The album debuted at number two on the United Kingdom charts on 27 November 2011, selling 138,631 copies, and becoming the UK's fastest-selling debut album of 2011, as well as the fastest selling album of 2011 to miss out on number one. Up All Night also became the fifteenth best selling album in the UK of 2012, with sales of 372,000 copies. As of August 2015, the album has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States. group ever to debut at number one in the United States with their first album, a Guinness World Record the band still holds as of 2016.
The album debuted at number on the US Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week. Up All Night was the third best selling album of 2012 globally, selling 4.5 million copies and reaching #1 in sixteen countries. Columbia Records released a statement saying "Due to overwhelming fan demand, One Direction's debut album will be released one week early on March 13, 2012." The album was hugely successful worldwide and established One Direction as the definitive boy band of the 2010s. The album was originally set for a U.S release on March 23 2012, but was rescheduled, and released one week earlier on March 13 2012, due to popular demand. In November 2011, One Direction signed a deal with Columbia Records, a United States record label, in order to launch the band in North America. On November 17, One Direction previewed several tracks from the album during a UStream session. The track listing was revealed on October 17 and the artwork on October 21. On October 15 2011, One Direction revealed the album title was Up All Night, after fans completed an unlocking challenge on the official band website. On April 4 2011, One Direction guested on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, where Zayn confirmed their lead single was called " What Makes You Beautiful." The single was originally set to be released in June, but was pushed back to August, in order to coincide with the launch of The X Factor's eighth season, and was then pushed back once more, to September.
Recording sessions took place in London, Los Angeles and Stockholm. After the X Factor Live Tour ended in April 2011, the group began recording their debut album. One Direction became the first U.K group to debut at #1 in the United States with their debut album, a Guinness World Record the band still holds as of 2016.Īfter the seventh season of The X Factorconcluded, One Direction was signed by Simon Cowell to Sony Records subsidiary Syco Music in December 2010. The album was released in various editions, ranging from the standard thirteen songs to a souvenir editions with 18 tracks. It was later released in North America, through Columbia Records. It was first released on November 2011 in Ireland and the United Kingdom, through Syco Records. Up All Night is the debut album from One Direction.
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