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1D members earn over 19K a day

1D members earn over £19K a day

By IANS

LONDON: If one goes by the latest financial figures of the members of the English-Irish band One Direction, they earn over £19,000 each day. The figures were published by Companies House, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The Drag Me Down hitmakers shot to fame after being mentored by music mogul Simon Cowell on The X Factor in 2010. “Cynics have always described 1D as Simon Cowell’s cash cow and, seeing these results, it’s not hard to see why. There’s no question bosses work the lads hard, but the financial rewards are astonishing,” a source was quoted as saying by The Sun newspaper. “The band gets very well paid, so they can hardly complain. They are easily Syco’s biggest success story,” the source added. One Direction made an overall profit of £35 million with their company 1D Media last year and although Zayn Malik abandoned bandmates Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson in favour of a solo career earlier this year, he too gets an equal amount having only quit the band in March. However, despite the impressive earnings, the band has decided to go on a break next year after releasing five albums and embarking on four tours in just five years.