The Newsroom — UK boyband One Direction make chart history in the US with number one debut album. more info

Guardian Music — Boy band One Direction have taken the US by storm, as seen in this behind-the-scenes footage of them larking about on and off stage more info

Guardian Music — British boyband become first UK act to top American chart with their debutThe debut album by One Direction, the boyband put together on The X Factor, has struck a blow for Britain by entering the the US album chart at No 1 – displacing Bruce Spring... more info

ContactMusic — Though music critics have scoffed at One Direction s manufactured roots few can deny that Simon Cowells young stars have taken the pop world by storm in recent months Their debut album Up All Night sold over 179000 copies during its first week of sal... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — U.K. breakout boy band One Direction made history as their Stateside debut, “Up All Night,” bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart after it sold more than 176, 000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This makes them the first British group... more info

Starpulse — Boy band One Direction have made history in the U.S. by becoming the first British group to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The group's first record Up All Night has crashed... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction have become the first British group in history to top the US Billboard Charts in the first week of sales with their debut album which sold over 176000 copies On the digital chart the album went straight to the top spot within minutes of... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction the boy group put together by the UKs X Factor have topped the US album charts with their LP Up All Night the first time a British pop group have debuted at number one in the American charts The success has been built upon a strong prom... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction have become the first British group to enter the US charts at number one with a debut album The What Makes You Beautiful hitmakers - Niall Horan Zayn Malik Liam Payne Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson - made history by selling more... more info

Gigwise — Boyband are the first UK pop group in history to debut at No.1 on US charts more info