen here at the 2023 premiere of the film All of These Voices, a documentary about his One Direction band mate Louis Tomlinson. Kate Green/Getty Images hide caption
BTS performs at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. John Shearer/Getty Images for dcp hide caption
Maria Sherman's new book gives critical consideration to a too-often maligned phenomenon within pop music: the boy band. Alex Fine/Courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal hide caption
A New Book Traces The History Of Boy Bands, The Pop Phenomenon 'Larger Than Life'
One Direction didn't win The X Factor in 2010, but filled stadiums, broke records and our hearts. Alex Fine/Courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal hide caption
Harry Styles debut solo album, Harry Styles, was released on May 12. Harley Weir/Courtesy of Columbia Records hide caption
Formed in 2010, One Direction are one of the biggest pop acts in the world. Left to right: Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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