What was One Direction’s first studio album, released in 2011?

One Direction’s first studio album, released in 2011, was Up All Night.

The album was released by Syco Records in November 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, following the group’s formation on The X Factor UK in 2010. It combined upbeat pop songs with ballads and introduced One Direction as a major international recording act.

Up All Night included “What Makes You Beautiful,” the group’s first single, which became a UK number-one hit and won the 2012 Brit Award for British Single. Other tracks included “Gotta Be You” and “One Thing.”

The album reached number one in several countries. In the United States, its 2012 release made One Direction the first British group to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 with a debut album. Later albums included Take Me Home, Midnight Memories, Four, and Made in the A.M.