In the tracking week ending Oct. 24, One Direction’s catalog of albums earned 77,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate – up 156% compared to the previous week (30,000 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 23: (L-R) Recording artists Harry Styles ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British boy band One Direction became the only group to score four consecutive No. 1 debuts on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, ousting Taylor Swift from her ...

Streams and sales of music from One Direction and Liam Payne surged both in the U.S. and globally following Payne’s Oct. 16 death in Buenos Aires, as listeners flocked to both the late 31-year-old’s ...

Piles of headshots were accumulating on a table in front of The X Factor judges Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh. Tasked with deciding which contestants would make it to the next round ...

Even before going solo, Tomlinson showed he was meant for breakthrough success while in One Direction. Longtime Directioners know that Tomlinson wrote more songs in One Direction than any other member ...

1D has hit 1B — again. More than a decade after its release, the music video for One Direction‘s “Night Changes” has surpassed a billion views on YouTube, marking the band’s fourth visual to reach the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British boyband One Direction made Billboard chart history on Wednesday after storming to the top of the 200 album chart with their second album "Take Me Home," holding off ...

One Direction garnered comparisons to the Backstreet Boys simply for being the most popular boy band to debut since the 1990s. Furthermore, One Direction ripped off the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It ...

LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British boy band One Direction has become the first UK group to debut at No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, adding another victory in their whirlwind success ...