One Direction's three albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012) and Midnight Memories (2013) broke records, topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful", "Live While We're Young" and "Story of My Life".
Their achievements include four Brit Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards among many others. According to Nick Gatfield, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction represented a $50 million business empire by June 2012. They were proclaimed 2012's "Top New Artist" by Billboard.
According to the Sunday Times Rich List, by April 2013 they had an estimated personal combined wealth of £25 million ($41.2m) making them the second wealthiest musicians in the UK under 30 years of age.
After the release of Midnight Memories, One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first three albums debut at number one.
Additionally, the album was a global success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and became the biggest selling album worldwide of 2013.
I'm from Italy and I brought 1D tickets 1 year before the show with my best friend it was something incredible, i was very skeptical about me and her going to london to see them but when i realized that everything was going in the right way i was super excited , they were incredible me and my bf were the first girls in our city to see them in concert and i guess anyone was a bit jelly of us hah btw thanks to these incredible lads who started from nothing and now are reaching all the top charts a...
Amazing!
Newcastle, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, 10/04/2013
Took my younger cousin to her first concert. They were fantastic, sang all their hits and put on a fantastic show from start to finish.
One Direction Fabulous
Manchester, Manchester Arena, 16/03/2013
I took my daughter to see One Direction at the MEN on 16 March 2013. We had fabulous seats and even better when the band came so close on a platform you could practically touch them. My daughter loved every minute and so did I. They put on a fab show very entertaining worked the crow well involved the crowd and it was a brilliant night all round. Even the support artists were good. Well done One Direction will definitely be going to see them again
