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Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles One Direction launch the limited edition Nokia C3 and C202. WENN Photos/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: wennphotosthree012112

There are a few circles on Twitter in which Newscom is very popular. For example, Dr. Who’s David Tennant fans seem to find a good selection of gorgeous photos of him floating around on our site. A few Tom Welling fans even tweeted us the other day just to say “thank you” for the recent photos of him that showed up on the site. We also have “nom”-worthy photos of pop band “The Wanted“. But the part of the Twitterverse that really takes the cake, and where we seem to have recently made people very happy, is with fans of One Direction.

Monday evening, around 8 pm ET, one of our partners uploaded hundred of photos of the British-Irish band (1D for short) playing around in Australia. We already had 10,000 pictures of the band on the site, but this particular batch of photos seemed to be one of the first chances for fans to catch the band SHIRTLESS. Within an hour of the first tweet about the pictures, we had more than 20,000 hits on the site in the matter of a few minutes (slowing the servers down) and several people had confessed their undying love, in less than 140 characters, to Newscom and all of its shirtless goodness.

British Pop group One Direction enjoy a boat ride in Sydney Harbour on their relaxing day off. While Liam and Harry go shirtless for a swim, the rest of the boys enjoy fishing, drinking beer and tweeting about their boat ride. INFphoto.com/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: infphotos507389

I’m not exaggerating. Here are some of my personal favorite tweets:

“Newscom, I love you” @MusicAndYouTube

“Newscom you beautiful stalkers” @HoranHuggles

“THIS WEBSITE IS AMAZING!!! LOADS OF PICTURES OF THE BOYS!!!” @Olivia_1DFan

“10 THOUSAND pictures of the boys today on newscom. Oh my god, my ovaries are literally hurting.” @LiamPayneClan

“going through the 10,000 pictures of 1D from today on NEWSCOM, YOLO.” @Oliviaaaax (YOLO = you only live once for the non-tweeps out there)

“THANK YOU NEWSCOM ” @Ortal_x

There were hundreds more.

We thought it was fun. And it gave me a good excuse to spend the day researching One Direction and watching music videos. I’ve grown rather fond of “One Thing“, but “That’s What Makes You Beautiful” is quickly gaining ground too.

For the unenlightened, One Direction rose to fame in 2010 on the British version of The X Factor. Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Harry Styles all tried out individually for the seventh season of The X Factor, but didn’t make it past auditions. Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge on the show, suggested they form a band and try out for the “Groups” category. They went on to place third overall in the competition. Since then, they have reached international stardom with girls (I’m sure some boys) screaming everywhere they go. Their first single “What Makes You Beautiful” was released in September of 2011 and they’ll begin their tour of the world in 2013, hitting North America in June.

I’m not going to lie, listening to them over the last few days has been addicting (their cute words and accents make my knees weak). I just can’t decide which one is cutest. Which one wins your heart?

Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne (not pictured) from One Direction brave the cold waters to surf at Manly beach in Sydney, Australia. infausy-10/INFphoto.com/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: infphotos509532

One Direction at arrivals for NICKELODEON'S 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards - ARRIVALS, USC's Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA March 31, 2012. Everett Collection/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: evphotos497772

Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles One Direction launch the limited edition Nokia C3 and C202. The handsets come packed with One Direction ringtones, wallpapers, interviews, videos and stickers, and are on sale at The Carphone Warehouse from 4th October. WENN Photos/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: wennphotosthree012110

One Direction performing on TV at Musique Plus in Montreal, Canada. Ultrawig / Splash News/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: spnphotosthree849725

International Pop Sensation One Direction Sign Multi-book Deal With HarperCollins. PR NEWSWIRE/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: prnphotos119709

British-Irish band One Direction performs at Nickelodeon's 25th annual Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California March 31, 2012. MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: rtrlfive161009

Fans on One Direction at the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. Graham Whitby Boot/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd./Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: allstarphotos229651

Hundreds of young female fans following the British boy band One Direction try and catch a glimpse of them during a morning television appearance in Sydney on April 11, 2012. One Direction are in Australia for a promotional tour and a one-off performance at this year's Logie Awards. TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: afplivefour386942

Here’s a lightbox of the shirtless boys on Newscom. You can see the most recent photos as they come in at this link.

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