In a feat that not even The Beatles and Coldplay were able to achieve, One Direction made history when they became the first British group to enter the Billboard 200 chart at number one with its debut album, “Up All Night” only last March. The record-breaking album went on to sell over 2.3 million copies worldwide and is a certified number one release in 16 countries.
Jeff Joson of Ivory Music and Video said that the Souvenir Edition will only be available in limited quantities and will include five exclusive tracks, a 32-page booklet, and five photocards with a special message for the Directioners.
In addition to the Souvenir Edition, Joson said that One Direction’s “Up All Night: The Live Tour” DVD is now available.
The live DVD features a 73 minute concert of their hit songs, plus never before seen, behind the scenes footage and three music videos, namely “Gotta Be You,” “One Thing” and “What Makes You Beautiful”, which won the Most-Shared Video and Best Pop Video in addition to the group’s Best New Artist award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday.
In a recent review of one of their concerts, Jon Caramanica of the New York Times wrote, “Onstage the men, who are 18 to 20, are barely choreographed, unlike a group that has been training for years…One Direction is the most casual of boy bands, a British import that emphasizes panache above all.”
Ivory also announced that One Direction’s latest single, “Live While We’re Young”, which is scheduled to be officially released on September 30 in the UK and October 1 in the US and Canada, is the fastest selling pre-order in history. It became available on iTunes last August 24 and immediately hit No.1 in 40 countries, including the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Spain, France, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico and, yes, The Philippines.
In less than a year, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson have achieved things that only a few other artists, if they’re lucky, would take a lifetime to achieve.
Formed by Simon Cowell on the 2010 series of “The X Factor”, they released their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” in September 2011 and have since been a ubiquitous presence in the music charts. With over 12 million records sold worldwide, 1D Mania has indeed swept the globe.
source: interaksyon.com
