Niall Horan

Niall Horan (2018)

Niall James Horan (born September 13, 1993 in Mullingar , County Westmeath ) is an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist. He became known in 2010 as a member of the boy band One Direction .

Life

Niall Horan's parents divorced when he was approximately five years old. Niall and his brother, Greg Horan, lived with both parents for a while. They later decided to move in with their father, Bobby Horan. Horan attended St. Kenny's National School Elementary School and later Coláiste Mhuire , a Catholic boys' school. Both schools are located in or around Mullingar. Horan started playing guitar when he was around eleven, after his brother had received one for Christmas but did not use it. Horan learned his guitar skills through YouTube videos. His aunt discovered his talent for singing after hearing his singing in the car and mistaking it for a song on the radio.

social commitment

In May 2018, Niall auctioned his first guitar via the Whyte auction house, which he got as a gift when he was 9 years old. He donated the auctioned amount of around 1,300 euros to an organization based in Dublin, which cares for those affected by the disease Epidermolysis bullosa .

Influences

Horan names The Script , Bon Jovi and The Eagles among musicians who have influenced him .

Solo career

Horan's first solo single is This Town , which he released on September 29, 2016. With this song he made it into the charts in many countries, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He won the People's Choice Award 2017 for the song. His second solo single Slow Hands was released on May 4, 2017. He is signed to Capitol Records . His second album "Heartbreak Weather" was released in March 2020.

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
2017	Flicker Capitol	DE8 (2 weeks) DE	AT6 (2 weeks) AT	CH11 (2 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (17 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (30 weeks)US	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: October 20, 2017 Sales: + 1,355,000
2020	Heartbreak Weather Capitol	DE5 (3 weeks) DE	AT3 (5 weeks) AT	CH10 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 (14 weeks) UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: March 13, 2020

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
2018	Flicker Virgin EMI	-	-	-	-	-	IE12 (... weeks) IE	First published: December 7th, 2018 feat. The RTÉ Concert Orchestra

EPs

year	Title music label	Remarks
2017	Spotify Singles Capitol	First published: December 13, 2017
2018	Mirrors Capitol	First published: April 21, 2018
2020	Spotify Singles Capitol	First published: March 4, 2020

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
2016	This Town Flicker	DE52 (6 weeks) DE	AT24 (6 weeks) AT	CH40 (7 weeks) CH	UK9 platinum (13 weeks)UK	US20th × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)US	IE6 (22 weeks) IE	First published: September 29, 2016 Sales: + 3,070,000
2017	Slow hands flicker	DE72 (11 weeks) DE	AT26 (14 weeks) AT	CH47 (16 weeks) CH	UK7th platinum (29 weeks)UK	US11 × 3 Triple platinum (31 weeks)US	IE3 (44 weeks) IE	First published: May 4, 2017 Sales: + 4,695,000
	Too Much to Ask Flicker	DE61 (1 week) DE	AT29 (1 week) AT	CH37 (3 weeks) CH	UK24 silver (10 weeks)UK	US66 gold (12 weeks)US	IE6 (23 weeks) IE	First published: September 15, 2017 Sales: + 1,010,000
2018	On the loose flicker	-	-	-	UK94 (1 week) UK	-	IE47 (7 weeks) IE	First published: February 20, 2018
	Seeing blind flicker	-	-	-	-	-	IE68 (1 week) IE	First published: June 1st, 2018 feat. Maren Morris
2019	Nice to Meet Ya Heartbreak Weather	-	-	CH95 (1 week) CH	UK22nd silver (15 weeks)UK	US63 (14 weeks) US	IE7 (... weeks) IE	First published: October 4th, 2019 Sales: + 235,000
	Put a Little Love on Me Heartbreak Weather	-	-	-	-	-	IE32 (... weeks) IE	First published: December 6, 2019
2020	No Judgment Heartbreak Weather	-	-	-	UK32 (... weeks) UK	US97 (... weeks) US	IE6 (... weeks) IE	First published: February 7, 2020
	Black and White Heartbreak Weather	-	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	-	IE18 (... weeks) IE	First published: April 21, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2017	Flicker Flicker	-	-	-	-	-	IE55 (1 week) IE	Chart entry: October 27, 2017
	Paper houses flicker	-	-	-	-	-	IE83 (1 week) IE	Chart entry: October 27, 2017
	Since We're Alone Flicker	-	-	-	-	-	IE95 (1 week) IE	Chart entry: October 27, 2017
	On My Own Flicker	-	-	-	-	-	IE99 (1 week) IE	Chart entry: October 27, 2017

Guest Posts

• 2019: What a Time ( Julia Michaels feat.Niall Horan)
• 2020: Moral of the Story (Ashe feat.Niall Horan)

Tours

Headliners

• Flicker World Tour (2018)
• Nice To Meet Ya Tour (2020) with Lewis Capaldi and Fletcher

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2015: for the author participation Night Changes (One Direction) 2018: for the album Flicker 2020: for the single Nice to Meet Ya  Belgium 2017: for the single This Town 2017: for the single Slow Hands 2018: for the single Too Much to Ask  Brazil 2018: for the album Flicker  Denmark 2017: for the single This Town 2018: for the author participation Night Changes (One Direction) 2019: for the single Too Much to Ask 2019: for the album Flicker  Germany 2014: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction)  Italy 2015: for the author participation Night Changes (One Direction) 2017: for the single This Town 2017: for the single Slow Hands 2017: for the single Too Much to Ask  Canada 2019: for the single What A Time  Mexico 2018: for the album Flicker  New Zealand 2015: for the author participation Night Changes (One Direction)  Norway 2018: for the single slow hands 2018: for the single Too Much to Ask  Sweden 2015: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 2017: for the single Slow Hands 2017: for the album Flicker  Switzerland 2014: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction)

Platinum record  Brazil 2018: for the single slow hands  Denmark 2014: for the Streaming Story Of My Life (One Direction) 2019: for the single slow hands  Italy 2014: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction)  Canada 2017: for the album Flicker 2017: for the author participation Night Changes (One Direction) 2018: for the single Too Much to Ask 2020: for the single Nice to Meet Ya  Mexico 2018: for the single slow hands  New Zealand 2013: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 2017: for the single Slow Hands  Norway 2018: for the album Flicker  Sweden 2016: for the single This Town  United States 2015: for the author participation Night Changes (One Direction)  United Kingdom 2015: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 2020: for the author participation Night Changes (One Direction)

3 × gold record  Mexico 2016: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 2 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 2017: for the single This Town 2019: for the single Too Much to Ask  Canada 2017: for the single This Town 3 × platinum record  United States 2015: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 4 × platinum record  Canada 2017: for the single Slow Hands 2017: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 5 × platinum record  Norway 2014: for the author participation Story Of My Life (One Direction) 6 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single slow hands

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	12 × platinum12	945,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	3 × gold3	-	45,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	platinum1	60,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	245,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	150,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	130,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	13 × platinum13	1,120,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	180,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	52,500	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	90,000	ifpi.no
Sweden (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	100,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	10 × platinum10	10,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	4 × platinum4th	2,900,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	28 × gold28	55 × platinum55

Web links

Commons : Niall Horan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Niall Horan at Discogs (English)
• Niall Horan in the Internet Movie Database (English)

swell

1. ↑ hollywoodlife.com
2. ↑ Star Database - Niall Horan. prosieben.de, September 11, 2013, accessed on March 10, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Niall Horan. Retrieved March 10, 2017 (English). 
4. ↑ Interview: One Direction's Niall Horan. Retrieved March 10, 2017 (English). 
5. ↑ bigfm.de , accessed on May 11, 2017
6. ↑ news.nationalpost.com
7. ↑ youtube.com
8. ↑ People's Choice Awards 2017: Full List Of Winners ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 22, 2017 
9. ↑ eonline.com
10. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US IE