One Direction Makes Billboard Chart History

Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson of One Direction have set a new Billboard chart record by having all of their first three albums debut in the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Their new album, Midnight Memories, has sold over 546,000 copies and has made it to the top spot on album charts around the globe.

Midnight Memories is the UK’s fastest-selling album of 2013 and hit #1 on album charts in 26 countries.

One Direction’s Midnight Memories includes 15 songs co-written by the band as well as three additional tracks. The group’s been on a whirlwind tour promoting the album and is set to appear on the December 7th episode of Saturday Night Live followed by the iHeartRadio album release party on December 9th. And One Direction recently took part in 1D Day which became the biggest YouTube music live stream to date, garnering 3.5 million views.

2014 will find the group busy on their Where We Are 2014 tour which hits North America next summer.