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''Four'' is the fourth studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on 17 November 2014 by Columbia Records and Syco Music. Two singles were released from the album: "Steal My Girl" and "Night Changes", both achieving platinum status in the US, and scoring the band their tenth and eleventh UK top-ten hits. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. It debuted at number one in 18 countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. The album was also One Direction's last with member Zayn Malik, who announced he was leaving the band on 25 March 2015. In August 2015, ''Four'' became the band's fourth consecutive album to sell in excess of 1 million copies in the United States. ==Background and development== On 27 April 2014, it was confirmed that One Direction were working on their fourth studio album. Good Charlotte was reported to have collaborated with band members Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson for writing songs. McFly members Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter also teamed up with Niall Horan to write for the album. Rock band Kodaline wrote an "unrequited love song" with Harry Styles. Rock band The 1975 were also chosen by One Direction to work on the album. Other people involved in the album include singers John Legend and Emeli Sandé and producer Naughty Boy. Payne claimed that the album would be "edgier" and that the group have written most of the songs for it. The name and cover of the album were announced on 8 September on One Direction's official website, along with a free download of a song called "Fireproof", which was available for 24 hours. Horan stated that the reason for the free download was "because you have supported us so much, we wanted to give a little something back".〔 "Fireproof" was written by Payne and Tomlinson along with John Ryan, Jamie Scott and Julian Bunetta, who also wrote their single "Story of My Life". In the 24-hour span, 1.1 million downloads were generated. The song was put on the band's Vevo on 22 September.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=One Direction - Fireproof )〕 In an interview with Simon Cowell, it was revealed that one of the songs for the album will be titled "18". The song was written by Ed Sheeran, who also wrote "Little Things" and "Moments" for the group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ed Sheeran And One Direction Are Gonna Make Us Feel ‘18’ On New Track )〕 Horan came up with the name of the album, commemorating the fact that it is the band's fourth album and that it has been four years since their formation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Four (One Direction album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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