1D’s final album arrived on the same day as Bieber’s redemptive comeback in 2015. Their battle on the charts was nothing compared to the internal struggles they shared Purpose took the top slot with ...

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 ...

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 ...