One Direction may want to consider changing its name to One Billion. Because that's apparently how much the boy band will have taken in by the time the end of 2013 rolls around. Go ahead. We'll give you a second to digest that tidbit of info. According to Business Insider, more than half of that astronomical number stems from concert ticket sales alone. Then, of course, there's the 30 million records sold, which have generated $300 million. Meanwhile, the upcoming release of the group's 3-D movie, This Is Us, is expected to earn approximately $150 million on top of the $15 million that 1D's Up All Night: The Live Tour DVD pulled in. As for the never-ending...
- 8/8/2013
- E! Online
Group's concert DVD is currently #1 in 25 countries and has become the first #1 DVD to outsell a #1 album in the U.S.
By Jocelyn Vena
One Direction
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One Direction seem fated to always top the charts, if the latest news is any indication. Their live DVD concert special, "Up All Night: The Live Tour," is #1 in 25 countries across the globe, including the United States.
"We're blown away by the success of the DVD all around the world and want to thank everyone who has gone out and bought it, the support means so much to us," Niall Horan said in a statement. "It was lots of fun filming the concert for the DVD, so we're chuffed [pleased] all the fans love it so much."
As if that weren't enough of an accomplishment, the guys also broke a sales record. The DVD outsold this week's #1 album, John Mayer's Born and Raised,...
By Jocelyn Vena
One Direction
Photo: Getty Images
One Direction seem fated to always top the charts, if the latest news is any indication. Their live DVD concert special, "Up All Night: The Live Tour," is #1 in 25 countries across the globe, including the United States.
"We're blown away by the success of the DVD all around the world and want to thank everyone who has gone out and bought it, the support means so much to us," Niall Horan said in a statement. "It was lots of fun filming the concert for the DVD, so we're chuffed [pleased] all the fans love it so much."
As if that weren't enough of an accomplishment, the guys also broke a sales record. The DVD outsold this week's #1 album, John Mayer's Born and Raised,...
- 6/8/2012
- MTV Music News
One Direction have topped 25 charts across the world with their first ever DVD. The boyband's concert DVD Up All Night: The Live Tour reached number one in the UK, Us, Canada and Australia upon its release last month. The group made Us chart history with the DVD after it became the first concert film to sell more copies than the Us Billboard 200 number one album. Up All Night: The Live Tour also sold twice as many copies as the number one album in Canada and has already been certified six times (more)...
- 6/8/2012
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
One Direction have topped two Billboard charts in the Us this week. The British boyband's new DVD Up All Night: The Live Tour has debuted at number one in the Music Video Sales list. The tour DVD has sold 76,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, which is the best sales week so far this year for a video. Its debut is currently only beaten by Adele's Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD, which shifted 96,000 copies in December. Meanwhile, 'What Makes You Beautiful' - featuring remixes by Dave Aude and Lenny Bhas - climbed to the top of the Billboard Dance/Club Play Chart. The single also moves up a place (more)...
- 6/6/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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