One Direction has successfully won two of the top prizes in the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards this year. The band brought home the awards of best British Group and best British Single for “Drag Me Down” on Sunday.

The British-Irish pop boy band bagged the award for best British Group over Little Mix, Krept & Konan, Catfish & The Bottlemen and Year & Years, BBC reports.

One Direction, currently composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson since March, weren’t able to receive the awards personally due to another commitment in London. DJ Greg James, who collected the prizes on behalf of One Direction, revealed that the band will be on Radio 1 on Nov. 12 to perform a special Live Lounge session.

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran took home the best British solo artist prize beating Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith, Calvin Harris, and Jess Glynne. The award for best British Vlogger was given to Joe Sugg while. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” won the best film award, while “The X Factor” received the best British TV show award.

The ceremony also honoured the achievements of three Teen Heroes -- Alice, 14; Rosie, 14; and Aaren, 16, who proved their courage in spite of their health condition.

The BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards was hosted by “Radio 1 Breakfast Show” host Nick Grimshaw along with co-presenters Demi Lovato, The Vamps, Rita Ora and Troye Sivan. Performances of this year’s ceremony included Justin Bieber, Little Mix, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, All Time Low and 5 Seconds of Summer.

Meanwhile, One Direction is set to drop their highly anticipated fifth studio album “Made in the A.M” on Nov. 13. The band has already released five singles off the album as of Tuesday namely, “Perfect,” “Drag Me Down,” “Infinity,” “History” and “End of the Day.”

One Direction also revealed earlier this year that the band will take a hiatus after the release of their upcoming album. Band member Payne promised to fans during an interview with Idol Sweden that the band will “surely reunite” after the hiatus.Tomlinson told Entertainment Weekly in an interview that he will continue to write songs with Payne during their break.

“I enjoy that, with Liam. But it’s all kind of up in the air at the moment. We definitely will. I’m sure we will,” he said.

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