History YMMV / OneDirection

* AwardSnub: ''Massively'' inverted. They've won nineteen Teen Choice Awards. Out of nineteen nominations. In fact, no other nominee in TCA history has come close to the amount of awards they've received without losing even ''once.'' And that's not counting other fan-voted awards ceremonies they remain undefeated at, like the Kids' Choice Awards or [=VMAs=]. Heck, not even Justin Bieber can make that same claim (he's only undefeated as the [=KCAs=]; he should be thanking god he was never nominated against "What Makes You Beautiful" for Favorite Song in 2013, as he almost certainly would have lost)

* FandomBerserkButton: One that has come and past was the issue of "Best Song Ever" ripping off [[Music/TheWho "Baba O'Riely"]]. Fans of The Who were obviously bothered, but it didn't reach the absolutely '''''ballistic''''' level of Directioners' offense to such an accusation.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus of their music, outside their [[VocalMinority fandom and hatedom]]. They're catchy and non-offensive, but nothing horribly impressive in terms of musical talent.

* FandomBerserkButton: One that has come and past was the issue of "Best Song Ever" ripping off [[Music/TheWho "Baba O'Riely"]]. Who fans were annoyed but did't make a big stink about it (Pete Townshend himself said he was fine with it, citing that plenty of people have ripped it off before). Directioners, on the other hand, went '''''ballistic!'''''

*** And to a lesser but still incredibly passionate extent, there is a debate as to whether or not Zayn and Liam (known as "Ziam") are in a secret relationship as well.

* YokoOhNo: A large chunk of the fandom's attitude towards Zayn's fiancee, Perrie Edwards of Music/LittleMix. This is certain not helped matters when Zayn announced he was quitting the group, despite allegations surfacing of him cheating on her and [[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6523823/this-is-us-director-morgan-spurlock-addresses-zayn-malik-one-direction-exit anecdotal evidence]] that he was overwhelmed and felt he couldn't handle the amount of pressure and fame that came with being in the group.

* BrokenBase: After Zayn announced he quit the group, the fandom was split between supporting the group as a four piece, deciding the group should just call it a day, supporting Zayn in whatever path he chooses, hating him for leaving, or quit caring about the group because Zayn was the only member they liked.

* BrokenBase: After Zayn announced he quit the group, the fandom was split between supporting the group as a four piece, deciding the group should just call it a day, supporting Zayn in whatever path he chooses or hating him for leaving.

* YokoOhNo: A large chunk of the fandom's attitude towards Zayn's fiancee, Perrie Edwards of Music/LittleMix. This is certain not helped matters when Zayn announced he was quitting the group, despite allegations surfacing of him cheating on her and anecdotal evidence that he was overwhelmed and felt he couldn't handle the amount of pressure and fame that came with being in the group.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus of their music, outside their [[VocalMinority fandom and hatedom]]. They're catchy and non-offensive, but nothing horribly impressive in terms of musical talent.

* AwardSnub: ''Massively'' inverted. They've won nineteen Teen Choice Awards. Out of nineteen nominations. In fact, no other nominee in TCA history has come close to the amount of awards they've received without losing even ''once.'' And that's not counting other fan-voted awards ceremonies they remain undefeated at, like the Kids' Choice Awards or [=VMAs=]. Heck, not even Justin Bieber can make that same claim (he's only undefeated as the KCAs; he should be thanking god he was never nominated against "What Makes You Beautiful" for Favorite Song in 2013, as he almost certainly would have lost)

* SignatureSong: "What Makes You Beautiful."

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Many people expected them to flop badly in the U.S. and be completely irrelevant in the UK by no later than 2013.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They're popular all over the world, but the level of success they achieved in the United States is ''unprecedented'' for a U.K. boy band.

* GuiltyPleasure: Their better songs tend to be this. In particular, "Best Song Ever" and "Live While We're Young" has developed reputations that those who deride the band actually admit to liking those specific songs, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that they sample/interpolate other older songs ([[Music/TheWho "Baba O'Riley"]] and [[Music/TheClash "Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" respectively).

* GuiltyPleasure: Their better songs tend to be this. In particular, "Best Song Ever" and "Live While We're Young" has developed reputations that those who deride the band actually admit to liking those specific songs, aside (or maybe because) of the fact that they sample/interpolate other older songs.

* GuiltyPleasure: Their better songs tend to be this. In particular, "Live While We're Young" has developed a reputation that those who deride the band actually admit to liking that specific song.

* GuiltyPleasure: Their better songs tend to be this. In particular, "Best Song Ever" has developed a reputation that those who deride the band actually admit to liking that specific song.