Is one direction a girl band?

One Direction is not a girl band. One Direction is a British-Irish pop boy band formed in 2010 on the ITV singing competition The X Factor. The group consists of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. They have since released five studio albums: Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014) and Made in the A.M. (2015).