'' Made in the A.M. '' was released on 13 November 2015 , topping the charts in the UK among other countries while reaching number two in the US . It was the sixth-best selling album of 2015 . At the 2015 American Music Awards on 22 November , One Direction won the award for Artist of the Year for the second year in succession . Louis Tomlinson later confirmed that the break would be around 18 months . On 13 December , One Direction performed on '' The X Factor '' final . Their last televised performance as a group , before their hiatus , was on '' Dick Clark 's New Year 's Rockin ' Eve '' on 31 December 2015
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American Music Awards of 2015
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