One-direction-madison-square-garden. One Direction. One Direction break US chart record with 'Live While We're Young' - Music News. One Direction have broken a US chart record with their latest single. The boyband's new hit 'Live While We're Young' has registered the biggest opening week sales for a single by a non-US artist ever. The track sold 341,000 copies since its release on October 1, topping both the US Digital Tracks and Digital Songs charts. "We're so happy with the success of the single in the USA and can't wait for everyone to hear our new album," said Niall Horan. "Thank you to all the fans once again! " The music video for One Direction's 'Live While We're Young' became the most-viewed video in 24 hours ever on VEVO last month, after accumulating 8.24 million views in a day. The group bettered the previous record holder, Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend', which tallied up 8 million in 24 hours earlier this year.
One Direction's second studio album Take Me Home will be released in the UK on November 12 and a day later in the US. Watch the music video for One Direction's 'Live While We're Young' below: One Direction Go Double Platinum With US Debut | One Direction. One Direction have notched up two million digital sales of their debut single What Makes You Beautiful in the US, making it double platinum.
The British boy band sold 146,405 copies of the track last week, taking total sales to 2,060,303 since its release in February. The track peaked at No 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and has also been featured in an episode of Glee. And their debut album Up All Night is still selling strongly in the US too, clocking 40,188 sales last week - which took it past 600,000 copies in total. The former X Factor contestants became the first British group ever to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart. At the weekend we told you how the band's Harry Styles is reported to be dating The Inbetweeners actress Emily Atack.
One Direction’s ‘Up All Night’ debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart - Celebritology 2.0. Posted at 12:00 PM ET, 03/21/2012 Mar 21, 2012 04:00 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost Members of the band One Direction, from left, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles. (Charles Sykes - AP) The British invasion of 2012 is fully upon us. The first album from One Direction, a boy band that was formed on the Britain’s “X Factor,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. “Up All Night” sold 176,000 copies and gave One Direction the distinction of being the first British group to enter the chart at this position. That’s right — they beat the Spice Girls. Not familiar with the One Direction? The five guys — who are now between the ages of 18 and 20 — appeared separately on season seven on “The X Factor” and, at the suggestion of a judge, formed a group. “Up All Night” found huge success overseas, debuting at No. 2 on the U.K.
They landed in the U.S. at the end of February for a 10-date concert tour. One Direction will also appear on “Saturday Night Live” April 7. One Direction sell out Madison Square Garden in record time! So this is ever so slightly awesome... In their bid to take over the world, One Direction have broken YET ANOTHER RECORD. Last night the boys sold out New York's Madison Square Garden in less than a minute. And before you go thinking that it's just some called Madison's nicely angular back garden, MSG is actually the third biggest venue in the world, coming just behind London's O2 and Manchester Arena for ticket sales. Hold the frickin' phone. The boys soon took to Twitter to thank their fans, Harry Styles posted: "Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for Madison Square Garden!!
See you there... " Liam Payne tweeted: "Wow msg I can not wait its going to be the most amazing night ever thank you so much for helping uss sell out madison square gardens!!!! And Zayn Malik said: "Massive thanks to every1 that's bought a ticket to our show at maddison square gardens #amazing news ! One Direction: Getting in Guinness World Records book is a dream. One Direction have claimed a record-breaking first after becoming the first UK group to debut at No.1 in USA with a debut album after Up All Night entered at No.1 on 31 March 2012. In the process, the boys bettered the 1997 achievement of The Spice Girls, who previously held the record for the Highest entry into US album chart by a British group when Spice entered at No.6. The British five-piece, made up of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, were formed in 2010 by the X Factor judges after they failed to impress as solo artists on the TV talent show.
Commenting on the record, the band said: "Being the first British band to debut at Number 1 in America with a debut album is something that we would have never even have dreamt of. We are incredibly proud to have this achievement included in the Guinness World Records book. One Direction. The new groups - X Factor bootcamp (Full Version) One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful. One-direction-madison-square-garden.